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Post by Chris on Jul 14, 2008 13:41:40 GMT -5
Just noticed another LONG term contract handed out in the NHL this weekend - something like 11 years.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Sept 9, 2008 22:25:34 GMT -5
Bulgarian women's ice hockey loses 82-0; gives up more goals in four tournament games than Red Wings did last regular seasonSo at what point during an 82-0 loss in a women's ice hockey game do you turn to your buddy and say, "C'mon, finish your popcorn and let's beat the traffic?"
Because Slovakia led Bulgaria 31-0 after the first period (.pdf) of their 2010 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey qualifier over the weekend in the Latvian town of Liepaja. After two periods, they led 55-0. If you're Bulgarian and still in the arena during the third period, chances are you're either one of the players or someone who also refuses to leave the worst movie ever made because you paid "good money" for the ticket.
The 82-0 defeat capped what may have been the most pathetic tournament appearance in international hockey history.
Bulgaria lost to Italy (41-0) and Latvia (39-0), and it followed its 82-0 loss with a 30-1 defeat to Croatia (who obviously must address its defensive shortcomings before Vancouver in 2010). In total, Bulgaria's women's ice hockey team surrendered more goals in four games (192) than the Detroit Red Wings did in 82 games last season (184).
Our friend James Mirtle had the best wrap-up of the 82-0 carnage:
Down 77-0 with three minutes to go, Bulgaria put in its backup goaltender, who promptly let in another five goals on five shots in just 1:25 of playing time. The game's final shots on goal were 139-0. Slovakia had 12 players record hat tricks, including one 10-goal scorer, one nine-goal scorer and four others with eight.
Mirtle also points to this story from a Bulgarian media outlet that actually stands up for the women's team and takes the government to task:
The embarrassment, however, ought to be directed towards the Bulgarian Government rather than the ladies. With a population of 7.4 million, only three indoor ice rings in the country and only 37 registered female players, Bulgaria could have hardly hoped for a successful run in the competition, although this ruthless and systematic destruction was nothing short of a national embarrassment.
While some believed the 82-0 defeat could have been the worst loss in ice hockey history, Eric McErlain of FanHouse writes that it's not even the worst loss in women's hockey history -- that would be a 1998 game in which South Korea barely survived a scare against Thailand, 92-0. Still, Bulgaria's 82-0 defeat set an IIHF record.
The chair of the Bulgarian Hockey Federation is calling Slovakia's 82-goal win "a kind-of an insulting mockery" that's "not at all sportsmanlike." We're counting down the moments until he lashes out at the glib reaction of the international sports media, which refuses to acknowledge goalie Liubomira Shosheva's amazing 57-save performance. Considering, you know, she faced 134 shots in 56 minutes. sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Bulgarian-women-s-ice-hockey-loses-82-0-gives-u?urn=nhl,106362
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Post by $heriff Tom on Sept 24, 2008 17:52:17 GMT -5
Im going to be putting hockey news in here, although it may bore many of you.
This one stings me cause I am a fan of Erik Johnson. And what a dumb, frustrating way to get hurt!
Blues' Johnson out with torn knee ligaments
ST. LOUIS (AP) -Blues defenseman Erik Johnson, the No. 1 pick in the 2006 draft, tore two ligaments in his right knee during a recent golf outing and is expected to miss the entire season but recover fully.
"In our business you get a few curveballs," team president John Davidson said Tuesday night before St. Louis played Dallas in a preseason game. "This is a pretty good curveball."
Johnson, 20, was injured during a team golf outing on Sept. 16 when his right foot got caught between the accelerator and the brake of his golf cart. The Blues had to wait for swelling in the knee to go down before a diagnosis could be made.
Two surgeons determined that Johnson tore the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in the knee that will require an operation to fix.
Davidson said the swelling in Johnson's knee must subside before surgery will take place. Davidson said Johnson isn't expected to play this season, but would have a "100 percent" recovery.
Last season as a rookie, Johnson played in 69 games and recorded 33 points on five goals and 28 assists. He is considered the centerpiece of the team's youth movement.
"To say Erik is distraught would be using a kind word," Davidson said. "He feels responsible, but we told him we're still with him. He's still going to be a big part of our team."
The Blues will explore options inside and outside the organization for defensive help, including giving 2008 top pick Alex Pietrangelo a look. Pietrangelo, the No. 4 pick overall, was in the lineup Tuesday night.
"We still have our same goals," Davidson said. "We're going to get up tomorrow and think about winning. You have to be able to adapt."
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Post by $heriff Tom on Sept 27, 2008 17:20:26 GMT -5
Hockey mourns Paul Newman
John McGourty | NHL.com Staff Writer Sep 27, 2008,
The death of actor Paul Newman on Friday at age 83 is being mourned worldwide, but it hits hockey particularly hard because Newman was the star of the best hockey movie ever made, “Slap Shot,” released in 1977.
Newman gained stardom in the 1950s and never lost the movie-star aura, appearing in such classic films as "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Exodus," "The Hustler," "Cool Hand Luke," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Sting" and "The Verdict."
He finally won an Oscar in 1986 -- on his eighth try -- for "The Color of Money," a sequel to "The Hustler." He later received two more Oscar nominations. Among his other awards was the Motion Picture Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. But Newman was renowned in hockey circles for his portrayal of Reg Dunlop.
Steve Carlson, who played Steve Hanson in the film, knew for a long time that Newman was ill.
"We had a tribute to Slap Shot in Boston last year with the Bruins Alumni," Carlson said. "We had 'Dr. Hook,' Paul D'Amato; 'Hanrahan,' Christopher Murney; goalie Denis Lemieux,' Yvon Barrette; and 'Johnny Upton,' Allan F. Nichols. We tried to get Paul Newman to come up, but he wasn't feeling well even then and had to decline. It was great to see the boys again. What a cast that movie had."
Carlson was one of several real hockey players used in the movie. He grew up in Minnesota's Iron Range and played for the Johnstown Jets from 1974-76. He was the leading scorer in 1975-76. He then played two seasons for the Minnesota Fighting Saints in the WHA and then the New England Whalers and Edmonton Oilers of the WHA. Carlson broke into the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings in 1979-80 and played 52 games. He ended his playing career in 1987 after playing four seasons with the AHL Baltimore Skipjacks.
Carlson took advantage of his “Slap Shot” role and appeared with the other "Hanson Brothers," his brother, Jeff Carlson and Dave Hanson, in charity fundraisers over the years. He's got his shtick down pat:
"I made Newman what he is," Carlson exclaimed. "He was just a young pup trying to make his way in the movie business and we put him over the top. Remember, he won his first Academy Award after Slap Shot.
"Truthfully, I'm very saddened. Paul Newman was a great, great man. A great man. You know, we weren't actors. We were hockey players and he took us under his wing and guided us to what we had to do. With him there, we had a fabulous time doing it. He was one of the world's best actors but with us, he was just one of the boys. We laughed and had fun and worked when we had to work. We had a really good time doing that movie."
Carlson had some difficulty with the memories, so he retreated again to the safety and comfort of humor.
"After all we did for him, he goes and steals our family recipes for salad dressing and popcorn," Carlson cracked. "Then he got into race-car driving because he knew we were after him and couldn't catch him in those cars of his.
"I always thought it was the main characters, Paul Newman and Strother Martin, that made that movie. We were a big part of it but they really made that movie a classic. What a cast.”
Carlson's humor touched on a sore point. Newman was one of the greatest actors of his era, if not the best. He was nominated six times for Best Actor In A Leading Role Oscar for “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof,” “The Hustler,” “Hud,” “Cool Hand Luke,” “Absence of Malice” and “The Verdict” before winning in 1986 with “The Color of Money.” He was nominated again in 1995 for “Nobody's Fool,” but again didn't win.
Carlson said he has stayed in touch with a lot of the characters in Slap Shot but hadn't seen Brad Sullivan in a long time. Sullivan, "Mo" in “Slap Shot,” was in two movies with Newman. He was also the sleazy, incompetent hit man, "Cole," in “The Sting,” another movie directed by the late George Roy Hill.
"This is terrible news, what, he must be about 81 now," Sullivan said. "I've had so many friends getting very sick in recent months. We were in ‘The Sting’ together, but I didn't get to know him then as well as when we did ‘Slap Shot.’ He was a good person and this upsets me."
"My first recollection of Paul Newman is the day he knocked on my door in Johnstown," said Hanson, who played three seasons with the Jets. "This was prior to making the movie and I was taking a nap. I open the door and there's Paul Newman! Put his hand out and said, 'I'm Paul Newman, sorry to bother you. Can I bring these guys in and show them what a hockey player's apartment looks like?' I'm like, ‘No way, it's a dump,’ but he asks if I have a beer, grabs one from the fridge and sits down and starts watching a race on the television.
"That's the kind of guy he was. Our relationship just grew from that, and believe me, my stories about that time with him can go on and on. He was a terrific guy and a man's man, the kind of guy you wanted to be buddies with.
"For the three months that we were filming, he'd pull us into his RV, crack open beers, listen to classical music and tell dirty jokes. He would sneak off with us to find quiet bars until the word got out and people started recognizing him. He didn't like doing autographs because he didn't need the ego boost and it made him feel uncomfortable to be on a pedestal.
"We were young hockey players then and Steve and his brothers pulled a lot of pranks on people," Hanson continued. "Paul joined in and wound up giving as good as he got. That made everyone feel at ease. I was fortunate to be able to keep in touch with him over the years and went to a few races with him.
"He was just a great guy and his legacy will be that you look at the millions and millions of dollars he generated and what he did with it, all the philanthropy. He was a guy who could put on a tux, but he'd rather be in loafers, jeans and a T-shirt and be with regular guys. It said a lot about him.
"As far as his talent, he took to heart the acting lessons we gave him and went on to fame while we toiled for another 25 years before getting a best supporting actor award for a DVD premiere, Slap Shot II. Tell the truth, I don't know if anyone's acting ability rubbed off onto anyone else.
"Paul canceled a couple of things a while back, saying he had back problems, but I guess things were getting worse. I've got a book coming out in November and Paul was going to write the forward but I got a call recently that he was going to be laid up for awhile."v
“Slap Shot” was based on a book written by Nancy Dowd, whose brother, Ned, was a member of the 1975-76 Johnstown Jets. He told his sister the team was for sale and when she asked who owned it, Ned Dowd replied he didn't know. That and stories her brother told her convinced Nancy Dowd to move to Johnstown and write her fictional account of a desperate hockey season. Jets' players were used in the movie, which was released in 1977.
Newman played Reg Dunlop, a washed-up player who hangs on by accepting the job of player-coach of the Charlestown Chiefs of the Federal League. The team is playing poorly when General Manager Joe McGrath, played by Strother Martin, signs the immature but brutally physical Hanson Brothers, a trio of muscular, long-haired, turtle-shell-glasses wearing nose breakers who play with a train set they brought with them. Dunlop turns the team around by adopting the Hanson Brothers "Old Time Hockey" approach and by lying to his players that there's a buyer in Florida for the team.
Newman was married to actress Joanne Woodward for 50 years and they had three daughters. He had two children from a previous marriage to Jackie Witte.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 3, 2008 18:30:18 GMT -5
This is fucking fantastic news. Now, with the NHL Network, which costs me an extra $5 a month, I get 75 games during the season AND HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA! Whoo hoo - that was one thing I totally missed about not having the hockey package.
In fact, I was on the fence, and seriously mulling dropping $150 on the hockey package this year, but now there is absolutely no need. Yay hockey!
NHL Network announces 2008-09 NHL broadcast schedule in U.S.
U.S. Fans Now Able To Tune-In Weekly to CBC's "Hockey Night In Canada" Broadcast; 75 Regular-Season Games To Air Nationally In High Definition
By NHL.com Staff
NEW YORK – With more live game coverage than ever before, NHL Network™ today unveiled its U.S. broadcast schedule for the 2008-09 regular season. It includes 75 regular-season games, all in HD.
Highlighting the schedule is the inclusion of CBC's award-winning Hockey Night In Canada, now available to U.S. fans through NHL Network for the first time. Every Saturday night, NHL Network will not only broadcast the live Hockey Night In Canada double-header, but also the CBC pre-game show Scotiabank Hockey Tonight and post-game show After Hours.
Regular-season coverage on NHL Network gets underway in the U.S. on Saturday, Oct. 4 when the New York Rangers take on the Tampa Bay Lightning in Prague, Czech Republic and the Ottawa Senators and Pittsburgh Penguins meet in Stockholm, Sweden, in the Bridgestone NHL Premiere 2008™.
Additional highlights for the 2008-09 NHL broadcast schedule include: * Live NHL games every Saturday night throughout the season * 26 double-headers and 1 triple-header * 17 Wednesday-night games featuring TSN's broadcast of Wednesday Night Hockey * 5 games featuring the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings * 7 games featuring the Pittsburgh Penguins and Sidney Crosby * 2 games featuring the Washington Capitals and last season's Hart Trophy winner Alex Ovechkin * 5 original NHL Network game productions
"NHL Network is an important platform in super-serving our fans with the hockey content they demand, 24 hours a day," said John Shannon, NHL Executive Vice President of Broadcasting and Programming. "With top-quality production of marquee match-ups on a consistent schedule, in addition to new original programming, NHL Network is creating appointment television for hockey fans nationwide."
NHL Network is the first 24-hour network dedicated to the National Hockey League with unprecedented access to the most comprehensive hockey coverage both on and off the ice. In addition to live NHL games, NHL Network will broadcast live college hockey and the Memorial Cup. The network also airs post-game press conferences, special event programming on-location from NHL events such as NHL Winter Classic™, NHL All-Star weekend, NHL Entry Draft and the Stanley Cup™ Final and its signature daily live highlight show – NHL on the Fly – which airs nightly throughout the hockey season.
NHL Network is now accessible to more than 80 million homes through all of its carriage arrangements, including those with Cablevision, Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox Communications, DIRECTV, DISH Network® and Time Warner Cable. NHL Network launched in the U.S in October of 2007 and in Canada in 2001. This is the second season NHL Network will broadcast live NHL games in the U.S.
2008-09 NHL Network Regular-Season U.S. Broadcast Schedule
October
Saturday, Oct. 4 NY Rangers @ Tampa Bay 12:00 PM ET Saturday, Oct. 4 Pittsburgh @ Ottawa 2:30 PM ET Saturday, Oct. 11 Montreal @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Oct. 11 Vancouver @ Calgary 10:00 PM ET Saturday, Oct. 18 Toronto @ Pittsburgh 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Oct. 18 Calgary @ Edmonton 10:00 PM ET Saturday, Oct. 25 Ottawa @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Oct. 25 Edmonton @ Vancouver 10:00 PM ET Monday, Oct. 27 Ottawa @ Buffalo 7:00 PM ET Thursday, Oct 30 Ottawa @ Florida 7:30 PM ET
November
Saturday, Nov. 1 NY Rangers @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Nov. 1 Calgary @ Los Angeles 10:00 PM ET Saturday, Nov. 8 Montreal @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Nov. 8 Minnesota @ Vancouver 10:00 PM ET Saturday, Nov. 15 Toronto @ Vancouver 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Nov. 15 Colorado @ Edmonton 10:00 PM ET Saturday, Nov. 22 Chicago @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Nov. 22 Detroit @ Calgary 10:00 PM ET Wednesday, Nov. 26 Montreal @ Detroit 7:30 PM ET Wednesday, Nov. 26 Los Angeles @ Edmonton 10:00 PM ET Saturday, Nov. 29 Philadelphia @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Nov. 29 Vancouver @ Calgary 10:00 PM ET
December
Saturday, Dec. 6 Washington @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Dec. 6 Edmonton @ San Jose 10:00 PM ET Wednesday, Dec. 10 Calgary @ Detroit 7:30 PM ET Saturday, Dec. 13 Washington @ Montreal 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Dec. 13 Vancouver @ Edmonton 10:00 PM ET Wednesday, Dec. 17 Calgary @ Minnesota 8:00 PM ET Saturday, Dec. 20 Toronto @ Pittsburgh 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Dec. 20 Chicago @ Vancouver 10:00 PM ET Sunday, Dec. 21 Carolina @ Montreal 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Dec. 27 Montreal @ Pittsburgh 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Dec. 27 Ottawa @ Calgary 10:00 PM ET
January
Wednesday, Jan. 7 Montreal @ NY Rangers 7:30 PM ET Saturday, Jan. 10 Toronto @ Philadelphia 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Jan. 10 San Jose @ Vancouver 10:00 PM ET Wednesday, Jan. 14 Ottawa @ Atlanta 7:30 PM ET Saturday, Jan. 17 Montreal @ Ottawa 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Jan. 17 Phoenix @ Calgary 10:00 PM ET Wednesday, Jan. 28 Buffalo @ Calgary 8:00 PM ET Wednesday, Jan. 28 Nashville @ Vancouver 10:30 PM ET Thursday, Jan. 29 Ottawa @ St. Louis 8:30 PM ET Saturday, Jan. 31 Pittsburgh @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Jan. 31 Minnesota @ Vancouver 10:00 PM ET
February
Wednesday, Feb. 4 Toronto @ Buffalo 7:30 PM ET Saturday, Feb. 7 Toronto @ Montreal 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Feb. 7 Chicago @ Vancouver 10:00 PM ET Wednesday, Feb. 11 Ottawa @ Buffalo 7:30 PM ET Saturday, Feb. 14 Pittsburgh @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Feb. 14 Calgary @ Phoenix 10:00 PM ET Wednesday, Feb. 18 Montreal @ Washington 7:30 PM ET Saturday, Feb. 21 Ottawa @ Montreal 3:00 PM ET Saturday, Feb. 21 Vancouver @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Feb. 21 Calgary @ Edmonton 10:00 PM ET Wednesday, Feb. 25 NY Rangers @ Toronto 7:30 PM ET Saturday, Feb. 28 Toronto @ Ottawa 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Feb. 28 Minnesota @ Edmonton 10:00 PM E
March
Wednesday, Mar. 4 Montreal @ Buffalo 7:30 PM ET Friday, Mar. 6 Montreal @ Atlanta 7:30 PM ET Saturday, Mar. 7 Edmonton @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Mar. 7 San Jose @ Vancouver 10:00 PM ET Wednesday, Mar. 11 Tampa Bay @ Ottawa 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Mar. 14 Calgary @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Mar. 14 Colorado @ Edmonton 10:00 PM ET Wednesday, Mar. 18 Dallas @ Calgary 9:30 PM ET Saturday, Mar. 21 Toronto @ Montreal 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Mar. 21 Vancouver @ Phoenix 10:00 PM ET Wednesday, Mar. 25 Calgary @ Pittsburgh 7:30 PM ET Saturday, Mar. 28 Boston @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Mar. 28 Minnesota @ Calgary 10:00 PM ET
April
Wednesday, Apr. 1 Philadelphia @ Toronto 7:30 PM ET Saturday, Apr. 4 Montreal @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Apr. 4 Vancouver @ Edmonton 10:00 PM ET Saturday, Apr. 11 Ottawa @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET Saturday, Apr. 11 Edmonton @ Calgary 10:00 PM ET
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 7, 2008 7:44:35 GMT -5
RED WINGS Players To Meet DEF LEPPARD Members - Oct. 7, 2008 According to the The Windsor Star, Leamington, Windsor, Canada's Darren McCarty and Kirk Maltby of the Stanley Cup champion Red Wings will meet members of rock band DEF LEPPARD after Thursday's (October 9) practice at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
Joe Elliott and Phil Collen of DEF LEPPARD will headline NHL Face-Off Rocks 2008 at the Fox Theatre Thursday night.
DEF LEPPARD will play its new single "C'mon, C'mon" before the viewing party of the sold-out Red Wings home opener and banner-raising ceremony.
DEF LEPPARD's newest album, "Songs From The Sparkle Lounge", debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200. The band's ninth studio album contains 11 new songs, including "Nine Lives", featuring a collaboration with country music superstar Tim McGraw.
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Post by Chris on Oct 7, 2008 12:01:41 GMT -5
I have been struggling with hockey over the past few years.
As a (little) kid, I played a lot of street hockey in NY...all the kids in the neighborhood loved the Isles....although I was much more of a mild fan than most of my zealous buds. Plus it was easy to be an Isles fan in the 70s.
But I have never ever been an ardent hockey fan. However, I have been mulling over the idea, over the past few years, of jumping into it, if for no other reason than to occupy my time while there's no baseball. I do have childhood connections to the Islanders, however they aren't nearly strong enough to compel me to put even a tenth of the energy into them that I do for the Yankees. Also, being that my wife's family are long-time stalwart Kings fans, I have infinitely more exposure to the Kings and actually attend many games each season.
So there's my dilemma - to be or not to be (a hockey fan) that is the question. It will certainly take some effort and patience...I don't see it being something that will captivate me from the get-go. Also, IF I choose to invest more time in cultivating my hockey fan-hood, do I go the Kings route or Islanders route? One thing I'm fairly proud of is that I am a New York fan across the board: Yanks, Giants, Knicks, and Islanders (albeit very casually). I never really understood those people who were fans of teams all over the country....a high school friend comes to mind as he was a Bulls, Vikings, Dodgers, and a University of North Carolina fan...never understood that. Also, I don't know if I want to just drop the Islanders, but then again I have much greater knowledge, accessibility, and exposure to the Kings these days.
Ho Hum....maybe I'll just occupy my time with Hot Stove reports.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 7, 2008 15:27:36 GMT -5
Well, Cho, logistically - how would you even be an Islander fan? Unless you get the hockey package, you certainly wont be seeing any of their games on TV. The Islanders do not warrent national coverage. You will have an easier time following your hometown Kings.
Besides, the Kings - while they are on paper as bad as the Islanders are and may finish worse - have some good young players. Like the Islanders, they can be a fun team to watch. I especially like Johnson on your defense, and Dustin Brown. Your goalie situation is a joke, by the way.
Start by poking around NHL.com and the website for the Hockey News, check out the blogs especially, dont just go through nuts and bolts. Hockey is a fun watch. Its also cool that the games dont slog on for four hours. I DVR Islander games early Saturday night, and watch them in a 2 hour window before bed, without fast-forwarding through any live play or even anything non-commercial.
I am going to try to post interesting hockey tidbits for the small audience around here for it, to keep things interesting. Where is Cact-jerk James and all his Ranger crap.
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Post by Chris on Oct 7, 2008 15:35:05 GMT -5
I am a BIG Justin Brown mark. I like that guy. I despise the Kings recent goalie situation. I agree it would be difficult to be an Isles fan, but it will be hard for me to jump headlong into hockey and abandon my hometown team. Still not sure how to address that. Kings as bad as the Isles? OK, Tom, you're either giving the Kings way too much credit, or the Isles not nearly enough. And, BTW, the Ducks are not an option.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 7, 2008 18:07:11 GMT -5
Islander top draft pick, 18 year old Josh Bailey, has made the team coming out of camp. Strictly a PR thing, as 7 of the 8 guys drafted in front of him made the big show. Isles can send him back after 9 games, otherwise he has to stick.
He's got game, may be fun to watch, but with only 2 exhibition games to his name, he may be rushed.
Cho, I say go for the Islanders, but how the Hell will you be able to follow them?
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Post by 9 on Oct 7, 2008 22:34:55 GMT -5
Be one with the Fishsticks!
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 9, 2008 17:23:36 GMT -5
Holy crap, this guy cant get out of his own way!
FORMER NHL GOALTENDER MALARCHUK RECOVERING AFTER ACCIDENT
INDEN, Nev. - Clint Malarchuk, the former NHL goalie best known for having his jugular vein slashed by a skate in a 1989 game with Buffalo, is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the chin with a rifle.
Malarchuk's wife Christy told sheriff's deputies that the .22-calibre rifle discharged after her husband placed the butt on the ground between his legs. He had been shooting rabbits.
The 47-year-old former player, now a goalie coach with the Columbus Blue Jackets, was flown by helicopter to a Reno hospital for treatment Tuesday.
"Our concern is with Clint and his well-being," the Blue Jackets said in a statement Thursday. "We are optimistic that he will have a full recovery very soon."
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 9, 2008 23:02:38 GMT -5
Watching hockey now. On Versus, the Avalanche and the Bruins. Idiots broke the glass with 2:47 left in the 2nd, so they added it to the 3rd, which is just starting. I have to get up at 6. I am staying with this. I suck.
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Post by anskychick on Oct 13, 2008 20:49:55 GMT -5
HOCKEY SEASON HAS BEGUN! (I'm on the left) Bulgaria should have done what all countries with poorly developed hockey programs do--recruit players of Bulgarian descent from countries with developed hockey programs. While they won't be able to beat the U.S. and Canada, they can recruit players who just might not make the cut playing for their home country, they are certainly good. That's how Israel filled most of its roster: it recruited Jewish women in the U.S. and Canada.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 15, 2008 10:45:19 GMT -5
DEF LEPPARD Singer Comments On STANLEY CUP Mishap: 'I Had A 50/50 Chance Of Getting It Right' - Oct. 14, 2008 DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott has issued a statement defending himself against criticism that he should have known better than to put the Stanley Cup down upside down (see video below) during the band's performance last Thursday night (October 9) at Detroit's Fox Theatre prior to the NHL's North American opener between the Red Wings and the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.
Said Elliott: "I will, as always, take full responsibility for what happened because I have big pucks. However, someone at the NHL should have known better and informed me first instead of keeping the Stanley Cup under lock and key until the last minute. The practice run the day before with a coffeemaker went swimmingly because it, like every other sporting cup I've ever seen, was wider at the top than the base. Ironic, isn't it, that after that night's gig, a NHL insider told me that long ago the Stanley Cup was also designed to be put down that way? Like most of my fellow Brits, I'd never seen it before until it was handed to me sideways by which time I had a 50/50 chance of getting it right. Whoops..."
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Post by 9 on Oct 15, 2008 10:57:41 GMT -5
OMG, what a dumbass. Even if you're not a hockey fan, are you gonna tell me this guy's never SEEN a picture of the Cup?
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 16, 2008 8:44:40 GMT -5
And the saga continues...
Detroit Red Wings Defenseman: JOE ELLIOTT Placed STANLEY CUP Upside Down 'On Purpose' - Oct. 15, 2008 Veteran defenseman Chris Chelios of the Detroit Red Wings ice hockey team — and the current Stanley Cup champion — has told Jim Johnson (a.k.a. J.J.) and Lynne Woodison of the Detroit rock station 94.7 WCSX that DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott placed the Stanley Cup upside down (see video below) "on purpose" during the band's performance last Thursday night (October 9) at Detroit's Fox Theatre prior to the NHL's North American opener between the Red Wings and the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs. An excerpt from Chelios' interview, which aired Wednesday morning (October 15), follows below.
Chelios: "Someone should have drove that guy, he did that on purpose."
Lynne: "Joe Elliott did it on purpose?"
J.J.: "You think he did it on purpose?"
Chelios: "No, we know he did... we talked to people at the show and the guy was being real rude to everybody. He was in a bad mood when they got there, so for whatever reason he didn't want to be there. And that's his way of showing it and taking it out on the NHL.... Darren McCarty didn't really get a chance to see it; I guess he was going off the stage when it happened. And you know, Quincey (Kyle Quincey) was the only one that said he would have done something to him."
Lynne: "Do you think Quincey would have really popped him?"
Chelios: "No I don’t know if he would have popped him, but he could have gave him a good shove."
Joe Elliott issued a statement earlier in the week defending himself against criticism that he should have known better than to place the Stanley Cup upside down. He said, "I will, as always, take full responsibility for what happened because I have big pucks. However, someone at the NHL should have known better and informed me first instead of keeping the Stanley Cup under lock and key until the last minute. The practice run the day before with a coffeemaker went swimmingly because it, like every other sporting cup I've ever seen, was wider at the top than the base. Ironic, isn't it, that after that night's gig, a NHL insider told me that long ago the Stanley Cup was also designed to be put down that way? Like most of my fellow Brits, I'd never seen it before until it was handed to me sideways by which time I had a 50/50 chance of getting it right. Whoops..."
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 25, 2008 21:44:47 GMT -5
BLUES' LEGACE INJURED BY CARPET SET OUT FOR PALINwww.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=253672&lid=sublink08&lpos=headlines_nhlST. LOUIS - St. Louis Blues goalie Manny Legace left after one period Friday night with a hip injury that occurred when he slipped on the carpet placed on the ice for Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
The Alaska governor dropped the ceremonial first puck before the Blues hosted the Los Angeles Kings. A narrow carpet walkway was placed from the gate at the Blues bench to centre ice for Palin, her husband and two of her daughters.
Just before the ceremony, Legace was the first player onto the ice for St. Louis. A team official pointed to the carpet. But Legace said the official moved his own foot from the carpet just as Legace stepped down, causing the carpet to slide.
Legace fell, then gingerly made his way to the crease.
After Legace's mishap, the official rolled up enough of the carpet so other players wouldn't have to step on it.
Legace described the injury as a strained left hip flexor. He doesn't believe it is serious but said it is painful. He said he won't play Saturday when the Blues host Florida, but wasn't sure if he'd miss any additional games.
"I felt a pull right away," Legace said. "I was hoping it would just go away."
But after making his first save, the injury felt worse, Legace said. He played one period, giving up two goals on 12 shots. After the intermission, the team said he suffered a "lower body" injury but did not immediately elaborate. He was replaced by Ben Bishop, making his NHL debut.
Legace is 4-2 with a 2.94 goals-against average in six games this season. He is 313-291 in his nine-year career. He was selected to the Western Conference all-star team last season.
It was Palin's second appearance at an NHL game this month. She also dropped the ceremonial puck at Philadelphia on Oct. 11.
Legace didn't blame Palin for the injury.
"She's been pretty good for our game," Legace said. "I'm starting to like her more and more. No grudge."
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Post by Chris on Oct 30, 2008 12:02:50 GMT -5
We just had our quarterly "State Of The Union" meeting....we had a live via-satellite presentation from Rem Murray, former Edmonton Oiler/Stanley Cup Champion - cervical dystonia patient/botox user.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 30, 2008 17:39:40 GMT -5
LOL @ Rem Murray.
In other hockey news of the day, I watched a documentary on Indian hockey players on NHL Network, and one oldtimer was grousing that back in the day his foes used to call him a "Squawhumper."
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Post by 9 on Oct 30, 2008 18:13:07 GMT -5
Squawhumper's not so bad, considering the alternatives: Bravehumper, or not getting laid.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Dec 3, 2008 0:15:21 GMT -5
LOL @ that dicklick Avery being suspended for pulling the old "sloppy seconds" card during an interview. Avery is just a pain in the ass, his teammates hate him....AGAIN. And whats with these slutty Hollywood Puck Bunnies?
Avery suspended indefinitely by NHL for crude line
By JAIME ARON, AP Sports Writer
DALLAS (AP)—Of all the cajoling, snide remarks and other stunts Sean Avery pulled on the way to becoming the biggest pest in hockey, never had he gone so far that the NHL suspended him—until Tuesday.
Avery was punished indefinitely by commissioner Gary Bettman for using a crude term about his former girlfriends now dating other hockey players. Bettman acted within hours, in time to keep Avery out of the Dallas Stars’ game against the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.
Avery’s inflammatory line came following a morning skate in Calgary, Alberta. Reporters were waiting to speak with Avery about disparaging remarks he’d made last month about Flames star Jarome Iginla when Avery walked over to the group and asked if there was a camera present. When told there was, he said, “I’m just going to say one thing.”
“I’m really happy to be back in Calgary; I love Canada,” he said. “I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my (former girlfriends). I don’t know what that’s about, but enjoy the game tonight.” He then walked out of the locker room. Avery’s ex-girlfriend, actress Elisha Cuthbert of the television show “24” and the movie “Old School,” is dating Calgary defenseman Dion Phaneuf; she had been romantically linked to Mike Komisarek of the Montreal Canadiens. Avery also dated Rachel Hunter, the former Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model and actress who is now the girlfriend of Los Angeles Kings center Jarrett Stoll.
Bettman said Avery made “inappropriate public comments, not pertaining to the game.” The two will meet before the length of the suspension is determined. That get-together is likely to happen soon.
“I completely support the league’s decision to suspend Sean Avery,” Stars owner Tom Hicks said in a statement. “Had the league not have suspended him, the Dallas Stars would have. This organization will not tolerate such behavior, especially from a member of our hockey team. We hold our team to a higher standard and will continue to do so.”
Avery is the kind of player who delights in doing or saying something to get under the skin of opponents and their fans. He’s led the league in penalty minutes twice, and was doing so again going into Tuesday. He’s not only often called the most hated player in the NHL, he loves hearing it.
“I like to push it to the edge, no doubt about it,” Avery said this summer, after signing a $15.5 million, four-year deal with the Stars. “That’s how I play. That’s how I live. That’s what I’m all about.”
His most infamous tactic came during last season’s playoffs, while with the New York Rangers, when he stood in front of New Jersey goalie Martin Brodeur, waving his hand and stick in the goalie’s face to block his view. The next day, the league put in the so-called “Avery Rule” to prohibit such shenanigans.
Avery has been fined by the league and was once suspended by the Los Angeles Kings. Other players have been suspended for retaliating against Avery, including Chicago’s Ben Eager getting a three-game suspension for swinging his stick at Avery. However, this is the first time in his seven-year career that the NHL has taken him off the ice.
“Maybe they decided that this one crossed the line further than all the others,” said Stars co-general manager Brett Hull, who played with Avery in Detroit several years ago and was a driving force signing him.
“More than anything, he’s let his teammates down. That’s the worst part of it,” Hull said. “It’s basically a fundamental—you don’t embarrass the team and you carry yourself with class and good character. I’ve told him before, there’s more to the game than just lacing up the skates. There are things you have to be accountable for.”
Despite his tough-guy image in his job, Avery has cultivated another image in his private life: Fashionista. He’s pursued his interest in the fashion world by interning with Vogue magazine. He’s broken into pop culture through appearances on MTV and in tabloid gossip columns; he also grabbed a spot on People’s “Sexiest Scars” list in 2007 for a gash on his lip.
The Stars signed him in hopes that his grittiness would boost last season’s Western Conference finalists. Instead, the injury-riddled Stars went into Tuesday night’s game with only 20 points, fewest in the Western Conference and near the bottom of the NHL. Avery had 77 penalty minutes in 23 games. He also had three goals and seven assists.
Avery and Iginla were to meet on the ice for the first time since Avery told ESPN “the NHL does a terrible job of marketing” by not promoting its “villains,” and that “nobody cares about Jarome Iginla and guys like that, they’re just not exciting enough.”
The Stars and Flames meet three more times. Next is Feb. 3 in Dallas; the Stars return to Calgary on March 18.
Teammates were in the locker room when Avery spoke Tuesday, but didn’t necessarily hear his interview. Told what he said, most were not surprised.
“We expect that out of him like we have all year,” said goaltender Marty Turco, who was critical of Avery’s agitation of Brodeur during the playoffs when it happened. “You know, the show continues.”
Avery broke into the NHL in 2001-02 with Detroit. He was traded to the Kings during the following season, then was sent to the Rangers in 2007, with his arrival sparking a playoff run. Although he then matched his career best in goals with 15 in 2007-08, the Rangers didn’t try bringing him back. His tenure ended with a lacerated spleen against Pittsburgh, which required a stay in intensive care.
Avery makes $3.5 million this season and $4 million each of the next three years. His Dallas contract also includes a limited no-trade clause.
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Post by Chris on Dec 16, 2008 12:37:18 GMT -5
Sean Avery - RELEASED!
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Post by $heriff Tom on Dec 24, 2008 13:49:20 GMT -5
I'll be watching.
Wrigley readying for first hockey game Blackhawks, Red Wings will meet at Friendly Confines
CHICAGO -- Wrigley Field has housed ski jumping and rodeos, harbored the Harlem Globetrotters and the Chicago Bears, and even heard Jimmy Buffett and The Police. For 94 years, hockey never took the stage. That drought will end on New Year's Day.
"Wrigley Field is a baseball field of dreams," NBC Sports producer Sam Flood said. "For the hockey guys, they get to take it over.
"We're in a venue that's a perfect place for a hockey game."
The Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings, longtime rivals and two of the original six National Hockey League franchises, will meet in the league's third outdoor regular-season game and Wrigley's first hockey contest. NBC will televise the Winter Classic, which will start at noon CT.
The event has been months in the making. Wrigley Field beat out the old Yankee Stadium last summer for the right to be the first baseball stadium to hold an NHL game. Organizers have spent the last couple weeks preparing the ballpark.
A portable 200-by-85-foot rink was driven in from Mobile, Ala. It sits between first and third base, 112 feet from home plate and 288 feet from the center-field wall, according to NHL.com.
Those attending will notice a smaller second rink covering the outfield behind the main rink and team benches. This 60-by-56 foot auxiliary rink will be used by the Amateur Hockey Association of Illinois during the game.
The NHL also made on-deck-circle logos for both teams, and the players will emerge from the dugouts before the game, mixing in some baseball feel. The league has recreated the famous green outfield ivy and added temporary video replay boards, too.
Nearly one-quarter of a million people entered a lottery for a chance to buy up the 40,000 tickets for this unique event. Those who missed out on attending still can get a taste of it on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, when the corner of Waveland and Clark outside Wrigley will be transformed into a free fan fest. The entertainment plans include live music, hockey-themed attractions, ice sculpting and prizes.
The two previous outdoor NHL games were held on football fields. On Jan. 1, 2008, the Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres played at Ralph Wilson Stadium, home of the NFL's Buffalo Bills, in the first Winter Classic. On Nov. 22, 2003, the Edmonton Oilers hosted the Montreal Canadiens at Commonwealth Stadium, primarily a Canadian Football League venue, where temperatures shivered in the negative 20s.
For Chicago, early prognostications are calling for a game-day high temperature in the mid-20s and a decent chance of snow showers. The coldest Cubs game at Wrigley since 1991, when teams started recording temperatures, was on April 8, 1997, when it was 29 degrees when they played the Marlins.
In the Windy City, a fair forecast quickly can turn brutal. The NHL doesn't have any contingency plans yet, so both teams better be ready for the worst.
"It's a lot easier to play when it's not minus 20," said Red Wings goalie Ty Conklin, the only player to suit up for all three outdoor games. "It could be 35 degrees, nice and sunny day, or it could be minus 10 and the wind could be blowing 20 miles an hour."
Regardless of the weather, it's sure to be a spectacle. Former Blackhawks player Ed Olczyk, who is part of the NBC broadcast crew, is a native Chicagoan who grew up a die-hard Cubs fan. He twice has been a guest conductor of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" at Wrigley.
"To be able to be at the game at Wrigley Field, I'm so envious and jealous of the guys that get that opportunity to play in that game in arguably the greatest sports venue there has ever been," Olczyk said.
NBC's acclaimed broadcast host Bob Costas also will be on hand for the game. The baseball enthusiast boasts a bit of Wrigley history, having covered "The Sandberg Game" on June 23, 1984.
"Let's say for the sake of argument that the Blackhawks went on to the Stanley Cup Finals, having played a game at Wrigley," Costas said. "Then they've done better than any team that played at Wrigley since 1945."
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 4, 2009 0:13:09 GMT -5
More fun all-star voting nonsense... FOUR HABS PLAYERS VOTED IN AS STARTERS FOR NHL ALL-STAR GAMEThe Canadian Press NEW YORK - Only Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin prevented the Montreal Canadiens from an all-star sweep.
The NHL announced the starting lineups Saturday for the mid-season classic, and the host Canadiens filled four of the six slots for the Eastern Conference.
Crosby and Malkin, teammates and linemates with the defending East champion Pittsburgh Penguins, both broke the record for the most votes and claimed two forward positions. They will be joined up front by Montreal's Alex Kovalev.
Washington's Alex Ovechkin, the league's reigning MVP and second this season in goals and points entering Saturday, finished only sixth among Eastern Conference forwards in the voting - which mystified his coach.
"It's dumb," Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said, adding: "It's not right the best player in the game is not a starter."
Jaromir Jagr, a former Penguins star, had held the record for votes, but his mark was broken by 11 players - including all six East starters - in this year's fan balloting conducted online and via text messaging.
Crosby, elected as a starter for the third time, garnered 1,713,021 votes - shattering Jagr's 2000 total of 1,020,736. Malkin was second with more than 1.5 million votes.
At one point during the voting process, the Canadiens led all six positions. Still, hockey's version of the New York Yankees will be well represented, as the franchise, which last hosted the all-star game in 1993, celebrates its 100th anniversary.
"In three weeks, the world's greatest players will come here, to one of the world's great hockey cities, to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Montreal Canadiens," former Canadiens star Jean Beliveau said in announcing the rosters. "I had the pleasure of playing in 13 all-star Games and I can tell you it was an absolute honour. I look forward to watching the stars of today."
Besides the Penguins and Canadiens, only the Anaheim Ducks and Chicago Blackhawks of the Western Conference are represented in the starting lineups.
Montreal's Andrei Markov and Mike Komisarek will start on defence, and Canadiens teammate Carey Price will be in goal on home ice at the Bell Centre on Jan. 25. Price barely beat out Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, finishing fewer than 30,000 votes ahead. Each player led the race in the final hours of voting Friday night.
Another pair of teammates dominated the voting for the Western Conference as 20-year-olds Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews of the upstart Blackhawks were the two leading vote-getters.
Kane, last season's rookie of the year, earned 100,000 more votes than Toews - a rookie of the year finalist and the Blackhawks' new captain. Ryan Getzlaf of the Ducks will be the third forward on the starting line.
Brian Campbell, Chicago's key free-agent acquisition last summer, finished first among defenceman and will be an all-star starter for the second time in three years. This marks the first time he will suit up for the West after playing for the East squad while a member of the Buffalo Sabres.
He will team with Ducks captain Scott Niedermayer on the blue-line in front of Anaheim goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere, a Montreal native and first-time starter.
The Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings were shut out of the Western starting lineup. Team captain Nicklas Lidstrom came the closest, finishing fourth among defenceman - 67,000 votes behind Niedermayer.
Half of the 12 starters are 23 or younger and seven were elected for the first time. Crosby has earned the most votes in three straight seasons, but he sat out last year's game in Atlanta because of an ankle sprain.
Most of the record 34 million votes were cast online, but more than 15 million were registered by text messaging. In the final five days of voting, 4.3 million votes were recorded by text.
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Post by Chris on Jan 4, 2009 15:12:51 GMT -5
Went to the Kings / Flyers game last night....great game, ended up in a shoot out.
I'm a bit excited about the Kings, with the departure of LaBarbara, and the early outstanding play of this new young goal tender Jonathan Quick, who had more than a few highlight reel quality saves last night.
Dustin Brown, the 3rd greatest hockey player of all time (inside joke) continues to be one of my favorites.
There was quite the Philly contingent on hand in the stands last night.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 4, 2009 16:10:30 GMT -5
LOL - once I found out LaBarbara was sent out of LA, I thought of you and how much you were probably whooping it up.
I like J Quick. Always did. And we already talked about how cool Dustin Brown is.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 21, 2009 23:31:51 GMT -5
Illinois Lottery reconsiders contest after Chicago fan wins million
The Illinois Lottery officially started a new promotion with the Chicago Blackhawks last Wednesday: One adult fan would be randomly chosen at each home game, and if the Blackhawks scored at exactly the 10-minute mark of the second period -- not a second over or under -- then that fan would win $1 million.
Just five days later, someone sitting in Section 326 had already hit the jackpot.
Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom surrendered his only goal, in Monday night's 40-save performance at the Blackhawks, to winger Martin Havlat at 10:00 of the second period. (The video of the goal is around the 1:50 mark of this clip; as you'll see, the timing was close.)
"We were only three games into it," said Paul Arnell, director of promotions for the lottery. "And it had to happen on Obama eve. But it's been great."
The winning fan, from the Chicago area, met with Havlat after the game. He'll be revealed to the media and honored at tonight's Blackhawks game at home against the St. Louis Blues. (UPDATE: 8:15 p.m.: Cary Stolarczyk, a first-year season ticket holder in Sect. 326, was revealed as the winner this evening.)
What are the odds of this incredible scenario playing out for a hockey fan? More importantly: How does the Illinois Lottery react to giving away a million dollars less than a week into its promotion with the Blackhawks?
Darren Rovell of CNBC looked into the probability of a fan winning this lottery promotion; as a point of reference, there is a 1-in-10,179,260 chance that a lottery player will hit all six numbers in the traditional Illinois lotto drawing.
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Since the odds of this happening seemed so low, we called the folks at US Hole In One, an insurance company that specializes in insuring these types of contests to give us an estimate as to how likely this was to actually happen.
Greg Esterhai of US Hole In One says the odds of a player scoring a goal at any second in any game is about 1 in 1,000. But Esterhai says that since the promotion is a season-long promotion, the odds go down to about a 1 in 25 chance. He said that this makes the goal promotion more likely to happen over the course of a season than a fan hitting a full court shot in any particular game, which is about a 1 in 50 chance.
So maybe it's not such an incredible scenario after all. Arnell said that the lottery didn't anticipate this jackpot being paid out so quickly, but that "working for the lottery, anything can happen. We meet winners all the time."
He said the promotion began last week after the lottery and the team worked out the details.
"The idea evolved out of a back and forth we were having with the Blackhawks. We were talking about become partners this year, and coming up with an interesting promotion," he said.
"Between the brainstorming sessions, we kind of landed at that. I'm not sure if the 10-minute mark was suggested because it's the halfway mark of the game; but I guess one could say that."
Does he think there's a chance that the players were conscious about the promotion; that perhaps, in the conspiracy theory to end all conspiracy theories, Backstrom was aware he was about to earn someone a million?
"No, no," Arnell said with a laugh, "it's certainly a funny prospect, but I don't think there's anything to it."
The question now becomes whether there's going to be anything to the "Illinois Lottery Million Dollar Minute Promotion" for the rest of the season.
The contest won't be held for tonight's game, as Arnell said the introduction of the winner will take the place of the promotion. The Blackhawks won't play again in Chicago until Feb. 14 against the Dallas Stars, and Arnell said the lottery is keeping its options open.
"We're evaluating the existing promotion with the Hawks now, about what parts of it we want to keep and what parts we want to change," he said. "I don't think [the win] discourages the partnership at all. If anything it would encourage it."
Who knows what they'll come up with next. Give the Illinois Lottery credit for ingenuity: It's currently holding a statewide "rock, paper, scissors" contest in conjunction with a new scratch-off game, in which competitors can win $500 for "scissors beat paper." No word if the "dynamite" wild card will be allowed.
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