Archive for January, 2012
Crosby Has Soft-tissue Injury, Not a Fracture
At the risk of annoying some less-than-compassionate readers, there’s more news on the Sidney Crosby front. It turns out that the Pittsburgh Penguins superstar has a soft-tissue neck injury. The injury is causing swelling in his two top vertebrae and went undiagnosed for weeks, maybe months. A few days ago, it was reported that Crosby [...]
Team Chara Wins All-Star Game, Gaborik Named MVP
Team Alfredsson may have picked up the win at the NHL All-Star skills competition on Saturday, but Team Chara wound up getting the last laugh with the win in the All-Star Game itself. Chara’s squad went on to a 12-9 win. Marian Gaborik led the way with a hat trick for his team, while Joffrey [...]
Crosby Suffered a Neck Injury
Sidney Crosby’s latest setback has come thanks to a neck injury. That’s the word coming from Pat Brisson, Crosby’s agent, and the Pittsburgh Penguins organization. Crosby has a goal to play this season, Brisson said, but there’s still no timetable for his return. “(The diagnosis] gives him a bit more of a direction,” Brisson said. [...]
Team Alfredsson Takes Skills Challenge, Chara Breaks Record
As Team Chara and Team Alfredsson faced off on Saturday evening at Scotiabank Place, fun was in the air. Alfredsson’s team wound up winning the All-Star skills competition, much to the delight of the hometown crowd, but it was Zdeno Chara who put up the big number to wow everyone in attendance. Chara, perhaps to [...]
All-Star Weekend Teams Selected
The teams have been selected for the All-Star weekend and the battles lines have been drawn. Daniel Alfredsson and Zdeno Chara were drawn as captains and the crowd on hand for the selection in Ottawa was digging it every step of the way. Chara won the first selection and went with Detroit’s Pavel Datsyuk for [...]
Leafs Sign Liles to Four Year Extension
The Toronto Maple Leafs have locked John-Michael Liles in for four more seasons, signing him to a contract extension worth $15.5 million. Liles would’ve been an unrestricted free agent come summer, but the deal keeps in T-Dot where he wanted to be all along. “Some guys choose to go the unrestricted route but it’s a [...]
Ovechkin Opts Out of All-Star Events
Let’s face it: Alex Ovechkin is not the same player he was was piling up 50 goal seasons years ago. His performance in the 2009-2010 season was the boldest sign with the superstar wandering off track with a 32 goal season. That may sound impressive for some, but for the Great Eight those digits have [...]
Ovechkin Suspended Three Games
Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin has been suspended three games after his hit on Zbynek Michalek on Sunday. You can check out the hit here. The hit took place early in the second period and Ovechkin did not receive a penalty on the play after he left his feet to thump Michalek in the head. The suspension [...]
Crosby Undergoing Tests with Neurological Spine Specialist
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby is currently being treated by Robert S. Bray, a former U. S. college goaltender and current neurological spine specialist. 30 years after graduating, Bray is the founding director of Diagnostic and Interventional Spinal Care in California. He is considered a pioneer in spinal microsurgery and has apparently performed over 9,000 [...]
Jagr Happy with Flyers, Open to Playing Another Season
Jaromir Jagr has been happy with the way things have gone for him in Philadelphia this season and is ready to lace the skates for another season. If the Flyers sign him, he’ll be playing as a 40-year-old. “You really wouldn’t know it, the way he trains and practices,” Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette said. [...]
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