Other nominees for Reebok/AHL Player of the Week include Adirondack center Jon Matsumoto, Albany left wing Zach Boychuk, Binghamton left wing Josh Hennessy, Bridgeport left wing Justin DiBenedetto, Chicago right wing Spencer Machacek, Grand Rapids right wing Jeremy Williams, Hamilton left wing Tom Pyatt, Hartford right wing P.A. Parenteau, Hershey right wing Francois Bouchard, Lake…
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Dirty Hits, Cheap Shots
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First off, I wish people would stop referring to “dirty” hits as something other than “intent to injure.” No intent = no dirt. Second, there are plenty of ways to check someone illegally — with the elbow, with the knee, with a cross-check, by charging, by boarding, interference, kicking, slew-footing — but a hip-check is…
The Universal Cynic: Scuderi v. Chimera: The horrah
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The Universal Cynic: Scuderi v. Chimera: The horrah.
You think that check was low, because it was kinda sorta maybe in the neighborhood of the knee?
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Here’s a youtube compilation of hip checks. It’s the first one that comes up if you search for “hipcheck.” There are about fifty hipchecks shown here. Watch them and apply the absurd Scuderi/Chimera criteria to them. How many do you think are within a couple inches of the knee, right above the knee, or whatever…
Everyone else is wrong and I am right: look at 2:14 of this clip…
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If you can execute a “low” hip check you belong in the circus. Jim Fox (whom I love) is wrong. His little red arrows do NOT point to the point of contact. Watch when Chimera goes up: Scuderi has hit him right on the pants with his back. Look at the Columbus feed around 4:40,…
First Try: Kopitar Pumpkin?
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I’ll try to do better later on. http://www.theoworlds.com/halloween/
Seven Habs
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I Would Just Like to Point Out That Erik Ersberg Has Not Won a Single Game Since Jonathan Quick Joined the Kings
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His last win was in mid-December of 2008. Since Quick was called up, Ersberg has lost ten straight. So I don’t think anyone can argue that he’s “resilient” and “he’ll bounce back.” At least not from the evidence. [UPDATE: and here’s something else. Take a look at last year’s goalie stats sorted by wins. Notice…
Ersberg sucks and sucks the life out of the Kings
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And that’s all I have to say about that. Until the next post.
Kings Still Ranked 14th Alphabetically
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Los Angeles Kings – Statistics.