Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mark Recchi and Zdeno Chara scored first-period power-play goals as the goal-starved Boston Bruins halted a rough stretch with a 4-2 win over Buffalo on Saturday night, sending the Sabres to their first consecutive losses of the season.
ESPN (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mark Recchi and Zdeno Chara scored first-period power-play goals as the goal-starved Bruins halted a rough stretch with a 4-2 win over Buffalo.
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Bill Guerin ( above ) appeared in his 1,200th career game last night. Guerin's nearly played for that many teams. Not really, but when you break down his numbers, you'll see that he's spread those games out. Note: The percentages of his 1,200 games are broken down by team as well: Team Games Played (Percent) Goals Assists Points Devils 380 (31.7%) 108 106 214 Oilers 211 (17.6%) 79 82 161 Bruins 142...
HockeyNation (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The leadership has changed names on the office door four times in the last few years, in the last two months; the only sure thing has been a revolving door of departing employees, some by choice, and some by other less amicable means. The image of the organization is in tatters while the membership continues to try and figure out what they’re doing and why they’re doing it, no one seems...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
When you think about the faces of the Penguins franchise - Sidney Crosby, Marc-Andre Fleury and Evgeni Malkin - you think of youth. All four of those players are under the age of 25. Then you get to Brooks Orpik. You might not think of him as part of that vital internal core. He doesn't win Hart Trophies or Conn Smythe Awards. He wasn't one of the top two picks in a draft. He never made a clutch,...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
from Scott Burnside of ESPN, Speaking of the NHLPA, the irony is just too rich. Former executive director Paul Kelly was dismissed in August by the NHLPA’s 30 player reps in large part due to a fishy staff review spearheaded by general counsel Ian Penny, who assumed Kelly’s role on an interim basis. Now, those player reps have decided they need to get straight how all of this nastiness...
Bostonist (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Andre Ringuette/NHLI Photos But that's kind of a big deal, since it matches their season high. The "team goes up...team goes down" Bruins survived a tough beginning to come back and win in a shootout in Ottawa last night, 4-3. The B's are giving most of the credit on this one to Tim Thomas, who recorded 27 saves, some among his best of the year, and gave his teammates a chance to get back...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
TORONTO (October 23, 2009) – The National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) Executive Board has voted 25-5 passing a resolution to have Rob Blake, Chris Chelios, Nicklas Lidstrom and Mark Recchi form a committee to review NHLPA operations and submit its recommendations to the Executive Board of the NHLPA. Rob, Chris, Nik and Mark will convene a conference call in the next few days...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
via TSN, Sources say the NHLPA has completed its vote and has passed the implementation of a four member review committee to investigate the unions internal operations. Veterans Chris Chelios, Mark Recchi, Rob Blake and Nicklas Lidstrom will handle the review which is expected to include interviews with current PA employees, discussions with former PA executives Paul Kelly and Glenn Healy, plus the...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
from Joe Haggerty of the Big Bad Blog at WEEI, “We haven’t played Bruins hockey, and played the way that this team has grown its identity over the last couple of years,” said Mark Recchi. “We have to get back to it and realize how hard it is. Get our focus back. I really believe it’s not that far away. This is a little bit of a wake up call, and this isn’t a bad...
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
More photos » by Darryl Dyck - AP Browse more photos » We're into Year 4 in the Hockey Bloggers Invitational fantasy pool that I run, and we've introduced a new wrinkle this season: keepers. And I think it might be my undoing. I finished fourth last season after limping to the finish line ( Martin Gerber was one of the pillars of that team), and really didn't have anyone I was jazzed on...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
A preview of the Flyers. When and where: 7 p.m., Wachovia Center. TV: FSN Pittsburgh, CSN Philadelphia. Record: 3-0-0, six points. Philadelphia is in first place in the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference. Leading Scorer: Matt Carle, six points (one goal, five assists). Last Game: 6-5 overtime win Tuesday . Mike Richards recorded the first hat trick of the season. Last Game against the Penguins:...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
from Ken Campbell of The Hockey News, Even though they did not have voting privileges because they are not player reps for their teams, sources said both Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby were on the call for a period of time. In other union news, Andrew Ference, a leader in the charge to fire Kelly, has effectively been ousted as the Boston Bruins player representative and will no longer be a member...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
from Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe, Up front, Julien is coaching a four-line group that general manager Peter Chiarelli considers some of the NHL’s best backchecking forwards. “You build from the back end out,’’ Chiarelli said. This season, at least to start, “defense first’’ will be the mantra because it is the known commodity. In goal, Thomas and Rask...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Penguins ( Apologies for this being late today. G-20 duties kind of kicked our butts last night/this morning. ) -The 2009-10 version of Alex Goligoski ( above ) looks a lot more mature than the 2008-09 version . -A repeat for the Penguins will be tough . -The Penguins are bussing it to Columbus tonight . -Someone compiled most of the Penguins' overtime goals from the past three seasons: -Is Brian...
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