nhl 2013 NHL Season - Page 8

quote Gotenks

Was only able to catch the third period and OT of the Habs/Pens game. But man, that was intense. A lot of goals between the two teams.

Habs still get a point and haven't lost in regulation since the Leafs beat them 6-0.

And that puts them in a tie with the Boston Bruins (who rallied from 2-0 down to beat the Lightning 3-2 Saturday) at the top of the Northeast Division heading into Sunday night's Habs/Bruins game in Boston. Things are about to get very interesting in a hurry.

Vokoun let in some pretty weak goals, but it was still fun as hell to watch not being associated with either team.

Lesley Pro_04 Emelin got his shit kicked in by Chara after Emelin crosschecked Seguin in the ribs.

Something different to mull over on my end tonight: the Bruins were leading 3-0 after one period, scoring a Power Play Goal, even-strength Goal and a Short-Handed Penalty Shot Goal.

But the defense wasn't able to hold, as the Capitals rally to take the win in OT, 4-3.

Some losses just make me shake my head in disgust. Blown calls evened out in this one--both teams were hit with a bogus penalty call at one point in this one. But it isn't on the officiating--it's on the Bruins to play better and not blow a *bleep*ing 3 goal lead like that.

There was a pretty good fight involving Shawn Thornton, though.

When Manny Malhotra got hit in the eye 2 years ago, he almost lost his vision and still isn't the same player today. Seeing injuries like this really sucks, especially when they can be avoided with simple equipment.

I remember that Malholtra one and this incident doesn't look much better. I know a lot of guys don't like wearing the visors because they reckon in can get in the way sometimes (I remember Ian White having to wear one after a puck to the face last year for some time and he kept complaining about getting the puck lost in his feet because of it), but as with any equipment the more you use it the less those sorts of things will bother you. I really think that all players should at least have a visor as part of their equipment because these incidents, while rare, are frighteningly dangerous.

quote Zarathustra

I remember that Malholtra one and this incident doesn't look much better. I know a lot of guys don't like wearing the visors because they reckon in can get in the way sometimes (I remember Ian White having to wear one after a puck to the face last year for some time and he kept complaining about getting the puck lost in his feet because of it), but as with any equipment the more you use it the less those sorts of things will bother you. I really think that all players should at least have a visor as part of their equipment because these incidents, while rare, are frighteningly dangerous.

Indeed, and this reminds me of when a baseball pitcher gets drilled by a line drive in the face and how scary that shit is. I've seen it happen before during a game on TV, and last season when that Oakland A's pitcher got drilled in the head, and it's very scary to witness.

And I hope Marc Staal makes it back to the NHL.

Going in a different direction, the Blackhawks record Points streak almost came to an end Wednesday night. But not if Jonathan Toews and Daniel Carcillo could help it--Toews scored the Game-Tying Shorthanded Goal 2:19 into the Third, and Daniel Carcillo scored the Game-Winner with 50 seconds in regulation.

That makes 24 games with at least one point to start the season and a Franchise-Record 11 straight wins. In this instance, they've gone half the season without losing a game in regulation.

I'm running out of superlatives to describe how *bleep*ing good this Blackhawks team is.