Empty Netter Assists - 01-30-11
Penguins
-So... what's Ray Shero going to do with all these impending free agent forwards?
-"It was kind of scary." - Kris Letang on competing in the NHL's skills competition last night.
-Letang speaks:
-Fleury speaks:
-John Curry made 29 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 2-1 loss to the Binghamton Senators.
-Curry has had to battle to stay in the Penguins' organization.
-A goal and four assists by Michael Bedard led the Wheeling Nailers to a 7-4 defeat of the Trenton Devils. Nick Petersen added a goal and three assists for the Nailers while teammate Ben Street netted a goal and two assists. Patrick Killee made 28 saves in the victory.
All-Star Lame Game
Some photos from last night's skills competition. Marc-Andre Fleury offering a reminder to Washington captain Alex Ovechkin of which hand stoned him back in the 2009 playoffs:
-We think.
-Fleury not stoning Ovechkin:
-Fleury being nice:
-Kris Letang taking the ice:
-The smoke/light introductions were pretty cool. Fleury:
-Detroit captain Nicklas Lidstrom:
-Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos:
-Los Angeles' Anze Kopitar:
-Chicago captain Jonathan Toews:
-Bright times for Atlanta's Dustin Byfuglien:
-Carolina captain Eric Staal alone in the dark:
-Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist taking the ice:
-Edmonton's Taylor Hall being fast:
-Funny Face of the Night: Islanders forward Michael Grabner:
-Montreal's P.K. Subban being a fan of Carolina's Jeff Skinner:
-Skinner beating Fleury:
-Colorado's Paul Stastny handling the puck:
-A few players unleashing hell in the slap shot competition. Boston's Zdeno Chara:
-Nashville's Shea Weber:
-Chara put some smoke on this shot:
-Chicago's Patrick Sharp:
-Stamkos:
-Byfuglien:
-Ovechkin:
-Even Hartford Whalers fans were cheering for Chara:
-The two hardest shots in the NHL:
-Perplexed times for Ovechkin:
-Oveckin had a bit of an equipment malfunction:
-And a bit of a skate malfunction apparently as well:
-Buffalo's Tyler Ennis wheeling and dealing:
-Bruin on Bruin violence with Chara scoring on Tim Thomas:
-Happy times for Lundqvist and Carolina's Cam Ward:
-Chicago's Patrik Kane being a shutterbug:
-A Swedish get together with Lundqvist, Vancouver captain Henrik Sedin, Dallas Loui Eriksson, Lidstrom, Vancouver's Daniel Sedin, Phoenix's Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Ottawas Erik Karlsson:
-A reunion of current and former Blackhawks here with Kane, Toews, Byfuglien, Sharp, Chicago's Duncan Keith and Minnesota's Martin Havlat:
-Rookies Cam Fowler of Anaheim and Tyler Seguin of Boston having a moment:
-Wait... these guys have the same name?!?
-Chara's set a record with a slap shot of 105.9 mph.
Patrick Division
-Gary Bettman doesn't like concussions.
-Eric Levine made 56 saves for the Robert Morris men's team in a 2-2 tie with Niagara.
-Paul Chiasson had two goals for the Mercyhurst men's team in a 3-3 tie with RIT.
-Hillary Pattenden made 10 saves for Mercyhurst in a 2-0 shutout of Niagara.
(Photos: Shero-Matt Freed/Post-Gazette; All-Star Game-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images, Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images, Karl B. DeBlaker/Associated Press and Harry How/Getty Images)