Penguins
-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. Welcome back Sidney Crosby (above). The high-scoring one.
-The New York Daily News' recap. The Rangers are now 1-11-1 in their last 13 visits to Mellon Arena.
-The Record's recap. "I feel bad for the guy because I thought he gave us a chance in the first two periods. Unfortunately, it’s a 60-minute hockey game." - Rangers coach John Tortorella on goaltender Stephen Valiquette.
-The Associated Press' recap. "When I walked into the building and saw the free hats, the thought did
cross my mind that hopefully somebody would get a hat trick to see those things
on the ice." - Dan Bylsma on Sidney Crosby's hat trick.
-NHL.com's recap. So much for those free hats.
-Mike Lange's goal calls.
-Highlights courtesy of EN contributor GhostWalker40:
-Sidney Crosby's hat trick deserves it's own post:
-Matt Cooke versus Ryan Callahan:
-Cool photo of the fight:
-Sean Avery mugging Ruslan Fedotenko:
-Sidney Crosby, Marc-Andre Fleury, Evgeni Malkin and Brooks Orpik speak:
-"Dude, I'm a superstar. Don't ask me for my autograph."
-Crosby. All business:
-Bad times for Rangers captain Chris Drury:
-Avery with some bitter beer face:
-Say... that guy next to Jordan Staal looks awfully familiar:
-This was seemingly the only puck New York's Stephen Valiquette could locate:
-Jay McKee's hand injury actually forced him to spend a night in the hospital.
-So... Larry Murphy or Sergei Gonchar?
-Marc-Andre Fleury is old.
-Dustin Jeffrey returned from a suspension and had two goals and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 loss to the Syracuse Crunch. Mark Letestu added three assists for the Penguins.
-"I had to accept the punishment and it was a fair punishment. Coming
back today, I wanted to prove to my teammates I’m here to play hockey.
Yeah, I made some bad decisions, but I paid my dues and I’m ready to
get back to help this team win some hockey games." - Jeffrey.
-Jordan Fox had two goals and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers in a 5-2 win against the Cincinnati Cyclones.
-Happy 66th birthday to former Penguins coach Bob Berry. Berry was Mario Lemieux's first professional coach and spent three seasons in the mid 1980s with the Penguins. His 240 games coached are the third most in franchise history.
-Happy 60th birthday to former Penguins defenseman Yvon Labre. Labre spent parts of two seasons in Pittsburgh in the early-1970s before joining the expansion Capitals via the 1974 expansion draft. Along with Kevin Hatcher, he is one of two former Capitals captains to have played for the Penguins.
Atlantic Division
-Scoreboard Watch for the Penguins: Patrik Elias (above) and Brian Rolston each had two goals and two assists for the Devils in a 6-1 rout of the Islanders. Mike Mottau added a goal and an assist while teammate Jamie Langenbrunner recorded two assists. Martin Brodeur made 22 saves in the win. The Devils are in second place in the Atlantic Division with 35 points, one less than the first place Penguins.
-Elias' goals:
-New Jersey's Matt Corrente had a decent bout with New York's Tim Jackman:
-Brodeur managed to find away to look really awesome and really fat on this save:
-New York's Martin Biron gloved this shot:
-Awkward Photo of the Night: New Jersey's Bryce Salvador and New York's Josh Bailey:
-The Devils placed forward David Clarkson (ankle) on injured reserve, recalled forwards Ilkka Pikkarainen and Vladimir Zharkov from Lowell of the AHL and demoted defenseman Tyler Eckford.
-Islanders forward Frans Nielsen suffered an "upper-body" injury.
-Flyers forward Jared Ross is dealing with concussion-like symptoms.
Northeast Division
-Michael Ryder's (above) shootout goal gave the Bruins a 4-3 win against the Senators. David Krejci and Dennis Wideman each had a goal and an assist in regulation for Boston. Tim Thomas made 19 saves for the Bruins after being sidelined two weeks due to an "upper-body" injury.Milan Michalek had two goals and an assist for Ottawa.
-The Bruins went to overtime or beyond for the fifth time in six games.
-The Sabres got a goal and an assist each from Jochen Hecht, Derek Roy and Thomas Vanek and routed the Hurricanes, 5-1.Tyler Myers contributed three assists while Ryan Miller made 30 saves in the win.
-Check out this save Miller made:
-Someone, either Buffalo's Toni Lydman, left, or Steve Montador, hooked Carolina's Ray Whitney here:
-Bad times for Carolina's Michael Leighton:
-The NHL suspended Sabres forward Patrick Kaleta two games for this hit on Flyers forward Jared Ross Friday:
-Kaleta's supsended. Fine. But how is that worth two games while this hit by Washington's Ovechkin last week on Kaleta not worty any sort of discipline?
-Ovechkin has a prior history in terms of controversial hits. And that is a factor the NHL weighs heavily when doling out punishment. And both hits were borderline. And the victim was injured in both instances. So what's the difference?
-And what about this hit by Philadelphia's Mike Richards on Florida's David Booth?
-Booth can't even watch television without feeling sick over a month after that hit let alone think about stepping foot on a rink. Why did Richards and Ovechkin escape punishment?
-The NHL's double-standard. Ovechkin and Richards are stars. Kaleta isn't. The NHL has adopted the NBA's standards when it comes to treating star players. The only difference is, when Kobe Bryant goes to the free-throw line for a touch foul, no-one is injured. When Ovechkin runs a guy from behind, someone's quality life is at jeopardy.
Southeast Division
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-Scoreboard Watch for the Penguins: A shootout goal by Nicklas Backstrom gave the Capitals a 4-3 win at Montreal. Eric Fehr led Washington with two goals while teammate Alex Ovechkin contributed a goal and an assist. Semyon Varlamov (above) made 21 saves in the win. Jaroslav Spacek led the Canadiens with a goal and an assist. The Capitals are in first place in the Eastern Conference with 36 points, just as many as the Penguins who are in second place on account of having played more games.
-"In this building, with this crowd, it's an amazing building to play hockey. You don't have to drink Red Bull to play here." - Ovechkin on playing in Montreal.
-Check out this rocket Ovechkin scored on:
-Happy times for the Capitals:
-Not so much for the Canadiens:
-Montreal's Carey Price stretched out here to stop Washington's Jay Beagle:
-Montreal's Max Pacioretty had issues with Washington's Matt Bradley:
-Bradley also had issues with the back of the head of Canadiens defenseman Josh Gorges:
-Former Penguins goaltender Johan Hedberg made 36 saves and led the Thrashers to a 1-0 shutout of the Flyers. Fire Craig Patrick? No. If it involves beating the Flyers, no one gets fired. The win snapped a 14-game losing streak for the Thrashers to the Flyers.
-For the second consecutive night, the Hurricanes gave up five goals in the third period of a come-from-ahead loss.
-With Joni Pikanen dealing with an upper-body injury, The Hurricanes recalled defenseman Bryan Rodney from Rochester of the AHL.
Central Division
-Pavel Datsyuk and Todd Bertuzzi scored shootout goals and gave the Red Wings a 4-3 win at St. Louis. Henrik Zetterberg and Tomas Holmstrom each had a goal and an assist in regulation for Detroit while Jimmy Howard made 32 saves in the win. David Backes led the Blues with a goal and an assist.
-Bertuzzi approaching the net:
-Bertuzzi scoring:
-Dan Hamhuis had a goal and an assist for the Predators who beat the Panthers, 4-1. Dan Ellis made 23 saves in the win. Nashville has won eight of its past nine games.
-J.P. Dumont and the Predators wore their new third jerseys:
-Those aren't bad, but they're not orginial. Everyone else in the league is going to blue.
-Happy times for the Predators. Not so much for Florida's Nathan Horton:
-Predators forward Jordin Tootoo had two fights and moved past Scott Hartnell for first place on the Predators' all-time career penalty minutes list. Tootoo has 548 minutes to Hartnell's 544.
Northwest Division
-Alexander Edler and Mason Raymond each had a goal and two assists for the Canucks in a 7-3 rout of the rival Oilers.
Christian Ehrhoff and Daniel Sedin each had a goal and an assist for
Vancouver while teammate Ryan Kesler contributed three assists. Roberto
Luongo made 31 saves in the win. Gilbert Brule and Dustin Penner each
had a goal and an assist for Edmonton.
-Check out the laser Raymond scored on:
-Check out the effort by Vancouver's Alex Burrows on this goal:
-Check out the tic-tac-toe passing on this goal by Vancouver forward and former Penguin Mikael Samuelsson:
-Fire Craig Patrick.
-Dustin Penner and the Oilers wore their brilliant sharp throwback uniforms:
-Edmonton's Sam Gagner kept his eye on this puck:
-Oilers assistant coach and former Penguins forward Kelly Buchberger to Oilers head coach Pat Quinn: "Dude, we gotta keep these uniforms full time."
-Shootout goals by Nigel Dawes, Olli Jokinen and Jamie Lundmark gave the Flames a 4-3 win at Columbus. Jokinen had a goal and an assist in regulation while Curtis McElhinney made 29 saves in the win. Krisitan Huselius led Columbus with two assists.
-Shootout goals by Mikko Koivu and Andrew Ebbett gave the Wild a 3-2 win at Colorado. Josh Harding made 20 saves in the win. The Avalanche has lost five out of its past six games.
-Ebbett is making the most out of his chance with his third team this season.
-Avalanche forward David Jones, who has scored a career-high 10 goals already this season, suffered a torn ACL in his left knee and is expected to miss four to six months.
-The Avalanche activated captain Adam Foote (jaw) and forward Matt Hendricks (groin) from injured reserve, placed defenseman Kyle Cumiskey (foot) on injured reserve and put defenseman Tom Preissing on waivers.
Pacific Division
-Tom Wandell's overtime goal gave the Stars a 4-3 win against the Lightning. Stephane Robidas had a goal and and an assist for the Stars while teammate Brad Richards recorded two assists against his former team. Alex Auld made 25 saves in the win.
-Shootout goals by Anze Kopitar and Jack Johnson gave the Kings a 2-1 win against the Blackhawks. Jonathan Quick made 32 saves for Los Angeles.
-This photo of Los Angeles' Wayne Simmonds licking his face is just plain funny:
-We don't want to say Chicago's Brent Sopel had too much torque on this shot but...
-Happy times for Chicago captain Jonathan Toews:
-The Stars recalled forward Fabian Brunnstrom from Texas of the AHL and activated forward Brian Sutherby (groin) from injured reserve.
-The Coyotes loaned forward Viktor Tikhonov, a first-round pick in 2008, to CSKA of the KHL.
-Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle has pushed former Penguin Ryan Whitney and the other Ducks defensema to shoot the puck more. The results have paid off.
-Ducks forward Corey Perry (right) tied a franchise record Friday by scoring in his 17th consecutive game.
-The Sharks demoted defenseman Jason Demers to Worcester of the AHL.
Smythe Division
-NHL on-ice official Dave Jackson tore an ACL and MCL in his right knee during last week's Blue Jackets-Senators game and will miss the rest of the season.
-Jacki Gibson and Sara O'Malley each had a goal and an assist for the Robert Morris women's team in a 3-1 defeat of Rensselaer.
-Happy 72nd birthday to former Pittsburgh Hornets defenseman Ian Cushenan.
-Today would've been the 85th birthay of former Pittsburgh Hornets defenseman/forward Bob Dawes.
(Photo: Crosby, Talbot, Callahan, Drury and Avery-Justin K. Aller/Getty Images; Staal and Valiquette-Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press; Elias, Brodeur, Biron and Bailey-Jim McIsaac/Getty Images; Ryder-Michael Dwyer/Associated Press; Whitney-Rick Stewart/Getty Images; Leighton-Don Heupel/Associated Press; Varlamov and Price-Richard Wolowicz/Getty Images; Capitals, Canadiens, Pacioretty and Gorges-Graham Hughes/Canadian Press; Zetterberg and Bertuzzi-Bill Boyce/Associated Press; Dumont and Horton-Kate Humphrey/Associated Press; Gagner, Penner and Buchberger-Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press; Simmonds and Toews-Harry How/Getty Images; Sopel-Danny Moloshok/Associated Press; Perry-Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Posted
Nov 29 2009, 03:20 AM
by
Seth Rorabaugh