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http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/psh/ - Who am I? A diehard hockey fan. Why am I blogging? I want to. Why are you reading it? You must have gotten lost on the internet
Corey Locke of the Hartford Wolf Pack (NY Rangers AHL affiliate) is running away with the AHL scoring lead. His totals of 11 goals, 18 assists and 29 points all are league leading totals. He currently has a seven point lead over Charles Linglet of the Springfield Falcons (Edmonton ...
NHL
New York Rangers
Hartford Wolf Pack
Springfield Falcons
Edmonton Oilers
Hershey Bears
I like to write a career retrospective when any future Hall of Fame player retires. Yesterday, Brendan Shanahan announced his retirement, so here is his career retrospective.
Brendan Shanahan was born on January 23rd, 1969 in Mimico, Ontario (which became a part of Toronto as Toronto ...
NHL
Brendan Shanahan
Toronto Maple Leafs
Hall of Fame
I try to track the player who is the worst player who is playing a regular shift in the NHL. It is interesting to see what kind of player will continue to be played despite playing poorly. Early in the season it is usually a better known player, who was expected to produce and is ...
NHL
Vesa Toskala
One problem that can derail a team is injuries. When several core players get hurt simultaneously, it is very hard for a team to continue to compete at their expected level. Predictably, some of the more injured teams this season have been the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red ...
NHL
Detroit Red Wings
Pittsburgh Penguins
Stanley Cup
Johan Franzen
Valtteri Filppula
As usual, Jacques Lemaire is doing a great job coaching. This happens every season and is usually overlooked. It required some first class coaching to keep the Minnesota Wild in the playoff race as long as they were last year. Last year, the Minnesota Wild finished ninth in ...
NHL
New Jersey Devils
Minnesota Wild
Jacques Lemaire
Marian Gaborik
It isn’t clear how badly the H1N1 flu will affect North America as we enter the traditional winter flu season. Nobody knows how many people will be affected. There is a precedent in hockey for flu causing disruption. In 1919, there was no Stanley Cup winner as both ...
NHL
Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup
At the end of October, I picked Alex Goligoski as the top defenceman in the NHL so far this season . I think this was a good selection at the time, although some commenters disagreed. I think the main complaint was that they did not understand that I was picking the top defenceman ...
NHL
Chris Pronger
Steve Mason of the Columbus Blue Jackets won the Calder trophy as the best rookie in the NHL last season. He finished second in the Vezina voting for best goaltender (behind Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins). He looked like an NHL star in the making. He was invited to the ...
