post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
PREGAME -Greetings from a cloudy, late October day in Pittsburgh. Just a bleh day. It was dry enough to park downtown and walk up to Mellon Arena however. This is left over from last night. A Quebec license plate in the garage at Chatham Center: -PPG Place against a gray sky: -Looking south on Stanwix Street: -The construction at Market Square which is apparently fine to show off when every major...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
PREGAME -Greetings from a cloudy, late October day in Pittsburgh. Just a bleh day. It was dry enough to park downtown and walk up to Mellon Arena however. This is left over from last night. A Quebec license plate in the garage at Chatham Center: -PPG Place against a gray sky: -Looking south on Stanwix Street: -The construction at Market Square which is apparently fine to show off when every major...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
A preview of the Devils. When and where: 7:30 p.m., Mellon Arena. TV: FSN Pittsburgh, MSG Plus 2. Record: 5-3-0, 10 points. The Devils are in sixth place in the Eastern Conference and third place in the Atlantic Division. Leading Scorer: Zach Parise ( right ), 10 points (5 goals, 5 assists). Last Game: 4-2 road win against the Rangers, Thursday . Parise had two goals and an assist. Last Game against...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Penguins -How will Sergei Gonchar's potential contract negotiations be impacted by his wrist injury ? -Maxime Talbot things Marc-Andre Fleury ( above ) deserves to be on Canada's Olympic roster . -Sidney Crosby has apparently taken an active role in the NHLPA's issues . -Golf Digest ranks Mario Lemieux as the 16th best athlete golfer . -Defenseman Ben Lovejoy has apparently been taken off injured...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Penguins -The gentleman in the above photo simply deserves another 15 minutes of fame if you as us. -" I know I will coach again. I know I will win a Cup ." - Former Penguins coach Michel Therrien on his desire to get back to coaching. -Chris Conner's energy could land him a roster spot . -Included in that article is a note indicating Ben Lovejoy will be out of the lineup several weeks due...
NewsObserver.com (Free subscription) | 04/16/2009
Defenseman Mike Mottau, hardly considered a scoring threat, has given the Devils a 1-0 lead with 3:57 left in the first period.
Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
Hailing the passive resistance of the Rangers’ recently reacquired Sean Avery (above), the New York Times’ Jeff Z. Klein calls the former Vogue intern, “not merely a Zen master” in the Blueshirts’ 3-0 dispatch of New Jersey last night, but “a Machiavellian Zen master.” Mike Mottau, who hit Avery with some big body checks early in [...]
Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 01/04/2009
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Six weeks after suffering multiple leg injuries resulting from a blindside hit by Devils defenseman Mike Mottau, Islanders center Frans Nielsen seems willing to let bygones be bygones. He doesn't fault Mottau for never calling to apologize, nor does Nielsen want to believe there was any intent to injure on Mottau's part.
St. Louis Game Time (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
These pictures were taken by our photographer during the Blues' loss to the Devils on Dec. 30. TJ Oshie in pursuit. David Perron maneuvers around Mike Mottau. Bryce Salvador returns to St. Louis. Alex Steen crosses up Jay Leach. Brad Winchester corrals the puck. Roman Polak follows the play as Cam Janssen finishes his check. The Teej.
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
Earlier this month, the NY Islanders’Thomas Pock got a five game suspension for elbowing Ottawa’s Ryan Shannon. Then the Devils’ Mike Mottau received a two-game suspension for elbowing Frans Nielsen of the Islanders. Last week, L.A. Kings forward John Zeiler received a 3-game sentence for boarding Colorado’s Adam Foote from behind. Today, just hours after dropping a verbal bomb...
Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
You may have watched Mike Mottau's hit on Frans Nielsen a few dozen times on the Internet. You still haven't watched it or discussed it or thought about it as much as Colin Campbell did.
The Final Score (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
And neither do I, even if some of you feel I disrespected Clark Gillies on Friday. I talked with Colin Campbell this morning, and here's what he had to say about Thomas Pock, Mike Mottau and a host of other...
Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
You may have watched Mike Mottau's hit on Frans Nielsen a few dozen times on the internet. You still haven't watched it or discussed it or thought about it as much as Colin Campbell did.
The Final Score (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
Coming off the injury to Frans Nielsen and the cheap shot by Mike Mottau -- I didn't see it, but I'll take the team-sponsored blog's word for it that it was cheap -- Saturday's 4-2 Islanders win in Buffalo...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
from Chris Botta of NYI Point Blank, Two games for Mottau. Laughable… The Islanders, on the other hand, prefaced their comments with the poetry of “I know Mike Mottau and Mike Mottau is not a dirty player…” Please. As Don La Greca said so eloquently on our radio show, “What a bunch of garbage. He is now”! Would you ever hear Arbour say that? Would you ever hear...
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