Month: February 2010

From RotoWorld.com 2-24-2010 “I’ve seen him a cou­ple of times and our con­ver­sa­tions are fine, but there have been no con­ver­sa­tions about the future at all,” general manager David Poile said. “That ball is in his court. We’ve well esta­blished that if there is going to be an over­ture about him coming back to Nash­vi­lle,

Tatar-inform “Alexei Morozov believes Canadians have chink in their armour” 2-24-2010 Captain of the Russian team and Kazan’s HC Ak Bars Alexei Morozov answered journalists’ questions after a training session at Britannia Centre. According to Morozov’s words, the quarter final stage versus Canada at the Olympics-2010 shouldn’t be considered a preschedule final. “It is totally

GenXXXL breaks down the Russian team in anticipation of the 2010 Olympic quarter-finals game between the Canada and Russia. In particular, GenXXXL believes that the Russian blueline and defencemen Anton Volchenkov could be a difference maker. The complete counter to Gonchar would be Anton Volchenkov. Where Gonchar is flash and dash, joining the rush to

Adam Thompson The Wall Street Journal 2-23-2010 “On the topic of star Russian Alex Ovechkin returning in his prime to the KHL, Mr. Medvedev indicated he would honor his contract, which runs through 2020-21. But he’s got his eye on New Jersey Devils sniper and Russian Olympian Ilya Kovalchuk (above): “When [Ovechkin’s] contract would expire,

THE VISIT: Moose forward Sergei Shirokov spent Sunday and Monday at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver as a guest of the Russian delegation. “They wanted him to be part of those surroundings,” said Arniel. “It was a nice gesture by the Russian federation.”

The Portland Pirates had an eleven game winning streak going into Sunday’s game against the Rochester Americans. Mike York scored with 1.3 seconds remaining in regulation and had the deciding goal in the shootout to give the Americans a 3-2 victory over the scorching Pirates. Evengy Dadonov and Jamie Johnson also scored for the Americans

On Sunday Russia won their Olympic group in a 4-2 victory over the Czech Republic. Evengi Malkin netted two goals for the Russians and defencemen Anton Volchenkov helped hold down the fort by slowing down the previously unbeaten Czechs. To read more about the Russian’s win on Sunday and Anton Volchenkov’s stellar play, please visit

Ilya Kovalchuk talked about the bad powerplay of team Russia in the 2010 Olympic Hockey Tournament, the changes that the team will undergo for the next game against Czech Republic and his ice time in an interview to the Russian newspaper Sovietskiy Sport. Continue Reading: http://www.russianhockeyfans.com/team-russia/ilya-kovalchuk-at-the-olympics-you-should-shove-your-i-up-a-certain-place-148.html

…The Predators have goalies Pekka Rinne and Dan Ellis who are both set to become unrestricted free agents on July 1. GM David Poile has expressed interest in keeping them both but it’s more likely the small-market Predators will eventually be forced to make a decisionThe team has been in New York this week, during