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Sunday, 17 October 2010 09:03

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. "We usually play some good games here." - Sidney Crosby (above) being understated.

-The Philadelphia Inquirer's recap. "He's the best player in the game." - Jeff Carter on Crosby.

-The Associated Press' recap. Well, the Penguins' power play works on that side of the state.

-Highlights.

-Mike Rupp and Philadelphia's Jody Shelley pounding the tar out of each other:

-Crosby misfired on this shot:

-Happy times for the Penguins:

-We don't want to say Philadelphia's Chris Pronger has hygiene problems, but...:

-Speaking of hygiene, Daniel Briere apparently didn't have issues with Scott Hartnell airing out his pits:

-Philadelphia's Sergei Bobrovsky had issues with this puck:

-Hartnell airing out some more:

-"He can say whatever he wants. I've had a lot of confrontations with him and the gloves have never come off. If he wants to sit there and elbow me in the head, that's pretty cheap." - Matt Cooke on Flyers captain Mike Richards.

-"We count on him to be that guy for us. His teammates and his coach believe that's who he is." - Dan Bylsma on Marc-Andre Fleury.

-Regardless of how well or often Brent Johnson playes, this is still Fleury's team.

-Kris Letang had his major penalty from his "head" shot against Islanders forward Blake Comeau rescinded by the league.

-"He was mad. But I couldn’t understand what he was saying." - Maple Leafs forward Colby Armstrong former teammate Evgeni Malkin yelling at him during a game last week.

-Mario Lemieux speaks about coaching his son:

-Patrick Killeen made 33 saves and led the Wheeling Nailers to a 6-0 shutout of the Toledo Walleye. Alexander Smigelski had two goals and an assist.

Atlantic Division

-Two goals and an assist from Milan Jurcina (above) led the Islanders to a 5-2 defeat of the Avalanche. Josh Bailey added a goal and an assist for New York while teammate P.A. Parenteau recorded two assists. Dwayne Roloson made 28 saves in the win.

-New York's Zenon Konopka and Colorado's Chris Stewart had issues:

-Roloson and teammate Rick DiPietro are BFFs:

-Cool Photo of the Night: An overhead shot of Colorado's Mark Olver warming up:

-Islanders forward John Tavares returned to the lineup after missing three games due to a concussion.

-"Stuff like that can't be done in a game. Kids being able to see that is not a good role model-situation for myself." - Islanders defenseman James Wisniewski on his lewd hand gesture towards Rangers forward Sean Avery last week which led to a two-game suspension.

-At 1-4-1, the Devils are off to their worst start in 27 years.

Northeast Division

-Tim Thomas made 31 saves and led the Bruins to a 4-1 win at New Jersey.

-Happy times for Boston's Gregory Campbell and Shawn Thornton:

-New Jersey's Martin Brodeur kept his eyes on this puck:

-Not so much with this one:

-Tomas Plekanec and Andrei Kostitsyn each had a goal and an assist for the Canadiens in a 4-3 win against the rival Senators. Carey Price was forced to make all of 16 saves in the victory. Milan Michalek led Ottawa with two goals.

-Check out this goal Montreal captain Brian Gionta scored:

-Ottawa forward and former Penguin Jarkko Ruutu was up to his old tricks:

-Check out Michalek's second goal:

-Montreal's Carey Price had issues with this puck:

-Hockey Night in Canada's pregame montage was... creative:

-The Senators recalled goaltender Robin Lehner from Binghamton of the AHL.

Southeast Division

-Tomas Vokoun made 29 saves to earn his second consecutive shutout, a 6-0 defeat of the rival Lightning. David Booth led Florida with two goals and an assist while captain Bryan McCabe recorded four assists.

-Happy times in Florida:

-And overtime goal and an assist by Brooks Laich gave the Capitals a comeback 3-2 win at Nashville. Teammate Nicklas Backstrom added two assists while Michal Neuvirth made 37 saves in the victory.

-Laich's goal:

-Happy times for Nashville's Jordin Tootoo:

-Predators forward Marcel Goc left the game with an "upper-body" injury after he was hit from behind by Washington Nicklas Backstrom.

-A goal and an assist by Andrew Ladd led the Thrashers to a 4-2 win at San Jose. Teammate Bryan Little added two assists while Chris Mason made 37 saves in the victory.

-The Hurricanes recalled defenseman Brett Carson from the Charlotte of the AHL.

Central Division

-Two goals by Patrick Sharp led the Blackhawks to a 4-3 win against the Sabres. Teammate Patrick Kane and Brent Seabrook each added two assists while Marty Turco (above, with Sharp) made 38 saves in the victory.

-Niklas Kronwall's overtime goal gave the Red Wings a 2-1 win at Phoenix. Teammate Henrik Zetterberg added two assists while Jimmy Howard made 25 saves in the victory.

-Kronwall's goal:

-That was a home game for the Coyotes.

-Happy times for Kronwall:

-Thirsty times for Howard:

-Phoenix's Ilya Brzygalov alone in the dark:

-Anthem time in Phoenix Glendale:

-"Holmstrom's such a big guy, I'm amazed sometimes how easy he goes down." - Coyotes coach Dave Tippett on Red Wings forward Tomas Holmstrom.

-Two assists from Chris Clark helped the Blue Jackets claim a 3-2 win at Minnesota. Former Penguin Mathieu Garon made 21 saves in the victory. Fire Ray Shero. Matt Cullen and Martin Havlat each had two assists for the Wild.

-Check out this ridiculous goal by Minnesota's Brent Burns:

-Minnesota's Niklas Backstrom  had issues with this puck:

-Backstrom just had issues in general here:

-With defensemen Anton Stralman ("upper body") and Mike Commodore (thumb) dinged up, the Blue Jackets recalled former Penguins defenseman and Hopewell native Nate Guenin from Springfield of the AHL. Additionally the team placed forward Jared Boll (back) on injured reserve.

-Red Wings forward Johan Franzen was officially diagnosed with a mild concussion.

Northwest Division

-Alex Tanguay had two goals and an assist for the Flames in a 5-3 defeat of the rival Oilers. Matt Stajan added three assists while teammate Brendan Morrison and Jarome Iginla each recorded a goal and an assist. Miikka Kiprusoff (above) made 41 saves in the victory. Magnus Paajarvi led Edmonon with with a goal and an assist.

-Happy times for Morrison (right) and Niklas Hagman:

-Edmonton's Nikolai Khabibulin had issues with this puck:

-White actually needed six stiches after getting hit by the puck.

-Canucks defenseman Keith Ballard was officially diagnosed with a concussion.

-The Wild had a consecutive sell-out streak of 383 games snapped.

Pacific Division

-Shootout goals by Brad Richards, Loui Eriksson and Mike Ribeiro gave the Stars a 3-2 win against the Blues. Eriksson and Neal each had a goal and an assist in regulation while Richards recorded two assists. Kari Lehtonen (above) made 41 saves in the victory.

-It wasn't all bad for the Blues. Check out this ridiculous save former Penguins goaltender Ty Conklin made:

-Fire Ray Shero.

-The Sharks signed captain Joe Thornton to a three-year contract extension worth $21 million. Thornton, who was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent after the season, will have a salary cap hit of $7 million.

-With defenseman Andreas Lilja getting a new work visa, the Ducks demoted defenseman Luca Sbisa to Syracuse of the AHL.

-Fabian Brunnstrom cleared waivers and was demoted to Texas of the AHL.

-Former Penguins prospect Jake Muzzin (right) is fitting in with the Kings. Fire Ray Shero.

Smythe Division

-Both Robert Morris teams are in action tonight at Consol Energy Center.

-Jordan Tibbett made 39 saves for the Mercyhurst men's team in a 1-0 loss to Western Michigan.

-Brianna Delaney  had two goals for the Robert Morris women's team in a 6-4 loss to Northeastern.

-Hillary Pattenden made 27 saves for the Mercyhurst women's team in a 5-3 loss at Bemidji State.

-Happy 81st birthday to former Pittsburgh Hornets forward Bo Elik.

(Photos: Penguins/Flyers-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images and H. Rumph, Jr.; Avalanche/Islanders-Kathy Kmonicek/Associated Press and Jim McIsaac/Getty Images; Bruins/Devils-Tim Larsen/Associated Press; Senators/Canadiens-Canadian Press; Lightning/Panthers-Joel Auerbach/Getty Images; Capitals/Predators-Joe Howell/Associated Press; Sabres/Blackhawks-Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press; Red Wings/Coyotes-Paul Connors/Associated Press and Christian Petersen/Getty Images; Blue Jackets/Wild-Jeff Gross/Getty Images; Oilers/Flames-Canadian Press; Blues/Stars-LM Otero/Associated Press; Muzzin-Harry How/Getty Images)

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written by eman41, October 17, 2010 - 05:48 PM

The jerseys on Lemieux's youth team are awesome.

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written by Stillson14, October 18, 2010 - 08:11 AM

Good stuff, Seth. You know the Walleye might be the greatest mascot in the history of the ECHL. What a team name.

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written by RyanD, October 18, 2010 - 09:44 AM

"Holmstrom's such a big guy, I'm amazed sometimes how easy he goes down." - Red Wings coach Dave Tippett on Red Wings forward Tomas Holmstrom.

Should be Phoenix

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written by s_rorabaugh, October 18, 2010 - 09:49 AM

RyanD, +1 for the heads up.

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