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KK Hockey: Pavelec Goes Old-School
Empty Netters: Empty Netter Assists - 11-01-09
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#Thrashers Ondrej Pavelec Maskless Save vs #Sens http://bit.ly/2CtmmL In essence, ode to the goalie mask! #NHL #fb 11/1/2009 |
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@stewartcink hey Stew did you see Pavelec's maskless save against Kovy: http://tinyurl.com/ybreqwl reminds me when i was a kid in the 60s! 11/1/2009 |
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Pavelec making a save sans his goalie mask. #NHL http://bit.ly/4luanp 11/1/2009 |
Pavelec Goes Old-School
KK Hockey —
My face would have been buried in my catching glove, but not Pavelec.
from Chris Stevenson of the Ottawa Sun,
“I was scared a little bit. I felt like Jacques Plante 50 years ago,” said Pavelec, a 22-year-old from the Czech Republic who’s getting a shot with oft-injured Kari Lehtonen on the shelf again. Kovalev took the shot on a wraparound after Pavelec had had his mask knocked off in a scrum late in the second period. “I can tell you now it was not fun. A little scary, but it wasn’t a hard shot. I don’t think (Kovalev) could see (he had lost his mask). It wasn’t his fault. There was no ...
Empty Netter Assists - 11-01-09
Empty Netters —
Penguins
-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. The Penguins finished October as one of five teams in NHL history to rack up 12 win in October.
-The Star Tribune's recap. The WIld has won back to back games for the first time this season.
-The Pioneer Press' recap. It was Nicklas Backstrom's (above, with Sidney Crosby) night.
-The Associated Press' recap. The WIld is 3-0 against the Eastern Conference this season.
-Highlights complete with "Count Steigula courtesy of EN contributor GhostWalker40: ...
The Morning Skate: Another Headshot, Gretzky's Money and Plante's TV Special
Slap Shot —
Are the N.H.L.’s rules and standards at odds with player safety? Almost one year ago, after an early-season rash of checks to the head caused a leap in concussions, the N.H.L.’s Hockey Operations Department issued a memo to the players that was posted in each club’s dressing room. In the memo, the league promised it would not accept this kind of activity and pledged ever lengthening suspensions until the problem was arrested. Here’s the memo, from Senior Vice President Colin Campbell:“Recently, we have had two (2) supplemental discipline incidents involving direct elbow blows to the head. This is a play that we have been trying to remove from our game for a ...
