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Three Players Suspended, Canada Adds PK Subban
Three players are facing suspensions at the 2013 World Championships today as Canada’s Luke Schenn, Austria’s Daniel Welser and Belarus’ Ilya Kaznadei will all be suspended one game each. Schenn got an automatic one game suspension due to the match penalty in yesterday’s game against the Czech Republic for checking Zbynek Irgl from behind. Irgl left [...]
2014 Olympic Goaltending Preview: Russia
With less than a year until the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, I will preview the goaltending for each country going into the Olympics in a weekly series. Today I take a look at Russia, one of the favorites to win gold in their own country. Will some good NHL goaltenders be left off [...]
Canadiens entering NHL Playoff gunfight armed with knives
As Jimmy Malone said in The Untouchables, you should never go to a gunfight with a knife. The Montreal Canadiens, being the third team in the NHL to clinch a playoff spot, had their knives well sharpened all year long. Since the clinching victory however, the Habs knives have dulled, losing three games to Toronto, [...]
Former NHLer Antero Niittymäki Calls It A Career
After spending the last 14 games of his professional career with TPS in the SM-Liga, Antero Niittymaki has announced his retirement at the age of 32 because of recurring hip-problems. Remember this guy? On the first day of free agency in summer 2010, Niittymäki replaced long time San Jose Sharks goaltender Evgeni Nabokov because of salary cap considerations. Niittymäki played strongly at the beginning of [...]
Flyers Sign Minnesota Gophers Defenseman Mark Alt To ELC
The Philadelphia Flyers have signed University of Minnesota defenseman Mark Alt to an Entry Level Contract will report to the Adirondack Phantoms of the AHL on an ATO for the remainder of the season. Acquired prior to the NHL season this year in a package that also brought Brian Boucher to Philly from Carolina, the 21-year-old [...]
Steve Mason Traded To Flyers, Blue Jackets Grab Comeau
The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded Steve Mason to the Philadelphia Flyers in return for Michael Leighton and a third round pick. Mason, 24, was the 2009 Calder Trophy winner as the NHL’s Rookie of the Year. Since then, he has only fallen downwards and was replaced by Sergei Bobrovsky as the starter. The Blue Jackets also received Blake Comeau [...]
Red Wings Send Kent Huskins To Philadelphia
The Detroit Red Wings have cleared a roster for rookie defenseman Danny DeKeyser, trading Kent Huskins to the Philadelphia Flyers for a conditional 2014 draft pick. Huskins was drafted 156th overall in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks. He would go on to play for the Norfolk Admirals, San Antonio Rampage and Manitoba [...]
Playoff Implications On the Line: Devils Keys to Success v. the Flyers
It certainly wasn’t pretty. It sure as hell didn’t come in regulation. But somehow, someway, the Devils managed to beat the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night in, am I correct when I say this, a shootout. *Hold for applause*. Tonight, the Devils look to do something they haven’t managed to do in over a month: [...]