This is a Highlight video of Game 1 of the Sabres/Senators Conference Semi Finals. Incase you missed it, it was the one of the best hockey games I’ve ever witnessed and by far the best game of the ’06 playoffs.
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5 OHL Alumni Playing For AHL’s Portland Pirates

The Portland Pirates are the AHL affiliate of the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres. This past season, 2009-10, five Ontario Hockey League alumni played for the Pirates. Despite finishing fifth in the American Hockey League during the regular season, Portland was swept in the first round of the AHL playoffs by Manchester.

Mike Weber was picked in the second round by the Sabres in 2006 draft. He has played a total of 23 games with the NHL club since entering the world of professional hockey in 2007. However, Mike played the complete 2009-10 season with the Pirates. Mike played four seasons in the OHL from 2003-04 to 2006-07. His first three seasons were played with the Windsor Spitfires while his fourth and final season was split, 30 games apiece, between the Spitfires and the Barrie Colts.

Cody McCormick played four seasons in the OHL with the Belleville Bulls from 1999-00 to 2002-03. Drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in 2001, Cody played in 190 games with the NHL

79 famous people born january 7 (actors)

200 famous people born january 7

1355 – Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. 1397)
1528 – Jeanne d’Albret, queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV
1539 – Sebastian de Covarrubias Horozco, Spanish lexicographer
1611 – James Harrington, England, political author (Commonwealth of Oceans)
1612 – Paul de La Pierre, composer
1634 – Adam Krieger, German composer
1647 – Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677)
1652 – Pavao Vitezovic, Croatia, writer/historian
1653 – Bernhard Albinus, Germany, court-physician (Frederick of Prussia)
1685 – Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company
1685 – Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (d. 1761) Read more..

Look out for Detroit, Ottawa in Stanley Cup Playoffs

History is on the side of the Red Wings, about 4-1 in a consensus of several sportsbooks odds-makers. Of 21 trips to the finals, the team has carried home the cup 10 times. The Senators, 5-1, have captured the cup only once: 1926-27.

Detroit posted the NHL’s best record, 58-16, successfully blending an aging core of players and a stellar group of youngsters. But the Red Wings must dispose of early round foes quickly so they can survive a possible grueling seven-game war in the finals.

Leader Steve Yzerman is playing like he did when the team won back-to-back cups starting in 1996-97.

His 1,300th career point in the playoffs boosted him to second all-time on the team. Experiencing his first championship, the center was third in overall playoff points. The following year, the longtime Red Wings captain, 40, led playoff scoring with 24 points.

Nicklas Lidstrom, maybe the top NHL defenseman, dominates with quick puck movement and

Blue NHL Hockey Jerseys always big in Demand

In this time when every boy wants to be the next Alexander Ovechkin or Sidney Crosby it stands to reason that Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins jerseys are flying off the shelves. However, even though the demand for current NHL sweaters is high, the market for vintage hockey jerseys is just as hot. Whether it is an oldtimer who likes to remember the glory days of the NHL, or a youngster who wants to wear something a little different than his friends hockey sweaters from defunct NHL teams are surprisingly popular.

One team like the Hartford Whalers, who truth be told, was one of the doormats of the league during its relatively brief NHL tenure, probably never sold much of its merchandise outside of its own city while the team was actually still in the league. However, more than a decade after the franchise moved to Carolina to become the Hurricanes, Whalers gear is now hotter than ever. The same can be said of franchises like the Quebec

Nhl: Red Wings At Flames Odds – 9:30Pm Est

The Detroit Red Wings and the Calgary Flames will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday night at 9:30pm EST when they battle at Pengrowth Saddledome in a game that can be seen on FOX DET. NHL hockey betting at online sportsbooks have the Red Wings listed as 115-moneyline favorites in NHL odds against the Flames while the game’s total is sitting at 5 OVER -140. Brian Rafalski scored 31 second into overtime to give the Red Wings a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday. The Red Wings won the game as -180 NHL hockey betting favorites and the five goals went UNDER the posted over/under of 5.5 at sportsbooks.

Pavel Datsyuk and Patrick Eaves scored in regulation for the Red Wings while Jimmy Howard stopped 24 shots to help Detroit win their second straight game in move into eighth place in the Western Conference standings. “It was a huge win,” said Howard after the game. “We owe Calgary after they embarrassed us in our own barn in the third

NHL Hockey Betting Lines & Tips

It’s hockey playoff season, one of the most anticipated times of year for NHL hockey fans everywhere. If you know a bit about hockey, the most talented players, how the teams play together, and the rules of hockey, you can make an income just from that.

NHL Hockey Betting – The Money Line

Initially, the most common type of betting in NHL hockey betting is most commonly practiced as something called the money line. For example, given these betting figures: Boston Bruins – 120 and Buffalo Sabres +120, the bettor sees that the Bruins are the favorite team. If you place your bet on the Bruins, you must bet 0 for ever 0 that you earn. So if you decide to make a gamble of say 0 and the Bruins actually win the game, you will collect 0 (the first 0 with an additionally earned 0).

Moreover, if you believe the Sabres might win and place your bet on them of say 0, you would win 0 (your 0 plus another

History Of NHL Jerseys

An interesting way to trace the history of the NHL is to explore the many different NHL jerseys that have evolved over the years. Today, official NHL merchandise holds its own in the sports apparel market, offering numerous colorful selections to choose from. A growing trend in the official NHL merchandise market includes the purchase of vintage NHL jerseys. This allows you to further admire the changes that this intense sport has undergone.

Amateur hockey teams flourished before 1904 until the first professional NHL league was born. Although quite popular throughout the rest of the world, especially Canada, it was the United States that first brought the sport to the professional level. Tucked away in the mining region of the Upper Peninsula in Michigan, the start of the International Pro Hockey League blossomed. Three years later, it was no more. In its place, the National Hockey Association (NHA) was established.

In 1910, there were four

Malarchuk gets throat slit and survives
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The New Favorite on the New Jersey Devils

Rookie goaltenders have had success in the Stanley Cup Playoffs before – most notably with Ken Dryden in 1971 and Patrick Roy in 1986, both leading the Montreal Canadiens to the Cup – but never before has a crop of rookie goalies dominated the playoffs like they have this season.

Of the five remaining teams in this year’s playoffs, three are led by rookie goalies and another by a first-year starter. Carolina’s Cam Ward, Buffalo’s Ryan Miller, Anaheim’s Ilya Bryzgalov, and San Jose’s Vesa Toskala have all enjoyed incredible playoff success thus far.

Seven-year veteran Dwayne Roloson of the Edmonton Oilers, who was acquired in a mid-season trade with the Minnesota Wild, is the only experienced goaltender left. I don’t think anyone would have predicted that, especially with the presence of such big-name goalies as Martin Brodeur and Miikka Kiprusoff, and other veteran backstops or NHL powerhouses like Detroit’s Manny Legace, Dallas’s Marty Turco,

Nhl: Flyers At Sabres Odds – 7:30Pm Est

The Philadelphia Flyers and the Buffalo Sabres will both be gunning for a victory on Friday at 7:30pm EST when they meet at the HSBC Arena in a game that can be seen on COMCAST or MSGB television. NHL betting odds have the Sabres listed as 120-moneyline favorites in hockey picks against the Flyers while the game’s total is sitting at 5.5 UNDER -115. The Flyers were defeated 7-4 by the Florida Panthers last time out as -140 favorites NHL odds. That game’s 11 goals sailed OVER the posted over/under of 5.5 at online sportsbooks. Danny Briere, Jeff Carter, Ville Leino, and Ryan Parent all netted a goal for the Flyers.

The Flyers had previous won five straight game before falling to the Panthers on Wednesday. “It just didn’t seem like we got our legs under us,” Philadelphia captain Mike Richards said after the game. “We made a lot of mistakes we normally wouldn’t make, gave up a lot of odd-man rushes and they capitalized on their chances. We matched

NHL Scouting Harvests Top NHL Prospects

If you want to play pro hockey, NHL Draft has to be your destination, and top nhl prospects are harvested by NHL Scouts. How is it then, that in hockey, NHL draft is just like what you’d see on Wall Street, or Bay Street? NHL Scouting for the 2010 Entry Draft brought 400 top NHL prospects from around the world to be dealt and traded like commodities. NHL Draft is relative to the stock market, as NHL scouts are to farmers, and an NHL prospect is to a farmer’s grain. Every NHL scout prides himself upon the product of his trade: Top NHL prospects. Just like the stock market, first round trading has been less than predictable in 2010.

National Hockey League Entry Draft History

National Hockey League teams used to sponsor NHL prospects without any order of fairness. Sponsorship was all based on NHL scouting and first come, first served. NHL scouts poured over what was called the Hockey Breeding Ground, primarily small town northern Ontario,