Empty Netter Assists - 10-02-10
Penguins
-Shelly Anderson's recap from yesterday's game. Arron Asham left the game due to an "upper-body" injury.
-Highlights from the game. The clip is from the Blackhawk's Web site and only show's Chicago's highlights:
-Some photos from the game.Chicago's Corey Crawford is apparently not a fan of Mike Rupp's butt:
-Chicago's John Scott > Maxime Talbot:
-Talbot got some air time here:
-Simon Despres fending off Chicago's Jonathan Toews:
-Chicago's Patrick Kane blowing by Eric Godard:
-Chicago's Troy Brouwer > Despres:
-Chicago's Marian Hossa charging up ice in front of Eric Tangradi:
-Pascal Dupuis and Chicago's Nick Boynton kept their eyes on this puck:
-Toews and Mark Letestu battling for a puck:
-Chicago's Brent Seabrook smushed Tyler Kennedy into the wall:
-Leery eyes from Crawford:
-Matt Cooke being chased by Chicago's Tomas Kopecky:
-Kris Letang is facing elevated expectations.
-Sidney Crosby's hip sidelined him last night.
-FSN Pittsburgh will air a season preview today at 5 p.m.
-A goal in regulation and in the shootout by Nick Petersen led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 4-3 preseason win against the rival Hershey Bears.
-The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguind demoted defensemen Drew Dobson, Peter Merth, Nick Tuzzolino, forward Marc Rechlicz and goaltender Nevin Hamilton to the Wheeling Nailers and released forward Taylor Vichorek and defenseman Eric Tallent.
-Former Penguins forward Miroslav Satan has joined HS Slovan Bratislava in Slovakia.
-The translated headline from the story on the team's Web site was a little over the top:
-We're assuming Michel Therrien isn't moonlighting as the Webmaster for this team.
-Happy 53rd birthday to former Penguins defenseman Gordie Roberts (right, with a slightly more celebrated teammate). Acquired prior to the 1990-91 season in a deal which sent a draft pick to the Blues, Roberts spent parts of two seasons with the Penguins. In 1990-91, Roberts appeared in 61 games and contributed 18 points. In that spring's postseason, Roberts appeared in all 24 of the team's games, recorded three points and helped the franchise claim its first Stanley Cup title. Roberts played in 73 games in 1991-92 and scored 24 points. In the 1992 playoffs, Roberts saw action in 19 games and recorded two assists as the team successfully defended the Stanley Cup. In the 1992 offseason, he joined the Bruins as a free agent. In 134 regular season games with the Penguins, Roberts scored 39 points. In 43 posteason games with the franchise, he scored five points. In 1999, Roberts was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.
-Happy 26th birthday to former Penguins forward Jonathan Filewich. A third-round pick in 2006, Filewich's entire NHL career amounted to five games and no points with the Penguins in 2007-08. Midway through the 2008-09 season, he was traded to the Blues for future considerations. He is currently a member of Medvescak Zagreb in Austria.
-Happy 47th birthday to former Penguins forward Tim Hrynewich (right). A second-round pick in 1983, Hrynewich spent parts of two seasons with the Penguins. As a rookie in 1982-83, Hrynewich appeared in 30 games and scored five points. In 1983-84, he played in 25 games and contributed nine points. Prior to the 1985-86 season, Hrynewich was traded to the Oilers along with Marty McSorley and Craig Muni in exchange for Gilles Meloche. In 55 games with the Penguins, Hrynewich scored 14 points.
-Happy 64th birthday to former Pittsburgh Hornets and Penguins defenseman Doug Barrie. Acquired prior to the 1968-69 season in a deal which sent cash to the Red Wings, Barrie's Penguins career amounted to eight games and two points that campaign. After spending the entire 1969-70 season with the Baltimore Clippers of the AH, Barrie was claimed by the Sabres in the 1970 expansion draft.
Atlantic Division
-Two assists by Jeff Carter helped the Flyers beat the Sabres, 3-1. Brian Boucher (above) made 32 saves in the victory.
-Buffalo's Ryan Miller had issues with this puck:
-Buffalo's Steve Montador > Philadelphia's Darroll Powe:
-Buffalo's T.J. Brennan got some torque on his stick here:
-So did his teammate Chris Butler:
-Jason Arnott and Zach Parise each had a goal and an assist for the Devils in a 4-3 win against the Islanders. Travis Zajac added two assists for New Jersey while Martin Brodeur made 23 saves in the victory. Former Penguins prospect Matt Moulson led New York with two goals.
-Bloody times for New Jersey's Matthew Corrente:
-New Jersey's Jacob Josefson didn't seem to appreciate this impromptu massage offered by New York's Krys Kolanos:
-New York's Dwayne Roloson kept his eyes on this puck:
-New York's Jed Ortmeyer got some air time here:
-New York's Jack Hillen > New Jersey's Mattias Tedenby:
-New York's Trevor Gillies is sporting a mean fu manchu:
-Shootout goals by Derek Stepan and former Penguin Erik Christensen gave the Rangers a 5-4 win against the Senators. Brian Boyle had a goal and an assist for New York in regulation while teammate Brandon Prust added two assists. Henrik Lundqvist made 28 saves in the victory. Jason Spezza led Ottawa with two goals and an assist.
-Check out the dazzling effort by New York's Marc Staal on this goal:
-Staal did ding his hip up a bit on that play.
-Happy times for Lundqvist and teammate Ryan Callahan:
-Happy times for New York's Derek Boogaard after scoring a rare goal:
-We don't want to question the skating ability of New York's Sean Avery, but...:
-Lundqvist stretched out to make this save on Ottawa's Peter Regin:
-A good look at Lundqvist's lid:
-Intense times for New York's Dan Girardi:
-Happy times for Boyle and teammate Prust:
-Happy times for the Rangers. Not so much for Ottawa's Brian Elliott:
-Senators forward and former Penguin Jarkko Ruutu doing his thing:
-Devils defenseman Bryce Salvador is out indefinitey with what was officially diagnosed with a concussion.
-Rangers forward Vaclav Prospal will be sidelined at least two weeks due to a wonky right knee.
-Could Flyers forward Daniel Carcillo start the season in the AHL?
Northeast Division
-The Canadiens demoted forward Max Pacioretty to Hamilton of the AHL.
Southeast Division
-Brandon Sutter (above, with Atlanta's Bryan Little and Ondrej Pavelec) scored two goals, including one in overtime, and led the Hurricanes to a 2-1 win against the Thrashers. Cam Ward made 30 saves in the victory.
-An overtime goal by Mike Lundin gave the Lightning a 2-1 win at Florida. Teammate Simon Gagne added a goal and an assist while Mike Smith made 29 saves in the win.
-Tampa Bay captain Vincent Lecavalier had a heart to heart with teammate Steven Stamkos on the Mentawai Long-tailed Giant Rat:
-We think.
-Tampa Bay coach Guy Boucher had a headache "THIS BIG:"
-Tampa Bay's Ryan Malone > Florida's Michal Frolik:
-Cool Photo of the Night: Florida's Simon Gagne kicking up some ice:
-A good look at the lid of Florida goaltender Tomas Vokoun:
-Malone scrambling for a puck in front of Vokoun:
-Vokoun laid down to make a save:
-We don't want to say Tampa Bay's Sean Bergenheim invaded Vokoun's personal space, but...:
-Eric Fehr had two goals and an assist for the Capitals in a 5-3 win against the Blue Jackets. Alex Ovechkin added three assists for Washington while teammate Mike Green recorded two assists. Michal Neuvirth made 23 saves in the victory. Chris Clark led Columbus with a goal and an assist.
-Neuvirth kept his eyes on this puck:
Central Division
-Two goals by Jiri Hudler led Detroit to a 7-3 rout of the Maple Leafs. Teammates Johan Franzen and Niklas Kronwall each added a goal and an assist while Thomas McCollum made 16 saves to earn the win. Phil Kessel led Toronto with a goal and an assist.
-We don't want to say Toronto's Carl Gunnarsson invaded the personal space of Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom, but...:
-The Red Wings recalled forwards Willie Coetzee, Francis Pare, Tomas Tatar and McCollum from Grand Rapids of the AHL.
-Red Wings forward Todd Bertuzzi is dealing with a back ailment.
-Blackhawks defenseman Brian Campbell left last night's game with a wonky right leg.
-Chicago forward Jack Skille is dealing with an "upper-body" injury.
-The Blackhawks demoted forwards Kyle Beach, Igor Makarov, Brandon Pirri, Ben Smith and defenseman Brian Connelly to Rockford of the AHL.
-Blues defenseman Nikita Nikitin will be sidelined two to four weeks due to a broken wrist.
Northwest Division
-A goal and an assist by Ryan Kesler led the Canucks to a 4-2 win at Anaheim. Cory Schneider (above) made 23 saves in the victory.
-Check out the nifty goal by Vancouver's Mason Raymond:
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-Check out this goal by Vancouver's Alex Edler:
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-Anaheim's Jonas Hiller kept his eyes on this puck:
-Two goals by Jarome Iginla led the Flames to a 5-1 win at Edmonton. Teammates Mikael Backlund and Alex Tanguay each recorded two assists while Henrik Karlsson made 20 saves in the victory.
-Edmonton's Kurtis Foster > Calgary's Raitis Ivanans:
-Ivanans has isssues with Edmonton's Steve McIntyre:
-Edmonton's Liam Reddox had issues with Calgary's Stefan Meyer as well:
-Also having issues were Edmonton's Jim Vandermeer and Calgary's Tim Jackman:
-Karlsson snagged this puck:
-Oilers defenseman Sheldon Souray and goaltender Martin Gerber each cleared waivers.
-The Wild have shot down - temporarily at least - reports they have signed unrestricted free agent goaltender Jose Theodore.
-The Wild is pretty popular in Finland.
Pacific Division
-The Coyotes released forward Kyle Wellwood who was in camp on a try-out basis.
-Kings forward Scott Parse is dealing with a wonky groin.
Smythe Division
-Former Canadiens/Lightning/Maple Leafs/Avalanche forward Darcy Tucker officially retired. We assume Jarkko Ruutu was saddened by the news:
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-Former NHL referee Kerry Fraser called for the league to create a universal rule on head shots totally eliminating any sort of blow to the head.
(Photos: Penguins/Blackhawks-Charles Cherney/Associated Press and Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images; Roberts-Photobucket; Hrynewich-John Heller/Post-Gazette; Sabres/Flyers-Jim McIsaac/Getty Images; Islanders/Devils-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images and Bill Kostroun/Associated Press; Senators/Rangers-Stephen Chernin/Associated Press and Chris McGrath/Getty Images; Thrashers/Hurricanes-Gerry Broome/Associated Press; Lightning/Panthers-Joel Auerbach/Getty Images and Hans Deryk/Associated Press; Blue Jackets/Capitals-Evan Vucci/Associated Press; Maple Leafs/Red Wings-Carlos Osorio/Associated Press; Canucks/Ducks-Stephen Dunn/Getty Images; Oilers/Flames-Dale MacMillan/Getty Images and Canadian Press)