Archive for April, 2010
Philadelphia Flyers-New Jersey Devils Game Five: Changes Must Be Made
Posted: 22nd April 2010 by Leslie Monteiro in NHL
The mission statement of the Devils is to win a Stanley Cup every year.
This team failed to accomplish its objective since they last won it in 2003.
Maybe it's unreasonable to expect this every year, but there's no reason for this team to be one-and-done on a consistent basis.
For the third straight year, the Devils are bounced out of the first round. This time, it was the Flyers that did the ...
Flyers ôFistö New Jersey Devils, Move On To Second Round
Posted: 22nd April 2010 by Mark Ritter in NHL
When you look back on the 2009/’10 NHL regular season, no team had to face as much adversity as the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers were handicapped by a schedule that saw them play five games in nine days to start the season only to see them have to endure a five day stretch without playing another game (October 10th-15th) until October 16th.Then, after playing against the Florida Panthers on the ...
Los Angeles Kings-Vancouver Canucks: L.A. Succumbs To Vancouver’s Speed
Posted: 22nd April 2010 by Life In Hockeywood in NHL
Game 4
Canucks 6, Kings 4 Kings winger Alexander Frolov was skating in on a breakaway pass from Dustin Brown. In net was the Canucks' beleaguered captain, Roberto Luongo.
Already touched for two power-play goals, the result of this breakaway could very easily determine the outcome of, not only Game 4, by the series.
In short, Luongo needed to come up big. Luongo stopped Frolov's shot, and ...
Houston Rockets Offseason X-Files: The Truth Is Out ThereÃÂ
Posted: 22nd April 2010 by Denton Ramsey in NBA
Like agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from Chris Carter’s X-Files, NBA’s Houston general manager Daryl Morey and head coach Rick Adelman will be searching near and far to find the missing pieces to complete the “Rockets Red 2010-‘11 File” and close the case once and for all with some major offseason moves.
What moves exactly?
Well, like the many fans of X-Files episodes that used to air regularly on Fox, we ...
Interview with NHL/Rangers Analyst and Author Russ Cohen
Posted: 22nd April 2010 by Greg Caggiano in NHL
When it comes to hockey analysts, Russ Cohen is a jack of all trades. He hosts a hockey radio show on XM satellite radio, runs Sportsology , and even co-authored the ultimate book for New York Rangers fans titled, “100 Ranger Greats” , along with Adam Raider and the late John Halligan.
In this, our second interview, I asked Russ about the NHL playoffs, the upcoming draft ...
NBA Playoffs: 10 Free Agents Who Can Boost Their Stock
Posted: 22nd April 2010 by Adrian Vicente in NBA
In 2001, the diminutive Tyronn Lue was a rarely used, backup point guard out of Nebraska who had amassed just 802 minutes of NBA court time in his first three regular seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Lue continued to be a nobody through the first three rounds of the playoffs, in which he averaged just 5.8 minutes of action over 10 games.
The Lakers would win all those games, sweeping ...
Oklahoma City’s Big Night: Could It Be the Biggest Ever?
Posted: 22nd April 2010 by Casey Womack in NBA
You probably couldn't think of a bigger night for the state of Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma City Thunder will host the Los Angeles Lakers for Game Three of a first round NBA Playoff series. It is the first time the city or state has ever hosted an NBA playoff game.
On top of that, the NFL draft will also kick off in New York tonight, but will carry a lot of Oklahoma ties. ...
2010 NHL Playoffs: Three reasons why the Sharks will win Game 5
Posted: 22nd April 2010 by Phenom Jay in NHL
Game Five is upon us and the stage has been set, as the Sharks return having evening the series and making it a best of three. Every game so far has been won by one goal, and the last three stretching into OT. These two teams have played a grand total 256:37 without either side being up by 2. And although there have been some dominant stretches of play by ...
2010 NHL Playoffs: Can the San Jose Sharks Get Rid of the “Choker” Label?
Posted: 22nd April 2010 by chase ruttig in NHL
The San Jose Sharks are on the brink of another April collapse. It is a story that is all too familiar come playoff time.
The Sharks come into the playoffs after a impressive regular season only to meet a young team with hot goaltending and hungry play and get sent home early, leaving hockey experts scratching their heads after picking San Jose to win it all entering the playoffs.
Over the last ...
The Minnesota Wild’s 2010 Season in Review: Part One of Five
Posted: 22nd April 2010 by Blake Benzel in NHL
Well, I suppose it’s time.
Some might liken it to spring cleaning, when you sit on your couch, let out a long sigh and decide that it’s time to get to all of the housework that you’ve neglected over the long winter.
For me, this is a little like that.
The Wild’s season ended about a week and a half ago and, for the life of me, I just couldn’t bring myself to ...