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Calling Divers

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10/26/05 at 03:17 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Sports Illustrated,

There was no need for ice at Monday night's contest between the Senators and the Hurricanes -- many of the players involved acted as though they would rather have been doing swan dives into a pool. The league warned from the start that players would need to quickly adapt to the new rules or else -- and it's all too obvious that they have. Recognizing the pressure on-ice officials are under to enforce zero tolerance on interference, a number of players are doing everything they can to catch their attention and draw a call with dramatic embellishment.

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Over The Boards

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10/26/05 at 02:48 PM ET | Comments (0)

-Monday's 5-4 overtime shootout victory for Toronto over Boston broke Rogers Sportsnet's record for a hockey broadcast with an average of 791,000 viewers. What's more amazing is that the previous record — 697,000 for a 2002 playoff game — was shown nationally while Monday's game was aired only in Ontario. TSN's three regional Leaf games have averaged 692,000 viewers, up 255 per cent over the same period in 2003. TSN's average for the entire 2003-04 season was 475,000. Hockey Night In Canada ratings for the early Saturday night games, all involving the Leafs, are up 43 per cent over the '03-04 season. The CBC is averaging 1,344,000 viewers for the early game. The late game average of 1,223,000 represents an 82 per cent increase. (toronto star) -The Colorado Avalanche announced today that the club has reassigned left wing Wojtek Wolski to his junior team, the Brampton Battalion of the Ontario Hockey League. “Wojtek has shown everyone tremendous skill since the beginning of our training camp,” Avalanche Director of Player Development Craig Billington said. “He has a great future ahead of him and will be playing in the NHL for many years to come. We feel he gained valuable experience but at this time, his development and long-term career is our main concern.” (colorado avalanche) -Jason Spezza, the Senators leading point scorer, was not on the ice for the team's practice Wednesday morning. -Steve Yzerman will return to the lineup when the Wings host the Blackhawks on Thursday. By the way, these two teams will face-off against each other in a home-away-home format for the Wings.

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LaBarbera Making A Name For Himself

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10/26/05 at 02:29 PM ET | Comments (0)

from TSN,

Just because he's not his own team's number one goaltender does not mean that this season has been anything but a success so far for Los Angeles Kings netminder Jason LaBarbera. In June of 2004, the Kings decided to make a deal for their goaltender of the future, swapping Radek Bonk and Cristobal Huet to the Montreal Canadiens for Mathieu Garon, with an eye towards Garon, who had been backing up Jose Theodore, becoming the primary puckstopper in Los Angeles.

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NHL Streaming

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10/26/05 at 11:34 AM ET | Comments (0)

The November streaming schedule is up for Comcast HSI subscribers. The people who have been watching these games are quite happy with the video and find it a great alternative to Center Ice.

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All Kinds Of STATS

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10/26/05 at 11:01 AM ET | Comments (0)

If you like NHL stats, then check out the STATS blog, stat!!! You will get information like this, from STATS via NHL.com,

Dominik Hasek, Last 14 Games vs. Lightning (Since 3-0 shutout in TB on Thanksgiving Night, 1996) Record 12-1-1 GAA 1.70 (24/847) Save Pct .946 (424/448) Shots Faced/Game 32.0

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Sabres Off To A Fast Start

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10/26/05 at 09:40 AM ET | Comments (0)

from MSG Network,

Well, the Sabres couldn't have asked for a better start, their best in what seems like 20 years. To get out of the hopper as quick as they have, and to at least let the fans know that they were off to a good start -- as opposed to the last several years, in which they didn't make the playoffs -- is a breath of fresh air. The last three postseason-less seasons before the lockout can be attributed to the fact that they got off to a horrible beginning to the season each time. The fact that they got off very well this time with a 6-2 mark bodes well for the near future..

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NHL Attendance Dwindling For Some Teams

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10/26/05 at 09:27 AM ET | Comments (0)

from the Toronto Sun,

Full houses in Toronto, Minnesota and Philadelphia (the Flyers attendance has gone up) have contrasted with some half-empty buildings. As the Nashville Predators' winning streak goes up, their crowds have dipped from 17,000 to 16,279, to two games of just above 12,000. The New York Islanders have begin to lag, unable to sell out against the New York Rangers, their traditional rival, while crowds in Chicago and Raleigh, N.C., have looked sparse as well. The Colorado Avalanche continue to announce a full house, thus preserving an 18,007-seat sellout streak that dates back to November 1995. But the club is now hawking season and single-game tickets on TV and on the Internet, which could spell the end of their sellout run fairly soon.

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Nashville Creating A Buzz In Music City

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10/26/05 at 09:24 AM ET | Comments (0)

from the Globe and Mail,

Whenever talk gets around to the next phase of the National Hockey League's restructuring -- the eventual withdrawal from unprofitable markets where the sport has little hope of long-term success -- Nashville is usually marked as one of the franchises destined to move or fail. But based on the early returns, those of us who have derided the NHL's Sunbelt strategy may soon have to take the Predators off the endangered species list.

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Goalie Stats Rise

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10/26/05 at 09:22 AM ET | Comments (0)

from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,

A deep-rooted National Hockey League scout in the goaltending fraternity likes to compare netminders to baseball pitchers. "The good goalies find a way to win, just like a good pitcher, who may not have the zip on his fastball one game or the break on his curve for another, will find a way to win without his best stuff," the old-timer said yesterday. He believes that although save percentages have dipped, goals-against averages have swelled and shutouts have been rare in the first three weeks of the season, reliable goaltenders will adapt to the open style of play and reduced goaltender equipment, and find a way to keep their most important statistic, wins.

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McCabe On Record Pace

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10/26/05 at 09:19 AM ET | Comments (0)

from the Toronto Star,

It would be a stretch to suggest that Bryan McCabe will become the first defenceman in 30 years and just the second ever to win the NHL scoring title, but it's most certainly not to suggest that McCabe will make a serious dent on the Maple Leafs record book. It would be absurd to expect McCabe to keep up the pace that had him tied with Jaromir Jagr for the scoring lead going into last night's games. If McCabe were to keep this up, he'd finish the season with 27 goals and 109 assists for 136 points. That's just three fewer points than Bobby Orr posted in 1970-71 and two fewer than Paul Coffey's career high in 1985-86.

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