CrashingTheGoalie

by Ron Spence
Eric Walsky won the fastest skater competition, finishing his lap  in a time of 13.46 seconds — .22 seconds quicker than Marco Rosa.
Then the rookie surprised the fans at the MTS Centre by hitting all five targets in the accuracy shooting challenge in just 11.96 seconds.
“I didn’t expect to win, to be honest [...]

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by Ron Spence
Numbers don’t lie – as the saying goes. But, they don’t always tell the truth.
When you compare the 1st quarter of the NHL season – Team Points versus Man Games Lost – you can’t tell if it’s an impact player or a 4th liner who has been injured.
However, that being said, some interesting [...]

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I received this attempt at humour from my Habs buddy.
My daughter had a baby two days ago – Vincent was born premature – and he let out a little squawk when he entered the delivery room, and Rob commented that he was a nucks fan already.

So, these three pictures make up his joke.

It’s his version [...]

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by Ron Spence
“Looking at trade options,” Burke said. “If that fails, I will start shipping money to the minors.”
Brian Burke was blaming his players for the Leafs’ five straight losses and last place standing.  Carolina had just defeated Toronto to evade that dubious distinction.

“I don’t think anybody’s happy with our record,” coach Ron Wilson commented, [...]

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By Bill Heintz
Well, here we are: after hungering all summer for the slightest shred of hockey information. After reading numerous daffy trade proposals. After endlessly arranging and then re-arranging the line combinations, And finally, after enduring the early season gaffs, injuries and slumps, we’ve reached a mini-milestone.
The Quarter pole.
And now we have to endure the [...]

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First it was Peter Forsberg and then Daniel Sedin. Now Mattias Ohlund has injured his foot.

“Mattias Ohlund was scratched with a right foot injury he said was sustained during Saturday’s game with the Kings when his skate “got caught in the ice.”
Ohlund, who tried but could not participate in the morning skate and is wearing [...]

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by Ron Spence
“A fanatic is someone who can’t change his mind,” Winston Churchill wrote, “and won’t change the subject.”
Sounds like the guys I watch nucks games with.
The name fan – as in a sports fan – came from one of two sources – depending on your bias.
One was the U.K., the other the U.S.A.
A guy [...]

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by Ron Spence
The Moose share the same boat as the nucks.
They’re a tad over .500, with 22 points in 21 games (1-9-2). They’ve had their own injuries, but have also been stocking Vancouver when nucks players have been injured.
Fortunately, most of the AHL haven’t fared much better, and the Moose are tied for 6th in [...]

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by Ron Spence
Do NHL owners patch the roofs of their arenas?
Do they fix their ice making plants when they break down?

Of course they do. It’s good business to keep their assets in top shape.
This is true of any business.

And the NHL is big business. The combined values of the 30 teams is nearly $6.7 billion [...]

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