Line-up Notables
Calgary Flames vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (Note: as I'm writing this its half way through the second, damn these early games.)
Calgary: Craig Conroy (day-to-day) joins the Injured 5 (Adam Pardy, Daymond Langkow, Raitis Ivanans, Ryan Stone, and Ales Kotalik). Miikka Kiprusoff is starting.
Pittsburgh: Jordan Staal, Alex Grant, and Casey Pierre-Zbotel are all on IR. Brent Johnson is in net.
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Ottawa Senators
Toronto: Colby Armstrong, Dion Phaneuf, and J-S Giguere are still out, Mike Brown is day-to-day. Jonas Gustavsson is expected to start.
Ottawa: Erik Karlsson sat out yesterday with the flu, but may play tonight. Brian Elliot will probably get the start.
Buffalo Sabres vs. Montreal Canadiens
Buffalo: Drew Stafford and Rob Niedermeyer are out, Tim Connolly is day-to-day. Ryan Miller will probably start tonight.
Montreal: Andrei Markov...knee...that is all. Carey Price will start.
San Jose Sharks vs. Edmonton Oilers
San Jose: Scott Nichol, Devon Setoguchi, and Jason Demers are all questionable for tonight. Antero Niittymaki might get the start tonight.
Edmonton: Nikolai Khabibulin is on IR while Ales Hemsky is expected to miss tonight's game. Devan Dubnyk may start tonight.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Toronto vs. Montreal Live Blog
7:42 - Habs win 2-0, Price gets the shutout. Wilson expected to sign an extension next week.
7:41 - 16 seconds left, still amazed how the Leafs didn't give a goal to the Habs after all those turnovers.
7:39 - Toronto pulls the goalie, Gionta almost scores from centre ice.
7:38 - Montreal dumps the puck, Toronto turns it over in the neutral zone, rinse and repeat.
7:34 - Gionta almost pulled a Cammalleri (in this game, it means one-time a beauty pass from a Leaf). This time Gustavsson made the save.
7:31 - Kessel just committed two more turnovers, I'm sure that it's in triple-digits now.
7:26 - Just under 9 minutes left and the Leafs looked like they're packing it in.
7:24 - Wild penalty kill by the Habs, admittingly they should have had another penalty a few times there.
7:22 - Gorges with an interference call, it looked like he was just playing the body though.
7:19 - Cammalleri scores. Habs 2 - Leafs 0. Assisted by Komisarek (literally)
7:16 - Mitchell gets 2 for high sticking, I'll agree that the Montreal guy embellished it.
7:14 - Montreal can't connect on chances, Toronto's Bozak with a nice shot, Price with the easy save.
7:12 - Lars Eller almost made it 2-0, couldn't poke the puck into an open net.
7:10 - Third period starting out much like the second.
6:58 - MDK thoughts: so far that Leafs suck. During one of the offside calls against the leafs and the face-off in the leafs zone. I was wondering "Why was the face-off in the Leafs zone after that offside?" It didn't make sense. Another thing, there was soo many Canadiens penalties that to me should be called. The refs are soo dumb, they are really dumb. thats my thoughts of the second period.
6:51 - After 2 periods it's Habs 1 - Leafs 0. If only I could talk dad and MDK into raising that bet over $5 (see blog post below)
6:48 - Question of the 2nd period: Should Healy be talking about reading e-mails (think NHLPA)
6:39 - Kessel with turnover number 11 (?), wonder what the record is for most turnovers in a game (and if Kessel is poised to break it tonight).
6:37- Toronto with the puck in the Montreal zone, just doing nothing.
6:33 - Another stupid rule that somehow helps: "intentional" offsides. After-match prediction (via our dad): "Wilson: we would have one if it wasn't for Kadri [being offside]."
6:31 - Montreal scores, Halpern with the tip on the penalty kill. Habs 1 - Leafs 0.
6:30 - Price with a great glove save. Bob Cole summed up my thoughts "Carey Price, what are you doing?!"
6:29 - Toronto on another powerplay. Stupid Lapierre.
6:27 - Price with a few good (and heart-attack inducing) saves, keeping it at 0-0.
6:23 - Montreal with the pressure, had some good shots, too bad Gustavsson is playing better. Still can't believe that it was Price who really broke up the Leafs 2-on-1 chance.
6:18 - Nice wrap-around attempt by Kostitsyn, still no team dominating this period.
6:14 - And we're back. Pretty back-and-forth in the first minute and a half.
5:54 - First period over, Montreal had some good chances at the end, Leafs still lucky.
5:51 - Schenn fans on the shot, Kostitsyn takes it the other way, shoots, HITS THE POST...someone call Toronto, that looked in....Never mind, pure post.
5:49 - Toronto playing their usual powerplay (pretend its a penalty kill), seriously, Montreal had two 2-on-1's and some good chances. Only problem is that the Leafs are playing defense.
5:47 - Montreal gets the penalty instead, damn.
5:46 - Toronto with the first penalty of the game, more to come...after these commercials.
5:43 - Gill with the amazing defensive play, poking the puck away from Kessel. Good thing his height helped, because his speed doesn't.
5:36 - Kulimin with a nice move, Price with the save...Komisarek with the shot, Price with the save. That's all I'm hearing right now.
5:33 - Toronto keeping up the pressure, Kessel keeping up his turnover count. For the past 2 minutes it looked liked the Habs were letting Toronto keep up the pressure on them.
5:28 - First post-whistle scrum, expect a lot of those.
5:27 - Habs with pressure early on, Gustavsson is making save after save, and Kessel just completed his first pass to nobody.
5:22 - Puck is just about to drop. Just to clarify, the last comment was a shot against the length of the ceremonies, they did a good job remembering Pat Burns.
5:15 - Welcome to ourhorrible attempt at live blogging, the game hasn't started yet, but since its in Montreal, the Vancouver game has a good chance at starting before this one.
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7:41 - 16 seconds left, still amazed how the Leafs didn't give a goal to the Habs after all those turnovers.
7:39 - Toronto pulls the goalie, Gionta almost scores from centre ice.
7:38 - Montreal dumps the puck, Toronto turns it over in the neutral zone, rinse and repeat.
7:34 - Gionta almost pulled a Cammalleri (in this game, it means one-time a beauty pass from a Leaf). This time Gustavsson made the save.
7:31 - Kessel just committed two more turnovers, I'm sure that it's in triple-digits now.
7:26 - Just under 9 minutes left and the Leafs looked like they're packing it in.
7:24 - Wild penalty kill by the Habs, admittingly they should have had another penalty a few times there.
7:22 - Gorges with an interference call, it looked like he was just playing the body though.
7:19 - Cammalleri scores. Habs 2 - Leafs 0. Assisted by Komisarek (literally)
7:16 - Mitchell gets 2 for high sticking, I'll agree that the Montreal guy embellished it.
7:14 - Montreal can't connect on chances, Toronto's Bozak with a nice shot, Price with the easy save.
7:12 - Lars Eller almost made it 2-0, couldn't poke the puck into an open net.
7:10 - Third period starting out much like the second.
6:58 - MDK thoughts: so far that Leafs suck. During one of the offside calls against the leafs and the face-off in the leafs zone. I was wondering "Why was the face-off in the Leafs zone after that offside?" It didn't make sense. Another thing, there was soo many Canadiens penalties that to me should be called. The refs are soo dumb, they are really dumb. thats my thoughts of the second period.
6:51 - After 2 periods it's Habs 1 - Leafs 0. If only I could talk dad and MDK into raising that bet over $5 (see blog post below)
6:48 - Question of the 2nd period: Should Healy be talking about reading e-mails (think NHLPA)
6:39 - Kessel with turnover number 11 (?), wonder what the record is for most turnovers in a game (and if Kessel is poised to break it tonight).
6:37- Toronto with the puck in the Montreal zone, just doing nothing.
6:33 - Another stupid rule that somehow helps: "intentional" offsides. After-match prediction (via our dad): "Wilson: we would have one if it wasn't for Kadri [being offside]."
6:31 - Montreal scores, Halpern with the tip on the penalty kill. Habs 1 - Leafs 0.
6:30 - Price with a great glove save. Bob Cole summed up my thoughts "Carey Price, what are you doing?!"
6:29 - Toronto on another powerplay. Stupid Lapierre.
6:27 - Price with a few good (and heart-attack inducing) saves, keeping it at 0-0.
6:23 - Montreal with the pressure, had some good shots, too bad Gustavsson is playing better. Still can't believe that it was Price who really broke up the Leafs 2-on-1 chance.
6:18 - Nice wrap-around attempt by Kostitsyn, still no team dominating this period.
6:14 - And we're back. Pretty back-and-forth in the first minute and a half.
5:54 - First period over, Montreal had some good chances at the end, Leafs still lucky.
5:51 - Schenn fans on the shot, Kostitsyn takes it the other way, shoots, HITS THE POST...someone call Toronto, that looked in....Never mind, pure post.
5:49 - Toronto playing their usual powerplay (pretend its a penalty kill), seriously, Montreal had two 2-on-1's and some good chances. Only problem is that the Leafs are playing defense.
5:47 - Montreal gets the penalty instead, damn.
5:46 - Toronto with the first penalty of the game, more to come...after these commercials.
5:43 - Gill with the amazing defensive play, poking the puck away from Kessel. Good thing his height helped, because his speed doesn't.
5:36 - Kulimin with a nice move, Price with the save...Komisarek with the shot, Price with the save. That's all I'm hearing right now.
5:33 - Toronto keeping up the pressure, Kessel keeping up his turnover count. For the past 2 minutes it looked liked the Habs were letting Toronto keep up the pressure on them.
5:28 - First post-whistle scrum, expect a lot of those.
5:27 - Habs with pressure early on, Gustavsson is making save after save, and Kessel just completed his first pass to nobody.
5:22 - Puck is just about to drop. Just to clarify, the last comment was a shot against the length of the ceremonies, they did a good job remembering Pat Burns.
5:15 - Welcome to our
*All times MST
Saturday Night Hockey: Something Later
Seriously, maybe even a live blog since MDK is here, but for now:
Line-up Notables
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens (a.k.a The game where I lose $40 to my dad and brother)
Toronto: Colby Armstrong and Dion Phaneuf are still on IR while J-S Giguere is out for atleast a week. Jonas Gustavsson is in net.
Montreal: Andrei "Right Knee" Markov is out indefinitely, Jaroslav Spacek is questionable for tonight, Carey Price will start tonight.
Chicago Blackhawks vs. Vancouver Canucks
Chicago: No injuries to report. Corey Crawford may start tonight instead of Marty Turco.
Vancouver: Sami Salo, Gulliaume Desbiens, Alexandre Bolduc and Ryan Parent are all out indefinitely. Roberto Luongo gets the start tonight.
Line-up Notables
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens (a.k.a The game where I lose $40 to my dad and brother)
Toronto: Colby Armstrong and Dion Phaneuf are still on IR while J-S Giguere is out for atleast a week. Jonas Gustavsson is in net.
Montreal: Andrei "Right Knee" Markov is out indefinitely, Jaroslav Spacek is questionable for tonight, Carey Price will start tonight.
Chicago Blackhawks vs. Vancouver Canucks
Chicago: No injuries to report. Corey Crawford may start tonight instead of Marty Turco.
Vancouver: Sami Salo, Gulliaume Desbiens, Alexandre Bolduc and Ryan Parent are all out indefinitely. Roberto Luongo gets the start tonight.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Saturday Night Hockey: We Got Something
Next Year, Every One Throws Their Sticks In The Middle And The Ref Will Separate Them
Thats the joke going around about the new all-star game format. Instead of staying with the East vs. West or going back to the World vs. North America format, the new way is now for players to vote for two captains. Those two captains will be able to choose the entire roster for their team. While it gets rid of the "vote for an unknown" or "vote for one team" tactics that fans have done for the past few years, the new format is more suited for a grade seven gym class. It's not like everyone knows that Crosby is pretty much guaranteed a captaincy, and I'm sure the wise choice for him is to pick everyone off Canada's Olympic roster from last year (with a few changes). Overall, I'm not a fan of it but I guess it's a "wait and see" thing. Now, onto the line-ups.
Line-up Notables
Carolina Hurricanes vs. Montreal Canadiens
Carolina: No one is injured. Cam Ward is going to start.
Montreal: No injuries to report of. Carey "How Is He Doing It?!?!" Price no doubt gets the start.
Vancouver Canucks vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
Vancouver: Sami Salo, Gulliaume Desbiens, and Alexandre Bolduc are out while Ryan Parent is listed as questionable for tonight. Roberto Luongo is expected to start.
Toronto: Colby Armstrong and Dion Phaneuf are still out for another month. Nazem Kadri and Keith Aulie were called up. J-S Gigure might start tonight.
Ottawa Senators vs. Boston Bruins
Ottawa: Filip Kuba, Brian Lee, and Brian Elliot are all game-time decisions. Pascal Leclaire will probably start.
Boston: Marco Sturm, Trent Whitfield, Marc Savard, and Johnny Boychuk are still out, David Krejci is expected to return next week. It's still a toss up between Tukku Rask and Tim Thomas
Calgary Flames vs. San Jose Sharks
Calgary: Just the usual list of injuries (Adam Pardy, Daymond Langkow, Raitis Ivanans, Ryan Stone, and Ales Kotalik). Miikka Kiprusoff will start tonight.
San Jose: Only Derek Joslin is out. Antero Niittymaki will more-than-likely get the start.
Thats the joke going around about the new all-star game format. Instead of staying with the East vs. West or going back to the World vs. North America format, the new way is now for players to vote for two captains. Those two captains will be able to choose the entire roster for their team. While it gets rid of the "vote for an unknown" or "vote for one team" tactics that fans have done for the past few years, the new format is more suited for a grade seven gym class. It's not like everyone knows that Crosby is pretty much guaranteed a captaincy, and I'm sure the wise choice for him is to pick everyone off Canada's Olympic roster from last year (with a few changes). Overall, I'm not a fan of it but I guess it's a "wait and see" thing. Now, onto the line-ups.
Line-up Notables
Carolina Hurricanes vs. Montreal Canadiens
Carolina: No one is injured. Cam Ward is going to start.
Montreal: No injuries to report of. Carey "How Is He Doing It?!?!" Price no doubt gets the start.
Vancouver Canucks vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
Vancouver: Sami Salo, Gulliaume Desbiens, and Alexandre Bolduc are out while Ryan Parent is listed as questionable for tonight. Roberto Luongo is expected to start.
Toronto: Colby Armstrong and Dion Phaneuf are still out for another month. Nazem Kadri and Keith Aulie were called up. J-S Gigure might start tonight.
Ottawa Senators vs. Boston Bruins
Ottawa: Filip Kuba, Brian Lee, and Brian Elliot are all game-time decisions. Pascal Leclaire will probably start.
Boston: Marco Sturm, Trent Whitfield, Marc Savard, and Johnny Boychuk are still out, David Krejci is expected to return next week. It's still a toss up between Tukku Rask and Tim Thomas
Calgary Flames vs. San Jose Sharks
Calgary: Just the usual list of injuries (Adam Pardy, Daymond Langkow, Raitis Ivanans, Ryan Stone, and Ales Kotalik). Miikka Kiprusoff will start tonight.
San Jose: Only Derek Joslin is out. Antero Niittymaki will more-than-likely get the start.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Saturday Night Hockey: Lineups Now, Rant Later
Again, sorry for not having something here, I'll get something done before the end of tonight's first game.
Line-up Notables
Buffalo Sabres vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
Buffalo: Nathan Gerbe is on the IR, Ryan Miller will miss another game, and Drew Stafford is questionable for tonight. Patrick Lalime (aka: Lalimius Five-Holeius) is expected to start.
Toronto: Dion Phaneuf is out with a lacerated leg. J-S Giguere is expected to start.
Ottawa Senators vs. Montreal Canadiens (here we go again)
Montreal: Tomas Plekanec is ill so he probably won't play. Carey Price is in nets.
Ottawa: Filip Kuba and Milan Michalek are out. Brian Elliot might get the start tonight.
Detroit Red Wings vs. Vancouver Canucks
Detroit: Kris Draper and Brian Rafalski are on the IR while Chris Osgood is day-to-day. Jimmy Howard is expected to start.
Vancouver: Sami Salo, Guillaume Desbiens, and Alexandre Bolduc are on the IR. Dan Hamhuis, Ryan Parent, and Ryan Rypien (just done serving his suspension) are all questionable for tonight. Roberto Luongo gets the start tonight.
Line-up Notables
Buffalo Sabres vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
Buffalo: Nathan Gerbe is on the IR, Ryan Miller will miss another game, and Drew Stafford is questionable for tonight. Patrick Lalime (aka: Lalimius Five-Holeius) is expected to start.
Toronto: Dion Phaneuf is out with a lacerated leg. J-S Giguere is expected to start.
Ottawa Senators vs. Montreal Canadiens (here we go again)
Montreal: Tomas Plekanec is ill so he probably won't play. Carey Price is in nets.
Ottawa: Filip Kuba and Milan Michalek are out. Brian Elliot might get the start tonight.
Detroit Red Wings vs. Vancouver Canucks
Detroit: Kris Draper and Brian Rafalski are on the IR while Chris Osgood is day-to-day. Jimmy Howard is expected to start.
Vancouver: Sami Salo, Guillaume Desbiens, and Alexandre Bolduc are on the IR. Dan Hamhuis, Ryan Parent, and Ryan Rypien (just done serving his suspension) are all questionable for tonight. Roberto Luongo gets the start tonight.
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