Via ESPN’s Cross Checks Blog A tip of the old blocker to veteran netminder Nikolai Khabibulin, whose career looked to be in shambles both physically and emotionally after last season. The veteran netminder was hampered by ongoing back issues, then was arrested for extreme drunken driving in the Phoenix area while rehabbing in February 2010. Khabibulin
Author: puckblog
Video: Kaspars Daugavins makes 2011-12 NHL Debut for Ottawa Senators
Last night, Kaspars Daugavins appeared in his second career NHL game with the Ottawa Senators. He was called up on October 24 due to the injury to Daniel Alfredsson. The Latvian native played 15:25 in the Senators’ 3-2 shootout win over the Carolina Hurricanes. He made his first NHL appearance his on January 14, 2010 in
Tim Erixon Settling In With New York Rangers
via The Rangers Tribune Marc Staal’s post-concussion headaches, leading to his absence from the lineup, have taken a major blow to the Ranger defense. Your blue-line will never be the same without its best player, and that’s a pretty simple concept to grasp if you ask me. In Staal’s absence, though, opportunities have arose for
Nikolai Khabibulin steps up for Edmonton Oilers
Via Jim Jamieson – The Province With everybody expecting the Oilers’ young guns to be scoring their way out of trouble this season, not many saw the resurgence of goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin leading the team to early season respectability. The Oilers are right where they left off last season in terms of producing goals. A
Anssi Salmela of Avangard Omsk Scores His First Career KHL Goal
2011 IIHF Gold Medalist Anssi Salmela of Avangard Omsk scores his first career KHL goal.
Preds’ Rinne Talks Bad Ice and The Vezina
Via Dmitri Chesnokov, Puck Daddy Blog – Yahoo! Sports The Nashville Predators played in the inaugural The Baltimore Hockey Classic against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night; an event held to promote hockey in Baltimore, the city that once hosted an AHL team. There are quite a few hockey fans who live in Baltimore and
Prospect Grigorenko Flamboyant On The Ice, Quiet Life
Alain Bergeron, Canoe.ca September 15, 2011 Note: The article below is the English translation of the original article. Click HERE to view the original article. Humble and reserved, amateur film and video games, the player most prominent of the Quebec Remparts is happy to see her mother come live with him. The head coach of
NHL Prospect Mikhail Grigorenko Helps Remparts Record 1st Win of The Season, Assists Twice
Serge Poulin, Prohockeynews.com September 18, 2011 After finding themselves losing their first three attempts, the Quebec Remparts had to play against one of two undefeated teams on Sunday afternoon, the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (the other was the Victoriaville Tigres). Having already faced the Blainville-Boisbriand once (losing 4-2) Quebec played on the road for the first time
Kovalchuk Reflects On Lokomotiv Tragedy, Sets Sights On Playoffs
Via Richard Chere of The Star Ledger The tragedy of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash on Sept. 7 still weighs on the mind of Devils winger Ilya Kovalchuk. He lost friends, former teammates and peers. “That’s a tragedy. Very sad. You can’t really say much,” Kovalchuk said today at the Prudential Center in Newark. “I
Khabibulin Humbled By Experience
Jim Matheson, Yahoo! Sports September 13, 2011 Edmonton Oilers’ goalie Nikolai Khabibulin says his incarceration at the Tent City in Arizona for drunk driving earlier this summer was a sobering experience, something he’s very glad is over with as he tries to rebound from last year’s miserable season. “I’m not going to lie … it