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HockeyDirt's Round One Picks
2007-04-12 00:00:00 Apparently TSN's Pierre McGuire is unwilling to make playoff predictions because he doesn't want the grief that comes when confronted by the fans of team's he predicts will lose... Huh? A hockey analyst who won't make predictions? Isn't that like being a celibate prostitute? Here at Hockey Dirt we're fearless with... More About: Pick , Round
Eddie, Eddie, Eddie...
2007-04-10 00:00:00 Panthers teammates Ed Belfour and Ville Peltonen arrested at South Beach bar I wonder how much Belfour offered the cops to make this one go away.... This one also makes you wonder about the tale the Panther's were telling earlier this year when backup goalie Alex Auld wound up with... More About: Eddie
Playoff Pressure
2007-04-10 00:00:00 The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself.Mark Messier With six Cup wins and more playoff points (295) than any player except Wayne Gretzky, Messier obviously knew a thing or two about coping with playoff pressure. On the brink of the 2007 Stanley Cup playoffs every... More About: Press , Play , Sure
Stanley Cup Rim Rolling
2007-04-09 00:00:00 There are all sorts of photoshop creations floating around, usually designed to poke fun at one team or another. Many seem to focus on the trials and tribulations of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Here's one that recently came our way:... More About: Stanley Cup , Roll , Stanley , Rolling
Lamoriello Starts Clemmensen
2007-04-09 00:00:00 If you're Devil's GM Lou Lamoriello and: Your playoff position and first round opponent are set Your number one goalie has already appeared in 78 of 81 games This same goalie has already set the single season record for wins Don Cherry uses his CBC Bully Pulpit to essentially order... More About: Men , Arts , Amor , Start , Star
NCAA Final: Spartans vs Eagles
2007-04-08 00:00:00 The NCAA Men's Ice Hockey championship will pit the Michigan State Sparta ns against the Boston College Eagles . Michigan defeated Maine by a score of 4-2 to advance, avenging last years Regional Final loss to the Black Bears. Michigan's goals came from Chris Mueller, Chris Snavely, Jim Mackenzie (Senators 4th round... More About: Part , Spartan
SqueegeeGate
2007-04-08 00:00:00 Reading accounts of SqueegeeGate , the now infamous squeegee-spitting incident involving Henrik Lundqvist, the New York Rangers the New York Islanders Ice Girls, it is tough not to be reminded of The Boyfriend - the classic Seinfeld episode in which Newman Kramer recount the story of being spit upon by former...
Brodeur's Wins*
2007-04-08 00:00:00 Martin Brodeur has set the single-season record for wins with his 48th. As impressive as Brodeur's accompishment is, it should be accompanied in the record books by a big fat asterisk. The record Brodeur has broken was set by Flyer's great Bernie Parent in the 1973-74 season. Back then, the... More About: Wins
One Shot Might Make the Difference
2007-04-04 00:00:00 Picture this. Two teams have finished playing the sixty minutes regulation of their game with the score tied at 3-3. They then played four on four overtime for an additional five minutes, but remain tied. The Zamboni has cleared a swath of clean ice down the centre of the rink,... More About: Shot , Make , Difference , Ferenc , The D
Jersey Dumps Julien
2007-04-03 00:00:00 ESPN Radio is reporting that Devils Coach Claude Julie n has been fired. Update: General manager Lou Lamoriello will take over as coach. This is tough to understand. The Devils will win or come a close second in the Atlantic Division, so it is difficult to regard their regular season performance... More About: Jersey , Dumps
Prime Ministerial Pucks
2007-04-01 00:00:00 When former Habs great Jean Beliveau was celebrated this week on the occasion of his 75th birthday, Canadian Prime Mini ster Stephen Harper was among the bevy of hockey and political heavyweights in attendance. The event was a fundraiser for a number of children's charities Beliveau is involved with. To mark... More About: Minister , Rial , Teri
Previewing the Frozen Four
2007-03-31 00:00:00 The North Dakota Fighting Sioux have won the NCAA hockey title 7 times, the last victory coming in 2000. Advanced to Frozen Four by defeating Michigan and top-ranked Minnesota. This is UND's 3rd straight trip to the Frozen Four. North Dakota faces Boston College in the semis, the same team... More About: Preview , Review , View , Wing
Bring Home the Stanley Cup
2007-03-31 00:00:00 Looking to jump in on the whole user generated content thing, Hockey Night in Canada, Pepsi, Lays, Gatorade the NHL have come up with a contest called Bring Home the Stanley Cup . This idea is simple:By submitting a video or photo that shows how they watch the NHL Playoffs and... More About: Ring , Gathering
Pierre McGuire Takes a Hit
2007-03-31 00:00:00 It is not that often you get to see one media person take a run at a colleague. That's why Hugh Adami's column (Reg Req'd, or go here) in today's Ottawa Citizen is worth a read. Adami's target is Pier re McGuire, TSN hockey guy, columnist, former coach radio personality. McGuire... More About: Take
Hockey Execs Ban Big Kid
2007-03-29 00:00:00 Canadians are passionate about hockey. This passion leads Canadian dads to spend endless evenings making back-yard ice rinks in sub-zero weather. It leads thousands of volunteers to devote countless hours to coaching, convening, managing and organizing minor hockey so that kids can experience the greatest game on earth. Being passionate... More About: Hockey
CBC Holds on to Hockey
2007-03-28 00:00:00 The CBC is hanging on the television rights for Hockey Night in Canada, continuing a relationship that dates back to the 1950s. This is a good thing because it means: Saturday night doubleheaders Hockey Day in Canada Always knowing when where the Leafs are playing Watching playoff games at the... More About: Hold , Holds
NCAA Frozen Four Update
2007-03-26 00:00:00 The first second rounds of the Frozen Four tournament have just finished with an exciting 3-2 overtime win by North Dakota over the top seeded Minnesota Golden Gophers. Chris Porter, a 9th round selection of the Blackhawks, scored the winner at 9:43 of the first overtime. Minnesota's defeat means that... More About: Update
Starry Starry Hockey Nights
2007-03-24 00:00:00 Today is a special day in hockey history. Sixty-three years ago, on March 24, 1944, Maurice Rocket Richard was named the First Star in a 5-1 Montreal win over Toronto in game 2 of the 1944 Stanley Cup semi-final series. Richard was also named the Second Star, and the Third... More About: Hockey , Night , Nights
NCAA Frozen Four: Get Your Picks In
2007-03-23 00:00:00 The NCAA Men's Hockey tournament gets underway today, with the puck drop for the opener between Clarkson Massachusetts set for 2:30 pm. The two teams met in October and played to a 3-3 tie. The deadline for entering HockeyDirt's NCAA Frozen Four Bracket Contest is noon today. Enter to have... More About: Your , Pick
Senators Get Grittier
2007-03-23 00:00:00 Ottawa GM John Muckler was hammered for not acquiring Gary Roberts at the trade deadline. Long suffering Senat or fans attribute the team's abysmal playoff record to the lack of a gritty, veteran leader. Many of these armchair GMs thought Roberts would be the perfect fit. The case for Roberts was... More About: Nato , Tier
Hockeydirt.com's NCAA Frozen Four Bracket Contest
2007-03-20 00:00:00 While it gets none of the hype or television coverage of the basketball tournament, the NCAA Hockey Championships, also known as the Frozen Four , is a fabulous event. Here at HockeyDirt, we thought it would be fun to set up a bracket pool. Thanks to the awesome people at Ballistik... More About: Contest , Test , Rack
Budget Bungle?
2007-03-20 00:00:00 In Canada, it is tradition for the Finance Minister to purchase a new pair of shoes whenever a new budget is being announced. This year, perhaps trying a little to hard to pander to Canadian hockey sentiments, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty purchased a new pair of skates yesterday, instead of... More About: Budget
Tootoo's Punch
2007-03-20 00:00:00 For those who have not seen it, the punch that Jordin Tootoo landed on Stephane Robidas can be viewed below. When I saw this the first time I could not help but think about Kermit Washington's leveling of Rudy Tomjanovich in a 1977 NBA brawl. Like Robidas, Tomjanovich essentially ran... More About: Punch
Pink Sticks
2007-03-17 00:00:00 This weekend will mark the second Annual Tribute to Hockey Moms with NHL players using special pink sticks that will be auctioned off on eBay to raise money for breast cancer research. Mike Comrie of the Ottawa Senators remembers last year: Losing my mom to breast cancer was the hardest... More About: Pink , Stick , Ticks , Tick , Sticks
Kid Tavares
2007-03-16 00:00:00 Oshawa Generals phenom John Tavares has 69 goals in 63 games. When he hits the 70 goal mark Tavares will tie a record held by some guy named Wayne Gretzky for the most by a 16 year old. The Ottawa Citizen's Don Campbell has a great article on Tavares: 'I... More About: Ares
General Body Soreness
2007-03-16 00:00:00 For the past few years, the terms upper body injury and lower body injury have been used by NHL coaches, GMs and team officials looking to reveal as little as possible about specific injuries. The New York Islanders have come up with an even better term to describe the injury... More About: Body , General , Genera , Ness , Gene
Bad Air
2007-03-12 00:00:00 The CBC is reporting that the air in many hockey arenas is bad. The report found the exhaust that routinely streams out of ice resurfacing machines in skating arenas is to blame for high levels of tiny particles, which experts say are having an effect on people who skate in...
Don't feel too bad, hockey fans, we don't have it so bad.
2007-03-12 00:00:00 With the lockout a not-so-distant memory, an NHLPA in tatters, a sham for an All-Star game, constant hand-wringing about the financial state of the NHL, and last but not least, continued goonery creeping into games from time to time (thank you Chris Simon), it seems a little hard sometimes to... More About: Fans , Hockey , Have , Feel
Simon May Face Criminal Charges
2007-03-11 00:00:00 Newsday.com reports: The Nassau County prosecutors have opened a preliminary probe into whether Islander Chris Simon committed a crime Thursday night when he decked a Ranger player in the face with his hockey stick, a spokesman said. We're in the process of obtaining as much footage from as many sources... More About: Charge , Face , Criminal , Rimi
Don Cherry: Blasphemer
More articles from this author:2007-03-11 00:00:00 Following tonight's 4-3 Toronto win over the Senators, Don I bleed blue Cher ry compared Darcy Tucker to.....Maurice Rocket Richard! This brings Lloyd Benson's famous line about Dan Quayle to mind. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy. Okay, I didn't know... More About: Don Cherry , Cherry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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