Empty Netter Assists - 01-14-12
Penguins
-Shelly Anderson's recap from last night's game. "It makes the locker room a lot better atmosphere." - James Neal on breaking a six-game losing streak.
-The Miami Herald's recap. "That was a debacle from the get-go. We got outplayed, outworked." - Panthers defenseman Ed Jovanovski.
-The South Sentitnel's recap. "They came in here with the attitude they would do whatever it took to win." - Panthers coach Kevin Dineen on the Penguins.
-The Associated Press' recap. “It’s a huge relief. It wasn’t fun for anybody.” - Marc-Andre Fleury (above, stopping Florida's Stephen Weiss) on the losing streak.
-NHL.com's recap. Dan Bylsma passed Michel Therrien for second most coaching wins in franchise history.
-Highlights:
-Arron Asham versus Florida's Krys Barch:
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-A good look at the fight:
-Eric Tangradi versus Florida's Erik Gudbranson:
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-A good look at Tangradi and Gudbranson about to square off:
-Cool Photo of the Night: A good look at Tyler Kennedy's goal:
-Happy times for Marc-Andre Fleury and Brent Johnson:
-Dan Bylsma speaks:
-Sidney Crosby. Still captain.
-Patrick Killeen made 30 saves for the Wheeling Nailers in a 3-0 shutout of the Toledo Walleye.
Atlantic Division
-The annual "Rick DiPietro will miss the rest of the season" news has finally arrived. The Islanders goaltender will be shut down for the remainder of 2011-12 due to a sports hernia.
Northeast Division
-Paul Gaustad had a goal and an assist for the Sabres who beat the rival Maple Leafs, 3-2. Patrick Kaleta recorded two assists for Buffalo while teammate Ryan Miller made 24 saves. Mikhail Grabovski led Toronto with a goal and an assist.
-Buffalo captain Jason Pominville > Toronto's Jonas Gustavsson:
-Miller got a glove on this puck:
-Intense Photo of the Night: Buffalo's Robyn Regher battling Toronto's Mike Brown for a puck:
-Senators forward Jason Spezza accused Rangers forward and former Penguin Ruslan Fedotenko of hitting him with a "dirty" knee on knee hit Thursday.
-Senators forward Jesse Winchester is dealing with a concussion.
Southeast Division
-Troy Brouwer's first career hat trick led the Blackhawks to a 4-3 win against the Lightning. Brooks Laich and Dennis Wideman each recorded two assists for Washington while teammate Tomas Vokoun made 28 saves. Captain Vincent Lecavalier had a goal and an assist for Tampa Bay.
-Brouwer's hat trick:
-Tampa Bay goaltender Dwayne Roloson didn't have a prayer on this goal by Brouwer:
-Washington's Karl Alzner and Tampa Bay's Steve Downie had issues:
-The Jets demoted forward Patrice Cormier to St. John's of the AHL.
Central Division
-A goal and an assist by Derrick Brassard led the Blue Jackets to a 4-3 win against the Coyotes. Curtis Sanford made 32 saves for Columbus. Lauri Korpikoski had a goal and two assists for Phoenix.
-Pass of the Night: Korpikoski springing teammate Radim Vrbata off for a breakaway:
-Columbus' Jared Boll versus Phoenix's Raffi Torres:
-The Blue Jackets placed forward Jeff Carter on injured reserve due to a separated shoulder.
-Blackhawks forward Daniel Carcillo will miss the rest of the season following reconstructive surgery on the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Rehabilition is expected to take six months.
-Carcillo suffered the injury Jan. 2 when he shoved Oilers defenseman into the boards on an illegal hit which earned Carcillo a five-game suspension:
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-The Blackhawks demoted forward Ben Smith to Chicago of the AHL.
Northwest Division
-“He’s got some charisma to him, he’s got some swagger to him — I like guys that are that way. It’s good to have that inside your room. It’s good that it’s not all the same. You want different personalities, you want guys that are different characters. It’s nice to have a little flavour of everything.” - Flames coach Brent Sutter on adding forward Mike Cammalleri to his roster.
-Two of the Sutter brothers - Calgary's Brent and Los Angeles' Darryl - will coach against each other tonight.
Pacific Division
-Jonas Hiller made 33 saves for the Ducks in a 5-0 shutout of the Oilers. Corey Perry scored two goals for Anaheim while captain Ryan Getzlaf recorded four assists.
-Edmonton's Sam Gagner and Anaheim's Francois Beauchemin:
-The Stars acquired former Penguins forward prospect Angelo Esposito from the Panthers in exchange for forward Ondrej Roman. In 16 games with the AHL's San Antonio Rampage this season, Esposito has five points. Esposito was the Penguins' first-round pick (No. 20 overall) in 2007.
-The Coyotes demoted defenseman David Rundblad to Portland of the AHL.
-The Ducks demoted defenseman Mark Fraser to Syracuse of the AHL.
Norris Division
-Cody Crichton's overtime goal gave the Robert Morris men's team a 4-3 win against Holy Cross.
-Max Strang made 15 saves for the Mercyhurst men's team in a 3-2 loss to American International.
-Jill Szandzik's overtime goal gave the Mercyhurst women's team a 5-4 win against Niagara.
(Photos: Penguins/Panthers-Joel Auerbach/Getty Images; Sabres/Maple Leafs-Rick Stewart/Getty Images; Lightning/Capitals-Nick Wass/Associated Press; Coyotes/Blue Jackets-John Grieshop/Getty Images; Ducks/Oilers-John Ulan/Canadian Press)