Penguins
-Shelly Anderson's recap from last night's game. The Penguins tied an NHL record by starting the season 7-0 on the road.
-The Orange County Register's recap. "They don't win a championship with two guys." - Ducks forward Corey Perry on the Penguins' depth.
-The Associated Press' recap. "The way we’ve gotten them hasn’t been perfect." - Dan Bylsma.
-NHL.com's recap. What California jinx?
-Mike Lange's goal calls.
-Highlights courtesty of EN contributor GhostWalker40:
-"It's not a very good technical move to do, but it worked out great for him." - Marc-Andre Fleury on Sidney Crosby's late "save" on Ducks defenseman Scott Niedermayer. (PG+).
-Pascal Dupuis, Sidney Crosby and Alex Goligoski speak:
-Tyler Kennedy was really happy for Mike Rupp's goal:
-Happy times for the Ducks:
-So why did the Penguins reveal Evgeni Malkin's shoulder injury but stayed tight-lipped on Tyler Kennedy's mystery ailment?
-Speaking of injuries, according to Jonathan Bombulie of the Citizens Voice in Wilkes-Barre, an undisclosed injury to Crosby prompted the brief call-up of Mark Letestu from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton last week.
-Chris Kunitz got the Penguins' bus lost while trying to find the practice rink.
-Kunitz talks about his day with the Stanley Cup:
-Team Russia released an updated list of players being considered for the 2010 Olympic roster. Sergei Gonchar and Evgeni Malkin are included along with former Penguins forward Alex Kovalev, Aleksey Morozov and defenseman Sergei Zubov.
-Ruslan Fedotenko ain't no Tom Selleck. (PG+)
-Are the 2008-09 Penguins only the sixth best team of this decade?
-Happy 38th birthday to former Penguins forward Roman Simicek. Simicek was one of eight natives of the Czech Republic to suit up for the 2000-01 Penguins.
-Happy 31st birthday to former Penguins defenseman Rick Berry. Berry was acquired along with Ville Nieminen in a 2002 trade that sent defenseman Darius Kasparaitis to the Avalanche. He currently plays for EV Duisburg Die Füchse in Germany.
Atlantic Division
-Flyers rookie forward James van Riemsdyk (right), the second-overall pick in the 2007 draft, has 13 points (two goals, 11 assists) in 10 games this season.
-Lukas Kaspar, who started the season with the Flyers' AHL affiliate in Adirondack, has joined Karpat in Finland. He was a first-round pick of the Sharks in 2004.
Northeast Division
-Senators owner Eugene Melnyk has filed a grievance with the NHLPA over the $4 million bonus he was forced to pay former Senators forward Dany Heatley. The team paid Heatley the bonus per a stipuation line contract July 1. Heatley had demanded a trade prior to that but since he had a no-trade clause in his contract, he refused an arranged deal that would've sent him to the Oilers. The team contends Heatley's refusal to accept the trade hurt ticket sales.
-There's nothing about the phrases "Metallica concert" and "Jarkko Ruutu" being in the same article that we don't like.
-Money quote: "Finland is a metal country, big time."
-He didn't score, but forward Phil Kessel put 10 shots on net in his Maple Leafs debut.
-"You should not be allowed to target the head. That's not a clean hit." - Toronto coach Ron Wilson calling for an end to hits to the head.
-Random Ex-Penguins Photo: Bruins forward Mark Recchi on the bench during last night's game in Detroit:
-Canadiens goaltender Carey Price lost his fifth consecutive game.
-With former Penguins defenseman Hal Gill expected to miss several weeks due to a leg injury, the Habs officially recalled defenseman Mathieu Carle from Hamilton of the AHL.
Southeast Division
-An overtime goal by former Penguin Ryan Malone gave the Lightning a 2-1 win at Toronto. Malone now leads the NHL with four game-winning goals. Fire Ray Shero. Antero Niitymaki made 41 saves in the win.
-Highlights including Malone's goal at the 5:35 mark:
-Check out this hit Lightning defenseman Mattias Ohlund stuck on Kessel:
-And he managed to do it without hitting Kessel in the head.
-Kessel was a little foggy after the hit:
-"Clean hit. He really got me good." - Kessel.
-Check out this dirty little hit by Tampa Bay's Lukas Krajicek on Toronto's Niklas Hagman and the subsequent fight between the two:
-Happy times for the Lightning. No so much for Toronto goaltender Jonas Gustavsson:
-Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis doing what he can to sneak by Toronto's Garnet Exelby:
-Rich Peverly had a goal and two assists for the Thrashers in a wild 5-4 win at Montreal. Former Penguin Colby Armstrong scored the game-winning goal. Fire Ray Shero. Teammate Bryan Little scored a goal and an assist while teammate Nik Antropov added two assists. Brian Gionta led the Canadiens with two goals.
-The Hurricanes demoted defenseman Jay Harrison to Albany of the AHL.
-The Capitals recalled forward Mathieu Perreault from Hershey of the AHL and demoted forward Keith Aucoin.
-Washington's about to find out what life is like without Alex Ovechkin.
-Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau accused the the Blue Jackets of targeting Ovechkin physically in Sunday's game. Columbus coach Ken HItchcock's response essentially was, "Yeah, and your point is...."
-Seriously, did Boudreau just start coaching yesterday? Your team's best player is getting targeted physically? Oh no! God forbid that would ever happen to any elite player in the NHL. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk, Rick Nash, Ilya Kovalchuk, Vincent Lecavalier, Jaromir Jagr, Paul Kariya, Joe Thornton, Peter Forsberg, Joe Sakic, Mario Lemieux, Eric Lindros, Mark Messier, Brett Hull, Guy Lafleur, Bobby Orr, Stan Mikita, Gordie Howe, Jean Beliveau, Maurice Richard or any other MVP-caliber player surely never, ever had to fight off a check or any sort of contact on a hockey rink.
-Sergei Gonchar, Jamie Heward and Daniel Briere unavailable for comment:
-The Panthers have scored 12 goals in their past three games. Their top line of Steven Reinprect (four), Nathan Horton (one) and Cory Stillman (one) have accounted for six of them.
Central Division
-Chris Osgood (above) made 29 saves for the Red Wings in a 2-0 shutout of the Bruins. It was Osgood's 50th career shutout. Pavel Datsyuk recorded assists on each of Detroit's goals.
-"I don't put much merit in shutouts. I don't know why, but I never have. Like
I've said a million times, I grew up watching (former Edmonton goalie)
Grant Fuhr and all he cared about was winning the game. That's always
been my mindset. I don't really care about the score." - Osgood.
-Check out this goal Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg scored right off the faceoff:
-Check out this big, legal hit Boston's Daniel Paille stuck on Detroit's Ville Leino:
-Detroit's Kris Draper going all Michael Jordan with his tongue:
-Happy times for the Red Wings:
-With defensemen Jonathan Ericsson and Brian Rafalski dealing with illnesses, the Red Wings recalled defenseman Doug Janik from Grand Rapids of the AHL.
-Red Wings general manager Ken Holland denied his team has interest in free agent forward Peter Forsberg.
-Former Red Wings forward Darren McCarty pretty much confirmed his retirement.
-The Blackhawks are doing a "dad's trip." Defenseman Duncan Keith is bringing his grandfather.
-Predators forward Colin Wilson is dealing with a groin injury.
Northwest Division
-Two goals from former Penguin Mikael Samuelsson helped the Canucks claim a 4-1 win against the Rangers. Teammate Ryan Kesler recorded three assists while Andrew Raycroft made 22 saves and claimed his third win in place of injured starting goaltender Roberto Luongo.
-Check out the dazzling pass by Kesler that set up a goal for Rick Rypien:
-This game featured a skirmish in the third period that involved 17 players:
-Someone needs to be suspened over that.
-"I got jumped and somehow we were on the penalty-kill." - Ryan Kesler offering his side of the story.
-We can only assume Sean Avery was offering a concise, well-thought-out and articulate opinion to the officials:
-The injury-ravaged Canucks saw another first liner, Henrik Sedin, suffer an undisclosed injury.
-Former Penguins forward Bill Thomas has signed a pro tryout agreement with the Springfield Falcons, the Oilers' AHL affiliate.
-The Wild demoted goaltender Anton Khudobin to Houston of the AHL.
-Minnesota forward Eric Belanger is a natural fit for the high-tempo system of new coach Todd Richards.
-The Alberta government has launched an investigation into how members of the Flames organization were able to receive vaccinations for the swine flu at a special clinic while several members of the public were turned away.
Pacific Division
-Ducks defenseman and former Penguin Ryan Whitney (above) is digging life on the West Coast. Also, Ducks forward and former former Penguin Erik Christensen cleared waviers.
-Ducks defenseman James Wisniewski is pretty mad about his two-game suspension for a hit on Coyotes forward Shane Doan.
-Anaheim has the worst power play/penalty kill disparity in the NHL.
-Kings forward Alexander Frolov (right) is dealing with a hip flexor ailment.
-The Coyotes recalled forward Mikkel Boedker from San Antonio of the AHL.
Norris Division
-The roster for the United States' Olympic team will be announced during the Winter Classic, Jan. 1.
-There are now less than 100 days left until the Olympics.
-We don't know what Sidney Crosby is planning on doing with the Olympic torch when he has his day with it, but it probably won't be as cool (pardon the pun) as the guy who surfed with it off the coast of British Columbia.
-Happy 92nd birthday to former Pittsburgh Hornets forward Pete Langelle.
-Happy 85th birthday to former Pittsburgh Hornets forward Howie Meeker.
-Today would've been the 82th birthday of former Pittsburgh Hornets defenseman John Arundel.
-Today would've been the 97th birthday of former Pittsburgh Hornets forward Max Bennett.
(Photos: Penguins, Kennedy, Ducks-Jeff Gross/Getty Images; van Riemsdyk-Tom Mihalek/Associated Press; Kessel, Gustavsson and St. Louis-Abelimages/Getty Images; Recchi, Osgood, Draper and Red Wings-Gregory Shamus/Getty Images; Avery-Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press; Whitney-Francis Specker/Associated Press; Frolov-Elsa/Getty Images)
Posted
Nov 04 2009, 05:49 AM
by
Seth Rorabaugh