Empty Netter Assists - 01-06-11
Penguins
-Shelly Anderson's recap from last night's game. "It was fun playing the game." - Alex Goligoski.
-The Tampa Tribune's recap. "We had no juice, nothing, and they had everything." - Lightning coach Guy Boucher.
-The St. Petersburg Times' recap. "That was just the way this game went." - Lightning forward Steven Stamkos on his failed penalty shot attempt.
-The Associated Press' recap. “It was good to be back in our building.” - Marc-Andre Fleury.
-NHL.com's recap. "We don't have to rely on Sid every night." - Chris Kunitz (above with Brooks Orpik and Pascal Dupuis) on Crosby being limited to one assist.
-Mike Lange's goal calls.
-Highlights:
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-Evgeni Malkin's goal deserves a second look:
-Lightning forward Steven Stamkos' unfortunate shootout attempt:
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-Jordan Staal making a pass:
-Ben Lovejoy moving a puck along:
-Tampa Bay's Nate Thompson was presumably scared of Dupuis' unibrow here:
-Tampa Bay's Steve Downie sporting a mean shiner:
-Kunitz speaks:
-Staal wants more playing time.
-The city of Pittsburgh's historic review commission gave preliminary approval to the Civic Arena as a historic structure.
-Mario Lemieux is good people.
-Shootout goals by Dustin Jeffrey, Nick Johnson and Brett Sterling gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 3-2 win against the Charlotte Checkers. Chris Collins had a goal and an assist in regulation for the Penguins while Brad Thiessen made 23 saves in the victory.
Atlantic Division
-Mats Zuccarello had an overtime goal and an assist and led the Rangers to a 2-1 win against the Hurricanes. Teammate Brandon Dubinsky recorded two assists while Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves in the victory.
-Zuccarello's goal:
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-Zuccarello being popular:
-New York's Brandon Prust and Carolina's Troy Bodie had issues:
-Staals!!!!
-"I’ve been like this for 23 years. I have a lot of practice being small.” - Zuccarello on only being 5-foot-7.
-The Islanders signed defenseman Milan Jurcina to a one-year contract extension worth $1.6 million.
-Islanders defenseman Mark Eaton is dealing with a hip injury.
-Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger (foot) was given medical clearance to resume skating.
-In the final eight games of John MacLean's tenure as head coach, the Devils' power play was 10 for 30. In six games under Jacques Lemaire, it's 1 for 19.
Northeast Division
-The Bruins placed forward Trent Whitfield on waivers.
-Maple Leafs forward John Mitchell is expected to be sidelined four to six weeks due to a knee injury.
-Senators general manager Bryan Murray is being kind of wishy-washy on the status of head coach Cory Clouston.
-Ottawa coach Luke Richardson returned to practice for the first time since his daughter committed suicide Nov. 13.
Southeast Division
-Two goals by Rich Peverly led the Thrashers to a 3-2 win at Florida. Captain Andrew Ladd recorded two assists while Ondrej Pavelec made 33 saves in the victory. Chris Higgins had a goal and an assist for Florida.
-The Panthers got robbed of a potential game-tying goal late. Captain Bryan McCabe appeared to score and appealed to officials to review his potential goal. Officials ruled no goal on the ice and declined to review the play:
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-"It's called a flavor saver:"
-Higgins and teammate Stephen Weiss made at least one fan happy:
-Atlanta's Eric Boulton and Florida's Bryan Allen had issues:
-The Thrashers placed forward Ben Eager ("lower body") on injured reserve.
-Lightning goaltender Mike Smith didn't exactly hide his disappointment in the team picking up goaltender Dwayne Roloson from the Islanders.
-Karl Alzner and John Carlson have become the Capitals' shutdown pair of defensemen.
Central Division
-Patric Hornqvist and Sergei Kostitsyn each had a goal and an assist for the Predators in a 4-1 win at Anaheim. Pekka Rinne made 40 saves in the victory.
-Anaheim's George Parros and Nashville's Wade Belak had issues:
-Ducks forward Teemu Selanne ripped his team's effort after the game.
-Blue Jackets defenseman Mike Commodore has requested a trade citing differences with coach Scott Arniel.
-Columbus forward Ethan Moreau is dealing with a rib injury.
Northwest Division
-A goal and an assist Kevin Bieksa helped the Canucks beat the rival Flames, 3-1. Teammate Alex Burrows recorded two assists while Roberto Luongo made 43 saves in the victory. Vancouver has won seven consecutive games.
-Check out this pass by Vancouver's Mason Raymond to set up Ryan Kesler for a goal:
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-Daniel Sedin scored the 10,000th goal in Canucks history:
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-The Wild signed unrestricted free agent forward Jed Ortmeyer, formerly of the Sharks, to a one-year two-way contract and assigned him to Houston of the AHL.
-The Flames terminated the contract of forward J.D. Watt.
Pacific Division
-Two goals by Mike Ribeiro led the Stars to a 4-2 win at Chicago. Captain Brenden Morrow added a goal and an assist for Dallas while teammates Loui Eriksson and Brad Richards each recorded two assists. Kari Lehtonen made 34 saves in the victory.
-Morrow made a heck of a play to control a puck which hit him in the face in order to score:
-Blackhawks forward Viktor Stalberg managed to put the puck off posts and the cross bar on an unsuccessful penalty shot:
-Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf will be sidelined four to six weeks due to facial injuries.
IIHF World Championships
-Blues prospect Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist for Russia which scored five unanswered goal in the third period and came back to claim the gold medal in a stunning 5-3 defeat of Canada.
-Highlights:
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-Canada goaltender Mark Visentin allowed five goals in the span of approximately 13 minutes.
-In the bronze medal game, two goals by Rangers prospect Chris Kreider led the United States past Sweden, 4-2.
Adams Division
-During a recent USHL game, Andrew Prochno of the Sioux Falls Stampede actually shattered a puck in two by putting a slap shot off a post:
-How much of a toll does a butterfly style take on the body of a goaltender?
(Photos: Lightning/Penguins-Justin K. Aller/Getty Images and Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press; Hurricanes/Rangers-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images; Thrashers/Panthers-Joel Auerbach/Getty Images and Lynne Sladky/Associated Press; Predators/Ducks-Jeff Gross/Getty Images)