Hall of Fame defencemen Brian Leetch and MSG Network’s Al Trautwig breakdown the Devil’s 3-2 win over the Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
Month: February 2011
Kovalchuk and Devils Surging, Leaving Slow Start Behind
On the final night of his first year as a Devil, the Big Shot helped them climb out of the NHL basement for the first time since Dec. 23, Jacques Lemaire’s first night back on the job. Kovalchuk opened the scoring 1:04 into play, giving the Devils the lead they never surrendered in last night’s
Study habits make Rinne big-time shootout stopper
Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne is a big fan of the shootout. Actually, there’s a perfectly good explanation why one of the more tense moments for any goaltender happens to put Rinne in a comfort zone. “First off, he’s tremendously skilled and a lot of it has to do with athleticism and quickness,” Predators goalie
Kovy and Devils Take Down Rival Rangers at MSG
Zubrus set up Ilya Kovalchuk’s goal in the first period and scored along with Brian Rolston in the second to give the Devils a seemingly comfortable 3-0 lead. Ryan Callahan and Vinny Prospal, in his season debut after recovering from offseason knee surgery, got the Rangers close, but Brodeur hung on for the Devils (18-30-3),
Welcome Back Brian Leetch! – Gotham Comedy Club 1/26/2011
Hosts Russ Salzberg and Matt Yaloff welcome Hall of Fame defensemen Brian Leetch back to New York.
Hall of Famer Brian Leetch Discusses Questions Surrounding The NHL All-Star Game
Hear what Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman Brian Leetch has to say about writer Helene Elliott’s comment that the best change to the NHL All-Star Game “would be to eliminate it altogether.”
Kovalchuk’s Point Streak Providing Huge Boost For Resurging Devils
It’s been a rough start to the season for Ilya Kovalchuk and the rest of the New Jersey Devils, in which their league-worst record is not something the franchise is used to. Don’t count these guys in red out yet though, as the hard-nosed club has won 7 of their last 10 games; a span in which
Samuelsson Racks Up 2 points in Canucks’ 4-1 Victory Over Dallas
For the third time in just over a month, the Vancouver Canucks made beating the Dallas Stars look easy. Mikael Samuelsson and Christian Ehrhoff scored power-play goals on Tuesday as the Canucks routed the Stars 4-1 at American Airlines Center. It was the third time in the last 33 days that the Canucks dominated the Stars. They’ve
Plenty of local flavour to AHL ASG, Canucks’ prospect Shirokov in on all-star action
The game saw 16 different players score a goal, including Canucks farmhand Sergei Shirokov of the Manitoba Moose who notched a single tally for the West. There were eight goals scored in the first period, four each by the East and West. Andrew Gordon of the Hershey Bears, the Washington Capitals’ affiliate, got the scoring