Archive for April, 2008
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April 21st, 2008 | Posted by Wicked | Category: NHL | 2 CommentsThe finalists for the Vezina Trophy for the NHL’s best goaltender have been announced. Martin Brodeur (3 time winner), Henrik Lundqvist and Evgeni Nabokov are the NHL’s 3 nominations for the historic trophy. Neither Lundqvist or Nabokov have ever been nominated for the honor as the NHL’s best goaltender, but Martin Brodeur has won the [...]
Flyers and Capitals Battle it Out – The Capitals Need to Win to Stay Alive
April 19th, 2008 | Posted by Wicked | Category: Washington Capitals | No CommentsThe Flyers have the Capitals backs up against the wall, up 3-1 in the series. Today’s game is a must win for the Capitals, and I believe that they will win today’s game. Not only that, I think they will the next game as well and even the series out at 3-3. I think this [...]
Ray Emery Will not be Back in Ottawa Next Season
April 18th, 2008 | Posted by Wicked | Category: Ottawa Senators | No CommentsOttawa Senators head coach and GM, Bryan Murray, stated that Ray Emery won’t be on the team next year. The Senators will look to trade Ray Emery during the off-season to any one who is willing to pay the price and accept the goaltender with attitude problems. Despite the attitude problems, Ray Emery is still [...]
Penguins Sweep the Ottawa Senators in 1st Round
April 16th, 2008 | Posted by Wicked | Category: nhl playoffs | No CommentsThe Ottawa Senators finished their pathetic season with a pathetic showing in their last game of the year. The Penguins swept the Ottawa Senators 4-0 in the 1st round of the NHL playoffs, winning the final game 3-1. In a pathetic showing in the playoffs, the Senators only managed to score a total of 5 [...]
How are my 2008 NHL Playoff Predictions Holding Up
April 16th, 2008 | Posted by Wicked | Category: nhl playoffs | No CommentsWe are now about half through the 1st round of the NHL 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs and I am wondering how my playoffs predictions are going so far. I got to admit, I thought my predictions would hold up a little better than they currently are, but there is still time left for most of [...]
Team Canada Roster for World Hockey Championships
April 15th, 2008 | Posted by Wicked | Category: Canada | No CommentsTeam Canada has released a 15 man roster for the World Hockey Championships. Ken Hitchcock will be the coach for the Canadian National Team, and he will have a few familiar faces on the Canadian team this year. Three Blue Jackets will play for their coach, Hitchcock, on Team Canada, including Rick Nash, Pascal Leclaire, [...]
Vanouver General Manager, Dave Nonis Fired
April 14th, 2008 | Posted by Wicked | Category: Vancouver Canucks | No CommentsDave Nonis was fired as the General Manager of the Vancouver Canucks today. Nonis was the Canucks GM for 3 years, and failed to make the playoffs in 2 of the 3 years. The one big move that Dave Nonis will be remembered for is the trade that sent Bertuzzi to Florida and brought Roberto [...]
Nashville Predators score 3 Goals in last 4 Minutes, Beat Detroit
April 14th, 2008 | Posted by Wicked | Category: Nashville Predators | No CommentsThe Nashville Predators won Game 3 against the Detroit Red Wings 5-3. The Red Wings led 2-0 and 3-2, but the Nashville offense scored 5 out of the last 6 goals of the game to win 5-3. The Predators scored 3 goals in the final 4 minutes, including the game tying goal and game winning [...]