CrashingTheGoalie

by Graham Clark of the DallasStars.com
Mar 13, 2009
Brendan Morrison’s game-winning goal against the Hurricanes on March 12 was his first point as a Dallas Star and leaves him just three points shy of 500 career NHL points. Brendan sat down with DallasStars.com to answer a few questions in this exclusive Q&A.
Q: What do you think [...]

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From the Dallas News:

THE STARS’ NEW STYLE OF PLAY: Going on the attack.
From the Star Telegram Sports:
DALLAS’ MONDAY PRACTICE:  by Tracey Myers.
From the Dallas Stars:
FIGHTING OFF FRUSTRATION: by Erin Chenderlin.
From Andrew’s Dallas Stars Page
CANUCKS STARS PREVIEW by Mark Stepneski
From http: Defending the Big D
BRENDAN MORRISON NEWS: by Gravypan.
From the Dallas Stars Blog:
THREE QUICK OBSERVATIONS FROM A RANCID ROAD TRIP: [...]

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by Ron Spence
I was surprised by Saku Koivu’s cold comments when Guy Carbonneau was fired.
So, I decided to look at what different players said after their bench bosses were terminated.
GUY CARBONNEAU
When Bob Gainey fired his friend, Guy Carbonneau, he was concerned that the Habs weren’t playing to their potential.
“I chose Guy Carbonneau to be the head [...]

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by desertdawg
Too bad that they don’t have the eighties Gretzky playing tonight. Instead they have the new-millennium version of Gretzky and he’s behind the bench. And for the first time in recent memory, the Great One is taking some desert heat.
Phoenix was one of those teams that the pundits decided, before the season, would [...]

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We’re reprinting this article – not because we agree with the author – but because we think that it will be the first of many – stating that Phoenix’s emperor isn’t wearing any clothes.
It’s unfortunate that the writer didn’t take the time to check Gretz’s stats versus other coaches – both fired and still employed.
And [...]

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Like their parent St. Louis Blues, the Peoria Riverman are desperately trying to make it into the post season.
Helping their cause is the demoted Manny Legace, who made 46 saves against the San Antonio Rampage last week.
It was Legace’s second shutout – down in the American Hockey League, where he has a 2.19 goals-against average [...]

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We’ve always enjoyed talking to Andy Murray – he’s a guy who definitely thinks outside the box.
The other day the St. Louis coach listed his most hated sports cliches:
“There’s two words that I hate in hockey: I hate the word momentum, and I hate the word confidence, and I hate when a coach talks about [...]

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by desertdawg
Everyone is talking about the St. Louis Blues these days. Third best record in the league since the halfway point in the season. Goaltender Chris Mason, the second best goaltender named Mason in the league, has a record of 15-16-9 in the last thirty games. The Blues were last in the conference before Xmas [...]

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PREVIEW: BLUES AT VANCOUVER
(03/19/2009)
by Jeremy Rutherford  of STLtoday.com

BLUES PREVIEW: The Blues are 1-1 against Vancouver this season and play the Canucks twice in their final 12 games.   
CANUCKS PREVIEW:Vancouver has won its last 10 games at GM Place, outscoring its opponents 39-19 in that stretch.
WATCH FOR: Vancouver’s Mats Sundin has eight points in his last eight games and 20 [...]

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by Ron Spence
Name the two goalies who have won the most Stanley Cups.
Name a goalie who was placed on waivers – and cleared – and won six Vezina and two Hart Memorial Trophies.
Both Ken Dryden and Jacques Plante had their names etched on the Stanley Cup six times.
Grant Fuhr won 5 Cups, although he was [...]

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