Category: Puck Blog

In the final period of the final game of the 2008 Russian Super League Finals, Ufa Salavat proved to the hockey world why they were the RSL’s 2007-2008 regular season champs, and why they deserved to capture the RSL Championship. Ufa rode three third period goals to a 4-1 victory in Game 5 of the

Lew Serviss of the NY Times interviewed Brian Leetch this week for his Sunday Slap Shot column: April 13, 2008, 4:31 amLeetch, From the PointBy Lew Serviss “So,” I asked Brian Leetch, Hall of Famer in waiting, “I can say you’re at home being Mr. Mom? “Yeah,” he said, “I got no problem with it.”

Yaroslavl Lokomotiv entered Wednesday’s Game 4 of the Russian Super League Finals needing a win to remain alive in the series. And stay alive they did, in dramatic fashion. Propelled by a Zbynek Irgl goal with only three minutes remaining in the third period, Lokomotiv defeated Ufa Salavat by a score of 1-0 to even

Their engine stalled, their offense sputtering, Lokomotiv can only hope that come Wednesday they are not relegated to the train yard for the summer. For after Ufa Salavat’s convincing 4-1 victory on Monday in Game 3 of the Russian Super League Finals, the regular season champion Salavat now own a commanding 2-1 series lead in

Ufa Salavat must have been wondering if they would ever score a goal against Lokomotiv. However, seven minutes into the third period of Game 2 of the Russian League Finals, Konstantin Koltsov ended Ufa’s almost five and half period scoreless drought when he finally beat Yaroslavl goaltender Semen Varlamov, propelling Ufa to a 2-0 victory

The last stop on this Lokomotiv appears to be a championship. Following their familiar playoff formula of stingy goaltending and timely scoring, Yaroslavl Lokomotiv continued to roll by defeating Ufa Yulayev 3-0 on Thursday to take a 1-0 series lead in the Russian Super League Finals. In doing so, Yaroslavl improved to 7-1 in its

Building upon a 2007-2008 regular season in which he was named the Russian Super League’s best player, Alexei Morozov led Ak Bars Kazan to within two victories of the RSL Finals, only to see his team ousted by the RSL’s regular season champion, Salavat Yulayev Ufa, three games to one in the playoff semi-finals. The

Atlanta Thrashers Goalie Johan Hedberg was honored before last night’s game against Florida with the Players’ Player award, given annually to the player who best exemplifies being a team player. Hedberg has won the award both seasons he has been in Atlanta. Being well-liked and respected by his teammates is nothing new for the “Moose,”

Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 50th goal of the season last night vs. Philadelphia, marking the second time in his career he has reached that feat. This added to a resume that already includes two 40-goal seasons. One would think that Kovalchuk’s name would have to be taken into consideration, along with Washington’s Alexander Ovechkin and

Milwaukee Admirals’ Pekka Rinne became the first AHL goaltender to win 30 games this season with a 23-save performance against Rockford this past Saturday night. Nashville Predators director of hockey operations had this to say about Rinne: “Judging by the workload he’s had this year, he can be a regular NHL player. The other thing