Cornwall ON – Big time players come through in big time games. With Vancouver up 2 games to 0 in the Western Conference final San Jose was up against the wall and Patrick Marleau responded with 2 goals with Joe Thornton notching 3 assists as the Sharks made thisContinue Reading
Cornwall ON- If the Boston Bruins break they Stanley Cup drought it’s going to chiefly be on the back of their goalie Tim Thomas. Thomas shut out the high octane Tampa offense 2-0 stopping all 31 Lightning shots on goal. What was impressive about the Boston victory is that Tampa’sContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Roberto Luongo isn’t bored in this series. His Vancouver Canucks took game two of their play off series 7-3 from the San Jose Sharks in what turned out to be a slugfest with a lot of penalties and Canuck D Man Kevin Bieska scrapping with Shark Patrick Marleau andContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – What a game! Tampa Bay at Boston has been tons of hitting and some high octane offense. Tyler Seguin, getting his chance due to injury has scored 2 goals for a total of 3 in two games. He’s added 2 assists so far as well! There’sContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – What’s really neat about this Vancouver San Jose series is that one of two long time under achieving teams is going to the Stanley Cup. In game one Vancouver grabbed the first win 3-2. The Canucks dominated the shots at home 38-29 with Roberto Luongo underContinue Reading
CFN – The Tampa Bay Lightning took game one of their series with the Boston Bruins winning 5-2. The game was never really close with Tampa Bay scoring the first 3 goals before Bruins rookie Tyler Seguin scored on Dwayne Roloson. Boston got nasty in the third period with MilanContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Well for me these play offs have not been that exciting. If I don’t see a Canadian team that I like excelling then it just gets kinda dull. I know. I know. But after 40+ years of watching hockey I get a bit jaded.Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – There’s an old sports saying…”if you can’t beat em, beat em up” and helped San Jose to a 3-2 game 7 victory in what probably has been the most entertaining and by line filled series of this Stanley Cup play off season. San Jose now goes offContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Zdeno Chara gets to go to the third round of the Stanley Cup this year as the Boston Bruins completed their sweep of a discombobulated Philadelphia Flyers team playing without Chris Pronger. There would be no hiccups or collapse like the Bruins experienced last year. TheContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – San Jose threw everything they had at the Detroit Red Wings before defeating them in Over time 2-1 in game one of their second round series. They out shot the Wings 46-25 and had the edge in power play time as well, but Detroit’s gritty defensive effortContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The Vancouver Canucks struck first blood in their 2nd round series with the Nashville Predators winning 1-0 in Vancouver. The Predators were limited to 20 shots on Roberto Luongo who recorded a play off shut out. It seems it’s feast or famine for the Vancouver star goalie.Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – It’s over. Montreal gave up a Nathan Horton goal in OT in game seven and the Boston Bruins go on to the next round of the play offs after their 4-3 win. It wasn’t in spite of effort, but the injury depleted Habs just didn’t haveContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Carey Price is one happy goalie as his team played extremely strong in front of him led by Mike Cammalleri who notched 2 points in Montreal’s 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins which means it’s time for game seven! Milan Lucic took a game penalty after aContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – If Chicago comes back from 3 games to 0 Dave Bolland is quickly becoming a reason why. With 6 points in 3 play off games he’s become the thorn in Vancouver coach Alan Vignault’s side. Vancouver changed goalies replacing former captain Roberto Luongo for Cory Schneider. Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – When I worked for the Montreal Canadiens in the 95-96 season it was an exciting time. I created a video tracking system similar to what Bill James, the baseball guru did for Baseball as well as a statistical filter that was highly useful in play analysis;Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – Winnipeg? The hockey world is a buzz with chatter of the Phoenix Coyotes moving back to Winnipeg and from what I’m hearing that’s a real option. It’s a tribute to the fan base that hopefully will be supported by the Corporate world in Winterpeg andContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – It was a great night of play off hockey Tuesday. Chicago recalibrated a bit with Dave Bolland rejoining the team and contributing a goal and 4 assists as the team decided they didn’t want to be swept by the Vancouver Canucks as they stormed to aContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – It’s going to be one of those years. Montreal, not a good road team took the first two games from the Boston Bruins in their first round play off series and Boston returned the favour and made this a series picking up a 4-2 win atContinue Reading
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