The Dallas Stars opened their first road game series at Winnipeg tonight, where they toppled the Jets 4-1 behind the incredible play of Tyler Seguin. Seguin, looking comfortable on the first line with Stars’ captain Jamie Benn and former Boston teammate Rich Peverley, was the key to tonight’s victory. The second overall pick from 2010, looking more like his rookie self, had two goals and two assists against Ondrej Pavalec and the sloppy Jets.
What was even more impressive was Dallas’ tenacious defense and goaltending. Kari Lehtonen started in goal for the Stars and stopped 21 shots before being injured. Veteran Dan Ellis was able to hold off another 23 shots from the Jets. Ellis couldn’t finish the shutout, however, the lone Jets goal was scored in the third period off the stick of Blake Wheeler.
Game Recap:
First Period
(9:32) DAL Goal PP A. Chiasson, ASST: T. Seguin, S. Gonchar
(12:09) DAL Goal T. Seguin, ASST: R. Peverley, J. Benn
(16:35) DAL Goal J. Benn, ASST: B. Dillon, T. Seguin
Second Period
(5:10) DAL Goal PP T. Seguin, ASST: J. Benn, A. Chiasson
Third Period
(5:35) WPG PP B. Wheeler, ASST: D. Byfuglien, T. Enstrom
The Stars hope to finish their Central Division conquest by beating the Minnesota Wild and the undefeated Colorado Avalanche on the road before returning home to the American Airlines Center to face their former division foe, the San Jose Sharks.
By Jen D’Amico
The Ducks skated onto home ice Thursday night with a deafening cheer from a sellout crowd of 17,179 to welcome veteran Teemu Selanne back to the Honda Center for his last season. The Ducks ruffled their feathers big enough to pull off a 6-0 win against the New York Rangers with a large effort by Ducks newcomer Jakob Silfverberg. He has pulled of an impressive 4 goals in 4 games, being only the third player in club history to do so.
“You want to build up a lot of confidence at the start of the season,” Silfverberg said. “We’ve been playing great as a team, and I’ve been fortunate enough to put in some goals. That always helps.”
The Ducks were on the board early by Captain Ryan Getzlaf at 5:06 into the game. One minute later, Ducks Maroon dropped gloves and helmets with Rangers newcomer Arron Asham to put the new helmet rule to the test, receiving the new extra 2 minute penalty. Asham is no stranger to fighting, receiving a four game suspension in the 2012 quarterfinals for a retaliatory right hook to Flyers Brayden Schenn. Silfverberg took the lead to 2-0 with his impressive third goal of the season, and a follow up wrist shot over the shoulder of Rangers goalie Lundqvist minutes later by Winnick to make it 3-0. The period doesn’t end without more excitement of a 4 minute power play for the Ducks due to instigating and misconduct penalty by the Rangers Dorsett.
The Ducks best their first period goal with an Selanne off-the-post assist to Silfverberg at 1:27 into the second. The few attempts by the Rangers on scoring are shutdown in a big way by Hiller, stopping 14 shots on goal in the second period. Saku Koivu scores his first of the night to bring the Ducks to a staggering 5 point lead. Penner, replacing Bobby Ryan on the top line, scores the last in the second to bring the score to 6-0, his first goal with the Ducks since Game 4 against Ottawa in 2007.
Bryan Allen snags some quality box time for a slashing penalty early in the third. The boys tallied 16 PIMs this game, but were able to kill each one, something they have struggled with this season.
“I don’t think it’s been good, but we’ve lost some face-offs, and the puck’s been in our net in five seconds,” Boudreau said following their Wednesday night practice. “Tips, redirects, hitting skates make the numbers look bad, but I think we’re getting better at it.
“If we can continue on this trend, we’ll go on a little roll where we’ll kill a lot.”
Another scuffle as Dorsett is at it again with some help this time from Rangers Dominic Moore, teaming up against Corey Perry. The Ducks end up with a 5-on-3 benefit, but are unable to get one in the net. It ends in a 6-0 Ducks victory, the largest margin in a home opener for the Ducks.
The Rangers couldn’t seem to shake the disappointment from their previous night 9-2 loss in San Jose. They were missing forward Rick Nash who was injured in a 3-game suspension hit by Sharks Defenseman Brad Stuart on Tuesday. Racking up an impressive 34 penalty minutes, the Ducks definitely benefited from their overall vulnerability. This is the only game the two will match up all season, so there will be no chance at redemption for the bruised Rangers.
The Ducks look to add to their 3 game winning streak when they play the Ottawa Senators, and face former teammate Bobby Ryan, Sunday at 5:00 P.M.
Here at the Pink Puck, we have equal hockey love, but we haven’t been giving enough attention to our American Hockey League fans in terms of Team Look of the Week. This week we’re featuring the LA Kings affiliate Manchester Monarchs and it’s all thanks to this reader email from Lisa in Portsmouth, NH:
Hi,
I’m a huge fan of the fashion related posts on your site, but I’m not an NHL fan. I grew up in Manchester and live in Portsmouth with my family, you always have great AHL content but you never feature the AHL in your fashion pieces. I’ll be spending a good chunk of the season cheering on my home team, the Manchester Monarchs. Could you ladies do a team look of the week for them at some point this season?
Keep up the good work,
Lisa
We bring you Team Look of the Week, AHL Edition: Manchester Monarchs, as always, mix and match the concept with your team of choice, love the Worcester Sharks, sub in a great white t-shirt, think the Abbotsford Heat are the best, go with a flame theme. Or if you’d like to wear team associated apparel instead, mix that in. The Monarchs have a few cute t-shirt and sweatshirt options in their women’s store.
In the Northeast, jeans and boots are a hockey staple, but adding a boot that compliments your teams color scheme is a safe bet. We chose a grey ankle boot and dark wash skinny jeans. A roaring lion tank top shows team spirit, but the purple scarf and grey sweatshirt jacket will help keep you warm at the rink. The Monarchs are all about royalty, so adding a lion ring or bracelet is another simple way to show your team pride without rocking a jersey. These are just guidelines, make the look your own. Even if you aren’t wearing pink, you can still rock the rink!
For us, pumpkin season is a year-round celebration, seriously pumpkin flavored anything for the win. For the rest of the world, pumpkin becomes the go-to flavor once fall creeps into summer and the leaves start to turn. It doesn’t matter what time of year, smoothies are one of our favorite choices before and often after a game. We decided to combine our love for smoothies and our undying devotion to pumpkin into a sweet, protein filled treat. We bring you…
Pumpkin Spice Protein Smoothie
Serves 2
1 cup Almond, Coconut, or regular Milk (we usually use Coconut)
1 scoop Vanilla Protein Powder (We love Vega and SunWarrior)
1/2 can Canned Pumpkin (Not Pumpkin pie mix, plain canned pumpkin)
1/2 Banana
1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
1/8 tsp Ginger
3/4 tsp Sweetener (Honey, Agave)
2-3 Ice Cubes
Mix all of the above in a blender until well combined, enjoy!
In a battle of the undefeated, the Bruins played host to the Avalanche in their first game since going 2-0 on the season. The Avalanche skated into the Garden riding a 3-0 win streak and left riding 4. With many teams in the league skating a consistent game schedule, the Bruins were faced with four straight non-game days prior to hitting the ice. The game proved to be an exciting pace -perhaps unexpected for those unfamiliar with the west coast team.
That pace and talent may come as a surprise throughout the league as Colorado is already making an Avalanche early in the season. The team has allowed only three goals in their last four games, a statistic that is greatly accredited to their goaltender Jean-Sebastian Giguere. Giguere has been outstanding between the pipes, blanking Boston’s 39 shots on goal last night alone. Despite a stellar performance, nabbing him the second star of the game, Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask faced 30 shots, allowing a power play goal at 19:20 of the first, R. O’Reilly (2) Tip-in – ASST: A. Benoit (1), M. Duchene (2). The second goal on the game came at 19:34 of the third on an open net, EN – M. Duchene (2) Wrist shot – ASST: NONE.
Despite continued effort from the black and gold, it was Colorado’s goaltender that lead his team to a 2-0 victory, making save after save to the frustrations of both Boston players and their fans.
“I think he’s a great goalie,” said Bruins Bergeron on Giguere. “It’s been a while since I’ve seen him because he was out west. But I thought he was really good tonight.”
With Colorado scoring their first goal on a power play, the penalty summer on the night for both teams was a lengthy one. Which included a 10-minute game misconduct for Bruins Milan Lucic after a scuffle and shove with Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog.
After continually capitalizing on power play opportunities in their two prior games, the chances just didn’t come for Boston, however, that doesn’t mean that the team showcased a lack in effort though.
“I think it’s the same as what I just said; our power play was good again tonight,” lamented Bruins Head Coach Claude Julien. “We had some shots and the goaltender made some saves and there was some loose pucks around the net. Our guys were over there but couldn’t jump on those and capitalize. So I’m certainly not disappointed in our power play tonight either; we had our chances, we had shots and we had scoring chances on that so it’s just a matter, again, of not being able to score.”
PENALTY SUMMARY
| 1ST PERIOD |
| 01:56 |
COL |
J. McGinn Interference on goalkeeper against T. Rask |
| 13:22 |
COL |
T. Barrie Holding against D. Paille |
| 16:56 |
BOS |
Z. Chara Cross checking against M. Duchene |
| 16:56 |
COL |
S. Downie Unsportsmanlike conduct against Z. Chara |
| 18:54 |
BOS |
D. Krejci Hooking against M. Duchene |
| 2ND PERIOD |
| 04:12 |
BOS |
J. Boychuk Delaying Game-Puck over glass |
| 08:15 |
COL |
P. Bordeleau Fighting (maj) against S. Thornton |
| 08:15 |
BOS |
S. Thornton Fighting (maj) against P. Bordeleau |
| 13:11 |
BOS |
J. Caron Holding against G. Landeskog |
| 19:09 |
BOS |
M. Lucic Misconduct (10 min) against G. Landeskog |
| 19:09 |
BOS |
M. Lucic Roughing against G. Landeskog |
| 19:09 |
BOS |
J. Iginla Roughing against P. Parenteau |
| 19:09 |
COL |
G. Landeskog Roughing against M. Lucic |
| 19:09 |
COL |
P. Parenteau Roughing against J. Iginla |
| 3RD PERIOD |
| 08:17 |
BOS |
P. Bergeron Tripping against M. Duchene |
| 11:20 |
COL |
P. Parenteau Hooking against L. Eriksson |
| 11:20 |
BOS |
L. Eriksson Unsportsmanlike conduct |
| 11:56 |
COL |
G. Landeskog Hooking against D. Krejci |
Dwelling on the success of the team thus far won’t drive a team further, a fact that isn’t going unnoticed by Colorado’s core.
“I think every game’s been a little different,” said Avalanche forward Ryan O’Reilly. “You know playing the Bruins – obviously a big strong team that plays hard. It was kind of like a playoff game tonight, both goalies played great. Our power play – good opportunity there that we took advantage of and our penalty kill is really great. So obviously it was a great win for us, but it’s on to the next one now.”
Tomorrow night the Avalanche will look to push their undefeated streak to 5 in Washington when they take on Alexander Ovechkin and his team at 7 p.m. While the Bruins will travel and face the Columbus Blue Jackets and former Bruin Nathan Horton also a 7 p.m. contest.
Game Night Photo Album
We posted earlier this week about the NHL and Hockey Fights Cancer, the article can be read here. Tonight the Calgary Flames will look to do their part when they face off against the New Jersey Devils.
Per the Flames: “CALGARY, AB – The Calgary Flames celebrates Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness Night when the Flames face off against the New Jersey Devils tonight.
The Flames will support this NHL initiative with the proceeds from the Flames Foundation for Life’s 50-50 raffle sales directed to Hockey Fights Cancer. Proceeds from the sales of Hockey Fights Cancer apparel available in FanAttic stores during October will also be directed to Hockey Fights Cancer.
In support of Hockey Fights Cancer select players will sport lavender-coloured tape on their sticks. As part of a new NHL initiative, teams will have their captain, assistant captains, starting goaltender and two other players use lavender taped sticks in-game. Following the game these sticks will be available for auction on NHL.com by MeiGray from mid-October through November 2013. All NHL players will wear a Hockey Fights Cancer decal on their helmets during games in October.
The Flames will also have a pre-game ceremonial puck drop take place with a youth participant from the Alberta Children’s Hospital.
Lavender, which represents awareness for all cancers, continues to be the designated color for the initiative and will be worn by the hockey community throughout October.
Hockey Fights Cancer is an initiative founded in December 1998 by the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association to raise money and awareness for hockey’s most important fight. To date, through the NHL’s US and Canadian charitable foundations, more than $12.8 million has been raised under the Hockey Fights Cancer initiative to support national and local cancer research institutions, children’s hospitals, player charities and local cancer organizations.”
Patrick Marleau is the most definitive Shark around, not named Joe Thornton. The veteran still has blazing speed and is a natural goal scorer. His celebrity look-a-like, Kyle Chandler (a veteran in his own right), is best known for his Emmy winning performance on the TV show, Friday Night Lights, and has been in many films including King Kong and Argo.
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In front of a Bolts sellout crowd of 19,204, the Lightning had an impressive home opener beating cross-state and division rivals, the Florida Panthers in a 7-2 win. The game, which saw not only their new captain opening the scoring, but Steven Stamkos snapping his three-game scoring skid with a hat trick.
The scoring was opened with Martin St. Louis scoring at 8:13 to set off the Tesla coils and bring Lightning fans to their feet. The new captain was assisted by alternate captain Steven Stamkos and Teddy Purcell, who got his first point of the 2013-2014 season. With Richard Panik in the box for high-sticking, Panthers fans were hopeful that they were going to tie up the score before the period was over, but instead Steven Stamkos scored a short-handed goal, scoring his first of the season with the help of St. Louis and Victor Hedman. 2-0 Tampa Bay at the end of the first.
A bounce off the boards and a tie up around the net led to Brad Boyes putting the Panthers on the board 0:59 seconds into the middle frame. The power play goal was Boyes second goal of the season, he was assisted by Brian Campbell and Thomas Fleischman. With the lead cut in half, tensions were on high as the team’s fighter, BJ Crombeen dropped the gloves against the twenty-one year old Eric Gudbranson. Both received five minutes for fighting. At 11:39 Steven Stamkos got his second of the night with assists from alternate captain Matt Carle and Ryan Malone. Four minutes lataer, Ondrej Palat netted his first of the season, giving Alex Killorn his first assist of the season. A surprise second assist went to goalie Ben Bishop.
Once again, the Panthers opened period scoring at 3:48 in the third with a goal by the young Jonathan Huberdeau, his first of the season with Scott Gomez and Kris Versteeg both getting their first assists of the season. The next two goals came by newest member of the team, and fast crowd favourite, Valtteri Filppula. at 6:38 and 9:14 the Finn shot a wrister and a backhander against Panthers goalie Jacob Markstrom. The fans were fired up with the 6-2 lead, so when Steven Stamkos hit the back of the net for the third time of the night the Forum could of easily been the loudest house in the NHL.
It the was Markham, Ontario native’s sixth career hat trick, and first with three different types of goals. Stamkos scored a short-handed, power-play, and even-strength. This was only trumped by Mario Lemieux’s addition of a penalty shot and open-net goal scored on December 21, 1988. Stamkos ended the night with four points!
Fans had a tough time choosing their three stars out of the team’s five game stars including Teddy Purcell with three assists and a +2 rating on the night and Alex Killorn with 2 assists and two shots on the night.
THREE STARS OF THE GAME
| 1ST PERIOD |
| 08:13 |
TBL |
M. St Louis (2) Wrist shot – ASST: S. Stamkos (3), T. Purcell (1) |
1 – 0 TBL |
|
| 13:54 |
TBL |
SHG – S. Stamkos (1) Tip-in – ASST: M. St Louis (3), V. Hedman (2) |
2 – 0 TBL |
|
| 2ND PERIOD |
| 00:59 |
FLA |
PPG – B. Boyes (2) Wrist shot – ASST: B. Campbell (4), T. Fleischmann (2) |
2 – 1 TBL |
|
| 11:39 |
TBL |
S. Stamkos (2) Wrist shot – ASST: M. Carle (2), R. Malone (2) |
3 – 1 TBL |
|
| 15:51 |
TBL |
O. Palat (1) Slapshot – ASST: A. Killorn (2), B. Bishop (1) |
4 – 1 TBL |
|
| 3RD PERIOD |
| 03:48 |
FLA |
J. Huberdeau (1) Wrist shot – ASST: S. Gomez (1), K. Versteeg (1) |
4 – 2 TBL |
|
| 06:38 |
TBL |
PPG – V. Filppula (2) Wrist shot – ASST: M. Carle (3), A. Killorn (3) |
5 – 2 TBL |
|
| 09:14 |
TBL |
V. Filppula (3) Backhand shot – ASST: T. Purcell (2), S. Salo (1) |
6 – 2 TBL |
|
| 12:25 |
TBL |
PPG – S. Stamkos (3) Slapshot – ASST: S. Salo (2), T. Purcell (3) |
The Panthers play the Pittsburgh Penguins Friday, October 11th at 1930 hrs (7:30 PM) on FoxSports South, Root, GCL, and Centre Ice. This will be the team’s season opener.
The Panthers are hoping to end their three game losing streak in their home opener against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday, October 11th. With only 225 tickets remaining for the game, the Panthers are hoping to have a sell-out.
Pittsburgh then moves on to Tampa on Saturday, October 12th at 1900 hrs (7PM) on SunSport, Root, GCL, and Centre Ice
The Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Governor of Florida Rick Scott have announced the inception of the Governor’s Cup, an annual competition between the two Florida NHL clubs. The tournament was created with the goal of growing the sport of hockey in Florida, while supporting both teams’ youth hockey programs. After the last matchup of the season, the winning team will be awarded the Governor’s Cup and both teams will make a contribution to their opponent’s youth program.
Under the new alignment, the division rivals will only face each other for four games as opposed to the six games previously played between intra-divisional teams. In this inaugural season of the Governor’s Cup, the schedule will be as follows:
Thursday, Oct. 10, Panthers at Lightning, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 27, Lightning at Panthers, 5 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 23, Lightning at Panthers, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 13, Panthers at Lightning, 7:30 p.m.
The first game of the series took place last night at Tampa’s home opener where the Lightning won by a commanding score of 7-2. In the race for the Governor’s Cup the Tampa Bay Lightning now hold two points. The point system for the Cup works much like points in the NHL; two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss, and no points are earned for a loss in regulation. Should a tie occur, the winner of the Cup will be determined by goal differential.
While the Lightning franchise has had more success than that of the Panthers, Florida dominates the series record between them. It should be interesting to see if this holds true with the added motivation of the Governor’s Cup.
Governor Scott described the creation of the tournament as “Great news for Florida hockey.” He further stated, “This competition is an excellent way to highlight the opportunities that Floridians, and our visitors, have to enjoy all of the wonderful activities that our state has to offer.”
Both teams expressed their excitement to be working with each other and alongside Governor Scott towards the common goal of growing hockey in Florida, adding a new level of passion for each fan base, and enriching the youth programs.
As a Florida hockey fan who has wished to see the sport thrive here for a very long time, I am personally hoping the series will accomplish what it aims to do and grow the popularity of hockey within the state. Currently, the animosity between Florida and Tampa is minimal and it remains to be seen whether or not the Governor’s Cup will ignite a spark between them. Some fans will probably view the tournament as a bit gimmicky (there will be an official logo and coverage from television to radio to social media and more), but the real winners of an initiative like this will be the children with big hockey dreams.
I have worked with the Panthers youth hockey program here. From mite to midget, these kids have such a love for the sport, you would not believe they walk out of the rink into 90 degree weather. Where other children grow up with the chance to play on ponds in their backyards and hockey is a way of life, Florida youth players have to discover the sport in a completely different environment. I think in the end it means the players who stick with it have a devotion to the game stronger than most would give them credit for. It would be impossible to watch the youth program here and not see a cultivation of love for hockey.
The youth leagues may be the very best place of all to fuel a passion for this incredible sport here in Florida. And I sincerely hope to see that passion grow.
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