Penguins -Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game . Sidney Crosby ( above, with Maxime Talbot ) and the Penguins jumped on a wounded Canadiens team. -The Montreal Gazette's recap . The Habs had eight players unavailable due to injuries. -The Associated Press' recap . The Penguins (17-8-0), matched a franchise record for most win the first 25 games of a season. -Highlights courtesty of EN contributor...
Penguins -What chance do the Penguins have at keeping Sergei Gonchar after this season ? -Ben Lovejoy got high in practice yesterday . -Alex Goligoski and Chris Bourque speak: -Dan Bylsma and Dan Potash speak: -Happy 27th birthday to former Penguins forward Colby Armstrong . The team's first-round pick in 2001, Armstrong is the franchise's 79th all-time leading scorer with 98 points . He was sent...
A preview of the Thrashers. When and where: 7 p.m., Philips Arena. TV: FSN Pittsburgh, SouthSport. Record: 10-6-2, 22 points, The Thrashers are in 11th place in the Eastern Conference and third place in the Southeast Division. Leading Scorer: Rich Peverly, 23 points (eight goals, 15 assists). Last Game: 4-3 home shootout loss to the Bruins, Thursday . Ilya Kovalchuk ( right ) had a goal and two assists...
It was 20 145 years ago today Wednesday, Sgt. Pepper Gen. Sherman told the band the army to play burn ... Awwwwww.... fuck it.... I'm not doing the Beatles, but it struck me that we are approaching that anniversary. It was November 11th, 1864 that General Sherman told his troops to burn Atlanta to the ground. This is only important in the context that this was the grounds for Atlanta to name their...
"Mellon Arena Memories" is a semi-regular feature that will appear in this forum from time to time during the remainder of the Penguins' final season at Mellon Arena. We will attempt to interview several individuals inside and outside of the Penguins about the arena which has served as the franchise's home facility since the its inception. Today's subject is Greg Malone. Greg Malone ( right...
MONTREAL -- Colby Armstrong scored 13:14 into the third period and the Atlanta Thrashers earned their first regulation win in Montreal in over five years, 5-4 over the Canadiens on Tuesday night.
Colby Armstrong scored 13:14 into the third period and the Atlanta Thrashers earned their first regulation win in Montreal in over five years, 5-4 over the Canadiens on Tuesday night.
Prior to this 2007-08 season, the NHL produced this video which outlined a lot of rule changes regarding areas such as hits to head . This hit by former Penguins forward Colby Armstrong against former Hurricanes forward Trevor Letowski was highlighted as one that would be illegal: So we ask you, what is so different about the Armstrong hit in comparison to this hit last night by Flyers forward Mike...
from Chuck Gormley of Flyer Files, Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren defended Richards and called out Sexton, saying, “Randy should watch more hockey games.” “It was a good hit,” Holmgren said. “I don’t see how they can (suspend him). Mike was doing his job. He was back tracking, he caught up to the play. His feet never left the ice. David Booth turned his head...
Via TallCathy of Kiss 96.1 . She's filming the next A&L Motor Sales with the Superstar himself . Max's commercials are legendary. He stuck out despite amazing performances by Colby Armstrong, Gonchar and Geno in the first, and perfected the Superstar persona in the second. Watch them both again. You could say I'm kinda excited about what's next. I'm expecting great things from Max and TallCathy....
"Mellon Arena Memories" is a semi-regular feature that will appear in this forum from time to time during the remainder of the Penguins' season. We will attempt to interview several individuals from inside and outside the world of hockey about the arena which has served as the Penguins' home facility since the franchise's inception. Today's subject is Ruslan Fedotenko. Fedotenko is currently...
Something we're going to try to do with some regularity is running the "Picture This" segment on Sundays. It's a slow day and other than just posting the URL's and offering the proper credit, it doesn't take a lot of effort to post these. And we wouldn't mind taking it a tad easy on Sundays. Anyways, here's today's batch from EN readers. Ron Michalek went to a Flames-Blue Jackets game in...
Atlanta Thrashers defenseman Boris Valabik is expected to miss four to six weeks after having surgery to repair a high ankle sprain. The Thrashers said Valabik, a native of Nitra, Czechoslovakia, had surgery on Thursday morning. He was placed on injured reserve. Valabik had five assists in 50 games last season. Forward Colby Armstrong was activated from injured reserve.
The Thrashers claimed defenseman Christoph Schubert off re-entry waivers from Ottawa Friday. To make room for Schubert, the Thrashers placed forward Colby Armstrong on injured reserve. Armstrong injured his groin in a exhibition game last month.Schubert, 27, played in 50 games for the Senators last season with six points (three goals, three assists). During the [...]
1. Alexander Ovechkin - I've said it before and I'll say it again. Alexander Ovechkin is the best hockey player in the world. He's not the best all around player, but nobody is no feared, more difficult to contain or more exciting to watch than AO. He's a threat to score 50-60 goals, take a ton of shots and score over 100 points easily. (Photo by Reuters Pictures) 2. Sidney Crosby - Finally Crosby...