Hockey! NHL, KHL, AHL, and Every Other HL

West Filly · Post by **West Filly** (?) » Mon Dec 18, 2017 4:12 pm

Octavia wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 16, 2017 5:04 pm

Even though the other spots are numbered, the only number ever used in hockey conversation is "five-hole". You'd say "high glove side" for 1 or "low stick side" for 4, for example.

Does it switch if the GK is left handed?

(?) · Post by **Fizzbuzz** (?) » Thu Dec 21, 2017 9:59 pm

Well, I guess shitting the bed in the last pre-Christmas home game is a Predators tradition now.

stuff · Post by **stuff** (?) » Fri Dec 22, 2017 3:31 pm

even after such a good start, did not expect the Golden Knights to be 2nd in the division around this time!

(?) · Post by **Fizzbuzz** (?) » Wed Dec 27, 2017 11:28 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 24, 2017 10:39 pm
Fuck the Blues

stuff · Post by **stuff** (?) » Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:33 pm

PonyHag714 · Post by **PonyHag714** (?) » Fri Dec 29, 2017 9:43 pm

So the USA beat Canada in a shootout at the World Juniors. And here comes the whining about shootouts from up here - you can bet we wouldn't be complaining if we had won. Protip: win in regulation and there wouldn't be a shootout.

(?) · Post by **Fizzbuzz** (?) » Fri Dec 29, 2017 10:04 pm

There are still people who prefer games ending in a draw? Man, that ended after the big lockout.

Meanwhile things ain't so hot up in Minnesota :negative:

Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Fri Dec 29, 2017 11:42 pm

Hawks tried REALLY HARD to blow tonight's game, but Patrick Kane decided to make a sick move and clown Talbot in OT for the win. They really should've won in regulation, but I'm glad they got 2 points at least.

stuff · Post by **stuff** (?) » Wed Jan 03, 2018 2:41 am

CANT STOP US

Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Wed Jan 03, 2018 4:42 pm

stuff wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 03, 2018 2:41 am
CANT STOP US

Methinks they made the expansion draft rules a bit too favorable for the new team.

Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:45 pm

Hawks looked pretty good against a team with as porous of a defense as their own.

Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Fri Jan 05, 2018 8:46 pm

lmao this Hawks/VGK game is going exactly as expected thus far. Hawks defense is tremendously bad.

e: welp at least they made a game of it didn't embarrass themselves too badly. They were even leading at one point!

The Doctor · Post by **The Doctor** (?) » Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:35 pm

Stanley Cup is back in Denver....

For Milan Hejduk's number retirement.

Seems like we have a lot of retired numbers for such a young (relatively) team. But some of them were for players who were there with the Nordiques. Hejduk is the first player to have a number retired who played his entire career with the Avs.

stuff · Post by **stuff** (?) » Mon Jan 08, 2018 12:08 am

we gots a winning streak again

Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:55 pm

FINALLY the Hawks are on the good end of a drubbing, and on the only time Seabrook's ever been a healthy scratch.

Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:28 pm

Seems good for the Hawks

Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Wed Jan 10, 2018 10:44 pm

The Hawks completely outplayed the Wild tonight, but lost anyway.

Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:14 pm

Hawks win against an extremely hot Jets team

Gustav Forsling saved the Hawks' bacon from what would've been an extremely embarrassing empty-net own-goal on a delayed penalty.

Slo-mo and overhead angle:

PonyHag714 · Post by **PonyHag714** (?) » Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:57 pm

Scary scene in Montreal as a shot from Zdeno Chara hit Philip Danault and knocked him out. They've just taken him off on a stretcher, but apparently he is responding.

Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Sun Jan 14, 2018 2:34 pm

Hawks went on their bye week early, I guess. They looked really sluggish today.

Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Mon Jan 15, 2018 1:14 pm

Had a nice embarrassing moment during my pickup game today. I intercepted a pass at the point and was all by myself on a breakaway going the opposite direction. Everyone was screaming "GO! GO! GO!" but I heard it as "NO! NO! NO!" and assumed there was a stoppage of play. So I pulled up inside their zone and stopped, looking behind me, only to realize the play had in fact not stopped, so I ended up shooting a flat-footed wrister with nothing on it that was easily gloved by the goalie.

The Doctor · Post by **The Doctor** (?) » Mon Jan 15, 2018 5:54 pm

Seven in a row for the avalanche.

Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Mon Jan 15, 2018 7:59 pm

The Doctor wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 15, 2018 5:54 pm
Seven in a row for the avalanche.

Longest win streak for them in a decade

Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:19 pm

At open skate today, an older guy got onto the ice and within about 4 strides he was doing the gonna-fall-backwards arm flails. He fell flat on his back and his head slammed onto the ice. I rushed over to him, he was conscious, but there was a steady stream of blood dripping to the ice, so I told him not to move and I went to get help at the front desk. By the time the manager had gotten his latex gloves on, the other skaters had moved him off the ice. He didn't seem too dazed and declined an ambulance. I hope he at least went to the doctor after getting patched up.

I feel really bad for him. It's the time of year for New Year's resolutions, I've never seen him at the rink before, and he was pretty out of shape, so I'm betting he was all gung-ho about starting something new and he made it about 1/8 of a lap before it all came crashing down.

The Doctor · Post by **The Doctor** (?) » Thu Jan 18, 2018 11:40 pm

8 in a row.

PonyHag714 · Post by **PonyHag714** (?) » Fri Jan 19, 2018 5:10 pm

Red Fisher, the reporter who covered the Montreal Canadiens for nearly 60 years, has passed at age 91.

stuff · Post by **stuff** (?) » Sat Jan 20, 2018 2:24 am

OT loss, but i think we're second or third place!!!

The Doctor · Post by **The Doctor** (?) » Sat Jan 20, 2018 5:37 pm

9 in a row.

Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Sat Jan 20, 2018 10:47 pm

Tonight's game really made me realize just how much this team needs Corey Crawford

Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Sun Jan 21, 2018 1:51 pm

(?) · Post by **Fizzbuzz** (?) » Sun Jan 21, 2018 4:35 pm

I'll have to pay extra attention to the crowd shots on Tuesday next week. I wonder how many Blackhawks fans are still making the trip down to Nashville instead of going to home games.

stuff · Post by **stuff** (?) » Sun Jan 21, 2018 9:07 pm

oh hell yeah number one in the standings

The Doctor · Post by **The Doctor** (?) » Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:52 pm

10 in a row.

Avalanche record is 12 in a row.

Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:58 pm

The Hawks tonight went 0/6 on the power play, including 45 seconds of 5 on 3, and they gave up a short-handed goal. The only reason they're not dead last in PP% is because they scored 4 power play goals against Ottawa a couple weeks ago.

The Doctor · Post by **The Doctor** (?) » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:51 pm

Streak over. They were tired tonight.

Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:39 pm

Did not expect to beat the Preds in Nashville.

The Kampf line was impressive, and hoo boy do I miss Crawford.

The Doctor · Post by **The Doctor** (?) » Thu Feb 01, 2018 4:24 pm

MacKinnon is out 2-4 weeks. Guy has been on fire this season.

(?) · Post by **Fizzbuzz** (?) » Thu Feb 01, 2018 7:44 pm

Octavia wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:39 pm
Did not expect to beat the Preds in Nashville.

The Kampf line was impressive, and hoo boy do I miss Crawford.

If I were you I wouldn't be missing him too much, considering how (your) Forsberg only allowed one goal on 43 shots. In the end there's just nothing a team can do against a sufficiently hot goalie.

Meanwhile, what I didn't expect was Mike Fisher coming back on the ice after retiring only last summer. I love how this photo from a press conference announcing it makes Lavy look like a saint of the hockey gods:

Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Thu Feb 01, 2018 10:32 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 01, 2018 7:44 pm
If I were you I wouldn't be missing him too much, considering how (your) Forsberg only allowed one goal on 43 shots.

Yeah but the one he gave up was 100% his fault from a bone-headed play.

stuff · Post by **stuff** (?) » Sun Feb 04, 2018 8:25 pm

How are we still winning.