The Minnesota Wild were a playoff team largely due to goaltender Niklas Backstrom and some timely offense. Sometimes it showed up in bunches while other times it would hibernate for a week at a time. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and two assists to help the Colorado Avalanche erase a 3-0 first-period deficit and take a wild 5-4 win over the visiting Calgary Flames. Paul Stasny and Matt Duchene also scored for Colorado while Jarome Iginla scored twice in the losing effort. Please, blog, may I have some more?
There were seven games on Sunday and we saw seven one-goal games so Hockey Day in America was full of close contests including Mike Richards of the Kings nearly took down the Hawks by himself. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne stopped all 19 Phoenix shots to pick up his second straight shutout as the Predators knocked off the Coyotes 3-0 Thursday night. Rinne had to be at his best as the game was scoreless heading into the the third period. Please, blog, may I have some more?
The Minnesota Wild finished under .500 at the end of this past season. They ranked 27th in the Powerplay and dead last in both Goals Per Game and team name. Things looked glum, but Minnesota just went Minnepop, and not because they say pop instead of soda. Please, blog, may I have some more?
I remember looking at the Blue Jacket depth chart Tuesday to see who was going to start in place of ECHL Goalie Steve Mason. Turns out it was career journeyman/terrible goalie/anarchist Curtis Sanford. Please, blog, may I have some more?
If you are a guy like me you know about the Lingerie Football League. Hot chicks playing football in lingerie, sounds sweet right? Well it’s not. I watched a few minutes of an actual game tonight (MTV2 of all channels) and there is just something weird about it. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Remember like 18 hours ago when the Toronto Maple Leaf fans were annointing the team Eastern Conference Champs? And Phil Kessel was going to win the MVP? Yeah well the Bruins showed them just how far they still have to go… “Yes but it’s early! Please, blog, may I have some more?
I apologize in advance for the lame title, but damn it’s hard coming up with something witty every night. Especially when there were only 2 NHL games on the docket. The big news (other than the never ending Crosby story) was Dany Heatley’s return to the City formerly known as Bytown. Please, blog, may I have some more?
So the next few days will be all about wing-men, and no I’m not talking about this kind. (And speaking of that movie, how was there never a sequel? If it had been made 5 years ago is there any doubt it would have turned into a trilogy at least? Please, blog, may I have some more?