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Nashville The “Model” For The New NHL

10/25/05 at 10:05 AM ET | Comments (0)

from the Chicago Sun-Times,

It's usually the other way around. Upstart new teams tend to look up to the older, more established franchises. That wasn't the case Monday, however, when Blackhawks coach Trent Yawney looked ahead to his team's road game tonight against the Nashville Predators. The Hawks, of course, are one of the NHL's "Original Six'' franchises. The Predators are in their only seventh season, with just one playoff appearance to show for the first six. Still, Yawney called the unbeaten Predators "the model of the 'new game.'''

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OLN Tonight

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

10/24/05 at 11:38 PM ET | Comments (0)

I am watching the Wings game tonight on INHD2, the HD feed from OLN. Soem flaws along the way, like missing commercial breaks in the first period and 1/2 of the second period. I really think JD and Doc don't know when the breaks are coming and just continue to talk even when a commercial break is taken. In the 3rd period, a possible fight scenario broke out near the Wings net, and bam, off to a commercial. Now back to the game, and we are watching the roving reporter giving us a repot on visors. No mention of any fight, what happened and as I said, Doc and JD are just talking through the whole game, not sure when the commercials are or are not being taken. OLN needs some major work quickly. Now the game ends, and within 10 seconds after the final horn, INHD2 feed is gone. No inteviews, no good bye, no nothing. Just watching the INHD logo on the screen.

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Boulton Gets Six Games

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

10/24/05 at 07:13 PM ET | Comments (0)

via CP,

The National Hockey League has handed Atlanta forward Eric Boulton a six-game suspension for a vicious elbow to the head of Tampa Bay defenseman Paul Ranger. The hit prompted a slew of outraged responses from across the league - including a profanity-laced tirade from Tampa Bay coach John Tortorella. Boulton apparently waived his right to an in-person meeting with Campbell, but the NHL Players Association refused to grant Boulton's request for a quicker mandate.

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Future Comes Quick For Ward

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

10/24/05 at 04:51 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Shawn Roarke of Fox Sports,

Cam Ward knew from the day he was drafted by Carolina with its first pick in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, 25th overall, that he was the goaltender of the future for the Hurricanes. He just had no idea that the future would arrive so fast. Today, Ward is quickly emerging as Carolina's No. 1 keeper as he posts downright gaudy numbers — 3-1-1 with a 2.56 goals-against average and .910 save percentage — while veteran Martin Gerber remained idled by a hip injury he suffered in his first appearance this season. Not that the 21-year-old is complaining.

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A Different Summer for Stanley

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

10/24/05 at 04:40 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Stanley Cup of the Sporting News via Yahoo,

Usually in the summer, I hang out for a day with each of the players on the NHL's best team. But as you may recall, last spring there wasn't any tournament played in my honor. So my handlers at the Hockey Hall of Fame, along with the NHL and the NHL Alumni Association, suggested I visit the old-timers who won me before my summer tours began in 1995. Most of them never had lifted me over their heads or drank out of my bowl.

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Devils Searching For Answers

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

10/24/05 at 04:35 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Darren Eliot of Sports Illustrated,

Everyone knew coming into the new NHL that adjustment would be part of the equation. As change pertains to the perennial Eastern Conference power New Jersey Devils, it is subtle yet obvious. On the surface, they look the same and play the same, yet this edition is a feebler facsimile of the teams that went to four Stanley Cups -- winning three -- in the last decade. Call it Devils-lite.

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Former Wing Kocur Being Sued

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

10/24/05 at 04:32 PM ET | Comments (0)

from the Detroit Free Press,

A former manager of a bar in Fenton owned by ex-Red Wings Joey Kocur and Dave Lewis claims in a lawsuit that the bar condoned and promoted lewd behavior, public nudity and underage drinking. Wanda Richardson alleges that she was forced to resign from Joe & Lewie's Pentaly Box Sports Tavern in August after confronting other employees at the bar about what she described as out-of-control, drunken and lascivious behavior.

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Your NHL Players Of The Week

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

10/24/05 at 03:40 PM ET | Comments (0)

from NHL.com,

Los Angeles Kings forward Craig Conroy, who tallied seven points (two goals, five assists) and posted a +5 rating in three games, has been named the NHL's Offensive Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, October 23. Detroit goaltender Manny Legace, who led the Red Wings to three victories and recorded a 1.30 goals-against average and one shutout, has been named the League's Defensive Player of the Week.

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Around The Rink

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

10/24/05 at 03:30 PM ET | Comments (0)

Around the rink, ESPN style takes us on a tour with many of the ESPN hockey experts. For example, Barry Melrose checks in with this-

This week, I am looking for an answer to one question: are the Predators for real? They're 7-0, but I am waiting for them to play one of the West's best teams, like Vancouver or Detroit. Against those teams, we'll see if Nashville is a pretender or contender.

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Lang Has The Hands To Lead The Wings

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

10/24/05 at 02:04 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Larry Wigge of NHL.com,

A sports report was playing on a TV over Detroit Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland's shoulder when I asked him what it was that he liked most about veteran center Robert Lang before he traded for him just before the March trading deadline in 2004. "The best assets Robert has are great hands and a big body -- and he's a very, very smart player," Holland said. Then he smiled and added: "With the way the rules are now, he is exactly the kind of player you want down deep -- from the faceoff circles to the goal line, where a quick shot, a quick creative decision can often result in a goal with the time and space that players now have in our game."

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