What’s Ailing The Devils
10/17/05 at 09:36 AM ET | Comments (0)
from the Star-Ledger,
Right now the Devils aren't winning and Brodeur isn't playing very well. He was pulled from a regular-season game Saturday night for the first time since March 13, 2003, and his save percentage is .884. That's a far cry from the .917 percentage he posted in 2003-04. The Devils are off to a 2-3 start, which is why coach Larry Robinson had the team watch video yesterday at Codey Arena instead of enjoying a day off. The team did not practice. "We were looking at our mistakes and what we're doing wrong," Robinson said. "We've got to correct them. If it was just one thing it would be fine. We always pride ourselves on the way we play defense and play in the right position. Right now we're not doing that. The (new rules) should play into our system. The problem is, we're not playing our system. Everybody else is playing our system."
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Diving Must Be Stopped
10/17/05 at 09:31 AM ET | Comments (0)
via the Philadelphia Daily News,
It is one thing when the media is whining about the number of penalties being called in the "New NHL." It's something else when the coaches start complaining, and it should be a hint to the league that it's time to start rethinking how the rules are being enforced. On Friday night, after an overtime win over the Penguins riddled with power plays, Flyers coach Ken Hitchcock flat-out accused Pittsburgh players of taking dives to get calls. That sounded like heat-of-thebattle stuff right after the game, but Hitchcock brought it up again yesterday morning in casual conversation, and it seems like he's really concerned. "I am really concerned about the integrity of the game with all these players falling down," he said. "Guys are just falling down; they know they are going to get the call. Every time you touch them they fall down, and it's comical at times. "It's not on our side; it's everyone. There is some really good stuff in those rules, but the players are taking advantage of some of the aspects with all these calls. You put a stick on a player and they fall down."
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Gagne Benefits From New Rules
10/17/05 at 09:21 AM ET | Comments (0)
from the Delco Times,
Through the longest offseason, the one that threatened nothing but collapse, there was always the promise of something bigger, something better, something that, at last, would yield everything spectacular about professional hockey. To that, there has already been one jaw-dropping dividend, not only for the Flyers, but for any fan interested in the development and presentation of hockey greatness. To that, there has surfaced the new Simon Gagne.
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Hockey Fights Decreasing
10/17/05 at 01:02 AM ET | Comments (0)
from the Miami Herald,
It has been said the same folks who follow pro hockey for the fights are cut from the same cloth as those who watch NASCAR for the wrecks. Well the good ol' boys aren't going to stop trading paint anytime soon, but the days of pugilists dominating NHL highlights are fading fast. In case you haven't noticed, ice fights have been on the decline in recent years, thanks in part to new rules by the league discouraging such action.
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Dolan To Have Bypass Surgery
10/16/05 at 11:36 PM ET | Comments (0)
via the AP,
Cablevision Systems Corp. CEO James L. Dolan has been hospitalized and is expected to undergo heart surgery Monday, the company said. Dolan, 50, checked into a hospital Saturday to prepare for bypass surgery. "His physicians expect him to make a full and complete recovery," the company said Sunday in a statement. Dolan been CEO for 10 years of Cablevision, which owns Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks basketball and Rangers hockey teams.
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The Changing Game
10/16/05 at 02:26 PM ET | Comments (0)
from Eric Weinrich via the St. Louis Blues,
Folks, do you remember back to the Edmonton dynasties and the Pittsburgh teams of the early ‘90s? Well, fast forward to 2005 and – Voila! – those days are back. Goal scoring is up 41 percent! That is a huge difference from the last five years. If you like lots of offense and lots of power plays, this is the game for you. If you are a fan of tight checking, hard-fought defensive battles, you might want to watch the Stanley Cup finals of 2003.
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Havlet Facing Possible Suspension
10/16/05 at 02:23 PM ET | Comments (0)
from TSN,
The long arm of NHL law is coming to Martin Havlat and the Ottawa Senators. Sources say the NHL is reviewing a kicking incident last night in the Ottawa-Boston game at the Corel Centre. Havlat, after being knocked into the back of the net, kicked Boston defenceman Hal Gill. A suspension is expected. Havlat was not penalized on the play, but the kick was duly noted by the NHL's hockey operations department. While no disciplinary hearing has been schedule, it is expected one will occur before the Senators play their next game on Friday at Tampa Bay.
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Shanahan Saved The Game
10/16/05 at 11:07 AM ET | Comments (0)
from the Buffalo News,
Give him the credit he deserves. Anybody paying a little attention to the NHL can see the bungee cord is working, that the freefall has been aborted and the league is safely headed skyward. You can thank one person for having the vision, for putting his skate down and demanding change. Gary Bettman? Good heavens, no. Try Brendan Shanahan. The commissioner was where he belonged during the lockout, which is to say he was arguing over money and nowhere near hockey. If he and his cronies did their jobs, say, five years ago, the game wouldn't have fallen into such disrepair and lost its place on the national landscape. Thank Shanahan, who pulled this game from the ruins.
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What’s Wrong With The Pens
10/16/05 at 11:03 AM ET | Comments (0)
from the Beaver County Times,
The Pittsburgh Penguins' 0-2-4 start to this campaign is starting to get more than a little disconcerting. It's starting to get downright desperate at Mellon Arena. Following Saturday night's 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning at Mellon Arena, the Penguins failed, yet again, to get two points for the sixth straight game. Afterward, Penguins coach Eddie Olczyk said it was his team's best all-around game this season and that the team was close to turning the corner. At this rate, it appears the Penguins are running in circles. Though the Penguins have recorded a point in four of their first six games (three overtime losses and one loss in a shootout), that's not a very sound strategy for a team with legitimate Stanley Cup aspirations. What's going wrong? "I don't know," a cranky Mario Lemieux said. Well, it's the same old thing every night.
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What Can A Defenseman Do
10/16/05 at 10:59 AM ET | Comments (0)
from Al Strachan of the Toronto Sun,
Confused about how physical a defenceman can be when it comes to clearing out opposing forwards? You're not alone. So are lots of fans. For that matter, so are lots of players and coaches. "That's the one area of the new approach that is the most misunderstood," a veteran referee said. Then he explained what the standard is supposed to be -- although he admitted that even some of his colleagues don't seem to be clear on the point. You may have heard announcers say that if the stick is parallel to the ice when it is put upon an opponent's body, it's an infraction. Not necessarily.
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