Ergebnisse vom 18. März 2008
Edmonton Oilers - Phoenix Coyotes 8:4
Tore: Gilbert, Gagner, Nilsson, Brodziak, Penner, Glencross(2), Stoll; Morris, Doan, Winnik, Mueller;
Ales Hemsky mit 3 Assist
Ergebnisse 2007/2008
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Ergebnisse vom 20. März 2008
Calgary Flames - Colorado Avalanche 2:1
Tore: Langkow, Conroy; Guite;
Fight: Vandermeer vs. Laperierre ;Sehr wichtiger Sieg für die Flames zu Beginn der Northwest Division Battle. Die nächsten 7 Games noch gegen Division Rivals, das wird ein knochenharter Job.
Aber da die Predators wieder verloren haben und die Flames nun 6 Punkte Vorsprung und 1 Game in hand halten, bin ich sehr zuversichtlich dass wir es schaffen. Auch die Canucks, Wild und Avalanche können es alle schaffen, wenn die Preds nicht eine tolle Serie hinlegen. Dann wäre 4 der Nortwest Division in den Playoffs
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Los Angeles Kings - San Jose Sharks 1:2
Tore: Visnovsky; J.Thornton, Rissmiller;Man sah dass die Sharks den Kings um mind. 2 Nummern zu groß sind. Eher fade Partie, da San Jose nur das Notwendigste tat und nicht wirklich gefordert wurde. Gute Partie von Dan Cloutier, der momentan einer der unbeliebtesten Menschen in LA sein dürfte, da er regelmässig vom eigenen Publikum ausgebuht wurde. Kleiner Tipp für alle die mal vorhaben ins Staples Center zu gehen: unbedingt einen zusätzlichen Pullover mitnehmen - es ist dort saukalt
San Jose Sharks - Dallas Stars 3:2 OT
Tore: Pavelski, J.Thornton; Morrow, Lehtinen;
Overtime: J.Thornton;
Fight: McLaren vs. Crombeen ;So stellt man sich eine NHL-Partie vor. Eine rasante Partie, krachende Checks und eine Schlägerei - kein Team blieb dem anderen etwas schuldig. Dazu noch die Entscheidung in OT bei 5 gg 3 nach ua. einem unnötigen Turco-Auszucker (4min wegen Stockschlag) - die Stimmung in der Halle war einmalig. Ein Besuch des HP Pavillon ist auf jeden Fall eine Reise wert
In dieser Form spielt San Jose um den Cup mit. -
Rookie-Stats Regular Season:
Punkte:
1 Patrick Kane CHI 72
2 Nicklas Backstrom WSH 69
3 Jonathan Toews CHI 54
3 Peter Mueller PHX 54
5 Sam Gagner EDM 49
6 Andrew Cogliano EDM 45
7 Brandon Dubinsky NYR 40
8 Tobias Enstrom ATL 38
9 Martin Hanzal PHX 35
10 Tom Gilbert EDM 33
10 Erik Johnson STL 33Tore:
1 Jonathan Toews CHI 24
2 Peter Mueller PHX 22
3 Patrick Kane CHI 21
4 Andrew Cogliano EDM 18
5 Curtis Glencross EDM 15
6 Nicklas Backstrom WSH 14
6 Brandon Dubinsky NYR 14
6 Nigel Dawes NYR 14
9 Sam Gagner EDM 13
9 Tom Gilbert EDM 13
9 David Perron STL 13
9 Daniel Carcillo PHX 13Assists:
1 Nicklas Backstrom WSH 55
2 Patrick Kane CHI 51
3 Sam Gagner EDM 36
4 Tobias Enstrom ATL 33
5 Peter Mueller PHX 32
6 Jonathan Toews CHI 30
7 Erik Johnson STL 28
8 Andrew Cogliano EDM 27
8 Martin Hanzal PHX 27
10 Brandon Dubinsky NYR 26Plus/Minus:
1 Matt Niskanen DAL 22
2 David Perron STL 16
3 Nicklas Backstrom WSH 13
3 Ville Koistinen NSH 13
4 Mike Weber BUF 12
5 Nigel Dawes NYR 11
5 Jonathan Toews CHI 11
6 Kamil Kreps FLA 10
6 Nicklas Grossman DAL 10
10 Sergei Kostitsyn MTL 9PIM:
1 Daniel Carcillo PHX 324
2 Jared Boll CBJ 226
3 Adam Burish CHI 214
4 Riley Cote PHI 202
5 David Clarkson NJD 183
6 Cody McLeod COL 120
7 Milan Lucic BOS 89
8 Brandon Dubinsky NYR 79
9 Jack Johnson LAK 76
10 Steve Downie PHI 73 -
Posted: April 11, 2008
The perils of Stanley Cup Playoffs hockey were on agonizing display Friday when Philadelphia Flyers left winger Patrick Thoresen was left writhing in agony.
Thoreson went down to block a slap shot by Washington Capitals defenseman Mike Green with the Flyers clinging to a one-goal lead early in the third period. The puck struck Thoresen between the legs with such force that after the game he was taken to a Washington hospital.
Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said Thoreson might need to have a testicle removed
"Right now we're not sure how serious it is," Holmgren said after the Flyers blew a two-goal lead en route to a crushing 5-4 defeat in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinals. "But he may need surgery. There is a chance they may have to remove one."
Thoresen's injury and the referees' decision to allow play to continue while he rolled around in pain on the ice overshadowed the stinging loss.
Green scored the game-tying goal while Thoresen was curled up in a fetal position.
"I don't know where you cross the line," Holmgren said. "It isn't like he was hit in the face."
When a player is injured on the ice, it is the referees' discretion over when to blow the whistle to stop play. In most circumstances, referees wait until the defending team gains possession of the puck.
"Clearly, the guy's in pain," Flyers left winger Riley Cote said. "It's almost like salt in the wounds. The poor guy is laying his life on the line for the boys. I knew he was hurt. It's a tough call for the refs, but it was obvious to me he wasn't just crying wolf."
While the Capitals piled on top of Green at center ice, Flyers teammates helped Thoresen off the ice. When Thoreson was brought to the trainer's room, Holmgren said there was enough swelling in the groin area to warrant a trip to the hospital.
Ignited by Green's second goal of the period, the Caps kept pressuring the Flyers and got the break they needed. With 4:32 remaining in the third period, Alexander Ovechkin intercepted a pass Flyers defenseman Lasse Kukkonen intended for teammate Jaroslav Modry.
Ovechkin, who had been held to one shot on goal until that point, strong-armed Kukkonen off the puck, waited for Flyers goalie Martin Biron to go down, and lifted a shot into the top half of the net for his first career playoff goal.
"It was one of the biggest goals of my career," Ovechkin said.
"I didn't see him," Kukkonen said of Ovechkin. "It was a bad play. I was trying to close in on him, but he's so strong."
Biron said he tried to stay with Ovechkin as long as he could.
"I tried to come out sliding a little bit and I tried to show everything I had at him and he just got it up," Biron said.
Flyers coach John Stevens said his defensemen must be more precise with their breakout passes, especially when Ovechkin is on the ice. Until Kukkonen's giveaway, the Flyers had frustrated Ovechkin by blocking four of his shots.
"He's a very opportunistic player," Stevens said. "He only needs one chance and he got his with the game on the ice. That's a play, for me, that can't happen."
Leading 4-2 entering the third period, the Flyers thought they had the Capitals right where they wanted.
But when Daniel Briere was called for high-sticking Nicklas Backstrom 5:22 into the third period -- a call Backstrom provoked by whipping his head back -- the Capitals converted on Green's first of two goals.
"It's a judgment call," said Briere, who along with Vaclav Prospal scored two goals. "It's not the referee's fault. He saw (Backstrom) snap his head back and I guess he had to call it."
Briere said the Flyers can't cry about the events that transpired in the third period because there is a series they'd like to tie up on Sunday in Game 2.
"We battled hard," Briere said. "The frustrating part is that we gave them a couple goals they didn't have to work for. People will make the point that we were up -- blah, blah, blah -- but we can't put our heads down. We can't start pointing fingers."
It's safe to say that in their pregame meetings the Flyers did not spend a lot of timing devising a plan to stop Donald Brashear, who entered the night with 101 more penalty minutes (103) than goals (2) in 49 career playoff games.
Yet there was Brashear, all alone at the side of the net, catching a deflected pass on his backhand and calmly transferring to his forehand to the first goal of the game 3:16 into the game on the Capitals' third shot.
Prospal, who began the series with six playoff goals in 42 games, tied it up five minutes later when Briere beat Brooks Laich on a faceoff. The puck wheeled its way from Scott Hartnell to Kimmo Timonen to Prospal, who ripped a shot over Cristobal Huet's glove hand.
The Caps grabbed their second lead of the game 4:08 into the second period on another goal by the fourth line. Matt Bradley beat Modry to the puck behind the Flyers net and sent a back pass to David Steckel, who beat Biron high over the glove.
The Caps had a chance to take the lead when Briere went off for slashing, but the Flyers killed the penalty. And when Briere darted from the penalty box, Mike Knuble hit him in full stride. Briere wristed the rolling puck off the far left post and behind Huet for his first goal of the night and 14th of his career at the 11:46 mark.
When Prospal took a pass from Briere and snapped a wrist shot past Huet's stick side just 33 seconds later Verizon Center fell a deathly quiet.
But the Flyers weren't done yet. Seconds after Joffrey Lupul drew an interference penalty on Matt Cooke, Briere fired a perfect cross-ice pass from Mike Richards into an open net for his second goal of the game and a 4-2 lead.
The Flyers could have put the game away when they were awarded a power play near the end of the second period, but they came up empty and the Caps responded in a big way.
"It's a game we would have liked to have, but it's still Game 1 and it's going to be a long series," Lupul said. "It's not devastating by any stretch. Obviously we would have liked to play better in the third and held onto the lead, but it wasn't to be and we'll refocus and be ready for Sunday."ouou das ist bitter für thoresen
wünsche ihm gute besserung. zum kinder machen wirds hoffentlich noch reichen -
hab mir die zusammenfassung auf nhl.com angesehen. für mich unverständlich dass die refs nicht abgepfiffen haben..