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LOL at the 6th seed Bruins hosting a playoff game in round 2.
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I'm still in shock that the Habs won but man talk about a epic fail for the Caps and talk about a wasted season. It's safe to say that it's been one awful year for Ovie.
I don't if anyone has mentioned this but I heard on the the radio that Jim Hughson won't be calling the Canucks games because the Habs won.
I agree.
However since the guy still potted 50 goals & 59 assists for a total of 109 points in 72 games in the regular season... and 10 points in 7 games in the MTL v. WAS series, it's a testament to how great the player is if these stats are considered a bad year for him.
I'm glad the whole world got to see the reality of Mike Green though. I couldn't be more satisfied that this guy was left out of the Team Canada roster for the Olympics.
LOL at the 6th seed Bruins hosting a playoff game in round 2.
i honestly dont get whats so funny about this? boston at 6th seed making it into the 2nd round? if they get into any round they are hosting a minimum of 3 games anyways...
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It's crazy how the top 3 teams in the east are out. Just comes to show that regular season means nothing. You can be 1st in the conference and be killing teams but come playoff time, once the other team figures out how you play and adapts then its anyones game.
do u guys think that disallowed goal should have counted?
Gutsy call by the referee based on the fact that it was a 1-1 or 1-0 goal, in a Game 7. But I think it was the right call cuz Knuble's right skate touches Halak's right skate, possibly delaying the goalie's right pad just enough to have the puck get through.
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If Vancouver gets by Chicago I look at it as please Detroit knock of San Jose. For whatever reason the Canucks are paper and the sharks are scissors we just don't fair well against them but the wings on the other hand are rock.
Hahaha good analogy.
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Mary Ann Wangemann and her 14-year old daughter Lorraine were already in a fairly poor mood Wednesday night. The Caps -- the first sports team they had ever rooted for together, the team that prompted 49-year old Mary Ann to begin painting her face before games and to sign up for a season-ticket waitlist -- had been eliminated in Game 7. The season was over.
A lot of people weren't sure quite how to react to this loss. When you put a lot of emotion into something -- even something as silly as a sports team -- and you can feel sort of empty when it goes away. One fan e-mailed me to ask, quite seriously, whether I though any Caps threw the series for gambling reasons. Another, who said he's rooted for the Caps for 28 years, sent me an e-mail that included 49 exclamation marks.
So the Wangemanns were driving home to Ashburn, and they got on the Roosevelt Bridge, trying to remain optimistic about the future of the team. Then they hit a pot hole and got a flat tire. Perfect ending to the night.
So Mary Ann pulled over to the side of the bridge, and called Triple A. They said they had a heavy volume of calls, and that they weren't sure how long it would take to send help. Mary Ann and Lorraine, still wearing their Caps gear, got out of the car and watched the traffic whiz by.
"We were getting a little spooked," she told me. "You feel pretty vulnerable right there."
Finally, an SUV slowed down ahead of them and pulled over. And then Brooks Laich got out and asked if he could help.
Since the Triple A folks were already on the way, Mary Ann asked Brooks -- whom she immediately recognized -- if he'd just wait with them by the side of the road. Instead, he asked whether they had a spare. Mary Ann said they did. So he took off his jacket -- he was still wearing his post-game suit -- got out the tire, and started jacking up the car.
"He was like an angel, I'm telling you," Mary Ann told me. "Can't say enough nice things about him."
(The Caps had nothing to do with sending out this story, but they did get in touch with Laich to confirm it for me.)
The thing took a while, as late-night tire changes on the side of bridges often do. So they started talking hockey. Laich, who scored the team's only goal in game 7, apologized to them for the Caps losing. They told him how great the season had been and how much they liked this team. Laich said he hoped they got a chance to stay together.
The jack fell down, and he had to start again. Lorraine stood behind him, mouthing to her mom over and over, "It's Brooks Laich! It's Brooks Laich!" Laich was friendly but somber as he worked. Mary Ann -- who had never before cared about a sports team -- talked about why she liked this group so much, and how they seemed so nice off the ice.
"We're just people, too," Laich said.
The whole thing lasted maybe 40 minutes. Laich got the tire changed, and cautioned Mary Ann to drive slowly on the way home, to listen closely for any rattling sounds. She agreed, and said she didn't know how she could possibly thank him.
"I'm sure you'll do something nice for someone in the future," Laich responded. He hugged them and drove off.
By this point, another car had pulled over, also with a flat tire. Mary Ann went to see how she could help, and told the other driver what had just happened. Then she and her daughter got in their car and drove home. Within 30 seconds, of course, Lorraine had updated her Facebook page to alert the world that Brooks Laich had just changed their tire. That loss sure stung, but Mary Ann and her daughter figure they'll keep their spot on the waitlist for next season.
"When you think about what he was going through yesterday, just the disappointment..." Mary Ann said. "Given everything else going on in his life, I just thought it was really remarkable. I want people to know it."
i honestly dont get whats so funny about this? boston at 6th seed making it into the 2nd round? if they get into any round they are hosting a minimum of 3 games anyways...
He meant hosting as in being the able to play 4 games at home in the 2nd round.
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hate to say it but that Chelsea Dagger track is kinda stuck in my head haha
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Gutsy call by the referee based on the fact that it was a 1-1 or 1-0 goal, in a Game 7. But I think it was the right call cuz Knuble's right skate touches Halak's right skate, possibly delaying the goalie's right pad just enough to have the puck get through.
There was contact for sure. So I guess it's a good call. I personally think Montreal got lucky there,
cause Halak didn't look like he would have saw and saved that one anyway. I noticed for a split second,
the ref signaled goal, and then started waving "no goal".
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Crosby, Ovechkin, Henrik Sedin vie for Hart
Thursday, 04.29.2010 / 12:05 PM / 2010 NHL Awards By Rocky Bonanno - NHL.com Staff Writer
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Sidney Crosby of the Penguins, Alex Ovechkin of the Capitals and Henrik Sedin of the Canucks are the 2009-10 finalists for the Hart Trophy. They also were the top three scorers in the NHL this past season.
The Hart Memorial Trophy is presented annually "to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team." The winner is selected in a poll by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association in the 30 NHL cities at the end of the regular season.
The winner of the trophy will be announced at the 2010 NHL Awards, to be held in Las Vegas on June 23. The ceremony will be broadcast live from the Pearl Concert Theater inside the Palms Hotel Las Vegas on VERSUS in the United States and CBC in Canada.
Here is a closer look at the finalists:
Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
SIDNEY CROSBY
CENTER - PIT
GOALS: 51 | ASST: 58 | PTS: 109
PP: 13 | +/-: 25
Crosby the playmaker became Crosby the shooter in his fifth NHL season, taking a career-high 298 shots (fifth-most in the League) and scoring a career-best 51 goals, one of the few statistical highlights he had yet to achieve. Crosby earned a share of the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy as the League's goal-scoring leader, splitting the honor with Steven Stamkos of Tampa Bay.
Crosby led the Penguins and finished second in the NHL scoring race with 109 points, the fourth time in his five seasons he's hit the 100-point mark.
The litany of Crosby achievements in 2009-10 is impressive:
* In the second game of the season, Oct. 3, he became the sixth-fastest player in NHL history to reach 400 career points, reaching the mark with an assist against the Islanders in his 292nd game.
* On April 8, he earned his 500th career point, becoming the third-youngest player to reach the mark at 22 years, 244 days (Wayne Gretzky, 21 years, 52 days; Mario Lemieux, 22, years, 172 days).
* Crosby led the NHL with three hat tricks, becoming the first Penguin to accomplish the feat since Alexei Kovalev in 2001-02.
* He tied a single-game career high with 6 points (1 goal, 5 assists) Jan. 19 against the Islanders, and he recorded a season-long nine-game point streak from Feb. 12-March 14, posting 13 points (6 goals, 7 assists) during the span.
* Crosby led the League with 8 shootout goals and an 80-percent success rate
It wasn't all about scoring with Crosby. He ranked 11th in the League with a 55.9-percent faceoff winning percentage and led the NHL with 1,001 faceoff wins, 137 more than second-place Mikko Koivu of Minnesota (864).
This is Crosby's second Hart nomination, and he won the honor in 2006-07. Other Penguins to capture the Hart are Jaromir Jagr (1998-99) and Mario Lemieux (1987-88, 1992-93, 1995-96). Evgeni Malkin placed second in voting for the trophy in 2007-08.
Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
ALEX OVECHKIN
LEFT WING - WSH
GOALS: 50 | ASST: 59 | PTS: 109
PP: 13 | +/-: 45
Ovechkin is the two-time defending Hart Trophy winner and made a strong case to retain the honor this season.
Despite tying for second overall in scoring, Ovechkin led the NHL in points per game (1.51) and goals per game (0.69). He also tied for sixth in assists (59) and was sixth in power-play points (36).
Ovechkin led the League in shots on goal (368), even-strength goals (37) and goals on the road (24), and placed second in the League in plus/minus with a plus-45, trailing only teammate Jeff Schultz (plus-50).
Ovechkin's game also includes a physicality often lacking among the top scorers -- he ranked 29th in the League with 185 hits. None of the players who finished ahead of him placed in the top 67 scorers in the NHL.
The Capitals were 40-8-8 when Ovechkin recorded a point and 28-3-4 when he scored a goal. He scored his first career penalty-shot goal Jan. 17 against the Flyers, and posted a five-game goal streak from Jan. 31-Feb. 7, Washington's longest of the season.
He joined Wayne Gretzky and Mike Bossy as the only players with four 50-goal seasons in their first five years in the League, and joined Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Peter Stastny, Dale Hawerchuk and Sidney Crosby as the only players with four 100-point seasons in their first five years.
Ovechkin also established himself as a team leader. On Jan. 5, when he was appointed team captain, the Capitals were trailing by five points in the Eastern Conference race. After Ovechkin began wearing the "C," they went 30-4-7 and won the conference by 18 points.
The only other Washington Capitals players to finish in the top five in Hart Trophy voting are Olaf Kolzig (1999-2000) and Rod Langway (1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85).
Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Canucks
HENRIK SEDIN
CENTER - VAN
GOALS: 29 | ASST: 83 | PTS: 112
PP: 4 | +/-: 35
This is his first career Hart nomination, and it comes on the heels of him winning the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's regular-season scoring leader with 112 points. He had 29 goals and a League-leading 83 assists in 82 games, the fifth-straight season Sedin hasn't missed a game.
Sedin became the first player in Vancouver's 40-year history to win the Art Ross, and he broke the franchise single-season high in points, passing Pavel Bure (110 in 1992-93). Sedin also became the Canucks' all-time leader in assists and now has 434 in nine seasons.
Sedin's 1.37 points per game average was second in the NHL to Ovechkin (1.51). He recorded two 4-point games and 12 3-point games this season. Sedin also placed eighth in the NHL in plus/minus (plus-35), and ninth in shooting percentage, scoring his 29 goals on 166 shots (17.5 percent).
Sedin posted a 10-game point streak from Dec. 22-Jan. 11 (20 points) and a nine-game streak from Dec. 2-Dec. 18 (16 points). He also had two seven-game assist streaks and two six-game assist streaks.
On Dec. 12 against Minnesota, Sedin became the fifth player in Canucks history to accumulate 500 career points. He passed Thomas Gradin to become the highest-scoring center and fourth-leading scorer in franchise history when he recorded his 551st career point with an assist March 13 against Ottawa.
He was the NHL's First Star for December (25 points in 15 games), Second Star for January (25 points in 13 games) and Third Star for March (24 points in 15 games)
Sedin also dispelled notions that he could not score without linemate and twin brother Daniel playing on his wing. With Daniel out for 19 games due to injury, Henrik had 10 goals and 19 points.
Sedin is bidding to become the first Canuck to win the Hart. Roberto Luongo placed second in 2006-07, Markus Naslund was second in 2002-03 and fifth in 2003-04 and 2001-02, Todd Bertuzzi was fifth in 2002-03, and Kirk McLean was fourth in 1991-92.
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