Empty Netter Assists - 01-31-11
Penguins
-Marc-Andre Fleury and Kris Letang had a fun weekend.
-Fleury speaks:
-Letang speaks:
-Letang's first goal:
-Letang's second goal:
-Are the Penguins using Dustin Jeffrey right (PG+)?
-With the AHL All-Star Game in Hershey, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton representatives John Curry, Robert Bortuzzo and Eric Tangradi were booed during introductions for the skills competition.
-Speaking of which, check out this breakaway goal by Milwaukee's Linus Klasen:
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-If you can imagine such a thing, former Penguins forward Gary Roberts is in even better shape now that he's retired.
-Ben Street had a goal and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers in a 2-1 loss to the Trenton Devils. Teammate Nick Petersen recorded two assists while Peter Delmas made 37 saves in the victory.
-Happy 46th birthday to former Penguins defenseman Bobby Dollas. Orginally coming to the Penguins in the 1998 offseason along with Tony Hrkac in a deal which sent Josef Beranek to the Oilers, Dollas spent parts of two seasons in two stints with the Penguins. In 1998-99, he appeared in 70 games for the Penguins and scored 10 points. During that spring's postseason, he saw action in 13 games and scored one goal. In the 1999 offseason, he joined Long Beach of the IHL as a free agent. At the 2001 trade deadline, Dollas returned to the Penguins when he was acquired along with Johan Hedberg in a deal which sent Jeff Norton to the Sharks. He appeared in five games for the Penguins and failed to record a point. He was released in the 2001 offseason. In 75 regular seasons games with the Penguins, he scored 15 points.
All-Star Lame Game
-The NHL had all the players pose for these lame "star" photos. Fleury:
-Letang:
-Spitting times for Anaheim's Jonas HIller:
-Captains Nicklas Lidstrom of Detroit and Eric Staal of Carolina exchanging hand shakes:
-There are so many potential captions for this photo of Washington captain Alex Ovechkin. And so many ways to get fired:
-Cool Photo of the Night: Philadelphia's Daniel Briere beating Montreal's Carey Price:
-Boston's Zdeno Chara being tall. Dallas' Brad Richards, no so much:
-Adorable Photo of the Night: Minnesota's Brent Burns holding his daughter:
Atlantic Division
-The Rangers recalled defenseman Michael Del Zotto and forwards Evgeny Grachev and Kris Newbury from Connecticut of the AHL.
Northeast Division
-Terry Pegula, the prospective owner of the Sabres, doesn't exactly have a clean history in terms of running his natural gas drilling business.
Smythe Division
-Former Nordiques/Avalanche/Capitals/Blackhawks/Rangers/Flames/Islanders/Wild forward Chris Simon has joined OHK Dynamo Moskva of the KHL.
(Photos: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images, Gerry Broome/Associated Press, Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images and Harry How/Getty Images)