Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Has EA Sports soccer game sent to Wild's Martin Havlat The voice on the other end of Patrick Kane's phone rather cryptically said, "I need to talk to you."
St. Louis Game Time (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
by Gene J. Puskar - AP My face feels naked! (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) View full size photo uploaded October 23, 2009 The Blues are part of an exclusive club this season. The Blues and the Maple Leafs are the only two teams in the league to not win a game on home ice yet. Now if you look at the standings, you'll see a win in the home column, but that "home" was in Sweden. Granted, they've...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
from Michael Russo of the Star Tribune, Five games into the season, the pressure’s already mounting for a Wild team lacking confidence and cohesion, and parked on the Western Conference floor. Three games into a five-game trip, the Wild has yet to win and faces its first Northwest Division meetings tonight and Saturday at the Oilers and Canucks. If Martin Havlat misses tonight’s game because...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
from Michael Russo of Russo’s Rants, After GM Chuck Fletcher informed the media that Cal Clutterbuck will be out a matter of “weeks” with a sprained ankle, that Pierre-Marc Bouchard is still out indefinitely with a concussion and that Petr Sykora is doubtful Wednesday against Anaheim with a sore groin, I sat down and watched practice. In a 5-minute span, Martin Havlat crashed into...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
from Michael Russo of Russo’s Rants, Martin Havlat was a minus-3 in 3:07 of ice time in the first period. His first three shifts against resulted in goals against, including his first shift after being benched for more than seven minutes. Asked about Havlat, coach Todd Richards said, “There were just some guys that weren’t ready to show up. The way that the game went, it’s about...
PuckUpdate (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
It looks like Martin Havlat will play on a line with Petr Sykora, as they did in Tuesday’s win over the Ducks. Every season, more and more GMs have been filling as many slots as they can with younger players rather than more experienced ones. There are a lot of reasons to do so: younger players [...] Related posts: Single White Devils Captain Shanahan Right for Jersey Shanahan Can’t Be...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
With all of the Olympics hoopla last week, we hadn't yet had a chance to preview the Blackhawks season, which opened in Helsinki, Finland against the Florida Panthers on Friday. After last season's renaissance on the ice, hockey has re-emerged as a sport we in Chicago care about, and we fans have high expectations for our Blackhawks in 2009-10. But a bizarre off-season splashed a large dose of ice...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
from Bruce Brothers of the Pioneer Press, Martin Havlat is no Marian Gaborik. Many associated with the Wild believe that’s a good thing. When Gaborik, the Wild’s all-time scoring leader and all-time leader in groin injuries, skated away to the New York Rangers through free agency last summer, Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher moved quickly to obtain Havlat, another Eastern European scoring...
The Peerless Prognosticator (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
We’ve done the East, and now, the West… 1. San Jose The good… On paper, lots. The Sharks subtracted a player who went from 56 to 12 goals in the blink of an eye (Jonathan Cheechoo) and added a player who has averaged 37 goals a year over his seven year career and who is in his prime (Dany Heatley). The Sharks otherwise return their top four goal scorers and point producers from...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
from Michael Russo of the Star Tribune, But one player who has avoided the injury thus far is Martin Havlat. As Havlat says, “Knock on wood.” After problems earlier in Havlat’s career, he seems to have solved the issue. Chicago Blackhawks assistant coach John Torchetti said he thinks he knows why. “Nobody prepares before a game or a practice more than ‘Grizzly,’”...
Live Streaming Sports (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
Xcel Energy Center @ 5:00 CST Minnesota Wild : Forwards Martin Havlat – Andy Hilbert – Colton Gillies Matt Kassian – Kyle Brodziak – Cal Clutterbuck Benoit Pouliot – Nathan Smith – Petr Sykora Owen Nolan – Danny Irmen – Duncan Milroy Defense Nick Schultz – John Scott Justin Falk – Kim Johnsson Jaime Sifers – Tyler Cuma Goalies Niklas...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Last year, the playoff run by the resurgent Blackhawks, lead by a talented young core including cover athletes Marian Hossa, Cristobel Huet, Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews, was one of the most compelling stories in hockey. But after a summer of woes - failing to re-sign top players Nikolai Khabibulin and Martin Havlat, the firing of GM Dale Tallon, Patrick Kane’s legal...
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
More photos » by Kyndell Harkness - AP Browse more photos » Who's in: Kyle Brodziak , Martin Havlat , Shane Hnidy , Petr Sykora , Greg Zanon Who's out: Marc-Andre Bergeron , Kurtis Foster , Dan Fritsche , Marian Gaborik , Martin Skoula , Stephane Veilleux Outlook: The fallout from the playoff miss wasn't pretty, and it started only a few days after the season ended with Jacques "Trap"...
The Big Dead Sidebar (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Man, what an opener for the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday. They played an overtime game against Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals (okay, Ovechkin didn't play, but the thought is nice!). There were 19,734 screaming fans at the United Center.This all came after a rough offseason that included Patrick Kane's legal troubles, former Blackhawk Martin Havlat's weird verbal bashing of the
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
Martin Havlat's first two goals in a Minnesota uniform helped the Wild blank the Blackhawks 3-0 on Sunday.
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