NHL Capsules

Game 4 - Penguins 3, Senators 1; Get out the brooms

Confluence of the Three Rivers posted 4/17/2008 from mvn.com

Give the Ottawa Senators credit, they threw everything but the Canadian kitchen sink at the Penguins tonight. The Sens may have only had 22 shots on net, but they were around the net all night long with numerous scoring opportunities, whether the official scorer gave them credit for all of them or not.

Penguins Complete Sweep, Advance to Round 2

NHLPens posted 4/17/2008 from nhlpens.com

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 3-1 on Wednesday night to complete a 4-game series sweep and became the first team to advance to round two of the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs. For the Penguins it was sweet redemption for last year’s early exit in in the first round of the playoffs courtesy of these same Ottawa Senators. This season, a more experienced, complete and confident ...

A Team Has Moved On

Sportsmaniac77 posted 4/17/2008 from mvn.com

It will be a slow work day in tomorrow in Ottawa. Their hockey team was bounced out of the playoffs in the first round. Sidney Crosby and the rest of the Pittsburgh Penguins redeemed themselves from their 1st round exit last year. The Senators were the ones to bounce them out in five games. In the city that never sleeps, the Rangers are one game from moving to the Conference Semi-Finals. In the...

Seattle & Victoria Vacation

seanramblings posted 4/17/2008 from seanramblings.blogspot.com

While on vacation last week in Seattle and Victoria, British Columbia, I received the Globe and Mail, "Canada’s National Newspaper," in our Victoria hotel room, which included predictions by the paper’s hockey experts. Roy MacGregor deserves credit for predicting that the Ottawa Senators would defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins in seven games. Wonderful selection!

The Senators' senator

FanHouse found this 4/17/2008 on mirtle.blogspot.com

Well, that didn't work, did it? Note how he wears his chinstrap like a hockey player, which is why the helmet's rocking around like Marty Brodeur's and pulling the mike away from his face. And I love that he has his script written on his shield. ...