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Friday, 14 October 2011 09:38

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-"That was uncalled for, but you try to get the crowd into it. It was kind of classless on my part. I wish I could take that back, but it's just to get fired up. I was trying to get our team into it." - Arron Asham on his "sleeping" gesture following his knockout punch on Washington's Jay Beagle.

-Note: TSN's Pierre Lebrun is reporting the NHL will not discipline Asham for the gesture after he cited remorse.

-The Washington Post's recap. The Capitals have earned points in nine consecutive regular season games in Pittsburgh.

-The Washington Times' recap. "Have some class a little bit, you know?” - Capitals defenseman Karl Alzner.

-NHL.com's recap. The Capitals made the most out of their one power-play chance.

-Highlights:

-Asham vs. Beagle:

-Rough times for Beagle:

-Evgeni Malkin and Washington captain Alex Ovechkin get together for a good cause.

-Last night's ceremonial faceoff with Malkin, Ovechkin and Mario Lemieux:

-Alex Ovechkin and Zbynek Michalek racing after a puck:

-James Neal whipping a shot on Washington's Tomas Vokoun:

-Ben Lovejoy, Neal and Matt Niskanen being popular:

-Happy times for the Penguins:

-Pascal Dupuis chucking a puck behidn Washington's Nicklas Backstrom:

-Neal and Malkin had a chat:

-Richard Park kept his eyes on this puck:

-Marc-Andre Fleury and Jordan Staal having a laugh:

-Dan Bylsma made fun of Steve Sullivan's height:

-We think.

-Bylsma speaks:

-Zbynek Michalek speaks:

-Brent Johnson speaks:

-James Neal speaks:

-Chris Kunitz. A Penguin for two more seasons.

-Bryan Lerg and Eric Tangradi each had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-1 drubbing of the Rochester Americans. Brian Gibbons recorded two assists for the Penguins while Brad Thiessen made 29 saves in the victory.

-Lerg scored the third five-on-three shorthanded goal in franchise history. The others were scored by Ross Lupaschuk and Billy Tibbetts.

-Happy 62nd birthday to former Penguins forward Dave Schultz. Far more renown for his time as an enforcer with the Broad Street Bully Flyers of the 1970s, "The Hammer" came to the Penguins early in the 1977-78 season along with Gene Carr and a draft pick in a deal which sent Hartland Monahan and Syl Apps Jr. to the Kings. He finished 1977-78 by appearing in 66 games, scoring 34 points and a team-leading 378 penalty minutes. Schultz actually led the league with 405 penalty minutes overall that season, but his 378 alone with the Penguins would've also led the league. After 47 games, 13 points and a team-leading 157 penalty minutes in 1978-77, Schultz was traded to the Sabres in exchange for Gary McAdam. In 113 games with the Penguins, Schultz scored 47 points and collected 535 penalty minutes.

-Happy 36th birthday to former Penguins forward Billy Tibbetts. A free agent signing late in the 1999-2000 season, Tibbetts didn't make his NHL debut until midway through 2000-01 when he appeared in 29 games and scored three points. After 33 games and six points in 2001-02, Tibbetts was traded to the rival Flyers in exchange for Kent Manderville. In 62 games with the Penguins, Tibbetts scored nine points.

Atlantic Division

-Shootout goals by Zach Parise and Ilya Kovalchuk gave the Devils a 2-1 win against the Kings. Former Penguins goaltender Johan Hedberg made 16 saves in the win. Fire Craig Patrick.

-Devils starting goaltender Martin Brodeur left the game in the second period due to a shoulder injury.

-Brodeur appeared to suffer his injury on this "soccer" save:

-Kovalchuk being popular:

-Two goals and two assists by John Tavares led the Islanders to a 5-1 drubbing of the Lightning. Former Penguins prospect Matt Moulson and P.A. Parenteau each contributed a goal and an assist for New York while Al Montoya made 34 saves in the victory.

-The Islanders formed a receiving line for players named one of the three stars:

-A good look at Montoya's lid:

-Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro underwent concussion tests after taking a slap shot to the mask in practice.

-The Islanders assigned forward Ryan Strome, their first-round pick this summer, to Niagara of the OHL.

-The Devils demoted foward Adam Henrique to Albany of the AHL.

Northeast Division

-It appears Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid is dealing with some sort of head injury.

-The Senators demoted forward Nikita Filatov to Binghamton of the AHL.

Southeast Division

-The Hurricanes assigned defenseman Ryan Murphy, their first-round pick this summer, to Kitchener of the OHL.

Central Division

-A goal and two assists by Patrick Kane led the Blackhawks past Jets, 4-3. Former Penguins forward Marian Hossa added a goal and an assist for Chicago while Ray Emery made 27 saves in the win. Jim Slater scored two goals for Winnipeg.

-Focused Photo Of the Night: Chicago's Duncan Keith:

-Awkward Photo of the Night: Chicago's Jonathan Toews and Andrew Brunette colliding:

-Winnipeg Alexander Burmistrov kept his eyes on this puck despite some snow:

-Jimmy Howard made 25 saves for the Red Wings in a 2-0 shutout of the Canucks. It was Howard's sixth career shutout.

-Detroit's Justin Abdelkader preformed a public service by pounding the tar out of Vancouver's Maxim Lapierre:

-The Red Wings' power play is 0 for 16 on the season.

-The Blackhawks demoted goaltender Alexander Salak to Rockford of the AHL.

-The Blues Jackets recalled forward Alexandre Giroux from Springfield of the AHL and demoted forward Cam Atkinson to Springfield.

Northwest Division

-Joakim Lindstrom scored two goals for the Avalanche in a 7-1 rout of the Senators. Ryan O'Reilly recorded three assists for Colorado while teammates Matt Duchene, Milan Hejduk and Gabriel Landeskog each collected a goal and an assist. Jean-Sebastien Giguere made all of 15 saves in the win.

-Defensive Play of the Night: O'Reilly stealing a puck and setting up Landeskog for a goal:

-Colorado's Craig Anderson alone in the dark:

-Avalanche forward Peter Mueller, who missed all of last season due to a concussion, skipped last night's game for an undisclosed ailment.

-Miikka Kiprusoff made 35 saves for the Flames in a 4-1 win against the Canadiens. Kiprusoff passed Mike Vernon for first place on the franchise's all-time goaltending wins list with 263. Rene Bourque led Calgary with two goals while teammates Chris Butler and Alex Tanguay each recorded two assists.

-Shootout goals by Matt Cullen and Devin Setoguchi gave the Wild a 2-1 win against the Oilers. Niklas Backstrom made 21 saves in the victory.

-The Oilers have lost 17 consecutive games in Minnesota.

-Wild forward prospect and former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguin Aaron Boogaard pleaded guilty Thursday to a gross misdemeanour in relation to the overdose death of his brother, former Rangers/Wild forward Derek Boogaard.

Pacific Division

-Captain Shane Doan had a goal and an assist for the Coyotes in a 5-2 win at Nashville. Jason LaBarbera made 23 saves in the win. David Legwand recorded two assists for the Predators.

-Phoenix's Paul Bissonnette and Nashville's Blake Geoffrion each kept their eyes on this puck:

-Phoenix's Martin Hanzal tried to pop Nashville's xxx here:

-The Stars activated forward Scott Glennie (head) from injured reserve and assigned him to Texas of the AHL.

-Kings forward and former Flyers captain Mike Richards returns to Philadelphia Saturday.

-The Ducks demoted defenseman Kurtis Foster to Syracuse of the AHL for a conditioning assignment.

Adams Division

-Former Oilers/Rangers/Canucks forward Mark Messier will run in the New York Marathon.

-Former Lightning/Flyers forward  Dmitry Afanasenkov has joined Gottéron of the NLA in Switzerland.

(Photos: Capitals/Penguins-Justin K. Aller/Getty Images and Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press; Lightning/Islanders-Christopher Pasatieri/Getty Images; Jets/Blackhawks-Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images; Avalanche/Senators-Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images; Coyotes/Predators-Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)

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written by Bones, October 14, 2011 - 03:19 PM

Am I the only one who thinks Asham has a Richard Tyson (bad dad from Kindergarten Cop) thing going on?

http://web.wireimage.com/images/tnm/11981917.jpg

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written by GenoSid, October 14, 2011 - 03:44 PM

Alex Ovechkin attempts to injure opponents in every game he plays.

I don't want to hear word one from that bunch of absolute ***** hypocrites.

I was disgusted last year by Cooke's suspension, but have had no problem with Cooke having to adjust his game this year since Sheriff Shannahan has been evenhanded in applying the rules.

But, evidently, they still don't apply to Ovechkin.

Just last night there was a borderline 5 minute board on Martin, a full golf swing one handed slash on TK and a slew foot on Vitale.

Ovechkin is too much of a chicken**** to ever give him this chance...but I would love to see Asham put that piece of...to sleep.

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written by GenoSid, October 14, 2011 - 04:07 PM

The more I think about it, the more I like my comparison of Ovie to Uday Hussein.

He has all of the power and can destroy you. He is protected from retaliation. He will not be punished.

Shanahan will lose all credibility if he allows Ovie to behave like the spoiled son of a tyrant.

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