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Tuesday, 03 May 2011 07:36

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-"24/7 Penguins/Capitals: Road to the NHL Winter Classic" won a on a Sports Emmy Award for "Outstanding Edited Sports Special." Girls Love.

-Calder Cup Playoffs: Brad Thiessen made 21 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Charlotte Checkers in Game 3 of their East Division final series. Charlotte leads the series, 2-1.

-Happy 45th birthday to former Penguins defenseman Jeff Chychrun. Acquired along with Brian Benning and a draft pick in a deal which sent Paul Coffey to the Kings prior to the 1992 trade deadline, Chychrun spent parts of two seasons with the Penguins. He finished the 1991-92 season by appearing in 16 games for the Penguins and recorded one assist. While he didn't appear in the playoffs that spring, he did get his name engraved on the Stanley Cup for the club's 1992 championship. After appearing in one game for the Penguins in the following season, Chychrun was dealt back to the Kings in exchange for Empty Netters hero Peter Ahola. In 17 regular season games, Chychrun recorded one assist:

Playoff Stuff

Capitals - Lightning

-Tampa Bay's Dwayne Roloson is only the sixth goaltender over the age of 40 to record six or more wins in a single postseason. Jacques Plant (eight in 1969) and Dominik Hasek (10 with the 2007 Detroit Red Wings) are the others.

-"This is about whoever wins four games, not two. Obviously we are happy with the results, but we've done nothing yet.'' - Lightning forward Martin St. Louis.

-Maybe it wasn't just the Penguins. The Capitals are 0 for 11 on the power play in this series.

Flyers - Bruins

-David Krejci's overtime goal led the Bruins to a 3-2 overtime win against the Flyers in Game 2. The Bruins have a 2-0 series lead. Tim Thomas made 52 saves in the win.

-Krejci's goal required a video review:

-"Timmy totally stole this one for us tonight." - Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg on Thomas.

-Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid left the game in the first first period after he took a scary tumble into the end boards when he missed on attempted check against Flyers captain Mike Richards. Despite being briefly hospitalized, he flew home with his team.

-The collision:

-Flyers forward Tim Thomas apparently doesn't count carbs:

-The Flyers are 3-13 in series in which they trail, 0-2.

-Flyers coach Peter Laviolette is playing the "all-the-pressure-is-on-them" game.

-The Flyers actually had another goaltening change when starter Brian Boucher injured his hand in the second period and was replaced by back up Sergei Bobrovsky. Boucher returned at the start of the third period.

-Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger missed Game 2 due to an undisclosed injury.

-Prior to the game, the Flyers busted out "God Bless America:"

-Patriotic times in Philadelphia:

Canucks - Predators

-Forward David Legwand has been on board with the Predators pretty much since Day 1.

-Slumping Canucks forward and former Penguin Mikael Samuelsson has been dumped from the first line to the fourth line.

Sharks - Red Wings

-There aren't many "Newfies" (I.E. natives of Newfoundland) in the NHL. Two of them, Detroit's Dan Cleary and San Jose's Ryane Clowe, are going at it in this series.

IIHF World Championships

-Penguins defenseman Zbynek Michalek recorded an assist for the Czech Republic in a 6-0 shutout of Denmark.

-Czech Republic forward and former Penguins captain Jaromir Jagr battling for a puck with Denmark's Nichlas Hardt:

-Devils forward Nick Palmieri scored two goals for the United States in a 4-2 win against Norway.

-Spitting times for Unite States and Islanders goaltender Al Montoya:

-Former Rangers forward Jarkko Immonen had two goals and an assist for Finland which edged Lativa, 3-2.

-Forward Niklas Persson scored two goals for Sweden in a 3-0 shutout of Austria.

Non-Playoff Stuff

Pacific Division

-"I say, I'm glad they got the bastard because that's what Ace would have said." - Barbara Pothier, sister in law of former Kings scout Garnet "Ace" Bailey (right), reacting to the death of terrorist Osama Bin Laden. Bailey, a player with the Bruins, Blues, Red Wings, Capitals and Oilers, was killed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.

Adams Division

-Former Canadiens/Rangers/Canucks forward Jozef Balej has joined HC Slovan Bratislava of the Slovakian Extraliga.

(Photos: 24/7-YouTube; Flyers/Bruins-Paul Bereswill/Getty Images and Matt Slocum/Associated Press; IIHF World Championships-Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images and Samuel Kubani/AFP/Getty Images)

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written by Disgruntled Goat, May 03, 2011 - 12:58 PM

Ah, if it only really were April 3rd. We had so much hope then. Those were the days.

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written by s_rorabaugh, May 03, 2011 - 01:06 PM

DG, +1 for the heads up.

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written by kuhfuss5, May 03, 2011 - 04:59 PM

1) Love that you're keeping tabs on the IIHF Tournament.

2) It heartens me to hear that the Caps Power Play is struggling against TB as well.

3) Tim Thomas actually made 52 saves last night (not 42). Go Bruins. Wow!

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written by s_rorabaugh, May 03, 2011 - 09:28 PM

kuhfuss5, +1 for the heads up.

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