What you missed last night while you eating at olive garden with your girlfriend's friends

Penguins beat the Red Wings, 2-1 (series tied 3-3): Why I am happy with this result? Because there will be a game 7 and game 7s are awesome. And this particular game 7 will be on a friday night. When Draper scored that goal to cut the lead in half, I felt awful - I can't imagine how Pens fans felt.
Pavel Datsyuk must get his skates sharpened before every period. How else do explain how he can do those super tight turns and cuts (with the puck!). There was one play early in the third when he absolutely turned Crosby inside out and then fed a pass to Zetterberg. And he hardly ever gets hit... in open ice. Along the boards, well Matt Cooke got a good piece of him (no its not interference, Pierre Maguire).
Matt Cooke was impactful last night. So was Tyler Kennedy obviously. His goal was set up nicely by Ruslan Fedentanko (beating Lidstrom to a puck) and Max Talbot (with good body position along the boards). And lets not forget about Fleury's save on Cleary (perfect positioning) or Scuderi's saves at the end (he must watch Nemmy in the roller game).

I can't wait for Friday

Weekend Wrap Up OR Frost/Nixon was robbed!

Friday night I was back at my folks house, so forgetting that there was a free preview of the Center Ice Package, I got all my updates via a DVRed NHL: On the Fly on Saturday.

Zetterberg really did the most damage to the Ducks Friday night, but I really love the cherry on top (appropriate because Draper has read hair) that Kris put on the game by beating Giguere with the slap shot on a breakaway.


Am I the only one surprised by Joe Corvos cannon? He had 2. Heres the final one versus the Lightning



Saturday was Hockey Day in Canada. So for me it was Hockey Day on my Couch watching the NHL Network.
Chris Campoli and Mike Comrie were traded to the Senators on Friday and both were in uniform on Saturday afternoon. The Comrie addition gives the Senators a dynamic duo of girlfriends with Duff and Underwood. Can't wait for that CD.
Anyway, Comrie probably felt good being back and Campoli must enjoy dishing passes out to guys that can finish. However, Mr. Kovalev was back and killed penalties well and also dished:


Other Saturday games included Marty Biron dropping the ball (or puck) with this mistake that lead to Penguins win

There were Flyers highlights, like this so subtle, so sweet move from Mike "I love being shorthanded" Richards.

Quite possibly the worst D-to-D pass ever.

Is the Nashville/St. Louis "Rivalry" the lowest scoring rivalry in history. God, even the "highlights" from the game are boring: Kick save from Rinne... Onto the 2nd period, great breakout pass to Tckachuk... and a goal... Onto other action from Saturday.

Jimmy Howard is NOT NHL ready. How much more "rest" does Osgood need?
At least t2MA! man crush Owen Nolan scored by simply crashing the net.


Johnny Toews and the Snake Bitten Weekend:




NBC could have renamed "Game of the Week" to "The Ovechkin Show"
Enjoy:







What did I miss?

-Bress

What you missed last night while you were trying to stretch your hamstrings

Red Wings beat the Blues in the shoot-out, 4-3: There has been better goaltending in pewee games. Kris Draper played his thousandth game and is 20 shy of playing 1,000 with just the Red Wings. Has there ever been a more retrospective one-sided trade? The man was officially traded for "future considerations" which eventually amounted to $1 (canadien or US, I'm not sure). The man is everything a hockey player should be and has been integral in all Red Wing cups since his arrival (this could be an entire post, so I'll stop now). I was dissapointed that Datsyuk tried a different move in the shoot-out. Even if the goalie knows that the backhand toey is coming, it still works.

Avalanche win over the Flames, 4-3: Svatos had 2. The second was sneaky impressive. Analysts like to say that he outmuscled Dion Phaneuf to tip in McLeod's centering pass. Actually, he got the correct body positioning first and thats the only reason he could "outmuscle" Dion. The play to get that positioning actually started in the neutral zone where Svatos appeared to take the long way to the net, as soon as Dion turned his hips, Marek cut to the inside (with his stick on the ice!) and the rest is history.

Ducks beat the Sabres, 3-2: How long have the Sabres been on this road trip? I feel like it started in 2008. Anyway Craig Rivet had a goal and 12 PIMs. Solid fantast night.