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Tuesday, 08 February 2011 10:45

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Keep your Bill Guerin (above) jersey in mothballs (PG+).

-Brad Thiessen made 21 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-0 shutout of the Albany Devils. Ben Street had two goals for the Penguins while teammates Nick Petersen and Geoff Walker reach recorded two assists.

-Highlights courtesy of The Wilkes-Blog:

-The Penguins snapped a three-game losing streak.

-Happy 36th birthday to former Penguins forward Andre Roy. A free agent signing following the 2004-05 lockout, Roy, worked as the Penguins' primary enforcer for parts of two seasons. In 2005-06, he appeared in 42 games recording three points and 116 penalty minutes. Roy would appear in five games and fail to record a point in 2006-07 before being put on waivers and claimed by his former team, the Lightning. In 47 games with the Penguins, he scored three points and 128 penalty minutes.

-Happy 57th birthday to former Penguins forward Kelly Pratt. A free agent signing in the 1974 offseason, Pratt's NHL career amounted to 22 games with the 1974-75 Penguins. He recorded six points.In the 1975 offseason, he was sold to Hershey of the AHL.

Atlantic Division

-With goaltender Martin Brodeur's wonky knee a question mark, the Devils recalled goaltender Mike McKenna from Albany of the AHL.

Northeast Division

-Mikhail Grabovski, Nikolai Kulemin and Clarke MacArthur each had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs in a 5-4 defeat of the Thrashers. Tomas Kaberle recorded two assists for Toronto while Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 34 saves in the victory. Zach Bogosian, Bryan Little and Rich Peverly each netted two assists for Atlanta.

-Check out this nifty re-direction goal by MacArthur:

-Check out this brutal turnover by Atlanta's Dustin Byfuglien which led to a goal for Kulemin:

-The Maple Leafs honored honoured the 35th anniversary of hall of famer Darryl  Sittler's 10-point game:

-Giguere kept his eyes on this puck:

-The Bruins formally announced forward Marc Savard will miss the rest of the season due to a concussion.

-Boston recalled forward Jordan Caron from Providence of the AHL.

Southeast Division

-Capitals defenseman Mike Green is dealing with concussion symptoms after taking a Brooks Oprik slap shot to the head Sunday.

-With forward Cory Stillman dealing with an "upper-body" injury, the Panthers recalled forward Michal Repik from Rochester of the AHL.

-Lightning forward Nate Thompson is dealing with what sounds like a head ailment.

Central Division

-Pavel Datsyuk returned to the lineup after missing 19 games due to a broken wrist and recorded a goal and an assist for the Red Wings in a 3-2 win against the Rangers. Jiri Hudler added a goal and an assist for Detroit while Jimmy Howard made 45 saves in the victory. The Rangers have lost five consecutive games.

-Detroit's Ruslan Salei and New York's Mats Zuccarello kicked up some ice here:

-Red Wings forward Valtteri Filppula left the game due to a leg injury.

-With Jaroslav Halak ready to return after missing two games due to an "upper-body" injury, the Blues demoted goaltender Ben Bishop to Peoria of the AHL.

-"If we are a playoff team then we have to prove it. Right now, obviously, we're not a playoff team." - Blackhawks defenseman Brian Campbell.

Northwest Division

-Former Penguin Mikael Samuelsson had two goals and an assist for the Canucks in a 4-2 defeat of the Senators. Fire Craig Patrick. Mason Raymond recorded three assists for Vancouver while teammate Ryan Kesler added a goal and an assist. Roberto Luongo made 31 saves in the victory. Jason Spezza had a goal and an assist for Ottawa.

-Check out this goal by Vancouver's Alex Burrows:

-Check out this hit by Ottawa's Chris Neil on Vancouver captain Henrik Sedin and Neil's subsequent fight with Vancouver's Aaron Rome:

-Cool Photo of the Night: Luongo keeping an eye on things:

-Ottawa's coach Cory Clouston is popular:

-Canucks defenseman Keith Ballard left the game due to a leg injury.

-Miikka Kiprusoff made 25 saves for the Flames in a 3-1 win against the Blackhawks. Olli Jokinen had two assists for Calgary which has won seven of eight games.

-Kiprusoff taking the ice:

-Devan Dubnyk made 37 saves for the Oilers in a 4-0 shutout of the Predators. It was his first career shutout. Andrew Cogliano and Jordan Eberle each had a goal and an assist for Edmonton.

-Dubnyk somehow avoided giving up a goal here:

-Forward Peter Forsberg's return to the Avalanche is being delayed due to immigration issues.

Pacific Division

-Ilya Bryzgalov made 26 saves for the Coyotes in a 3-0 shutout of the Avalanche. Radim Vrbata scored two goals for Phoenix while Ray Whitney recorded two assists.

-Thirsty times for Colorado's Chris Stewart:

-Angry, toothless times for Colorado's Cody McLeod:

-We don't want to suggest Phoenix's Ray Whitney is too grabby, but Colorado's Daniel Winnik didn't seem too crazy about this defensive technique:

-The Coyotes have recorded back to back shutouts for the first time since 2003-04.

-The Ducks signed former Senators/Flyers goaltender Ray Emery to a one-year, two-way contract.

-Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf is expected to return to the lineup tomorrow after being sidelined since Dec. 28 due to facial injuries.

-It doesn't sound like Sharks general manager Doug Wilson is in a rush to make any moves.

Adams Division

-Norwegian Olympic sensation Tore Vikingstad has joined the Oilers... the Stavanger Oilers of the Get Ligaen in Norway.

(Photos: Thrashers/Maple Leafs-Claus Andersen/Getty Images; Red Wings/Rangers-Carlos Osorio/Associated Press; Senators/Canucks-Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press; Blackhawks/Flames-Dale MacMillan/Getty Images; Oilers/Predators-Mark Humphrey/Associated Press; Avalanche/Coyotes-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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written by JBM425, February 08, 2011 - 04:19 PM

Too bad Vikingstad didn't get a contract with Edmonton...they couldn't do a whole lot worse this season with him in their lineup (although I do think they have a really bright future ahead, especially with another top-5 pick).

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