NHL Hockey News

“Having a day off and getting some food into you, you regain a lot of energy”
The San Jose Sharks’ 5-2 loss to the Dallas Stars on Sunday was the first of three games in four nights. via Canada.com

Calgary Flames winger Jarome Iginla, Pittsburgh Penguins centre Evgeni Malkin and Washington Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin are the three finalists for the Hart Trophy. via 680News

“There’s not too many goals, and I mean probably less than you’d think, that I shouldn’t have had”
Hockey, by its nature, is a game of scars. The speed, the flashing blades, the violent collisions, inevitably see to that. via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Peter Bondra got the best of his former team for the second straight night, scoring two goals and adding an assist to help the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Washington Capitals 8-1 on Saturday night. via WDUN-AM Gainesville

“There’s nothing more that I want to do than to bring a Stanley Cup to Chicago. But I’ve never had the opportunity to play for Team Canada and it’s something that I set out as an individual goal and I’m certainly happy to be part of it”
Patrick Sharp would much rather be taking on […]

“You can’t grab and hold and use the stick to your advantage anymore.”
Nicklas Lidstrom turned 38 on Monday, but don’t let the age deceive you. Lidstrom is as spry as ever. via Detroit News

“I always say — you know that game with Kevin Bacon, the six degrees of separation? — hockey’s like two degrees of separation. You play with one team, you play with everybody.”
Earlier this season, Colorado Avalanche right-winger Ben Guite was thrilled to suit up for his first game at Edmonton’s Rexall Place. via Canada.com […]

“Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth.’’ The Flames’ playoff exit at the hands of the Sharks on Tuesday raised serious … via Calgary Herald

“I just found (Shanahan) was in the crease a little more, and he pushed me around a bit”
Being portrayed as a national zero at the tender age of 19 would cause anyone to develop skin as thick as goalie pads, as Marc-Andre Fleury can attest. via Slam Sports

“When you play in this division, you get used to this kind of thing”
Dallas Stars coach Dave Tippett made his most drastic changes in personnel in the playoffs, inserting defenseman Sergei Zubov into the lineup and scratching center Toby Petersen in Game 2. That meant the Stars … via Dallas Morning News

“If we don’t give 60 minutes, we’ll suffer.”
‘You can still get it.” Bernie Parent looks more today like a riverboat card dealer - styled silver hair, clipped Van Dyke beard - than the goaltender who won two most valuable player awards bringing Stanley … via The Globe and Mail

“We played there four times and, did we win? I don’t think we did, so it’s going to be hard to go in there, but I think, right now, we’re playing different hockey and I feel confident we can go in there and steal one.”
Despite a 2-0 deficit heading into Game 3 at Madison […]

“For me it was like ‘Oh my God, I get to meet Steve Yzerman, I get to meet Bob Probert,’”
Darren McCarty was 20 and just drafted by the Detroit Red Wings. His first reaction, however, was more personal than professional. via Macomb Daily

“But it’s illegal and he will get a penalty, so I don’t have to worry about it.”
Apparently, it takes an agitator to know how to agitate another team’s agitator. via WPXI

“I think it looks great on their heads”
Not by walls, not by language, not by nationality - but by hair. Let the others talk about revenge in tonight’s third game of Montreal’s best-of-seven playoff series with the Philadelphia Flyers. via Globe and Mail

Posted by George James Malik April 28, 2008 19:14PM The Free Press’s Jamie Samuelssen doesn’t believe that the Red Wings will be able to sweep the Colorado Avalanche, not by any stretch of the imagination: … via Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com

They insist things have changed. They’ll be proactive. The emphasis is putting the lockdown on good, young talent and creating a stable foundation for the future. via Union-Sun & Journal

The Boston Bruins have assigned forwards Vladimir Sobotka and Petteri Nokelainen to their AHL affiliate in Providence. via A4 - SPORTS - Top Stories

“If a player does not do what he’s supposed to do [defensively], when that player comes back to the bench the other guys let him know about it”
But even though the Pittsburgh Penguins boast such firepower as Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Marian Hossa and Sergei Gonchar, there is a big difference between the Pens […]

“I was with St. Louis, so I could have worked with (Wings goalie coach) Jimmy (Bedard), but I don’t know if that would have been right”
Posted by George James Malik April 28, 2008 20:06PM The Windsor Star’s Bob Duff says that Detroit Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood’s impeccable form in the crease is the […]

“I can’t go back that far. “You’ve got to live in the right now.”
Same dominant stature around the net. Same country of origin. Same high-90s digits on his back. via Edmonton Journal

“I guess ignorance is bliss, really”
When uberpest Sean Avery scored in the second period to give the New York Rangers a 3-0 lead in Friday’s Game 1 versus the Pittsburgh Penguins , the die seemed to be cast. via ESPN

“I’m here to win gold like 25 other guys. The No. 1 thing would be to win the Stanley Cup. But when you have a chance to represent your country, it’s pretty special. “I’m ready to be a part of it”
For some birds, spring is for flocking to Capistrano. For Columbus Blue Jacket Rick […]

Live blogging and photos from a team of Register reporters at the Coachella Valley Music &Arts Festival. via Orange Co. Register

“I think teams will be able to see that when they look at the tapes.”
It has been a challenging year for Montreal Canadiens forward Michael Ryder. The 28-year-old from Bonavista, N.L., struggled with just 14 goals in the regular season and was a healthy scratch for a fifth … via Slam Sports

“Tomas is a very responsible two- way player who had a terrific season with Barrie in the OHL.”
Your source for behind-the-scenes New York Islanders hockey news and information. via Newsday.com

Forget Hillary Clinton’s comeback in the race for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. via NBC 15 Online

“It’s been a great little ride for me”
Given where this season started, it’s little wonder Sam Gagner is just happy to be here. via 680News

“It was tough. It’s very disappointing we lost.”
About the only thing that could dampen the spirits of a goaltender making 98 saves in one game is if the effort didn’t result in a victory. via Chicago Tribune

“I know I talked to a couple of the guys on the team and they calmed me down.”
Avalanche forward Paul Stastny may have been trying too hard to score, and Ben Guite attempting to do too much once he got the puck on his stick. via Colorado Daily