L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Teemu Selanne scores twice, assisted both times by fellow Finn Saku Koivu. Jonas Hiller has taken some shots this season behind a revamped Ducks defense that has given up more than its share.
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
For one game at least, this won’t be the typical California trip for the Penguins that we’ve become accustomed to. The Penguins got timely goals from Alex Goligoski and Pascal Dupuis (with a Saku Koivu sandwiched in between) in a 78 second span midway through the third period to vault the Pens to a 4-3 win over the Ducks at the Honda Center in Anaheim. The Pens have now tied the NHL record...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
PREGAME Greetings from another ugly day in Pittsburgh. Its in the mid 50s. Drizzling. Cloudy. Ugly. We love Pittsburgh, but this is one of those day were you wonder why you can't find a job in San Diego. They need hockey bloggers in San Diego right? A few shots from our trek up from from the Chatham Center garage. Consol Energy Center on the FIfth Avenue Side: -Mellon Arena: -The ice: -This is from...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
PREGAME Greetings from another ugly day in Pittsburgh. Its in the mid 50s. Drizzling. Cloudy. Ugly. We love Pittsburgh, but this is one of those day were you wonder why you can't find a job in San Diego. They need hockey bloggers in San Diego right? A few shots from our trek up from from the Chatham Center garage. Consol Energy Center on the FIfth Avenue Side: -Mellon Arena: -The ice: -This is from...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN, The jury’s still out on Bob Gainey’s wholesale makeover in Montreal, but a look at the former Habs and their performance almost one month into the NHL season perhaps shows some prescience in the Canadiens GM’s offseason decisions. Christopher Higgins is in John Tortorella’s dog house in New York; Saku Koivu has struggled to get it going in Anaheim;...
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
The Anaheim Ducks announced today that the club has teamed with RA Sushi Bar Restaurant to raise funds for the Anaheim Ducks Foundation. "The Big Wisniewski" sushi roll, named after Ducks defenseman James Wisniewski, will be added to four of RA’s Southern California location menus beginning tomorrow, Oct. 9. Wisniewski’s creation was the victor in a sushi-rolling contest held...
LAist (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Davis Drewskie and Justin Williams celebrating after defeating the San Jose Sharks. AP Photo/Danny Moloshok LA Kings defeat San Jose Sharks 6-4 . The Kings exploded on the reigning President's Cup winner San Jose Sharks jumping out to a 4-0 lead in the second period. But then the penalties mounted and the Sharks took advantage scoring four powerplay goals. However 26 seconds after the Shark's Dany...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
There's a world of difference between playing hockey in Montreal and Anaheim. Saku Koivu is adjusting well to life with the Ducks.
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Anaheim Ducks announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has named four-time Stanley Cup champion Scott Niedermayer team captain. Saku Koivu and Ryan Getzlaf have been named alternate captains for the 2009-10 season. In addition, Corey Perry will serve as an additional alternate captain when necessary. “This was a difficult decision as we feel there...
Down Goes Brown (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
As we count down the final days leading up to the 2009-10 regular season, let's take a look at each of the 30 teams with the official DGB Season Preview . Today, we look at the Pacific Division. San Jose Sharks The good: Finally addressed that longstanding "locker room cancer" void. The bad: Attempted to address a history of playoff failure by acquiring an Ottawa Senator. Let that sink in...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Seeing Toronto's Jason Blake ( above ) and Montreal's Scott Gomez put up some points against the Penguins within the past week of exhibition play isn't anything new for Penguins fans. It should come as no surprise that each player is among the top 20 active players when it comes to career regular season points against the Penguins: Player, Current team Games Played Goals- Assists- Points Rod Brind’Amour,...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN, ...here are 10 things I hope to see this season (wink, wink): 5. Saku Koivu wakes up at home in Anaheim in mid-January. His Ducks team is leading the Western Conference standings, he’s had to do six media interviews all season long and not one of them involved asking him why he didn’t speak French. He drives to the rink in his convertible in 85-degree weather,...
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
More photos » by Paul Chiasson - AP Browse more photos » Who's in: Mike Cammalleri , Hal Gill , Brian Gionta , Scott Gomez , Paul Mara , Travis Moen , Curtis Sanford , Jaroslav Spacek Who's out: Francis Bouillon , Patrice Brisebois , Mathieu Dandenault , Christopher Higgins , Saku Koivu , Mike Komisarek , Tom Kostopoulos , Alex Kovalev , Robert Lang , Mathieu Schneider , Alex Tanguay Outlook:...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
The longtime Montreal Canadiens player acknowledges being nervous during Anaheim's 3-0 loss to Vancouver. The longtime Montreal Canadiens player acknowledges being nervous during Anaheim's 3-0 loss to Vancouver.
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
We're pretty sure this list doesn't really prove anything, but we found it interesting ( Sorry, we're hockey geeks ). The following is a list of each team and the current and former captain they currently have on their training camp rosters. Each player is listed with the team(s) they captained: Team (Number of Players) Players (Team) Canuck (5) Pavol Demitra (Wild) Keith Carney-*(Wild) Roberto Luongo...
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