Month: February 2010

Defensemen Anssi Salmela was part of tonight’s mega trade between the Atlanta Thrashers and New Jersey Devils, and while the talk may reside on prized winger Ilya Kovalchuk, Salmela’s strong offensive play will bring a new dimension to the New Jersey Devils. Salmela, 25, had a goal and four assists in 29 games this season

Phil Coffey of NHL.com applauds New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello for making a mega trade for superstar Ilya Kovalchuk. Coffey believes that tonight’s trade was errily similar to a move Lamoriello made in 2000 when he traded for another Russian sniper Alexander Mogilny. Ten years latter the Devils hope Kovalchuk could produce similar results,

Since his first season with the Atlanta Thrashers eight years ago, Ilya Kovalchuk has made a huge impression on the city of Atlanta and the National Hockey League. He is the franchise’s all-time leader in games (594), points (615), goals (328), assists (287), game-winning goals (40), power-play goals (115), power-play points (243) and shots (2,178).

To listen to Ilya Kovalchuk’s entire media interview, please visit this link.

As the 2010 Vancouver Olympics near, the Russian national ice hockey team are early favorites to bring gold back to the motherland. A Russian triumph in Vancouver may depend on the solid play by the defensive unit led by Ottawa Senator Anton Volchenkov. Volchenkov, who is having another strong year with the Senators, has been

GM WADDELL TELLS KOVALCHUK TO EXPECT A TRADE SOON TSN.CA Staff “…Thrashers general manager Don Waddell met with the star forward on Wednesday and told him to expect a trade to another NHL team over the next few hours or days. There is no indication that any deal with a specific team is imminent, but

Sergei Shirokov capped off a fabulous month by being nominated as a Reebok/AHL Rookie of the Month. The winger from Russia has been playing great all year, as 16 goals and 34 points for the season and was selected to this year’s AHL All Star Game. To find out more about Sergei’s nomination and other

John Glennon of The Tennessean breaks down his thoughts on Tuesday’s Nashville Predators – Pheonix Coyotes game in his Postgame Ponderings Column and comments on the play of Pekka Rinne. “Tough break for goa­lie Pekka Rinne, who had a second straight strong outing. Des­pite suf­fe­ring the shoo­tout loss, Rinne was cre­di­ted with his third shu­tout

Last night it seemed as though the Vancouver Cancucks could not break Montreal goalie Jaroslav Halak effectively as the fourth year Canadien saved 45 shots and broke the Canucks seven game win streak in a 3-2 victory. Despite the loss, the Cancucks experienced the continued strong play by winger Mikael Samuelsson who scored on a

Thanks to ago KimmoKuopio at Break.com for posting this classic video of Alex Radulov scoring the game winning goal at the 2009 Ice Hockey World Championship final (5/10/2009) between Russia and Canada. To see the Alex win the game in dramatic fashion, please visit this link.