First off, I want to start out by saying the hockey world lost a great man last week. Pat Quinn, one of the true hockey greats died last week here in Vancouver. I could go on and on and on about what Pat Quinn did with his career from player to coach to General Manager to owner but I won't. I chose to focus on a few great clips of Quinn throughout his career. Below you can check out the Vancouver Canucks beautiful tribute to "The Big Irishman", as he was affectionately called.
Hello Hockey Fans! It has been a busy week in the world of the NHL and I was so overwhelmed by the amount of stuff going on, I choose to wait a few days and write all about it today. First off, I want to start out by saying the hockey world lost a great man last week. Pat Quinn, one of the true hockey greats died last week here in Vancouver. I could go on and on and on about what Pat Quinn did with his career from player to coach to General Manager to owner but I won't. I chose to focus on a few great clips of Quinn throughout his career. Below you can check out the Vancouver Canucks beautiful tribute to "The Big Irishman", as he was affectionately called. The night that Pat Quinn died the Vancouver Canucks played against one of their biggest rivals, the Chicago Blackhawks. There was something in the air that night and it provided the the Canucks with a strong desire to win. Jannik Hansen, the Canuck Honey Badger and one of my personal favourites scored his 1st career Hat Trick. I have uploaded the video below. A couple days after Hansen's Hat Trick, the Vancouver Canucks welcomed call up Bo Horvat the NHL with a spot on the team. The media called Pat Quinn a "firm but fair" coach and needless to say those are the coaches that get remembered here in Vancouver and earn the respect of the fans. Willie Desjardins is earning the same respect from fans as Quinn did. Here is case in point why Desjardins stands out as a coach that will remain in this city for a while. "Firm but fair" indeed. We all know that New York Ranger Martin St. Louis in one of my favourite players in the NHL, and needless to say it isn't everyday you can report when a player recorded his 1,000th point. It happened Friday against the Philadelphia Flyers. To put this into perspective how hard a player has to work to get 1,000 points, just look at it this way; St. Louis was never drafted into the NHL. He completed college in Vermont, attracting some attention from NHL scouts, and in 1998 the Calgary Flames to a shot and signed him to an entry level contract. He has played most of his career with the Tampa Bay Lightning, winning the Stanley Cup in 2004. After being traded to the Rangers in 2014, St. Louis went on to win Olympic Gold in 2014 with Team Canada and continue to be an all around super star. One last thing, I want to point out that St. Louis is almost a point per game player. It took 1,083 games for St. Louis to crack 1000 points, 379 goals and 621 assists (most of those assists were probably off of Steven Stamkos goals). Below you can watch the 1.000th point unfold. Congrats St. Louis! To finish off this week in hockey, I have found some of the hockey world's favourite Pat Quinn moments. First is an elbow hit to fellow super star Bobby Orr. There really are no words to describe it, so I will let Don Cherry do the talking. Second is the time Quinn coached the 2009 Canadian World Junior team to a 5th consecutive Gold Medal win. No words are needed, it is sheer beauty. The third is the time Pat Quinn coached the 2002 Olympic Men's Hockey Team to a Gold medal for the 1st time in 50 years! I remember this game well. I was visiting my Aunt and Uncle in Los Angeles. My Grandpa was also visiting. My Uncle took the afternoon off work and we gathered around the television. My cousin Roxanne was barely one at the time and every time Canada scored we cheered so loud she got confused. The loud cheering didn't stop Roxy from becoming a hockey fan, that Canadian blood is strong. Enjoy the videos and until next time Hockey Fans X
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"Welcome to the Bakery because this game is full of turnovers." That is one of the commentators comments after a commercial break last night in Edmonton. He wasn't lying. The rink was full of turnovers and not the traditional kind with pastry and apple served warm…….and maybe ice cream. I am talking about the kind of turnover that involves losing the puck to the opposing team. Hello Good Lookin' Hockey Fans! How is everyone? What exactly is a turnover? In one sentence a turnover is: losing control of the puck to the opposing team. A team doesn't hand the opposing team the puck as a gift. Turnovers usually happen because of sloppy offensiveness, which leads to defensive brilliantness, or sloppy defensiveness and offensive brilliantness, which then leads to the puck being taken down the ice in the opposite direction is was just traveling and possibly a scoring opportunity. Last night the turnovers were freshly baked and flying high in the 2nd period, 6 goals were scored and it was nutty. Below I have uploaded Chris Higgins's goal from last night. It was a goal because of a turnover and the commentator even says "The Oilers have the puck and they keep giving it back" followed up by the other commentator saying "And it's not only the dreaded turnover." Last night's game in Edmonton also showed some smooth scoring ability by both teams. The Canucks scored 3 seconds into a power play, right off the draw. Henrik Sedin wins the face-off, gets the puck to his brother Daniel who passes the puck to a wide open Radim Vrbata. It was a beauty of a goal. Teddy Purcell of the Edmonton Oilers smashed the 3 second record and scored 2 seconds into a power play after a face-off win by Mark Arcobello. Eleven seconds later Boyd Gordon scored for the Oilers and we had a tie game. Perhaps the one of the most exciting parts of the game was a disallowed goal with 11 seconds left by David Perron, end of the 3rd period that would have tied the game and sent it to overtime. The goal was immediately waved off by the referee no questions asked. They did call head office in Toronto for the reply but a bad goal is a bad goal. Why was this goal disallowed? It was determined the goal was kicked into the net. Remember hockey fans, pucks cannot be thrown or kicked into the net. You can see an obvious kicking motion, Perron's skate contacts the puck and slides in underneath Ryan Miller. Done, over, no goal. At the end of the video I have uploaded below you can see in slow motion why the goal was disallowed and the ref waving it off. ![]() And finally hockey fans I have to point out that a Gordie Howe Hat Trick happened last night. Steven Pinizzotto fought Derek Dorsett, scored his 1st NHL goal and also assisted Boyd Gordon's goal. Below I have uploaded the fight, followed by the goal and finally Boyd's goal and we hear the commentator say assisted by Pizizzotto. Congrats Pinizzotto! May your vintage hockey style of fights and scoring lead to even more great nights in hockey. Until next time hockey fans, enjoy! The 1st Hat Trick of his NHL career means that Nino Neiderreiter is this week's Fantasy Friday!11/15/2014 ![]() Hello Hockey Fans! It is that time of year when the temperature outside is minus something and I am inside heating up talking about Good Lookin Hockey Players. The same debate as last week, player from the East or the West? Veteran or Rookie? Original 6 or Expansion? Blue Eyes or brown? Then I was flipping through Instrgram last night and found him! Ladies, let me introduce you to…. Nino Niederriter! First off I would like to start by saying congratulations to Nino Neiderreiter for scoring his 1st career Hat Trick last night. Now let's get down to business. Nino Neiderreiter was born on September 8th 1992 in Chur, Switzerland. That makes him a Virgo. He stands 6'2", weight 210 pounds, wears number 22 and plays right wing. This is Neiderriter's 4th season in the NHL. His first two seasons were spent with the New York Islanders. They drafted him in the 1st round, 5th overall in 2010. The Islanders traded Neiderretier to Minnesota for mustache sporting gritty Cal Clutterbuck in 2013. Last year Neiderreiter played 81 games with the Wild scoring 14 goals and assisting 22 others. He also showed up during the Wild's play off run scoring 3 goals and assisting 3 in 13 games. This year in only 15 games Neiderreiter has already scored 7 goals!! Neidererriter with you European grace, mad hockey skills and dark brown eyes….. I am happy to call you this week's Fantasy Friday! Ladies one last thing…….. Neiderreiter's 1st goal last night came only 7 seconds after Ryan Carter's goal. I wanted to show you Carter's goal. At first glance why should this goal count? Carter is behind the goalie plus it looks like he bats the puck in very high, which is a no in hockey. Take a closer look and you realize that players are allowed in the goalie crease. That Carter does in fact hit the puck in, with a part off his stick that is not the blade but it is still his stick so it counts. You are not allowed to kick or throw the puck into the net. Carter also does have great hand eye coordination because you are not allowed to hit the puck in above the cross bar. Point of contact with the puck must be below the cross bar for a good goal. As you can see in the side angle review the puck is indeed cross checked into the net below the cross bar making it a good goal and tying the game 1-1 for 7 seconds before Neiderreiter makes it 2-1. This Weekend's Hockey Schedule
Friday November 14th Penguins vs Maple Leafs 4:30pm Blue Jackets vs Flyers 4:00pm Devils vs Capitals 4:00pm Blackhawks vs Red Wings 4:30pm Islanders vs Panthers at 4:30pm Coyotes vs Canucks at 7:00pm Saturday November 15th Hurricanes vs Bruins at 10:00am Wild vs Stars at 11:00am Ducks vs Kings at 1:00pm Rangers vs Penguins at 4:00pm Jets vs Predators at 4:00pm Maple Leafs vs Sabres at 4:00pm Flyers vs Canadiens at 4:00pm Islanders vs Lightning at 4:00pm Avalanche vs Devils at 4:00pm Sharks vs Blue Jackets at 4:00pm Capitals vs Blues at 5:00pm Senators vs Flames at 7:00pm Sunday November 16th Jets vs Wild 2:00pm Sharks vs Hurricanes 2:00pm Canadiens vs Red Wings 4:00pm Stars vs Blackhawks 4:00pm Panthers vs Ducks 5:00pm Coyotes vs Oilers 6:00pm ![]() Hello Good Lookin Hockey Fans! During what was a long weekend for a lot of people I couldn't help but notice that the New Jersey Devils were producing a lot of great hockey highlights. First there was the great goal by Seth Griffith, Monday night. I don't even know what you would call this? "Between the legs, backwards, watch what I can do?" It was Griffith's 4th goal of the season in twelve games with the Bruins. And for your knowledge Ladies, Seth is 21, wears number 53, is a centreman, was drafted in 2012, is playing his rookie season in the NHL and is regarded as one of the top rookie prospects. ![]() If I said Wayne Gretzky with 894, Gordie Howe with 801, Brett Hull with 741, Marcel Dionne with 731, Phil Esposito with 717, Mike Gartner with 708 and Jarmoir Jagr with 708, would that mean anything to you? These men are the top scoring NHL players of all time. The only one currently playing in the NHL is Jarmoir Jagr who scored his 708th goal Monday night to tie Mike Gartner. Getting on this list doesn't come easy. A player must play for many years, sustain a high level of skill level throughout, and be a constant student of the game, always learning and adapting to the changes in the NHL. To put this into perspective, Jagr was drafted in 1990 by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Seth Griffith was born in 1993. Jagr has played 1,489 games in the NHL and Griffith has played 12. During his career Jagr has played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Dallas Stars, Boston Bruins and the New Jersey Devils but also stints with Avangard Omsk of the KHL and HC Kladno in CZE. Jagr has won two Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991 and 1992, has won the Art Ross Trophy (most points scored in a season) 5 times, Hart Memorial Trophy (awarded to the most valuable player on team) and the Ted Lindsay Award 3 times (most outstanding player of the season voted by fellow players). Jagr has assisted another 1,059 goals and scored an additional 78 goals in 202 playoff games over his career. Jagr has played so many games and has sported the mullet back when it was trendy and not something we did at Halloween to reference the 1990s. One last little fun fact about Jagr…. he is the 1st non Canadian player to crack the top 6 in goal scoring ever. ![]() And finally we all know I have a soft spot for New Jersey Devil goaltender Cory Schneider. I like to claim my son was the original Schneider fan here in Vancouver 3 years ago. Back when Schneider was back up to Roberto Luongo. Tuesday night's game ended with the Devils beating the Minnesota Wild 3-1 and it was definitely Schneider's 24 saves that helped. Four of which were insane, especially the one where he bats it out of the net just before the puck crosses the goal line and the puck continues to bounce along the goal line never actually crossing it. Remember for a goal to count it has to cross the goal line 100%. Below you can watch Schneider and his crazy saves. Until next time hockey fans, enjoy! Hello Ladies! Welcome to Fantasy Friday! This week I ran over ideas and players in my head. It was the same debate as last week, east or west, blue eyes or brown? Forward or defence? And then it hit me…. a player who was drafted by a team in the east but now plays for a team in the west. I am talking about the one and only, uber handsome, extremely talented, Stanley Cup winning Tyler Seguin! Let's break it down: Tyler Seguin: Great body, check Beautiful eyes, check Make you weak at the knees smile, check Tattoos, check That about covers it. Tyler Seguin was drafted by the Boston Bruins in 2010. Want to know how much potential the Original 6, Stanley Cup contending team thought Seguin had? Seguin went 2nd overall! The player to go 1st that year was Edmonton Oiler Taylor Hall. Seguin stands 6'1" and weight 200 pounds. Wears #91 and plays centre. Born January 31st, 1992 in Brampton, Ontario means Seguin is an ultra fun aquarius when it comes to zodiac signs. Here though is the best hockey fun fact when it comes to this adorable player: Once drafted into the Bosotn Bruins organization, Sequin did what every freshly drafted player does. Training camp, a few pre season games but then it stops. While the majority of newly drafted players are released by the team to play in leagues below the NHL to strengthen their game, Seguin continued to play for the Bruins. Out of an 82 game season Seguin played 74 games scoring 11 goals and assisting 11 others. Boston made the playoffs that year. After ousting the Montreal Canadiens in game 7 Round 1, sweeping the Philadelphia Flyers in Round 2, beating the Tamps Bay Lightning in another 7 game series in round 3 and finally winning the Stanley Cup here in Vancouver against the Canucks in the 3rd game 7 for the Bruins, Seguin had officially won a Cup in his Rookie Season. No small feat. At tender age of 19, Seguin hoisted that beautiful cup above his head. Sequin went on the play two more season with the Bruins, playing every game except for one. Then in the summer of 2013, Tyler was traded to the Dallas Stars. Although his journey with the Original 6 team the Bruins was over, his journey was just beginning in Texas. Nobody could have predicted the chemistry Sequin was going to have with Dallas Stars captain and one of Hockey Talk with Courtney's favourite players' Jamie Benn. If Benn scores a goal, Seguin probably has an assist on it and if Seguin scoes a goal, Benn probably passed him the puck. This chemistry was most definitely a factor in the Dallas Stars making the playoffs last year for the 1st time in 6 years. They were ousted by the Anaheim Ducks in 6 games but that doesn't matter. With Seguin's playoff experience, chemistry with Benn and leadership in the dressing room the Dallas Stars future looks bright and their playoff season and Stanley Cup win looks even brighter. Thank you Tyler Sequin for being so handsome and talented. Until next time hockey fans! The weekend lineup looks like this:
Friday November 7th The Edmonton Oilers vs the Buffalo Sabres The Columbus Blue Jackets vs the Carolina Hurricanes the New Jersey Devils vs the Detroit Red Wings The Washington Capitals vs the Chicago Blackhawks The Arizona Coyotes vs the Anaheim Ducks Saturday November 8th The Vancouver Canucks vs the Los Angeles Kings The Pittsburgh Penguins vs the Buffalo Sabres The Winnipeg Jets vs the Ottawa Senators The New York Rangers vs the Toronto Maple Leafs The Calgary Flames vs the Florida Panthers The Minnesota Wild vs the Montreal Canadiens The Colorado Avalanche vs the Philadelphia Flyers The Tampa Bay Lightning vs the Columbus Blue Jackets The Carolina Hurricane vs the Washington Capitals The Nashville Predators vs the St. Louis Blues The San Jose Sharks vs the Dallas Stars The New York Islanders vs the Arizona Coyotes Sunday November 9th The Vancouver Canucks vs the Anaheim Ducks The Toronto Maple Leafs ve the Ottawa Senators The Tampa Bay Lightning vs the Detroit Red Wings The Edmonton Oilers vs the New York Rangers The San Jose Sharks vs the Chicago Blackhawks What's shakin good lookin hockey fans!? Last night it felt like a million games were played in the NHL. I was at home watching the Vancouver Canucks take on the Colorado Avalanche. The game went like this: Colorado goal by John Mitchell Colorado goal by Jamie McGinn Colorado was up 2-0 at the end of the 1st period With 4 seconds left in the 2nd period Vancouver Canuck Captain Henrik Sedin scored to get on the board and that goal we shall call the game changer. The next four goals went like this: Vancouver goal by Derek Dorsett Vancouver goal by Nick Bonino Vancouver goal by Nick Bonino Vancouver goal by Shawn Matthias After the 3rd Vancouver goal the commentators started using the term, "That is 3 unanswered goals", "That makes 4 unanswered goals", "Colorado has not answered back in 5 goals" This got me thinking…. What exactly is an "Unanswered Goal?" An unanswered goal is any goal scored without the opponents scoring afterwards. You could say last night's game had a few different collections of unanswered goals. Colorado was up 2-0 which meant they had scored two unanswered goals. But the Canucks answered back with five goals. The Avalanche didn't score anymore goals after the Canucks scored so all five goals were unanswered. An unanswered goal is different then a 'game winning goal' or an 'insurance goal'. In last night's game Nick Bonino's 1st goal (3rd goal of the game) was the game winning goal. Bonino's 2nd goal (4th of the game) and Shawn Matthias's goal (5th of the game) were the insurance goals. The last two goals offered a little padding for the Canucks. Even if a team wins 1-0, that goal is considered unanswered because the opposing team couldn't answer back. Now that we have that sorted below I have written the recipe for my Homemade Bean Dip. Above you can view Shawn Matthias's goal last night and the 5th unanswered goal for Colorado. My Homemade, always delicious Bean Dip!As many of you know there are a lot of hockey games I spend watching at home. Watching games at home means great food and company. This recipe I wiped up one day when I was hungary and grabbed what I had in my cupboards. The game was on and I have no time to run to the store. It was such a hit with my company that I have to pass along the recipe to you. What you will need: 1) Measuring Cups 2) Mixer (Magic Bullet, Food Processor will work) 3) Strainer 4) Cutting Board 5) Small kitchen knife 6) Can opener Ingredients: 1) One tin White Navy Beans 7) Crackers 2) Oilve Oil 8) Olives 3) One Lemon 4) Garlic Powder 5) Paprika 6) Salt and Pepper Directions: 1) Open White Navy Beans, place in strainer and rinse. 2) Place Navy Beans in mixer and add 1/4 cup olive oil. You may need to add a little more olive oil as you go, to get it to the consistency that you want. 3) Squeeze in juice of one lemon. 4) Add 1 tsp garlic power, a few dashes of paprika and salt and pepper. Add as much or as little spice as you want. My measurements are simply a guide line. 5) Mix 6) Give a little taste test and add more spices accordingly. 7) Place in a serving bowl along with you favourite crackers and olives. I also squeeze a little more lemon juice a top the dip at the end and sprinkle with what ever green herb I have in the house for a splash of colour. 8) Enjoy the Bean Dip and the game! Until next time Hockey Fans! Below I have unloaded the 4 goals before Shawn Matthias's goal, and yes as we now know they are all unanswered! |
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