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Sunday, 13 November 2011 07:34

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. "He usually plays well against us." - Jordan Staal on hsi brother, Hurricanes captain Eric Staal, who had a two-point night.

-The Raleigh News & Observer's recap. "That was a man's game out there. There was a lot of hitting and snarling." - Hurricanes coach Paul Maurice.

-The Associated Press' recap. The Staals are brothers.

-NHL.com's recap. "You're in that position, up 3-0, and all of a sudden it's 3-3. You can either shell up and call it a night or rear up and go after the next goal." - Eric Staal.

-Highlights:

-Arron Asham versus Bryan Allen:

-Referee Dan O'Rourke had a discussion with the Penguins' bench:

-Tuomor Ruutu > Brent Johnson:

-Dan Bylsma speaks:

-Brooks Orpik speaks:

-Sidney Crosby and Tyler Kennedy each resumed skating yesterday.

-Paul Martin is racking up the minuses. (PG+)

-Examining Ray Shero's trade resume.

-Brad Thiessen made 18 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-3 loss to the Norfolk Admirals. The Penguins had an eight-game winning streak snapped.

-Steve MacIntyre pounded the tar out of Norfolk's Eric Neilsen:

-Chris Barton, Paul Crowder and Andrew Hotham each had a goal and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers in a 4-1 win against the Florida Everblades. Peter Delmas made all of 16 saves in the victory.

-Happy 46th birthday to former Penguins goaltender Steve Guenette. A free agent signing late in the 1984-85 season, Guenette spent parts of three seasons with the Penguins. As a rookie in 1986-87, Guenette appeared in two games, went 0-2-0, had a 4.25 goals against average, and a .852 save percentage. In 1987-88, he played in a career high 19 games, went 12-7-0 and had a 3.35 goals against average as well as an. .895 save percentage and one shutout. After seeing action in 11 games, going 5-6-0 with a 4.29 goals against average and an .867 goals against average, Guenette was traded to the Flames for a draft pick. In 32 career games with the Penguins, Guenette had a 17-15-0 record, a 3.71 goals against average, an .883 save percentage and one shutout.

Atlantic Division

-Shootout goals by Zach Parise and David Clarkson gave the Devils a 3-2 win against the Capitals. Former Penguin Johan Hedberg made all of 15 saves in the victory. Fire Craig Patrick.

-Parise used a ton of moves on his shootout goal:

-Save of the Night: Hedberg on Washington's Jeff Halpern:

-Fire Craig Patrick.

-Steal of the Night: Washington's Troy Brouwer with a steal against New Jersey's Adam Henrique which led to a goal:

Northeast Division

-Two goals and an assist by Tyler Seguin led the Bruins to a 6-2 rout of the Sabres. Brad Marchand added a goal and two assists for Boston while teammates Chris Kelly and Rich Peverly each collected a goal and an assist. Tim Thomas made 21 saves in the win.

-The story of this game was this hit by Boston's Milan Lucic on Buffalo goaltender Ryan Miller:

-“I just want to say what a piece of [expletive] I think Lucic is. Fifty pounds on me and he runs me like that. It’s unbelievable. Everyone in this city sees him as a big, tough, solid player. I respected him for how hard he played. That was gutless. Gutless. Piece of [expletive]." - Miller on Lucic.

-"You know, we wouldn't accept anything like that. We would have [taken] care of business. But we're a different team than they are." - Lucic on the Sabres not fighting him.

-"I'm embarrassed that we didn't respond the way we should have. It falls on myself. I look at myself first, and I wasn't good enough." - Sabres forward Paul Gaustad.

-Boston's Rich Peverly scored on a nice effort:

-Tearjerker Moment of the Night: This member of the Massachusett Army National Guard meeting parents for a ceremonial faceoff prior to the game:

-Two goals by Nick Foligno led the Senators to a 5-2 win against the rival Maple Leafs. Teammate Zach Smith added a goal and an assist while Craig Anderson made 31 saves in the victory.

-Toronto's Clarke MacArthur managed to score in his own net:

-Fight of the Night: Toronto's Mike Brown versus Ottawa's Zenon Konopka:

-Toronto's Tyler Bozak being popular:

-Smith and Lupul got lost in the snow here:

-Toronto's Ben Scrivens having a moment:

-Prior to the game, new Hall-of-Famers Ed Belfour, Doug Gilmour, Mark Howe and Joe Niewendyk were honored:

-It was nice of Belfour to dress up.

-Belfour had a moment with mentor Vladisav Tretiak:

-Hockey Night in Canada's opening montage had a Hockey Hall of Fame theme:

-Max Pacioretty's overtime goal gave the Canadiens a 2-1 win against the Predators. David Desharnais had a goal and an assist for Montreal while Peter Budaj made 25 saves in the victory.

-Pacioretty's goal:

-Budaj and teammate P.K. Subban having a moment:

-The Canadiens demoted forward Michael Blunden to Hamilton of the AHL.

Southeast Division

-Capitals defenseman Roman Hamrlik left last night's game in the second period due to an undisclosed injury.

-The Panthers recalled forward Evgeny Dadonov from San Antonio of the AHL.

Central Division

-Brian Elliott made all of 19 saves for the Blues in a 3-0 shutout of the Lightning. Tampa Bay had a three-game winning streak snapped.

-Two goals by Ryan Johansen led the Blue Jackets to a 2-1 win against the Jets. Steve Mason made 35 saves in the victory which snapped a three-game losing streak.

-Johansen has scored the game-winners in all three of the Blue Jackets' victories this season.

-Columbus's Jared Boll and Winnipeg's Chris Thorburn had issues:

-Blue Jackets forward Jeff Carter was activated from injured reserve after missing 10 games due to a foot injury. Goaltender Curtis Sandford ("lower body") was placed on injured reserve.

-Johan Franzen and Brad Stuart each had a goal and an assist for the Red Wings in a 5-2 defeat of the Stars. Valtteri Filppula recorded two assists for Detroit while Jimmy Howard made 25 saves in the victory, Detroit's fourth consecutive.

-Penguins executive Tom Fitzgerald took part in a ceremony to celebrate the Predators' 1,000th game:

-Predators coach Barry Trotz, the only coach in franchise history, also appeared in his 1,00th career game.

-The Blackhawks are doing quite a bit to reach out to Native American groups.

Northwest Division

-A goal and an assist by Lee Stempniak led the Flames to a 4-3 win against the Avalanche. Miikka Kiprusoff made 36 saves for Calgary. Milan Hejduk collected a goal and an assist for Colorado.

-“He’s our best player. He gives us a chance to win every night. It’s a good feeling to be on the same team with a guy like that.” - Flames forward Olli Jokinen on Kiprusoff.

-The Avalanche have lost eight consecutive games against the Flames.

-With Guillaume Latendresse sidelined due to a concussion, the Wild is giving former Penguins forward Nick Johnson a crack on the top line.

Pacific Division

-Mike Smith made 31 saves for the Coyotes in a 3-0 shutout of the Sharks. It was his 12th career shutout. Phoenix snapped a six-game losing streak.

-Funny Face of the Night: Phoenix's Raffi Torres:

-A goal and an assist by Simon Gagne led the Kings to a 4-3 win against the Wild. Justin Williams recorded two assists for Los Angeles while Jonathan Quick made 24 saves in the victory.

-Kings captain Dustin Brown scored on on a nice effort:

-Minnesota's Josh Harding didn't keep his eyes on this puck:

-Kings coach Terry Murray coached his 1,000th career game.

-With former Penguins defenseman Alex Goligoski sidelined four weeks due to a broken thumb, the Stars recalled defenseman Philip Larsen from Texas of the AHL.

-Ducks defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky will be sidelined four weeks due to a broken finger.

Norris Division

-Will NHL Original Productions be hockey's version of NFL Films?

-Ugly incident here as Ryan Rupert of the OHL's London Knights slashed Sault St. Marie Greyhounds forward and Flyers prospect Nick Cousins in the stomach and began punching him:

-A goal and an assist by Chris Bodo led the Mercyhurst men's team to a 3-2 win against Air Force.

(Photos: Penguins/Hurricanes-Karl B DeBlaker/Associated Press; Senators/Maple Leafs-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images; Canadiens/Predators-Frederick Breedon/Getty Images; Jets/Blue Jackets-John Grieshop/Getty Images; Coyotes/Sharks-Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press; Wild/Kings-Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

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written by CT-PensFan, November 13, 2011 - 10:11 AM

Got to give credit to Neilson for staying on his feet despite being on the receiving end of all those "cinder blocks"

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written by bastage42, November 13, 2011 - 10:13 AM

Any truth to the rumour that Trevor Gillies sent Rupert an autographed poster? Jumping an obviously injured opponent ... will love to see what Dave Branch does with this one.

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written by jameshutton, November 13, 2011 - 04:49 PM

Geez, I thought the Mac fight was bad until I saw the slash to the nuts. Guess you shouldn't celebrate an Empty Netter. The Mac fight would have/should have been stopped as a TKO.

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