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The NHL is trying to crackdown on unnecessary blows to the head.
The NHL's Senior Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations, Colin Campbell, had the following memo, obtained by TSN, posted in every NHL dressing room on Friday.
"Recently, we have had two (2) supplemental discipline incidents involving direct elbow blows to the head. This is a play that we have been trying to remove from our game for a number of years. In one case there was no injury and in the other incident the elbowed Player received a concus
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flyers on 11/13/2008 - 02:08 PM
UNIONDALE, N.Y. - The end of the Philadelphia Flyers' three-game losing streak might prove to be the least significant development in their win over the New York Islanders.
The talk after the 3-1 victory Tuesday revolved around two big problems: the latest injury to star centre Danny Briere and the benching of fellow forward Scott Hartnell by coach John Stevens for the entire third period.
With former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on hand for the Veterans Day matinee, Briere staked the Flyers to a 1-0 advantage
General managers will have one extra day to make NHL trades. The league said yesterday it has pushed the trade deadline back to March 4. A high volume of games forced the switch. There are 12 games on the schedule March 3 and only two March 4. The league and NHL Players' Association agreed on the change.
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on 10/18/2008 - 10:52 AM
Wayne Gretzky's club is not happy after last night's ugly loss in O town. Losing to a team that's not even anticipated to be in the playoff hunt come February is pretty brutal. Look at Captain Shane Doan to take this one on the chin, even though Goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov completely shit the sheets last night. Letting in no less than 4 softies, not many teams can get anything going down 4 early.
Expect Phoenix to put the beating meant for Ottawa on Koivu and the rest of the goof troop tonite @ the Bell Centre. A soft Euro team c
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on 10/12/2008 - 03:54 PM
Jokinen and the boys put a beating on a Blue Jacket team that took 7 penalties last night at the Job. Peter Mueller got the game winner late in the first and Ilya Bryzgalov made 28 saves in a 3-1 pumping of the BJ's.
Tonite the Coyotes focus their attention on Pac division rival Anaheim, who are coming off a 4-0 loss Friday. Expect this game to be tighter played with less special team appearances. Bryzgalov and Giguere will duel out on another low scoring affair.
Posted by provopete on 11/17/2008 - 05:25 PMThe NHL is trying to crackdown on unnecessary blows to the head.