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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 7, 2006 0:21:11 GMT -5
Another link here....this is wack. I have noticed that hockey is going the way in baseball in terms of stat-crunching, but they have seemingly taken it to a new level. Check out this feature on NHL.COM....its the play-by-play log! You can also check out "shift charts" and in depth "faceoff charts." www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20062007/PL020018.HTM
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Post by jwmcc on Oct 7, 2006 8:52:00 GMT -5
Uh, that's been available for at least a few years now. Jw
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 7, 2006 9:05:07 GMT -5
So? I just stumbled upon it now. If you dont like it, lump it.
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Post by Chris on Oct 18, 2006 12:16:01 GMT -5
While Nibb High Football Rules.....currently Kings Hockey doesn't!
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Post by $heriff Tom on Nov 15, 2006 19:11:13 GMT -5
NHL teams up with YouTube... YouTube and NHL team up for strategic content and advertising partnership Nov 15, 2006, 10:29 AM EST First Major Sports League to Provide Content for the YouTube Community SAN BRUNO, Calif. and NEW YORK -- YouTube, Inc., a consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience, and the National Hockey League (NHL) today announced they have formed a strategic content and advertising partnership in which the NHL will provide daily short-form video content to YouTube for the 2006-2007 season beginning this month. The partnership marks the first time that a professional U.S. sports league has entered into a content agreement with YouTube. The agreement will enable users to access video highlights of NHL regular season games, which will be available within 24 hours of the original broadcast, in addition to other on and off ice footage. “The partnership will enable the NHL to expose YouTube’s vast audience to all of the excitement and drama of the new NHL,” said Doug Perlman, NHL Executive Vice President, Media. “What a great way to showcase the talent of our athletes.” “By delivering a wide array of daily programming to YouTube, the NHL will be able to connect with its existing fan base and reach a vast new audience that is passionate about hockey,” said Kevin Donahue, vice president of content for YouTube. “Today’s agreement demonstrates how major sports leagues are realizing the powerful benefits YouTube offers in terms of growing their audience and creating a new channel for generating revenue.” Through its partnership with YouTube, the NHL will be able to take advantage of YouTube’s “Claim Your Content” program, which features an advanced content identification architecture and reporting system allowing the league to identify and protect its copyrighted content. The league will have the option to remove the content from YouTube or allow it to remain and share the revenue from the advertising placed adjacent to the content. NHL will provide the YouTube community and hockey fans in general, a wide range of free, short-form entertaining clips. The NHL also will have its own Brand Channel on YouTube at www.youtube.com/NHL that will allow fans to easily access content in one centralized place. Additionally, the NHL will have Branded Watch Pages, which allows YouTube content partners to brand the pages on which their videos play.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Nov 30, 2006 19:55:35 GMT -5
Sigh. The new uni's are coming soon.
NHL to have new uniforms next season; to be unveiled in mid-January
NEW YORK (CP) - The NHL will have a new look next season.
The league is set to unveil new uniforms at a news conference in mid-January. The streamlined uniforms, designed by Reebok, will be worn by players at the Jan. 24 all-star game in Dallas. All players will wear the new uniforms starting next season. They feature increased flexibility and are less bulky than what players have traditionally worn for years.
"The new uniform design has been in development for more than three full years," Bernadette Mansur, senior vice-president of communications for the NHL, said Thursday. "The system will afford the players increased protection and facilitate peak performance on the ice."
The launch is tentatively scheduled for Jan. 17 in New York although details are still being formalized. Another news conference featuring the new uniforms will take place Jan. 22 in Dallas during the all-star week festivities.
The league and Reebok have been working with NHL players behind the scenes testing the new uniforms.
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Post by 9 on Dec 1, 2006 0:19:52 GMT -5
As long as the Islanders don't bring back the Gorton's fisherman.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Dec 14, 2006 10:53:03 GMT -5
I for one am saddened that Phil Kessel of the Bruins has this cancer thing to deal with. I like the guy and have followed him for a while. He's a scrappy sort and fast as hell on the ice. Quite the playmaker. All the best to him.
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Post by jwmcc on Dec 14, 2006 10:57:27 GMT -5
Yeah, it was kinda odd seeing the Bruins and Montreal playing the other night with the news of both Kessel and Bob Gainey's daughter being lost at sea hanging over the respective clubs.
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Post by 9 on Dec 14, 2006 11:32:29 GMT -5
Yeah, must have been a somber atmosphere, indeed. It's too late for Gainey's daughter, but hopefully, Kessel rallies and beats this thing.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Dec 14, 2006 19:02:50 GMT -5
Going back to the sad Laura Gainey tale....i culled this off of offwingopinion.com, a great hockey blog site.
It all began 11 years ago when Bob's wife Cathy finally succumbed to a malignant brain tumor and passed away at the age of 39. Laura, who was 14 at the time, became depressed and turned to drugs such as hash, marijuana, acid, and speed. In an interview with Red Fisher Bob said that "Laura bottled up some of the emotions. Others, she acted out in the wrong way. She started to cover the pain by dropping out on drugs for a few hours at a time, and that slowly increased until it was almost constant."
Before sailing on the Picton Castle Laura "had been studying at Nanaimo's Malaspina University-College. She also participated in local theatre productions," according to globeandmail.com. Laura joined the ship in South Africa in May and has been training on it ever since, and had reached the position of advanced apprentice. Dan Moreland, managing captain of the Picton Castle noted that Laura "had expressed interest in sailing as a profession". By all accounts, Laura was well on the path to recovery and a new, fulfilling life when she was swept overboard.
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Post by Chris on Dec 15, 2006 2:16:29 GMT -5
Don't look now but the DUCKS are the best team in hockey!!!
Funny thing - went to the Ducks/Kings game a couple of weeks ago at Staples...the Kings flashed a funny little cartoon featuring Cartman from South Park in a Kings uniform standing next to a quacking duck...Cartman exclaims, "Don't get cocky stupid duck", and smacks the duck with his stick....the crowd went nuts...but the Ducks proceeded to wipe up the ice with the Kings (even though the Ducks basically handed the Kings a few goals in the 3rd, allowing the Kings come up oh so short as opposed to being blown out)
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 5, 2007 19:02:42 GMT -5
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 11, 2007 19:06:19 GMT -5
FORMER DUCK ENFORCER IN COMA from hockeynews.com Police in suburban Vancouver are investigating an assault that has left a former NHL player in a coma and fighting for his life. The Hockey News has learned Garrett Burnett, who played 39 games for the Anaheim Ducks in 2003-04, was allegedly assaulted in the early hours of Dec. 26 when he was out with a group of friends at a nightclub in North Delta, B.C. Delta police say Burnett was at the club with a small group of friends and became involved in a dispute with another group inside the club. Both parties were asked to leave and when Burnett and his friends left the club, the group with whom they had the dispute was reportedly waiting for them and assaulted them. Police say Burnett was “severely” hit in the head during the incident. “We are treating this very seriously,” said Acting Sgt. Wave Steinwand of the Delta Police Department. “He’s still in a coma and could go either way.” Police are currently investigating the incident and have gone over video of the assault and have several potential suspects in mind, but charges have yet to be laid, Steinwand said. A native of nearby Coquitlam, B.C., Burnett was in his home province after being banished from the Quebec-based North American Hockey League in December. In a Dec. 17 game for the Summum Chiefs, the 6-foot-3, 235-pound former enforcer threw a net at an opposing goalie, then made a spectacle of himself on the ice during a brawl. He was suspended by the league for the remaining 36 games of the season and the playoffs. Burnett had played just four games for the Chiefs this season. The Chiefs reportedly learned of Burnett’s condition when team president Pierre Rochefort tried several times to get in touch with Burnett during the Christmas season. After leaving several voicemail messages for Burnett, Rochefort received a call from Burnett’s father telling him that his son was in a coma. Burnett scored one goal and two assists and had 184 penalty minutes in his 39 games with the Ducks in 2003-04. Signed as a free agent by the San Jose Sharks in 1998, then by the Ducks in 2003, Burnett has spent most of his career bouncing around the minor leagues. Last season, he split time between the Phoenix Roadrunners of the ECHL and the Iowa Stars of the American League, the Dallas Stars’ top affiliate. Burnett signed as a free agent with the Stars in the summer of 2005, but is no longer under contract with any NHL team.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 12, 2007 16:28:48 GMT -5
Selanne Comes Through for Dying Friend Ducks Star Scores Rare Hat Trick After Phone Call
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DALLAS (Jan. 12) - Usually, two goals are enough to satisfy Teemu Selanne.
But Thursday night was different for the Anaheim Ducks ' top scorer. Selanne's had his 19th career three-goal game and Andy McDonald registered four assists to send the Ducks to a 5-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.
Earlier on Thursday, Selanne had a phone converstion with a close friend in Finland. The friend has terminal cancer and asked Selanne to send him the puck if he had three goals.
Selanne promised to oblige but warned the friend that he hadn't had a hat trick since March 29, 2001, in a game against the Ducks when Selanne played for the San Jose Sharks .
"Today he found out that the cancer has spread to his brain," Selanne said. "I don't think he has much time to live. So I told him if I scored a hat trick I'd keep the puck. I told him the odds weren't very good that it would happen. Obviously it was really a sad day today, but what are you going to do? Life is not fair sometimes."
Hat tricks used to be a regular thing for Selanne, so his first three-goal outburst in almost six years was special for the 36-year-old native of Finland.
"In old times when I was younger, when I got two I knew I was going to get three and I wanted the third more than those first two," said Selanne, who improved to 28 goals for the season. "But as you get older, you're not so greedy anymore. It was one of those nights when the puck finds a way to get into the net."
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 13, 2007 18:18:14 GMT -5
Japan's Fukufuji makes NHL debut in Blues' 6-5 victory over Kings
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Yutaka Fukufuji made his NHL debut, but allowed Denis Wideman's power-play goal midway through the third period as the St. Louis Blues beat the Los Angeles Kings 6-5 on Saturday.
Fukufuji, the first Japanese-native to play in the NHL, entered to start the third in relief of Barry Brust. He faced five shots on goal, but allowed Wideman's goal 7:32 into the period that gave the Blues a 6-4 lead.
Brust allowed five goals in the first two periods.
The 24-year-old Fukufuji was recalled Friday on an emergency basis after Mathieu Garon was placed on injured reserve with a finger injury. Fukufuji became the first Japanese native to dress for a league game Dec. 16 against Dallas in another emergency stint.
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Post by jwmcc on Jan 18, 2007 12:43:01 GMT -5
[ftp]http://shop.nhl.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=2607514[/ftp] over 400 bucks..LOL!
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Post by 9 on Jan 18, 2007 13:12:05 GMT -5
$400? WTF?
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 23, 2007 13:06:48 GMT -5
In the 31 games Sidney Crosby has not registered a point since becoming an NHL'er, the Penguins are an astonishing 0-30-1.
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Post by 9 on Jan 23, 2007 14:19:33 GMT -5
Wow! That's a weird stat, indeed.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 24, 2007 14:57:42 GMT -5
All- Star game tonight. Whoo hoo! I will be parked on the couch, drinking beer.
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Post by jwmcc on Jan 24, 2007 15:33:17 GMT -5
Enjoy watching shite exhibition hockey and the use of the "rail cam" Woo hoo! Jw
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Post by 9 on Jan 24, 2007 15:36:04 GMT -5
That rail cam thing is annoying as fuck and adds little, if anything, to the telecast.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 24, 2007 15:46:12 GMT -5
Enjoy watching shite exhibition hockey and the use of the "rail cam"
Rail cam seems dumb, sure. Does nothing for me. And "exhibition hockey" is still better than a lot of the other crap on TV tonight. What do you want me to do, watch American Idol auditions with the wife again?? I was looking for an excuse to get out of that.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 30, 2007 13:15:52 GMT -5
I nominate the following for the "dumbest letter to the editor ever" award. I mean, what would possess someone to sit down, write this, and then send it in for publication? To the editors of The Hockey News... "I have an addition to your Dynamic Duo list (Dec 19 issue) - how about TENACIOUS D, John Madden and Jay Pandolfo of the Devils? Madden is the Jack Black of the pair, award-winning and more well-known, while Pandalfo is the perfect Kyle Gass, lesser known, but just as brilliant at what he does." Morgan Donninger, Brooklyn NY
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 16, 2007 14:27:20 GMT -5
I know we ain't got too much going on around here, but the Forsberg to Nashville move is a win/win for both sides. Nashville gets someone, if he stays healthy, that will give them an improved playoff presence, and Philadelphia gets a mix of prospect and pick, and they may end up with Forsberg back in the offseason, if desired on both sides.
Nashville has become a monolith.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 9, 2007 16:27:34 GMT -5
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Post by MSBNYY on Mar 9, 2007 17:06:36 GMT -5
That's a funny website. They should do something similar in baseball with Dizzy Dean.
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Post by Domi on Mar 12, 2007 22:57:11 GMT -5
Listened to the 2nd and 3rd overtimes of the WCHA tournament game between SCSU and UMD on the ol' Interwebs last night. Great stuff, especially the announcers openly rooting for the home team and the colour commentator adding literally no analysis other than "ohhhhhh"s and "aaah"s anytime something exciting happened on the ice, and a "good grief!" when the puck went off the crossbar. And between periods, the announcers tried discussing the all-conference team and clearly had no idea who any of the players were.
St. Cloud State University 3 - 2 University of Minnesota-Duluth F/3OT
11 Mar 2007 National Hockey Center
SCSU - Ryan Lasch (Nate Raduns, Dan Kronick) 18:33 UMD - Bryan McGregor (PP) (Matt Niskanen, Mason Raymond) 21:26 UMD - Nick Kemp (Ryan Geris) 27:00 SCSU - John Swanson (unassisted) 44:11 SCSU - Andreas Nodl (Casey Borer) 111:33
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Post by grover on Mar 13, 2007 0:33:41 GMT -5
LOL!! @ "good grief!"
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