2011 IIHF Gold Medalist Anssi Salmela of Avangard Omsk scores his first career KHL goal.
Month: September 2011
Preds’ Rinne Talks Bad Ice and The Vezina
Via Dmitri Chesnokov, Puck Daddy Blog – Yahoo! Sports The Nashville Predators played in the inaugural The Baltimore Hockey Classic against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night; an event held to promote hockey in Baltimore, the city that once hosted an AHL team. There are quite a few hockey fans who live in Baltimore and
Prospect Grigorenko Flamboyant On The Ice, Quiet Life
Alain Bergeron, Canoe.ca September 15, 2011 Note: The article below is the English translation of the original article. Click HERE to view the original article. Humble and reserved, amateur film and video games, the player most prominent of the Quebec Remparts is happy to see her mother come live with him. The head coach of
NHL Prospect Mikhail Grigorenko Helps Remparts Record 1st Win of The Season, Assists Twice
Serge Poulin, Prohockeynews.com September 18, 2011 After finding themselves losing their first three attempts, the Quebec Remparts had to play against one of two undefeated teams on Sunday afternoon, the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (the other was the Victoriaville Tigres). Having already faced the Blainville-Boisbriand once (losing 4-2) Quebec played on the road for the first time
Kovalchuk Reflects On Lokomotiv Tragedy, Sets Sights On Playoffs
Via Richard Chere of The Star Ledger The tragedy of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash on Sept. 7 still weighs on the mind of Devils winger Ilya Kovalchuk. He lost friends, former teammates and peers. “That’s a tragedy. Very sad. You can’t really say much,” Kovalchuk said today at the Prudential Center in Newark. “I
Khabibulin Humbled By Experience
Jim Matheson, Yahoo! Sports September 13, 2011 Edmonton Oilers’ goalie Nikolai Khabibulin says his incarceration at the Tent City in Arizona for drunk driving earlier this summer was a sobering experience, something he’s very glad is over with as he tries to rebound from last year’s miserable season. “I’m not going to lie … it
Rundblad ‘ready to try’:The young Swede may be short on bold statements, but not talent
From Allen Panzieri of The Ottawa Citizen If David Rundblad’s outstanding 2010-1011 season in the Swedish Elite League hadn’t already been shouted out from on high, making him one of the top rookies to watch this fall, you’d have a bit of trouble finding it out from him. In an age when professional athletes are
ESPN’s Pierre LeBrun Talks Trapezoid With Vezina Candidate Pekka Rinne
As the season is almost near and the preseason is just around the corner, ESPN’s Pierre LeBrun sits down with 2011 Vezina & Hart candidate Pekka Rinne and chats about that pesky trapezoid.
NHL.com Ranks Rinne as Top Fantasy Goalie Going Into 11-12 Season
It’s never easy determining when to select your first goaltender in a draft. Is it worth risking not having an elite goal-scorer on your squad to lock up one of the best goalies? Do you wait until the middle rounds to take your first goalkeeper and hope to get lucky with a high-risk, high-reward guy
Kovy and Ovi Hold Second Annual Charity Game To Benefit Kids In Need
Via RT.com There was a feast of hockey talent on the ice in Moscow last night. Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin and the New Jersey Devils Ilya Kovalchuk led two teams packed with celebrities. The charity game raised over $ 500,000 for a Russian orphanage. The line-ups comprised several high-profile officials including presidential aide Arkady