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Tuesday, 14 February 2012 03:26

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-"I'm not in the lineup every night, and I go stretches where I'm not in at all, and my job right now is to be professional and to be ready and excited to play when my number is called." - Ben Lovejoy (above).

-Dan Bylsma switched things up in practice yesterday.

-Byslma speaks:

-EN Says: Comrie's time as a Penguin was pretty unremarkable, but he was one of the most approachable, accommodating and thoughtful individuals we've encountered in terms of players. We fully admit we kind of had a sour attitude on him when he joined the team. He was a guy from a rich family who held out with the Oilers and forced a trade. And he had the Hollywood wife. It just seemed like he would be a bad guy. But in all reality, he was a tremendous decent human being. The NHL lost one of the decent guys as a player.

Atlantic Division

-Flyers forward Zac Rinaldo was suspended two games for a charge against Red Wings defenseman Jonathan Ericsson Sunday.

-The hit in question and the NHL's explanation:

-EN Says: As the video explains, Rinaldo was fined for two seperate incidents just eight days earlier. Those slaps on the wrist clearly didn't send a message to this thug.

-The Islanders recalled defenseman Ty Wishart from Bridgeport of the AHL and demoted forward Rhett Rakhshani to Bridgeport.

-The two best teams in the Eastern Conference - the Rangers and Bruins - square off again tonight.

Northeast Division

-Hockey Night In Canada put together a pretty fun video piece on Canadiens defenseman PK Subban and his family:

-The Bruins recalled defenseman Andrew Bodnarchuk and forward Josh Hennessy from Providence of the AHL.

-The Canadiens demoted forward Ian Schultz to Hamilton of the AHL.

Southeast Division

-Two goals and an assist by captain Eric Staal led the Hurricanes to a 5-3 win against the Canadiens. Jamie McBain added a goal and an assist for Carolina while teammate Cam Ward made 30 saves. David Desharnais had a goal and an assist for Montreal.

-Goal of the Night: Check out this dazzling shorthanded effort by Staal:

-Check out the placement on this shot by Montreal's Erik Cole against his former team:

-Hurricanes forward Tuomo Ruutu left the game due to an "upper-body" injury.

-The Capitals recalled goaltender Braden Holtby and forward Joel Reclicz from Hershey of the AHL.

-The Jets acquired forward Maxime Macenauer from the Ducks in exchange for forward Riley Holzapfel.

-The Panthers demoted goaltender Jacob Markstrom to San Antonio of the AHL.

Central Division

-The Red Wings can set an NHL record tonight with their 21st consecutive home game against the Stars.

Northwest Division

-Shootout goals by Cody Hodgson, Alexander Edler, David Booth and Ryan Kesler gave the Canucks a 2-1 win against the Coyotes. Roberto Luongo made 23 saves in the victory.

-Booth scored a pretty impressive goal in regulation:

-We're not goaltending experts or anything, but we're thinking Luongo didn't play the right angle on this one:

-Phoenix's Jason LaBarbera kicked this puck out:

-Oilers defenseman Taylor Fedun resumed skating for the first time since suffering a broken right femur in the preseason.

-The hit Fedun was injured on:

-Forward Matt Stajan is the only player left on the Flames who came from Toronto in the trade for defenseman Dion Phaneuf.

-The Wild suspended minor league forward Justin Fontaine two games for using a homosexual slur on Twitter.

Pacific Division

-Two goals and two assists by Joe Pavelski led the Sharks past the Capitals, 5-3.  Patrick Marleau added two goals for San Jose while captain Joe Thornton recorded three assists. Thomas Greiss made 39 saves in the victory. Roman Hamrlik had a goal and an assist for Washington.

-Ugly Goal of the Night: Washington goaltender Braden Holtby allowed this clunker from beyond center ice:

-Check out this nifty re-direction goal by San Jose's Logan Couture:

-Marleau got the drop on Washington's Marcus Johansson:

-Greiss kept his eyes on this puck:

-Stretchy times for the Sharks:

-Sharks forward Tommy Wingels returned to the lineup after missing in nine games due to an "upper-body" injury.

-The Coyotes are giving out Alice Cooper bobbleheads Feb. 18:

-With forward Jason Blake in the lineup, the Ducks are 13-3-3. Without him, they're 9-21-6.

Adams Division

-Do yourself a favor and read this excellent story about Mike Chiasson, a defenseman with the University of Michigan, and his father, former Red Wings/Hurricanes defenseman Steve Chiasson.

(Photos: Lovejoy-Claus Andersen/Getty Images; Coyotes/Canucks-Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press and Rich Lam/Getty Images; Sharks/Capitals-Greg Fiume/Getty Images)

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written by philmatt24, February 14, 2012 - 11:39 AM

Cool piece on the Subbans; they seem like good people off the ice, and although not on the same level, I can relate to P.K.'s comments about the younger brothers getting a jump on things by playing with / watching big bro. Now, if he'll just take a lesson from Matt Cooke and clean up his act on the ice...

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written by Luiz Mello, February 15, 2012 - 10:30 AM

About Mike Comrie, in addition to what you wrote, it's worth pointing out that it's never good to see a player retire so young due to injury issues.

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