Monthly Archives: April 2012

“LA plays nasty … they play real nasty,” Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. “To a man, they play with an edge. They follow the coach’s orders and they finish all their checks.”

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JARRET STOLL DOES NOT SHOOT HIGH GLOVE (Post-Series Bullets)

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April 22, 2012

  My son had just finished telling me Stoll always shoots high glove. And yet. The boy is 8 years old. It’s his first series win as a Kings’ fan. He jumped up and down for at least 30 seconds. As we all know, 11 years since the last series win. And before that,...
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Re Torres: This is what I should have said

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April 22, 2012

The distinction made by Joe Pelletier in the post below is, in my opinion, the central issue in the recent suspension debate. Namely: until the league distinguishes unambiguously between intent-to-injure and recklessness, between unsportsmanlike acts of violence and what Pelletier calls “hockey plays gone awry”, there is no way to make heads or tails...
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Vey (x2), Czarnik, Kozun and Andreoff even series

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April 21, 2012

Monarchs top Admirals, knot series | Union Leader Linden Vey scored two goals and the Manchester Monarchs snapped the Norfolk Admirals’ 29-game winning streak with a 5-2 victory in Norfolk during the Eastern Conference quarterfinals on Saturday. The win ties the best-of-five series at one game apiece and gives the eighth-seeded Monarchs the upper...
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Torres hit: really? 25 games?

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April 21, 2012

I don’t like Raffi Torres. I think he tries to hurt people. And checks like he so often delivers are exactly the kind that need to be eliminated from hockey. But I can’t say the 25-game suspension handed down by the league for the hit on Marian Hossa makes a whole lot of sense...
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67’s amped up for Game 7 against Colts

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April 20, 2012

It might be easy to think Tyler Toffoli has done everything there is to do individually in four seasons in an Ottawa 67’s uniform, but there is a small piece of unfinished business. The two-time Ontario Hockey League goal-scoring champion, who leads in playoffs goals this year with 10 through 12 games, would like...
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Jack Johnson said that he used to just nod his head in agreement when Sutter spoke; that way he would keep out of trouble.

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Friday: yes, there is live Kings hockey tonight

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April 20, 2012

The Manchester Monarchs play the Norfolk Admirals in game one of their opening round series, and for ten bucks you can watch it on AHL Live. Game starts at 4:30PM Pacific time. The Ottawa 67s — featuring Kings prospect Tyler Toffoli — play the Niagara Ice Dogs in game one of round three, and...
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POLL: Five teams down 3-1…which ones lose game five?

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April 20, 2012

Who would have thought these five powerhouses would be on the brink this early? Which of the following teams, down 3-1 and facing elimination, will lose game 5? (vote for as many as apply) Evernote lets you save all the interesting things you see online into a single place. Access all those saved pages...
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Boudreau blames the information age for hysteria over hockey violence | ProHockeyTalk

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April 19, 2012

Boudreau blames the information age for hysteria over hockey violence | ProHockeyTalk. Boudreau says we’re hearing so much about hockey violence because we’re hearing so much about, well, everything. “You can’t move without anything being reported, that’s why,” he said. “I mean if this was 1972 and they didn’t have cell phones or computers...
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