The Rangers Head Professional Scout, Europe, Anders Hedberg, checked in from Slovakia—site of the 2011 World Ice Hockey Championships—to chat about Oscar Lindberg, the 19 year old Swedish forward acquired from the Coyotes Sunday. Though he didn’t wish to project a future NHL role on Lindberg, Hedberg did say that he expects Lindberg to play
Month: May 2011
Pekka Rinne Speaks with the Media After Returning from Vancouver
Predators’ goalie Pekka Rinne speaks on the tarmac at the Nashville Airport after returning from their 4-3 win in game five in Vancouver on Saturday night. <object width=”450″ height=”367″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/w59oR3DNb_0?fs=1&hl=en_US”></param><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”></param><param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/w59oR3DNb_0?fs=1&hl=en_US” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”450″ height=”367″ allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true”></embed></object>
Blueshirts Acquire Skelleftea’s Oscar Lindberg from Coyotes For Werek
The New York Rangers made a deal on Sunday afternoon as they acquired forward Oscar Lindberg from the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Ethan Werek. Lindberg, 19, skated in 41 games with Skelleftea in the Swedish Elite League this season, tallying 5 goals and 9 assists, along with 31 penalty minutes. He also appeared in
Rinne understands significance of Saturday’s win
Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne has been around the organization long enough to know what is a signature moment in franchise history. He knew going into Rogers Arena on Saturday that Game 5 against the Canucks was a big one because it was the first time in Predators’ history that they were facing elimination in
Ottawa Prospect Daugavins Helps Close Out Second Round AHL Series With Portland
The puck sped into the empty net and turned out the lights. There would be no tomorrow and certainly no deciding Game 7. The Portland Pirates lost 3-0 on Friday night, ending their season too soon. A team that captured the imagination and upped the expectations of its fans couldn’t pay off. Seconds after Kaspars
Nashville’s Pekka Rinne Talks After Wednesday’s Practice
Pekka Rinne’s interview after Wednesday’s practice at Bridgestone Arena (May 4).
Devs’ Anssi Salmela Scores Late Goal for Finns at World Championships
“They knew the importance of the game. They wanted to win the game as badly as we did but we played the way we wanted to and our goalie played awesome,” said Czech forward Martin Havlat. Milan Michalek and Jaromir Jagr scored for the Czechs while Ondrej Pavelec made 31 saves. Anssi Salmela scored Finland’s
Russia Grabs Second Spot at WC – Radulov and Morozov Score, Kovalchuk Registers 3 Assists
At 3:38 of the final frame, Morozov swatted a wildly bouncing puck from the top of the crease through Slovak goalie Jaroslav Halak. Importantly, Russia will carry over three points to the Qualifying Round, while third-place Slovakia enters with zero. Germany is tops in the group and will carry over six points. “It would have
Ottawa Prospect Kaspars Daugavins Notches His 6th Goal of The AHL Playoffs
With Bingo jumping out to an early 1-0 lead just three minutes into the game on a Mike Hoffman goal, the B-Sens looked to be off to a great start. But at the 8:17 mark of the first period, Luke Adam got Portland on the board to tie the game at one apiece. But ten
Canucks’ Prospects Shirokov & Rosa score power-play goals as AHL Moose beat Bulldogs, cut series lead
Sergei Shirokov knew the Manitoba Moose needed to get their power play going to continue their stalled run to the Calder Cup. Shirokov and teammate Marco Rosa did something about that Tuesday, each scoring with the man advantage in Manitoba’s 5-4 win over the Hamilton Bulldogs in American Hockey League playoff action. They were the