February 8th, 2010

Disappointingly, I was unable to find the time to sit down and blog about the games on Saturday. The Tournament of Hearts was on and I'm super sad PEI was unable to defeat Canada. Erin Carmody's looks alone should given them the win. Also, the Super Bowl was on. I never really cared to watch football; too many stops. I was hoping for the Saints to win just because they were the underdog and it makes for a beautiful story. It was a good game, the onside kick was crazy and the interception was just pretty. I couldn't help though to think throughout the game how lucky Mike Fisher is.

So onto the games... (Saturday, Feb. 6th)

Montreal over Pittsburgh 5-3
The Bulldogs did excellent. As I mentioned earlier Brock Trotter was called up and it was much deserved. He certainly proved that during the game. Him along with Ryan White and David Desharnais were full of energy. Brian Gionta also played a fantastic game, showing his speed on his first goal and natural talent on his 2nd. Both were a sight to see. I'm sure every Habs fan had their breath held when Andrei Markov went down and appeared to be in a lot of pain. Thankfully he seemed fine, and finished the game. Sidney Crosby finished the game with an assist and Fleury was pulled, plowing over a stool on route to the dressing room.

Vancouver over Boston 3-2
The Canucks who are on the beginning of an insane road trip due to the Olympics being in their home were able to pull off the shootout win. Despite being down 2 after a period the strong play of Pavol Demitra allowed to drive away with the 2 points. Demitra (classic... NICE TO MEET YA) scored the 'Nucks tying goal with 5 minutes left. He then went to put in the winning shootout tally. Giant Zdeno played over half the game and Bruin's Johnny Boychuk left when a high slap shot domed his in the face. A nasty injury to say the least. Olympic bound Luongo picked up the win while Tuuka Rask was credited with the 1 point loss.

Toronto over Ottawa 5-0
Toronto played inspired, I'm sure the loss of Brendan Burke never left their thoughts. After a convincing win then a convincing loss, I figured the Leafs were just on the same road after the trades. With this game they showed that they might not give the Bruins a pick close to #1. Giguere has yet to let in a goal since being traded which is impressive to think, but ever more so when he's in a Toronto uniform. Let's not lie though, Ottawa played pretty bad, helping out Toronto's case.

Colorado over Edmonton 3-0
Craig Anderson, enough said. He made all 20 saves giving him his 28th win of the year. Brandon Yip (I so wish I had that last name) scored to make the game unreachable in the last minute of the game. The Oilers continue to quite frankly, actually I'll be nice, slide.

Los Angeles over Detroit 4-3
It's always rewarding to comeback from a 3 goal deficit and that is just what the young Kings pulled off. They went into the room down 3 after 20 minutes but came back to score 3 of there own in the 2nd, holding the Wings to nothing for the next 2 periods. Ryan Smyth scored to tie the game up and Handzus scored with 2 and a half minutes left in the 3rd to win.

New York Rangers over New Jersey 3-1.
Sweden (Lundqvist) won over Canada (Brodeur) in this one.

Dallas over Phoenix 4-0.
Carolina over New York Islanders 3-1.
Atlanta over Flordia 4-2
Tampa Bay over Calgary 2-1.
Columbus over Buffalo 4-0.
Chicago over St. Louis 2-1.
San Jose over Nashville 4-3.
Minnesota over Philadelphia 2-1.

Thankfully only 2 games on Sunday. Didn't catch as much as I would have liked of the Montreal game because of a Super Bowl party and only saw the last bit of the Washington/Pittsburgh game.

Boston over Montreal 3-0
PEI'er Adam McQuaid scored his first career goal. Marc Savard reacted a little to much but I do suppose they need some excitment with the slump they were going though. Montreal didn't play with the bounce they had on Saturday and that resulted in the score. Rask played very solid saving 36 shots out of 36 at him. Strum was the only other score in the game, picking up his 17th and 18th goal of the season. I enjoyed how both teams started the game with a nice little scrum in the middle of play.

Washington over Pittsburgh 5-4
Ovechkin, Crosby, and no not Malkin but Staal dominate the scoresheet in this one. Both Sidney and Jordan had 2 while Alex the Great had a hat-trick. Mike Knuble scored the OT winner 2:49 into it, assists from Ovechkin and Mike Green.

Other news has happened throughout the hockey world but as of right now I don't have the time. Hopefully I'll soon get up my thoughts up.

All my Best; Enjoy life
Ryan Francis