NHL Hockey Rink Think

With the second round of the playoffs in full swing, I thought I would gather up a group of links that I wanted to write about, but haven’t shared yet.

I hope you enjoy these little anecdotes as much as I did.

Matt gives us a great description of the future of the Flames after free agency season at Battle of Alberta.

Christy notes that the injuries are starting to pile up in this years’ playoffs, especially for the Red Wings.

The San Jose Sharks took advantage of some rare mistakes by the top-ranked Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night to skate away with a 2-0 win in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinal at Joe Louis Arena.

Here’s a link to a great video of Snoop Dogg being interviewed at his first hockey game, a Mighty Ducks playoff contest in which he refers to the Ducks as the “Mighty Ducks”. It’s rather funny and certainly worth a look.

Dany Heatley had one goal and two assists as the Ottawa Senators skated to a 5-4 victory over the New Jersey Devils in Game 1 of their conference semifinal on Thursday.

NHL scoring champion Sidney Crosby played the final 21/2 weeks of the regular season and the playoffs with a broken left foot, an injury the Pittsburgh Penguins star didn’t disclose. Meanwhile his All-Star jersey captured a whopping $47,520 at an auction to raise money for cancer research.

Montreal Canadiens forward Alex Kovalev questioned his future with the team during an interview with a Russian newspaper last week, according to a Radio-Canada report. Waiting for Stanley has an appropriate visual for this story.
You can check out Pavel Datsyuk using his new Reebok ‘O’ Stick with Detroit, but it looks like he might have covered up the holes in the shaft…maybe they didn’t actually make his shot any harder?

Ottawa’s Antoine Vermette is still using his Bauer Vapor XXXX Skates, but Carolina didn’t make the playoffs and I haven’t seen anyone other than Eric Cole use the Vapor XXXX Stick yet. I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled for new hockey equipment, but usually players don’t make many changes to their routines during the playoffs.

Quote of the Day: Off Wing Opinion

What if…

…The U.S. Olympic Team from 1980 at Lake Placid could play one game against Team Canada ‘72?

Check out the story here to see what Eric thinks would happen! You might be shocked.