| UPCOMING GAMES |
| 5/23 |
CHI at DET | | 5/25 |
DET at CHI | | 5/27 |
CHI at DET | | 5/29 |
DET at CHI |
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LAST 10 GAMES
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| 5/20 |
CHI 1 at DET 3 |
Lost |
F |
| 5/18 |
DET 4 at CHI 1 |
Lost |
F |
| 5/15 |
DET 1 at CHI 4 |
Won |
F |
| 5/9 |
MIN 1 at CHI 5 |
Won |
F |
| 5/7 |
CHI 3 at MIN 0 |
Won |
F |
| 5/5 |
CHI 2 at MIN 3 |
Lost |
OT |
| 5/3 |
MIN 2 at CHI 5 |
Won |
F |
| 4/30 |
MIN 1 at CHI 2 |
Won |
OT |
| 4/27 |
CHI 1 at STL 3 |
Lost |
F |
| 4/26 |
CGY 1 at CHI 3 |
Won |
F |
| Won-6 Lost-3 OT-1 |
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| Jersey Fouls: Parros mustache foul; Alex Brovechkin; Jagr, Schenn Dead To Me sweaters (Puck Daddy) |
| Jersey Fouls is our ongoing exploration of the rules and etiquette for proper hockey jersey creation and exhibition. If you spot what you think may be a foul in your arena, email a photo to us at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com for inclusion in future installment.
Via reader Jenni comes this bro-tastic bro-dacious Jersey Bro, bro:
Seen at a Charlotte Checkers game, this guy was REALLY proud of his "BROVECHKIN" jersey, and asked me to take a picture of him (and the Nutcracker) with his own camera as well.
I can assure you, the Checkers were NOT playing the AHL affiliate of the Capitals... so that too, is a foul, in my opinion!
Your opinion is correct. This is a Russian nesting doll of Fouls.
(Also, it speaks to the power of the Foul that we didn’t even notice the albino cousin of Cookie Puss holding a bag of peanuts next to him.)
We were curious if “Brovechkin” was an actual thing, and not just Mike Green’s daily greeting to his captain. We discovered it has an Urban Dictionary entry:
“a bro who has dirty swag.”
That bro should probably find a Laundromat.
Anyhoo, there’s also “Brovechkin” gear available on sites like Bros Like These Shirts , in case you absolutely have the need to call attention to what a wide bro-cabulary you have. Vomit.
(Coming Up: A George Parros mustache Foul; a hideous Tampa sweater; Toronto Maple Leafs Tribute jersey; Detroit Red Wings hate Frankenjersey; another Caps Foul; Revisionist Sweaters; and a rather crude ‘69’ jersey.)
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| Posted: 05/21/2013 |
| NHL Three Stars: Howard’s 39 saves help Red Wings take series lead over Blackhawks (Puck Daddy) |
| No. 1 Star: Jimmy Howard, Detroit Red Wings
For the second straight game, Howard was able to withstand the Chicago Blackhawks' attack, though he was a little busier in Game 3. Making 39 saves, Howard backstopped the Red Wings to a 3-1 victory to take a 2-1 series lead. One of his biggest saves was early in the third period when Patrick Sharp came in on a breakaway:
No. 2 Star: Drew Miller, Detroit Red Wings
Miller was part of the 1-2 punch Detroit gave Chicago in the second period as his goal put the Red Wings up 2-0 and came 31 second after Gustav Nyquist opened the scoring. Miller was also credited with four blocked shots.
No. 3 Star: Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
Datsyuk's goal gave Detroit a 3-1 lead and came two minutes after Patrick Kane cut the lead to one and a minute after Andrew Shaw's goal was waived off.
Detroit has won nine straight games in which Datsyuk has scored a goal. |
| Posted: 05/20/2013 |
| Red Wings down Blackhawks to take 2-1 series lead (Reuters) |
| (Reuters) - The Detroit Red Wings seized control of their Western Conference semi-final series with a 3-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game Three on Monday. After squaring the best-of-seven series in Chicago on Saturday, the Red Wings maintained the momentum on home ice to beat the top-seeded Blackhawks and move ahead 2-1 in the series. Game Four is on Thursday, again in Detroit. Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard weathered an early storm, making 15 of his 39 saves in the first period. ... |
| Posted: 05/20/2013 |
| NHL-Red Wings down Blackhawks to take 2-1 series lead (Reuters) |
| May 20 (Reuters) - The Detroit Red Wings seized control of their Western Conference semi-final series with a 3-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game Three on Monday. After squaring the best-of-seven series in Chicago on Saturday, the Red Wings maintained the momentum on home ice to beat the top-seeded Blackhawks and move ahead 2-1 in the series. Game Four is on Thursday, again in Detroit. Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard weathered an early storm, making 15 of his 39 saves in the first period. ... |
| Posted: 05/20/2013 |
| Red Wings frustrate Blackhawks in Game 3, take 2-1 series lead (Puck Daddy) |
| The frustration for the Chicago Blackhawks continues.
First, it was the referees . Now, it's the play of the Detroit Red Wings, who took a 2-1 series lead with a 3-1 victory Monday night. Just take a look at the penalties called in the third period -- all five on Chicago. Detroit did their part, killing off four Blackhawks power plays and putting the game out of reach in the second period.
The Red Wings took the game by the neck midway through the second period and never let go. Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored 31 seconds apart to give Detroit a 2-0 lead. Nyquist's goal was a thing of beauty:
In the third period, the Blackhawks woke up after a questionable hit from behind by Niklas Hjalmarsson left Johan Franzen down on the ice, and Patrick Kane scored on the ensuing rush. Just over a minute later, Andrew Shaw's goal was waived off for goaltender interference and the momentum swung back in the Red Wings' favor for good.
Jimmy Howard (39 saves) was again solid and the Red Wings continued to receive contributions from their depth, a reason why teams succeed this time of year.
While the Blackhawks will need to quickly move past Game 3, the Red Wings -- halfway to the Western Conference Final -- know there's still work to be done and their next two wins will be the toughest to come by.
"We won tonight, but we've got to be back at it on Thursday," Patrick Eaves told NBCSN's Pierre McGuire afterward.
"Let's be honest, we haven't done anything yet," said Mike Babcock.
Follow Sean Leahy on Twitter at @Sean_Leahy
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| Posted: 05/20/2013 |
| Red Wings 3, Blackhawks 1 (The SportsXchange) |
| DETROIT -- Jimmy Howard made 39 saves, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 at Joe Louis Arena on Monday night to take a 2-1 series lead over the Presidents' Trophy winners in the Western Conference semifinals. |
| Posted: 05/20/2013 |
| Blackhawks robbed by refs on no-goal in Game 3 vs. Red Wings? (Video) (Puck Daddy) |
| In Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals, with the Blackhawks trailing by a goal in the third period, this happened:
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Andrew Shaw thought the Blackhawks had knotted the game, moments after Patrick Kane scored to cut the Detroit Red Wings’ lead to 2-1. But a split-second after the puck bounced past Jimmy Howard and over the goal line, referee Brad Watson waived off the score on account of goalie interference.
Watch it again. If there’s any interference, it’s minimal, and occurs after Jakub Kindl bumps Shaw deeper into the crease. It’s close to being a complete phantom call, wiping away a goal and changing the momentum in the game – Pavel Datsyuk made it 3-1 Detroit just over a minute later.
The rule, via the NHL rule book:
69.1 Interference on the Goalkeeper - This rule is based on the premise that an attacking player’s position, whether inside or outside the crease, should not, by itself, determine whether a goal should be allowed or disallowed. In other words, goals scored while attacking players are standing in the crease may, in appropriate circumstances be allowed. Goals should be disallowed only if: (1) an attacking player, either by his positioning or by contact, impairs the goalkeeper’s ability to move freely within his crease or defend his goal; or (2) an attacking player initiates intentional or deliberate contact with a goalkeeper, inside or outside of his goal crease. Incidental contact with a goalkeeper will be permitted, and resulting goals allowed, when such contact is initiated outside of the goal crease, provided the attacking player has made a reasonable effort to avoid such contact. The rule will be enforced exclusively in accordance with the on-ice judgment of the Referee(s), and not by means of video replay or review.
... If an attacking player has been pushed, shoved, or fouled by a defending player so as to cause him to come into contact with the goalkeeper, such contact will not be deemed contact initiated by the attacking player for purposes of this rule, provided the attacking player has made a reasonable effort to avoid such contact.
What made the call even a bit more specious: The Kane goal was scored with Johan Franzen down in the Wings’ attacking zone after a cross-check from behind by Chicago defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson, which was un-penalized. Was this a makeup call? Hooray for "game management!"
We’ve banged this drum more frequently and fervently than Dave Grohl recording “Nevermind”, but once more with feeling: There’s absolutely no reason why goalie interference isn’t a reviewable play via a coaches’ challenge.
Unless your reason is that referees’ blown calls will be made more obvious through this check and balance from the War Room. Because they would be, and rightfully so, because sometimes they steal goals from a team due to their incompetence. Whether that's the case here is your call.
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| Posted: 05/20/2013 |
| Why the Chicago Blackhawks have owned Joe Louis Arena (Puck Daddy) |
| Home ice advantage has been a palpable asset in the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs. In the second round alone, home teams are 9-1, with the Detroit Red Wings owning the lone road victory, over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 2 to even their series.
The Red Wings return home for Game 3 on Monday night. Except it’s the Blackhawks that have owned their house for the last four seasons.
“It’s a fun place to play. There’s a lot of history here,” said winger Patrick Kane on Monday.
Here’s the history for the Hawks in Detroit’s home barn: 9-1-1 in their last 11 visits dating back to Oct. 9, 2009. That’s the last regulation win the Red Wings had at home against Chicago, after defeating them three times in the 2009 Western Conference Final.
Chicago has scored 33 goals in that 11-game span to Detroit’s 19. But the games were mostly well contested: The Blackhawks had three shootout wins and an overtime victory, while Detroit added an overtime win of its own.
So why do the Blackhawks play so well in Detroit (outside of our working theory, which is that Patrick Sharp stays beautiful through octopus gunk facial treatments)? |
| Posted: 05/20/2013 |
| Seidenberg, Redden practicing with Bruins; Sabres re-sign Scott; Sweden atop the world (Puck Headlines) (Puck Daddy) |
| • Wondering how Daniel Alfredsson was so open for the game-tying goal last night? The photo above pretty much explains it, but here's a full breakdown. [ Pensburgh ]
• Good news for Boston: Dennis Seidenberg and Wade Redden are back at practice. [ Boston ]
• The Buffalo Sabres have signed up for another year of John Scott. [ Sabres ]
• Led by Daniel and Henrik Sedin, Sweden took home the gold medal at the World Hockey Championships. They celebrated with a bunch of gold helmets. [ PITB ]
• With the gold medal, Sweden moved from fourth to first the IIHF's world ranking. And Switzerland moved up to seventh. [ IIHF ]
• Viktor Stalberg and Michal Handzus will be in the lineup for the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3. [ Chicago Tribune ]
• AHL president David Andrews thinks NBC should mention the impact his league has had on the Bruins' young defensive guns. [ Stanley Cup of Chowder ]
• Speaking of the AHL and the Providence Bruins, the league has announced that Graham Mink has been suspended 2 games for the match penalty he earned in this brawl . [ AHL ] |
| Posted: 05/20/2013 |
| Mark Messier Leadership Award Finalists: Alfredsson vs. Brown vs. Toews (Puck Daddy) |
| The NHL announced the finalists for the 2012-13 Mark Messier NHL
Leadership Award presented by Bridgestone, because only our greatest NHL awards have title sponsors.
Daniel Alfredsson of the Ottawa Senators, Dustin Brown of the Los Angeles Kings and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks are the three finalists for the award, which is presented to “the player who exemplifies great leadership qualities to his team, on and off the ice during the regular season,” the National Hockey League announced today.
According to the NHL:
“Mark Messier solicits suggestions from club and League personnel and NHL fans to compile a list of potential candidates. However, the selection of the three finalists and ultimate winner is Messier’s alone.”
We’re rather enamored with the idea that Mark Messier has a lemonade stand-like booth outside of NHL regular-season games with a handwritten “ASK ME ABOUT MY LEADERSHIP AWARD” sign above it. Typical conversation goes like this:
MESS: “So who is your pick for the player who exemplifies great leadership qualities to his team, on and off the ice during the regular season?”
FAN: “I think Ryan Callahan might be one the Rangers' greatest captains and leaders.”
MESS: [Laughs dismissively] Yeah, I supposed he's OK ... if you like guys that have never guaranteed a victory in the Eastern Conference Finals and on his way to breaking a 54-year curse to bring the Stanley Cup to New York. Also, not bald enough, sorry. NEXT!”
Who wins this Mess? |
| Posted: 05/20/2013 |
| What We Learned: Complaining about NHL officiating? Time to fine these sore losers (Puck Daddy) |
| Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend’s events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.
No one is ever going to be totally happy with the ways in which the NHL's referees or officials make their decisions. We can all agree on that.
If there's a game in which neither team is whistled for a penalty, both will likely complain that the refs missed calls on the other. If there's a game in which both teams receive 10 power plays, both will complain that the referees were overly harsh in doling out discipline. No one is ever especially happy with calls that go in between those two extremes, either, because unless you win, you aren't happy. And sometimes, even when you do win, you aren't happy.
It's tough to know what, exactly, brought all this to a head in these playoffs. Alex Ovechkin complaining about a league-wide conspiracy in Game 6 after the end of Game 7; Jonathan Toews stamping his feet when his team got clobbered on home ice by its archrival; Sidney Crosby saying the league needs to institute video review for puck-over-the-glass calls; Jonathan Quick abusing officials because the Kings gave the Sharks a two-man advantage in overtime.
Doesn't it strike anyone as being a bit much?
No one likes to lose in October, let alone in the second round of the playoffs, and you might even say that the refs have made a bit of a spectacle of themselves in the last few games. The best thing a ref can do, the old saying goes, is not be noticeable, and things have admittedly gotten a bit out of hand in some instances.
But nonetheless, can you imagine the eye-rolling or outright mockery in Chicago if Henrik Zetterberg had said the same things Toews did after they got creamed in Game 1? Or the uproar if Ryan Callahan of the lionized New York Rangers had complained about a conspiracy to push the series longer? Or the furor if Joe Thornton had done what Quick did after the Sharks gave up a similar late-game 5-on-3 advantage that allowed the Kings to tie Game 1?
What it boils down to is being a sore loser. |
| Posted: 05/20/2013 |
| NHL Three Stars: Anderson shines in Sens’ comeback; Krug’s two-point night (Puck Daddy) |
| Zack Smith finishes off Matt Niskanen with the stinky leg drop .
No. 1 Star: Craig Anderson, Ottawa Senators
Anderson stopped 49 of 50 as the Senators staged a stunning comeback over the Pittsburgh Penguins, tying the game with less than a minute to go and winning it, 2-1 , in double overtime.
No. 2 Star: Torey Krug, Boston Bruins
Krug's second postseason game was even better than his first. He had a two-point night in the Bruins 5-2 win, scoring again and picking up an assist. His play on the goal, kicking the puck to his stick then whipping it past Henrik Lundqvist, showed some serious veteran savvy: |
| Posted: 05/19/2013 |
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| GAME STATS |
|
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
| HOME |
29 |
22 |
4 |
3 |
| AWAY |
27 |
19 |
5 |
3 |
| TOTAL |
56 |
41 |
9 |
6 |
| MAY STATS |
|
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
| HOME |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| AWAY |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| TOTAL |
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
| CENTRAL DIVISION |
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
PTS |
GF |
GA |
| CHI |
48 |
36 |
7 |
5 |
77 |
155 |
102 |
| STL |
48 |
29 |
17 |
2 |
60 |
129 |
115 |
| DET |
48 |
24 |
16 |
8 |
56 |
124 |
115 |
| CBJ |
48 |
24 |
17 |
7 |
55 |
120 |
119 |
| NSH |
48 |
16 |
23 |
9 |
41 |
111 |
139 |
| WESTERN CONFERENCE |
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
DF |
PTS |
| 1. CHI* |
48 |
36 |
7 |
5 |
53 |
77 |
| 2. ANA* |
48 |
30 |
12 |
6 |
22 |
66 |
| 3. VAN* |
48 |
26 |
15 |
7 |
6 |
59 |
| 4. STL |
48 |
29 |
17 |
2 |
14 |
60 |
| 5. LAK |
48 |
27 |
16 |
5 |
15 |
59 |
| 6. SJS |
48 |
25 |
16 |
7 |
8 |
57 |
| 7. DET |
48 |
24 |
16 |
8 |
9 |
56 |
| 8. MIN |
48 |
26 |
19 |
3 |
-5 |
55 |
| 9. CBJ |
48 |
24 |
17 |
7 |
1 |
55 |
| 10. PHX |
48 |
21 |
18 |
9 |
-6 |
51 |
| 11. DAL |
48 |
22 |
22 |
4 |
-12 |
48 |
| 12. EDM |
48 |
19 |
22 |
7 |
-9 |
45 |
| 13. CGY |
48 |
19 |
25 |
4 |
-32 |
42 |
| 14. NSH |
48 |
16 |
23 |
9 |
-28 |
41 |
| 15. COL |
48 |
16 |
25 |
7 |
-36 |
39 |
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