Archive for December, 2009
Monday, December 28th, 2009 Written by:
Eric Sutter
After the Holidays comes a time to take advantage of end of the year sales or return those gifts that your great uncle’s brother’s friend gave you so let’s look at some holiday bargains on the waiver wire and some players you should be trading in for some return. Waiver Wire Bargains Mason Raymond, [...]
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Sunday, December 27th, 2009 Written by:
Eric Sutter
Hope everyone’s holidays were filled with food, family, and friends! Now that both hockey and myself are off the Christmas Break, big events are happening all around. Martin Brodeur broke yet another record with his 104th shutout, surpassing that of Terry Sawchuck, and in Atlanta, negotiations for star winger Iyla Kovalchuck is again feeding the [...]
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Thursday, December 24th, 2009 Written by:
Eric Sutter
Happy Holidays to all our readers from the staff of Pucking Awesome, make sure to check out the Pucking Awesome Power Rankings and the ever popular Between the Pipes to get you through the weekend.
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 Written by:
Alex Mueller
Recap of week 12 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Numbers Numbers, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.
Tags: Anaheim Ducks, Bobby Ryan, Brad May, Brian McGrattan, Chris Osgood, Columbus Blue Jackets, Daniel Sedin, Evgeni Nabokov, George Hainsworth, Henrik Lundqvist, Henrik Sedin, Ivan Vishnevskiy, Krys Barch, Martin Brodeur, Mike Richards, Nate Thompson, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Phil Kessel, Robert Luongo, Ryan Getzlaf, Sidney Crosby, Steve Mason, Terry Sawchuk, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, Wade Belak
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 Written by:
Alex Mueller
Recap of week 11 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Shot of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Numbers Numbers, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.
Tags: Anaheim Ducks, Anze Kopitar, B.J. Crombeen, Bobby Ryan, Boris Valabik, Brian Lawton, Brian McGrattan, Craig Adams, Dan Sexton, Daniel Carcillo, David Koci, Dustin Penner, Jean-Francois Jacques, Jonas Hiller, Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings, Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils, Niclas Bergfors, Philadelphia Flyers, Ray Emery, Rick Rypien, St Louis Blues, Travis Zajac, Tuukka Rask, Zach Parise
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Monday, December 14th, 2009 Written by:
Eric Sutter
Hockey is a team game, and while the object of the game is to score goals, as fantasy owners we can’t forget about the category of assists. With this being the season of giving, a time to be unselfish and pass good cheers to all. So in this week Fantasy Focus let’s look at some [...]
Tags: Boston Bruins, Chris Stewart, Colorado Avalanche, jack johnson, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, Patrice Bergeron, Tomas Plekanec
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Monday, December 14th, 2009 Written by:
Eric Sutter
As the weather turns colder and we enter the holiday season; Chanukah candles are being lit, Christmas trees are being put up, and hockey pucks are getting roasted on an open fire. This being an Olympic year, the next couple of weeks will be the busiest time for teams trying to stuff as many games [...]
Tags: Buffalo Sabres, Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, Edmonton Oilers, Keith Tkachuk, New York Rangers, Olympics, Ottawa Senators, Paul Kariya, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ryan Miller, St Louis Blues, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 Written by:
Alex Mueller
Recap of week 10 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Numbers Numbers, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.
Tags: Alex Ovechkin, Alexandre Giroux, Anaheim Ducks, Anze Kopitar, Brian Elliott, Brian McGrattan, Calgary Flames, Cam Ward, Carolina Hurricanes, Chris Pronger, Corey Perry, Craig Anderson, Dan Sexton, Daniel Carcillo, Danny Briere, Eric Staal, Jamie Langenbrunner, Jeff Carter, Joffrey Lupul, Keith Ballard, Martin Brodeur, Matt Bradley, Miikka Kiprusoff, Mike Duco, Mike Richards, Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders, Nicklas Backstrom, Philadelphia Flyers, Raitis Ivanans, Randy Holt, Ryan Getzlaf, Ryan Miller, Saku Koivu, SM-Liiga, Teemu Selanne, Travis Zajac, Vancouver Canucks, Zach Parise
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Monday, December 7th, 2009 Written by:
Eric Sutter
The second season in an NHL player’s career can be a make or break one. One could have a tremendous rookie and follow that up with a sophomore slump and never regain the magic touch, or just get their feet wet getting use to the speed and break out as a fantasy star. This week [...]
Tags: Brian Boucher, Columbus Blue Jackets, Fantasy, Kyle Okposo, Los Angeles Kings, New York Islanders, Philadelphia Flyer, Steve Mason, Wayne Simmonds
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Sunday, December 6th, 2009 Written by:
Eric Sutter
The season has officially started we had our first NHL coach firing; I will have more about that later, and the league also made Alex Ovechkin angry this week by handing out a two-game suspension for his knee-to-knee hit. I was glad to see the NHL suspend the Russian for the hit, for all his [...]
Tags: Alex Ovechkin, Andrew Brunette, Antti Miettinen, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Chris Pronger, Ilya Bryzgalov, Mikko Koivu, Minnesota Wild, New York Islanders, Peter Laviolette, Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Ray Emery, Rick DiPietro, Washington Capitals
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Friday, December 4th, 2009 Written by:
Jeremy
Signing Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Duncan Keith to long-term contract extensions is great. But, the Blackhawks have plenty of work ahead of them to make this work.
Tags: Brent Seabrook, Brian Campbell, Cam Barker, Chicago Blackhawks, Cristobal Huet, Duncan Keith, Dustin Byfuglien, Jonathan Toews, Kris Versteeg, Kyle Beach, Marian Hossa, Patrick Kane, Patrick Sharp, Rocky Wirtz, Shawn Lalonde, Stan Bowman
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 Written by:
Eric Sutter
On the field, on the ice, in the cage or behind the wheel, professional athletes have to be tough. But what does it take to do the behind-the-scenes jobs in sports? All-Pro linebacker Junior Seau is about to find out. In VERSUS’ new original series, Sports Jobs with Junior Seau, the NFL legend trades in [...]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 Written by:
Alex Mueller
Recap of week 9 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Trick Shot of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.
Tags: Ales Hemsky, Alex Ovechkin, Anaheim Ducks, Anze Kopitar, Bobby Orr, Cam Janssen, Carolina Hurricanes, Corey Perry, Craig Anderson, Craig Rivet, Cristobal Huet, Daniel Carcillo, Evgeni Nabokov, Evgeny Artyukhin, Georges Laraque, Keith Ballard, Krys Barch, Larry Robinson, Marian Hossa, Miikka Kiprusoff, Nicklas Lidstrom, Phoenix Coyotes, ryan smyth, San Jose Sharks, Sidney Crosby, Teemu Selanne, Zach Parise
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