Year: 2010

Greg Wyshynski Puck Daddy – Yahoo! Sports Ottawa Senators defenseman Anton Volchenkov haunted the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night to the point where you expected to see him in a boiler room wearing a ratty striped sweater with knives on his gloves. (We’d make the expected “A Nightmare on Broad Street” quip, but the game

I was able to get a one on one Q+A interview with the NHL’s first star of this past week and Nashville Predator’s starting goalie Pekka Rinne. Rinne recently signed a two year extension with the Predators and will lead them into the playoffs this season. Here is my Q+A interview with Pekka Rinne. Curtis

Predators feel impact of younger players: Group takes the lead in push for playoffsJohn Glennon The Tennessean March 23 2010 While the more familiar 30-something names like Jason Arnott, Steve Sullivan and J.P. Dumont have offered their steady contributions, a number of relative youngsters like Colin Wilson, Patric Hornqvist, Cody Franson and Pekka Rinne have

NHL Hot Stove March 23, 2010 The 1994 entry draft was a solid one for goaltenders. Jose Theodore was chosen in the 2nd round by Montreal. In the 5th round, the Dallas Stars chose Marty Turco, and four goaltenders were chosen in the 9th round, three of those eventual starters: Tim Thomas by the Nordiques,

….But the stop of the night was made by Anton Volchenkov after Matt Carkner lost the puck in his own zone and Elliott made an initial save off Andrei Kostitsyn. Having lost his stick, Volchenkov dove to keep a shot by Tom Pyatt from going in the open side…

Atlantic: Kovalchuk waiting to explodePhil Coffey NHL.com March 22, 2010 Conventional wisdom is a popular quality because it’s rarely wrong. And conventional wisdom unequivocally says the New Jersey Devils received the best player in the trade that brought Ilya Kovalchuk to New Jersey in exchange for forward Niclas Bergfors, defenseman Johnny Oduya, prospect Patrice Cormier

Speculation turned to reality this morning when Pekka Rinne was named the NHL’s First Star of the Week. In four games, Rinne was 4-0 with two shut outs and a goals against average of 1.22 and a save percentage of .958. On Tuesday, Pekka stopped 42 of 45 shots as the Preds beat the Flyers

Preds On the Glass March 21, 2010 Pekka Rinne continued his solid play stopping 23 of 25 shots from the Blues. His play during the first period when the Blues were pressuring Nashville’s defense kept the Preds in the game giving the offense a chance to get on track. A couple of quick passes left

Preds On the Glass March 21, 2010 Rinne was the difference maker again on Sunday as he kept the Predators in position for a huge come back win on the road. While the Preds were not scoring, Rinne was protecting the net so that when the opportunity came, the win streak could be extended to

Gagnon Hat Trick Sends Dallas Stars Past the Peoria RivermenThe Raw Feed MLN Sports March 22, 2010 In the third period, the Stars regained their three-goal lead just 1:06 into the final frame. Center Perttu Lindgren blasted his 13th goal of the year past Fallon for a power-play tally and a 4-1 Stars lead. Additional