Monthly Archives: March 2008

Pronger suspended 8 games.

Chris Pronger had no comment Friday about stepping on the shin of Vancouver’s Ryan Kesler. He sure had one (per the Associated Press) on Saturday:“There is not a place for these types of instances in our game.” The NHL suspended … Continue reading

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Pronger suspended 8 games.

Chris Pronger had no comment Friday about stepping on the shin of Vancouver’s Ryan Kesler. He sure had one (per the Associated Press) on Saturday: “There is not a place for these types of instances in our game.” The NHL … Continue reading

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Does home-ice advantage matter in the Stanley Cup playoffs?

I asked Todd Marchant this after the Vancouver win.

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Notes from the victory; a mini-rant; playoff standings update.

The Ducks had never won eight straight at ArrowHonda PondCenter before Wednesday night, Jonas Hiller had never gotten an assist, and Roberto Luongo never looked so bad. OK, maybe once or twice while I wasn’t looking.

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Team picture day; playoff standings update

Corey Perry and Ryan Carter were in the building today. That can only mean one thing: Team picture day! Good thing they waited until after the trade deadline to schedule the photo shoot, lest Ilya Bryzgalov, Andy McDonald, Mark Mowers, … Continue reading

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New-look Ducks; playoff standings update

It was strange not seeing Corey Perry out there with Ryan Getzlaf at Anaheim Ice today.

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Playoff standings update.

Tough break for the Ducks last night: Dallas lost, but they couldn’t gain ground because of their own 3-0 loss in Chicago. San Jose has moved up to the 4th spot in the conference standings which — if the playoffs … Continue reading

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Ebbett back to Portland; Pronger back in lineup.

Andrew Ebbett wasn’t going to play much with centers Doug Weight and Todd Marchant healthy again, so the 25-year-old goes back to Portland to get some playing time. Chris Pronger is back with the football-style face guard he’d been wearing … Continue reading

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Playoff standings update.

1. DETROIT: 43-18-6; 92 points; 122 possible points; 15 games left (10 at home) 2. DALLAS: 41-23-5; 87 points; 113 possible points; 13 games left (7 at home) 3. MINNESOTA: 37-25-5; 79 points; 109 possible points; 15 games left (7 … Continue reading

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What do Scott Niedermayer and I have in common?

We’d both forgotten about this.

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