Category: Puck Blog

….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

‘Desperate’ B-Sens edge River Rats: Kinrade’s goal decisive in AHL victoryChris Fitzgerald Pressconnects.com March 21, 2010 Left wing Josh Hennessy opened the scoring for the Senators as he finished off a give-and-go sequence with left wing Kaspars Daugavins by taking a centering pass in front of the net and chipping a shot over Morrison 5:03

Ilya Kovalchuk After 15 Games as a Devil: An AnalysisJohn Fischer March 20 2010 I’d look at the last 15 games as a “growing period” for both sides: Kovalchuk as Devil and the Devils with Kovalchuk on their team. A “growing period” with 12 points and 64 shots on net in 15 games isn’t anything

Still some fight, life left in Thrashers after 6-3 win over SensBill Tiller AJC March 19 2010 Johan Hedberg faced 39 shot on his goal…and one to his jaw when Jarkko Ruutu knocked him over in the crease chasing the loose puck. The play resulted in one peeved Moose as the goalie had to be

John Glennon THE TENNESSEAN March 17, 2010 It took the Predators just seven shots on goal to build a two-goal lead over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday. They spent much of the rest of the contest admiring goalie Pekka Rinne’s work. Rinne, the NHL’s reigning third star, turned away 42 shots and all three Philadelphia