watersblogged! (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Ending the game by doing a convincing impression of a brick wall against a barrage by a Vancouver team that had pulled its goalie and put six attackers on the ice, Blackhawks goalie Antti Niemi stood on his head tonight and registered his second shutout of the season, blanking Vancouver 1-0- even though the Hawks were outshot 30-17! The Good Guys have now won seven in a row and have run their record...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | yesterday
from John MacKinnon of the Edmonton Journal, Chicago ran the streak to 6-1-3 with a 5-2 victory and left Alberta 2-0 for the trip. Again. When a team can blow out the opposition like that, the temptation is to pigeonhole the Hawks as a squadron of gunners, what with Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Patrick Sharp, Kris Versteeg, Dustin Byfuglien and others able to light it up. It gets worse for NHL opponents,...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
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...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
from Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune, With Marian Hossa’s debut with the Blackhawks looming, coach Joel Quenneville is formulating plans on how to utilize the high-scoring winger. Hossa participated in the Hawks’ morning skate before Thursday night’s game against the Flames and is on track to play during the Hawks’ six-game trip, most likely Wednesday against the Sharks in...
Hockey Plumber (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
The Red Wings started the season by dropping their first two games to St. Louis in Sweden. They finished October having lost seven games. Although a slight exaggeration, this is a team that doesn't normally lose it's seventh game until December! Maybe their slow start was a result of this veteran squad not getting much time off after two straight runs to the finals. Maybe this missed Marian Hossa,...
Hockey Plumber (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
In honor of our esteemed comrades at Frozen War Room, Hockey Plumber is proud to present the first in a new weekly feature: The Friday NHL Power Rankings. Parenthesis indicate last weeks ranking courtesy of the War Room. The Devils, Sharks, Flyers and Wings make moves to the top, while the Penguins, Canadiens and Canes go South. 1. (11) New Jersey Devils The Devils cannot be beaten on the road. Their...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Injured Chicago Blackhawks winger on schedule for return soon Marian Hossa has another big hurdle to clear before he can make his Blackhawks debut.
Foul Balls (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The Blackhawks have had to deal with some injuries already this season as the team still awaits for Marian Hossa to make his debut -- which they hope will be December 1 -- Adam Burish hasn't played a game this season, and Jonathan Toews recently had to miss some time due to a concussion. And those are just some of the dings and dents they've suffered through so far. Center Dave Bolland had
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Ryan Whitney was Pittsburgh’s second-best puck-moving defenseman behind Sergei Gonchar last season. Rob Scuderi and Hal Gill formed the shutdown pair that saw heavy action in the Stanley Cup final against the likes of Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg, Marian Hossa, and Johan Franzen.
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
PREGAME -Greetings from our living room. A fantastic 60 degree day here in Western Pennsylvania. It was completely sunny all day. -Right off the bat, Rob King come flying in our faces with a great stat. The Penguins haven't won in San Jose since the Kevin Constantine era. They beat the Sharks, 5-2, Oct. 22, 1997 . Jaromir Jagr had a goal and two assists. Alex Hicks added two assists. -Dan Potash had...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Trainer holds him out of scrimmage, but he's getting closer GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Marian Hossa watched his Blackhawks teammates scrimmage during Thursday's morning skate and figured he would take a shot.
Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
One potentially key factor on that front is that Kessel’s production last season with the Boston Bruins came in large part at even strength, with just eight of his goals scored on the power play. Only six players – Alex Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Zach Parise, Marian Hossa, Rick Nash and Jeff Carter – had more even-strength goals than Kessel last season, and 13 games into this season,...
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
More photos » by David Zalubowski - ASSOCIATED PRESS Browse more photos » Here's someone finally doing the legwork on a stat once proposed by Tom Benjamin and something I'd been meaning to get around to eventually: quantifying the impact of players' injuries based on their salaries and time missed. LW3H from Springing Malik explains the stat as he calculated it last season: The concept...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Marian Hossa feels 'pretty good' after 1st practice with team For the first time in a week, the news of who was on the ice for the Blackhawks outweighed the news of who wasn't.
ESPN (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Chicago Blackhawks' Jonathan Toews misses another practice while Brent Seabrook and Marian Hossa practice.
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