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Thursday, 16 February 2012 05:38

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. "We could have gotten two points, but I don't think we deserved them tonight, because we didn't play well enough." - Zbynek Michalek.

-The Orange County Register's recap. "I've done that move like 1,000 times in the practices and the games. It just came in my mind. I tried it and it's always good to see that go in." - Ducks forward Teemu Selanne (above) on his game-winning goal.

-The Associated Press' recap. Evgeni Malkin had his eight-game home scoring streak snapped.

-NHL.com's recap. "You can't stop him, but he can't score every night." - Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau on holding Evgeni Malkin off the scoreboard.

-Highlights:

-Marc-Andre Fleury kept his eyes on this puck:

-Fleury kicked out this puck:

-Happy times for Matt Cooke. Not so much for Anaheim's Jonas Hiller:

-Happy times for Jordan Staal and Pascal Dupuis:

-Anaheim's Saku Koivu was ready for this faceoff:

-Cool Photo of the Night: Hiller during the national anthem:

-Boudreau offered some advice on how to tackle a late-night meal at Denny's:

-We think.

-Dan Bylsma speaks:

-Craig Adams is a fan of Knicks guard and fellow Harvard product Jeremy Lin.

-Boudreau said the Penguins have "the best combined power play-penalty kill in the league." (PG+)

-Scott Munroe made 29 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-0 loss to the Norfolk Admirals.

-Happy 35th birthday to former Penguins forward Aleksey Morozov (right). A first-round pick in 1995, Morozov, the only player to wear No. 95 in franchise history, spent his entire seven-year NHL career in Pittsburgh. As a rookie in 1997-98, Morozov played in 76 game and scored 26 points. He appeared in six postseason games that spring and recorded one assist. He followed that up in 1998-99 by appearing in 67 games and collecting 19 points. During that spring's postseason, Morozov played in 10 games and scored two points. In 1999-2000, Morozov saw action in 68 games and netted 31 points. He was limited to five postseason games that spring and failed to record a point. During 2000-01, he played in 66 games and scored 19 points. In 18 postseason games that season, he scored six points. Morozov was limited to 27 games and 25 points in 2001-02. His finest NHL season was his last. In 2002-03, Morozov played in 75 games and scored a career-best 50 points. During the 2003 offseason, he joined Ak Bars Kazan of the Russian Super League. He is currently the captain of Ak Bars Kazan. In 451 games with the Penguins, Morozov scored 219 points, 34th-most in franchise history. In 39 postseason games, he scored nine points.

-Happy 69th birthday to former Penguins forward George Swarbrick. Acquired midway through the 1968-69 season along with Bryan Watson and Tracy Pratt in a trade that sent Earl Ingarfield, Gene Ubriaco and Dick Mattiussi to the Oakland Seals, Swarbrick spent parts of two seasons in Pittsburgh. He finished 1968-69 by playing in 19 games and scoring seven points for the Penguins. In 1969-70, he saw action in 12 game and recorded one assist. During the 1970 offseason, he was traded to the Flyers in exchange for Terry Ball. In 31 games with the Penguins, he recorded seven points.

-Happy 42nd birthday to former Penguins forward Ladislav Karabin. A ninth-round pick in 1990, Karabin's entire NHL career amounted to nine games and no points in 1993-94. After spending all of 1994-95 with the Penguins' IHL affiliate in Cleveland, Karabin joined the Sabres as a free agent in the 1995 offseason.

Happy 59th birthday to former Penguins forward Andre St. Laurent (right). Claimed off waivers midway through the 1981-82 season from the Kings, St. Laurent spent parts of three seasons with the Penguins. He finished 1981-82 by playing in 18 games for the Penguins and scoring 13 points. During that postseason, St. Laurent, the first player in franchise history to wear No. 34, scored three points in five games. His only full season in Pittsburgh was 1982-83. He played in 70 games and scored 22 points. After eight games and two assists in 1983-84, St. Laurent was dealt to the Red Wings in exchange for future considerations. In 96 regular season games with the Penguins, he scored 37 points.

Atlantic Division

-The Rangers recalled forward Wojtek Wolski and defenseman Jeff Woywitka from conditioning assignments with Connecticut of the AHL.

-Flyers coach Peter Laviolette shot down speculation he has a toxic relationship with goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov.

-Flyers forward and former Penguin Maxime Talbot is doing commercials for the ABC affiliate in Philadelphia:

Northeast Division

-Tyler Seguin's shootout goal gave the Bruins a 4-3 win against the rival Canadiens. Tim Thomas made 26 saves in the victory. Erik Cole led Montreal with a regulation goal and an assist.

-Check out this goal by Boston's Benoit Pouliot against his former team:

-Ugly Goal of the Night: Cole scored after this brutal turnover by Boston captain Zdeno Chara:

-Bruins forward Brad Marchand was up to his old tricks again as he clipped Montreal defenseman Alexei Emelin at the end of the second period:

-EN Says: Marchand was suspended five games last month for a clip on Vancouver defenseman Sami Salo. That clearly didn't work. The NHL should try six games for this hit.

-Montreal fans cheered when Chara was struck in the face on a clearing attempt by Canadiens forward Tomas Plekanec:

-“I can’t control what the fans are going to do, but I’m disappointed, I guess." - Chara, who received stitches but returned to the game.

-“I don’t think that was right. You never want to see anyone hurt.” - Pacioretty on Chara's injury. Pacioretty suffered a broken neck last season when Chara ran him into a stanchion on the bench.

-EN Says: That was a pretty classless, disgusting display by Montreal fans, but every fan base would do that to a rival, especially one with a history against the Canadiens like Chara. But that's not in any way shape or form an excuse.

-Bruins forward Rich Peverly left the game in the third period due to a knee-on-knee hit by Canadiens defenseman and former Penguin Hal Gill.

-The hit in question:

-Captain Daniel Alfredsson, Kaspars Daugavins and Milan Michalek each had a goal and an assist for the Senators who routed the Panthers, 6-2. Jason Spezza recorded three assists for Ottawa while teammate Brian Lee collected two assists. Craig Anderson made 42 saves in the victory.

-Goal of the Night: Alfredsson's goal was a smooth shorthanded score:

-A good lookat the goal:

-Happy times for Ottawa's Bobby Butler. Not so much for Florida's Jose Theodore or Tomas Kopecky:

-An overtime goal by Tim Connolly gave the Maple Leafs a 4-3 win against the Oilers. Joffrey Lupul added a goal and an assist for Toronto while teammate Cody Franson recorded two assists. James Reimer made 29 saves in the victory.

-Connolly's goal:

(Check out the great defensive back check by Toronto captain against Oilers defenseman and former Penguin Ryan Whitney prior to the goal.)

-Toronto's Matthew Lombardi snuck this tricky backhander through the five hole of Edmonton's Nikolai Khabibulin:

-Check out this rocket of a goal by Toronto's Jake Gardiner:

-It wasn't all bad for the Oilers. Check out this snipe of a goal by Edmonton's Jordan Eberle:

-Ex-Penguin on ex-Penguin violence. Whitney took Toronto forward Colby Armstrong into the boards here:

Southeast Division

-“For Alex, it’s a work ethic. He just has to get back to being the way he was in his younger days and maybe not get wrapped up too much in the rock-star status that comes with being Alex Ovechkin.” - Capitals associate goaltending coach and former goaltender Olaf Kolzig on the struggles of his team's captain.

-The Hurricanes recalled forward Jerome Samson from Charlotte of the AHL.

-The Panthers signed defenseman Tyson Strachan to a one-year contract extension with a salary cap hit of $600,000. In the final year of a two-way contract, Strachan has three points (one goal, two assists) in nine games this season.

-With his team slipping out of contention, Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman suggested he might be a seller at the trade deadline.

Central Division

-The Blue Jackets activated former Penguins forward Mark Letestu (hand) off injured reserve.

-The Blues demoted defenseman Ian Cole and forward Evgeny Grachev to Peoria of the AHL.

Northwest Division

-Roberto Luongo made 29 saves for the Canucks in a 3-1 victory against the Avalanche. Vancouver has won five out of its past six games.

-Check out this rocket of a one-timer by Vancouver's Jannik Hansen:

-Avalanche goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere (groin) and forward T.J. Galiardi (torso) left the game due to injuries.

-“He told me there were teams that were interested in my services, but that he had no interest in trading me. I said, ‘Good’ because I don’t want to leave.” - Oilers forward and pending unrestricted free agent froward Ryan Smyth on a conversation he had with general manager Steve Tambellini.

-Disgruntled Wild defenseman Marek Zidlicky has asked for a trade.

-The Wild recalled forward forwards Cody Almond and Jeff Taffe, a former Penguin, from Houston of the AHL and demoted forward forward Kris Foucault to Houston.

Pacific Division

-Kings forward Simon Gagne (right) is still slowly recovering from a concussion which has kept his sidelined since Dec. 26.

Patrick Division

-Former Islanders/Canucks/Blackhawks/Maple Leafs/Panthers/Rangers defenseman Bryan McCabe said he is "unofficially" retired.

-Construction on Penn State's new ice rink, funded entirely by Sabres owner and Penn State alumni Terry Pegula, has begun in State College.

(Photos: Ducks/Penguins-Justin K. Aller/Getty Images and Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press; Morozov-Rick Stewart/Getty Images; St. Laurent-Penguins Hockey Cards; Senators/Panthers-Joel Auerbach/Getty Images; Maple Leafs/Oilers-Dale MacMillan/Getty Images; Gagne-Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

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written by Luiz Mello, February 17, 2012 - 07:55 AM

Amazing how Bruce Boudreau became instantly likeable since he changed teams. And I'm completely objective when I say this.

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