And Now The Pressures On, The Heat Is Rising… Tonight There’s Something In The Air (Black In ST Louis)
I,personally, should have known this game was doomed when I was screaming GET OFF MY GOALTENDER..and realized I was screaming at my own Defense. And then I realized how many mistakes had already been made 1/2 way through the game but none of them by Randy Jones.. Immediately, I started looking at flight prices to Los Angeles, AGAIN. Then I cried.
Categories: Los Angeles Kings, NHLHS Features, Northwest, Pacific, Playoff Coverage, Vancouver Canucks, Western Conference Tags: Anze Kopitar, Arch, Buffalo Sabres, Defense, Dustin Brown, Ersberg, Flight Prices Suck, Head to Desk, Jim Fox, LA, Lack of Defense, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, NHL 2010 Playoffs, playoffs, Quick, Randy Jones, Ryan Smyth, St Louis, Staples Center, TerrorTwins, ThrowtheTwinkie, Twitter, Vancouver Canucks, What Can Brown Do For You
It’s Times You Like These, You Give and Give Again
Game 3 led the La Kings and its Kingdom were talking and acting like it belonged in the playoffs instead of the punk kids on the block that have weeds for a garden and bricks for yard furniture. You know the ones, the ones that all the cool kids with the nice houses on the block look down on, and when those kids step up the rest yell "NO FAIR.. MUST BE A CONSPIRACY" There was Quick's punch to the head, Doughty and Brown's trash-talk and Smyth sending Luongo home early... but now? Now Game 5 is time to get that back.... because Game 4 didn't quite go as planned...
Categories: Around the League, By Teams, Los Angeles Kings, NHLHS Features, Vancouver Canucks Tags: 2010 NHL Playoffs, 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty, Jack Johnson, Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, playoffs, Ryan Smyth, Terry Murray
Penguins can seal Ottawa’s fate tonight by riding momentum
Many sports fans compare baseball to a marathon, and football to a sprint. An adequate comparison for the NHL, if there is one, is an eight month long boxing match.
After being on the receiving end of blows to end the season, the Pens took a crucial blow to the chops in Game 1, drawing negative criticism from hockey’s media, fanbase, and blogosphere, including from yours truly. In Game 2 and 3, however, the Pens began to deliver the heavy punishment, rather than taking it, to the Ottawa Senators.
I wrote in my Game 1 recap that Pittsburgh’s lack of preparation and responsibility from behind the bench was equally as responsible for their loss to begin the season as much as the lackluster defensive play and maddeningly consequential goaltending gaffes. Aside from a Ruslan Fedotenko scratch, no major line changes were implemented. The plan of attack, however, was vastly different, and the Penguins benefited.
Categories: Around the League, Atlantic, By Teams, Eastern Conference, NHLHS Features, Pittsburgh Penguins Tags: 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Anton Volchekov, Chris Campoli, Chris Phillips, Evgeni Malkin, Jonathan Cheechoo, Jordan Staal, Marc Andre Fleury, Matt Cooke, NHL, NHL 2010 Playoffs, Ottawa Senators, playoffs, Ruslan Fedotenko, Shane Donovan, Tyler Kennedy
Fate in Own Hands, Flyers Hope to Exorcise Demons
NHLHS writer David Strehle takes a look at this weekend’s home-and-home series between the Broad Street Bullies and Broadway Blueshirts.
While the recent on-field success of his franchise might not be the best role model, Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis’ “Just win baby” could be the perfect thing for coach Peter Laviolette to tell his Philadelphia Flyers this weekend.
Categories: NHLHS Features, Philadelphia Flyers Tags: Brian Boucher, Henrik Lundqvist, Ian Laperriere, Jeff Carter, New York Rangers, NHL, Philadelphia Flyers, playoffs, Sean Avery
