Month: February 2010

Best of luck and speedy recovery to Anssi Salmela who suffered a concussion after scoring a short handed goal 60 seconds into the second period during the Sunday game between the Devils and the Philadelphia Flyers. After the game Salmela was able to speak to reporters, but was some what disoriented. To read more about

From Jim Diamond, Nashville Predators-NHL.com, 02/08/2010 “Two European-based Nashville prospects were named to their countries’ Olympic teams as well, but it appears that one may not make the trip to North America. Alexander Radulov will represent Russia, but Roman Josi’s availability for Switzerland is in serious doubt. Radulov currently plays for Salavat Yulaev Ufa of

The trade for star winger Ilya Kovalchuk caught most hockey fans off guard. The offensive minded sniper came to a New Jersey Devils team that is best known for its defense and is ranked 22nd in the NHL in offense. Kovalchuk’s high powered offensive game has been welcomed to the Meadowlands, and immediately paid dividends

Thanks to our friend Dmitry Chesnokov and Puck Daddy at Yahoo! for this great interview On Thursday, Ilya Kovalchuk(notes) boarded a plane with the Atlanta Thrashers for a game in D.C. against the Washington Capitals on Friday. Little did he know that by the end of the day, he’d be closer to contending for the

It wasn’t too long ago that defensemen Anssi Salmela was wearing black and red, but even when he was traded to Atlanta in March of last year, Salmela had a feeling he would be back to the Garden State. Yesterday Salmela was part of the mega trade that brought Ilya Kovalchuk to New Jersey, a

Chris Taylor’s 18 year professional hockey career has taught him enough to realize scoring slumps come and go. The Rochester Amerks center does not have a goal in his last nine games. Despite the drought, Rochester coach Benoit Groulx’s confidence in Taylor has not fallen. Groulx commented that, “Five-on-five [Taylor] has been a very reliable

Pekka Rinne came up big in net stopping 23 of 26 Avalanche shots, several on odd man situations in a 5-3

Check Out Sergey Zubov’s Recent Statement On His Decision To Not Participate During The 2010 Vancouver Olympics As A Reserve “…I have been reading articles in mass media for these six days, read commentaries and online blogs. I was surprised that fans responded to my announcement aggressively, but most of all I was sad that

“I wish him good luck. He’s a good friend of mine and a great player. It was a big trade and I’m sure good players are going to Atlanta, too.” — Alex Ovechkin

Elliot Friedman of CBC Sports writes in his Friday blog that despite being traded to New Jersey, Ilya Kovalchuk’s teammates in Atlanta have nothing but kind words for their former captain. One teammate went on record to say, “[Kovalchuk] is a good guy. Hangs out with the rest of the team, fits in.” Despite some