It was a disappointing day for Team Canada on Thursday at the 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.
Team Canada was unable to hold on to a 1-0 third period lead and lost 3-2 to Sweden in a shootout.
Modo right winger Nicklas Danielsson scored two very similar goals from the blueline on the power play in the third period to put Sweden up 2-1 before Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers tied the game up for team Canada.
I am absolutely amazed at the number of emails and comments I have received from Flames fans I have come across this past week that are not cheering for the Vancouver Canucks in the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Well Calgary, I have good news. The Canucks are gone. Bye bye and you have a former Oiler to thank. Jarret Stoll scored the game winning goal at 4:27 of overtime in game five to send the Canucks packing and the Kings off to the Western Conference Semi-Final against the Saint Louis Blues.
The Canucks, the President’s Trophy Vancouver Canucks are out.
But they’re not the only team packing. The Pittsburgh Penguins, who I projected to win the Stanley Cup are also gone. Claude Giroux had a goal and two assists as Philadelphia eliminated Pittsburgh by beating them 5-1 in game 6.
Meanwhile, the Boston Bruins have forced a game seven against the Washington Capitals as Tyler Seguin scored the overtime winner for Boston in a 4-3 win.
Meghan Agosta (Wikimedia Commons)
Team Canada is back in the final of the Women’s World Hockey Championship. Friday afternoon in Burlington, Vermont, Meghan Agosta, Laura Fortino and Marie-Philip Poulin each scored a goal and an assist as Canada beat Finland 5-1 in the semi-final game.
Agosta, was a huge force on the Canadian side, notching nine shots on goal. Canada’s opponent tonight is once again the United States, who hammered Switzerland 10-0 in the other semi-final. The game can be seen live on TSN at 5pm.
Here are the other events I’ll be watching this weekend:
Saturday–NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Game 2–Washington Capitals @ Boston Bruins–NBC–1pm–The Capitals lost game 1 despite a brilliant goaltending performance by Braden Holtby. The Bruins meanwhile got a stingy defensive effort Thursday night as they only allowed 17 Washington shots in 61:18 of action. The Capitals simply won’t win many games in the series if Alexander Ovechkin only gets one shot. The Capitals sniper did record seven hits, but needs to find the offensive side of his game again. Tim Thomas is the only goaltender in the playoffs so far to get a shutout.
If you think I missed an installment of my GOTW segment, you’re absolutely right…but I’m here to make it up to you!
This edition of the Goals of the Week features the top five goals from the week of March 19th – a beauty spin-o-rama, a couple of solid breakaway dekes, some end-to-end action and a poke check gone wrong!
Let’s go!
5. Ben Maxwell
He’s only got one goal this season, but it was a beauty! Check out this spin move by Winnipeg’s Ben Maxwell against the Washington Capitals!
(AFTER THE JUMP: The REST of the BEST!) (more…)
Curling Rock (Earl Andrew, Wikimedia Commons)
It will be an historic playoffs at the Tim Horton’s Brier in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan starting today. For the first time ever, Yukon/Northwest Territories will be part of the final four. There is another unique storyline here because the 3/4 game will be a battle of brothers. Jamie Koe of Yukon/Northwest Territories will take on his brother, the formidable Kevin Koe of Calgary, the 2010 World Champion. The game can be seen at 12:30pm on TSN.
The winner of the 3-4 game will play Manitoba’s Rob Fowler this evening at 6pm (TSN) in the semi-final with the winner of the semi-final playing Ontario’s Glenn Howard in tomorrow night’s final also at 6pm (TSN). Howard gave Fowler a 9-3 spanking last night in the 1-2 game, a game completely dominated by the veteran skip from Midland.
Happy Monday!
It’s that time again folks – we’re back with a fresh episode of everyone’s favorite internet sports show: 15 Minutes of Fame!
This week on the show we’re talking about another concussion-filled week in the NHL, and going through the list of hired and fired coaches from around the league. As well, we react to the big news from last week in the CFL: The Edmonton Eskimos traded quarterback Ricky Ray, the face of the franchise, to the Toronto Argonauts.
In the GABBYs: Derek Jeter, Tebowing, Patrick Chan, the National Basketball League, fighting in hockey, Jerry Sandusky’s lawyers. The Punchline this week is the washrooms at the MTS Centre!
Chris Pronger (Wikimedia Commons)
The issue of concussions is currently a major story in the National Hockey League.
On Thursday, the Philadelphia Flyers announced that former Edmonton Oiler and Norris Trophy winner Chris Pronger will be out for the rest of the regular season and playoffs due to a concussion.
Pronger has one goal and 11 assists in 13 games played this season. He also has 27 blocked shots and 15 hits.
The issue of concussions is currently a very hot topic throughout the NHL. We have had Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins out to start the season, come back temporarily, before leaving again. When he’ll be back is now anyone’s guess.
Pronger’s teammate in Philadelphia, Claude Giroux, is also out with a concussion after being kneed to the head on the weekend. Giroux currently leads the NHL with 39 points.
Two other players that are also out with concussions are Calder Trophy winner Jeff Skinner of the Carolina Hurricanes and Milan Michalek of the Ottawa Senators, who leads the NHL in goals with 19.
It seems like Christmas keeps coming early when we’re talking about beauty goals from around the NHL, and this past week was no different!
In this edition of the GOTW, we’ve got some solid hand-eye coordination, a nifty overtime winner, a couple of pretty passing plays and a pretty awesome individual effort to round things out.
Let’s go!
5. Joe Pavelski
This guy is all kinds of clutch in the playoffs, but he’s not bad during the regular season either! Watch as Joe Pavelski tracks down this Josh Harding rebound with a spinning swing of the stick. Also: listen to the ridiculous comment made by the commentator before the goal about the number of shots the Sharks have in the game.
(AFTER THE JUMP: Check out the rest of the GOTW!) (more…)
We’re almost a month into the new NHL season, and the beauty goals just keep on coming!
Last time, the goal of the week was a filthy little kick-and-tap by Phoenix’s Mikkel Boedker, but we’ve got a whole new set of snipes and dangles for your perusal! There is one familiar name on this list, and a couple that have been on the cusp in previous weeks…but enough talking, let’s go!
5. Simon Gagne
The NBA is in full lockout mode at the moment, but you wouldn’t know it if you were at the Staples Center this week! Check out this little alley-oop play from Anze Kopitar to Simon Gagne, who outwaits Brian Elliot and puts the biscuit in the basket…VIDEOS AFTER THE JUMP! (more…)
The NHL is finally back, and what an opening week it was!
Sure, it’s too early in the season to get a good read on how your team is going to do and who is going to run away with all of the individual awards, but at least we can now sit back and watch the multitude of early season dangles!
Throughout the year, I’ll be counting down the top five goals each week ending each Sunday. I’ll also be trying to track down the “What the Puck” moment of each and every week of the NHL season, which you’ll find after the number one gino.
Here we go!
5. Jiri Hudler
Detroit Red Wings forward Jiri Hudler gets us started this week, taking a nice feed from Pavel Datsyuk before making a deposit into the bank of shelf with a sick backhander! If I had to caption Craig Anderson’s post-goal response, it would probably read: C’mon Man! VIDEO AFTER THE JUMP! (more…)
Eight teams remain in the race to sixteen wins as the NHL playoffs continue with second round action this week.
The opening round had a bit of everything – a sweep, four matchups that went the distance, blowouts, shutouts, overtime drama and a ton of suspensions as well as some other questionable conduct that went unpunished. Oh, and did I mention that a new champion will be crowned this spring?
Let’s get right to it with the Western Conference semifinals…(After the jump: Previews and Predictions!) (more…)
Danny Briere (Andrea Shives, Wikimedia Commons)
In an outstanding night of hockey so far, the Philadelphia Flyers have knocked out the Buffalo Sabres four games to three with a 5-2 win in Philadelphia Tuesday night.
Meanwhile, the Montreal Canadiens have forced a game seven against the Boston Bruins tomorrow night in Boston with a 2-1 win (CBC, 5pm).
In Philadelphia, Danny Briere and Claude Giroux each got on the scoresheet twice. Briere scored one goal and one assist, while Giroux had two helpers and won ten of fourteen faceoffs. The Flyers were by far the dominant team in this one, outshooting Buffalo 36-28.
Buffalo’s Ryan Miller fought the puck the entire night and was pulled early in the third period with the Flyers leading 4-0 for Jhonas Enroth.
Chris Pronger was a dynamic force on the Flyer blueline, as he played his first complete game since March 8. He led the Flyers with five blocked shots.
Paul Gaustad (Bridget Samuels, Wikimedia Commons)
With the Detroit Red Wings going up 4-0 in the second period on the Phoenix Coyotes, I kept an eye on the game while I watched the Bulls/Pacers NBA playoff game and the Blue Jays/Red Sox from Fenway.
Well, I’m glad I didn’t completely tune out.
The Coyotes dominated the third period and got right back into the contest. Shane Doan recorded two third period power play goals from Radim Vrbata and Keith Yandle to pull the Coyotes within a marker. Detroit won but Phoenix has some momentum.
In Philadelphia, what a first period between the Sabres and Flyers! You had six goals, three on each side. Tomas Vanek was the most impressive Sabre with two goals. Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers also has a goal and an assist.
I was also very impressed with Paul Gaustad. The Sabres enforcer hammered Scott Hartnell with complete ease. This was also probably the most physical period of the playoffs with 30 total penalty minutes.
Tim Thomas (Wikimedia Commons)
Tomorrow night the Stanley Cup Playoffs begin in Boston, San Jose and Philadelphia.
The Bruins have the significant edge in goaltending over the Canadiens. Tim Thomas was brilliant in between the pipes all season long, posting Vezina trophy caliber numbers of 35-11-9, with a 2.00 goals against average and .940 save percentage. The Bruins are extremely defensively sound and with Zdeno Chara leading the way on the Bruins’ blueline, the Canadiens will have limited opportunities to maximize their chances. Another Bruin that made huge strides in 2010 was Dennis Seidenberg, who led Boston in hits with 161, and blocked shots with 174. He’ll be counted on to perform at a high level to keep Chara fresh.
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