Saturday game scores

[Cheese]

464 WILD 6 DUCKS 2
465 OILERS 7 CAPITALS 0
466 CANUCKS 3 FLYERS 3 (OT)
467 SHARKS 2 PENGUINS 1
468 THRASHERS 5 BRUINS 4
469 RANGERS 4 SABRES 5
470 LIGHTNING 4 HURRICANES 7
471 ISLANDERS 4 PANTHERS 2

[JohnnyFlame]

Wow that must be a CPHL first. Not a single player on the top two lines records a single shot on goal. Easily has to be the worst performance by a Capitals team in their CPHL history. Three wins in a row is obviously not in the cards for the Caps this season.

[JiriHrdina]

Man do the Oilers look scary right now. Not only have they won a pile of games in a row, but they are thumping the living heck out of teams.

Game story re. the Wild's win in a bit.

[MJK]

The Smelly Rat
December 18th, 2004

Alexander Auld obviously isn't ready for the CPHL as he let in 4 goals today in the Panthers 4-2 lose to the Islanders. Depite outshooting the Islanders 11-1 in the third, Auld let in a goal on that one shot which took any momentum that the Panthers were building.

"We knew going into tonights game that it was going to be really tough to win by starting our 3rd goaltender" said Penney. "But it was a move that we wanted to make to ensure that Weeks and Garon get back to 100% as soon as possible.

The Panthers play the Penguins on Monday night as they look to get back to their winning ways.

[Pointman]

Lose to Hawks - and you will go on the hot streak. Confirmed by

1. Avalanche
2. Oilers

the list will be updated.

[HelloHockeyFans]

Comrie gets 3 points in Islanders' victory

SUNRISE, Fla. - Mike Comrie was named first star of the game with 3 assists to lead the Islanders to a 4-2 victory over the Panthers.

Fresh off of a flight from New York, former Penguins Valerie Bure and Pavel Datsyuk didn't seem to be tired at all Saturday evening as Bure opened the scoring for his first as an Islander while Datsyuk set up Hull's marker in the second to put the Islanders up 3-1.

Mike Comrie was ultra-dangerous all night long getting helpers on goals from Bure and Daze in the first, as well as Kuba's 8th of the season in the third.

New-comer Pavel Datsyuk found himself centering the top line with Samsonov and Hull on his wings.

"The kid has amazing speed," Hull smiled. "It's a little tiring for a guy like me to try and keep up with him and Sammie (Samsonov) out there, but I'll manage."

Much of the focus prior to the game was centered on Datsyuk's arrival, with his teammate Valerie Bure's acquisition understandably in the background, but the most dangerous line of the night was in fact the Islanders' second line of Daze-Comrie-Bure. Each of the players finished the game with a +2 rating.

"Comrie's line looked fantastic out there," Islanders' coach said afterwards. "They've got some good chemistry going already."

The Islanders' victory snaps the Panthers' 3-game winning streak and extends their own winning streak to 4 games. Monday night is the next time the Islanders will play, when they'll face off against the Senators of Ottawa at home.

Notes: Dwayne Roloson made his third start in as many nights making 28 stops on 30 shots. With player of the week announcements to be made soon, Roloson is expected to get serious consideration for goalie of the week. Over his five games this week Roloson has stopped 128 of 137 shots for an amazing 0.934 save percentage. His record in the five games is 4-0-1.

[Mango]

A tie is better than a loss.

The Canucks had a great week! The team went 3-1-1 and both goaltenders played well when called on. Gagne is playing expetionally hockey and Zhitnik is playing solid on both ends of the ice.

Webpage update.

[liamenator]

Sharks 2 Penguins 1: Pingus fall to 2-2-0 under new GM

The new look Penguins lose a close one as they failed to find enough offense despite outplaying the visiting Sharks by a slight margin.

New boys Ricci, Phillips and Rucinsky impress, as Rucinsky scores the Pens lone marker, while Ricci led all players in ice-time with 24 mins and Phillips played a solid 21 mins.

Another solid outing from rookie goaltender Michael Tellqvist in his 2nd start in as many night, only letting in 2 goals on 21 shots. The young tender has filled in admirabley as the Pens have given #1 keeper Manny Legace a much needed rest, only letting in 3 goals in his first 2 starts of the season.

It is fair to say the Pens are taking baby steps, as they have only been shelled once under their new GM.

Tomorrow will be a tough test as they play their 5TH GAME IN AS MANY NIGHTS against the 2nd place Hurricanes.

[JiriHrdina]

Twin City Times

Not-So-Mighty

Wild Win Big Against Ducks
Hot or Cold? Looking at the Wild's recent play it is difficult to determine which they are.

On one hand, Thursday's loss against the Canucks was their first in 8 games. However, with two ties prior to that loss, Minnesota was also winless in 3 games going into today's matchup against the Ducks.

The Wild hope today's impressive performance against Anaheim answers that question. A 6-2 win that featured Minnesota's typical balanced scoring, impressive special teams, and steady goaltending from Jocelyn Thibault.

The offense was led by Scott Hannan with 2 goals (and a team leading 5 hits), Sami Kapanen (1 goal, 2 assists) and Andrew Brunette (1 goals, 1 assist). Meanwhile the Wild defense limited the Ducks to just 20 shots overall, including just 5 in the third, which has been a weak period of late for the Wild.

Minnesota GM and Head Coach Grant Farhall commented on the game.

"It was nice to see us get better as the game progressed. Recently our third period have been poor but today we put together a full 60 minutes".

Minnesota faces a tough match-up tomorrow against the Habs. It was unclear if Jocelyn Thibault would get the start, or backup Garth Snow.

Game Notes
- Richard Zednik led the team with 6 shots, but could not pot a goal. He did have two assists.
- David Legwand played his first game back from injury and registered a single assist
- The Wild's third line had a poor night, going -2 in the game.

[flambers]

Another lose........ go figure........... Hopefully the losing streak ends soon.

[Superfraggle]

Whoah...what? Fleury backed up by Lajeunesse??!!!! Kolzig just decide he didn't feel like playing that game? He's not hurt or anything. Last I checked, Lajeunesse was in the minors...

[Sylvanfan]

OIL SLICK CAN'T BE CONTAINED
Oilers impressive again

Well even the GM was taken aback by this result today. With top players like Mattias Ohlund and Bobby Holik out of the lineup and the Caps starting to look like they wanted to put some wins together the Oilers answered critics in a big way today with a 7-0 romp over last years top team in the CPHL. The Oilers have now won 9 straight, and 5 games this week. Thomas Vokun was almost like the Maytag repairman in this game turning aside a mere 14 Capital shots. The Oilers did not exactly throw the kitchen sink at the Caps but took advantage of some questionable netminding by the Cap tandem of Marc-Andre Fleury and Simon Lajeunesse.

Offensively the Oilers were lead by Jason Spezza with 2 goals and 2 assists. Bates Battaglia pitched in with two goals and Radek Dvorak, Brian Leetch, and Kristian Huselius each tallied single markers. Tom Poti recorded a point in his 6th straight game since joining the Oilers and had 10 points in 5 games and was +12 this week.

Tommorrow the Oilers close off a 4 game in 4 night stretch when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Oilers hope to run their streak to a perfect 10, but one has to think it's more than due time that someone opened up a can of whoopass on the Oilers. The Jackets seem like just the team to do it.

Since aquiring better quality backup goaltending for Thomas Vokun the Czech backstop has posted an 11-3 record and has lowered his GAA from 3.30 to 2.54 on the season and now ranks 5th in the CPHL in GAA and tied for 5th with 14 wins. Brian Leetch is quietly enjoying another stellar season in Edmonton as the allstar snub from last year now has 30 points in 29 games played and ranks 3rd among all defenceman in the CPHL. Despite being the CPHL's top scoring team on a goals per game basis the Oilers don't have any one player in the leagues top 30 in scoring. In fact only Leetch, Radek Dvorak, and Vincent Lecavalier are averaging more than one point per game all having scored one more point than their number of games played.

[icarus]

Originally posted by Superfraggle@Dec 19 2004, 05:19 AM
Whoah...what? Fleury backed up by Lajeunesse??!!!! Kolzig just decide he didn't feel like playing that game? He's not hurt or anything. Last I checked, Lajeunesse was in the minors...

Awww, Superfraggle thinks he's people.

Hey sparky, you have to pay your dues before you have the right to complain! :P

[Superfraggle]

Originally posted by icarus+Dec 19 2004, 02:04 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (icarus @ Dec 19 2004, 02:04 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Superfraggle@Dec 19 2004, 05:19 AM
Whoah...what? Fleury backed up by Lajeunesse??!!!! Kolzig just decide he didn't feel like playing that game? He's not hurt or anything. Last I checked, Lajeunesse was in the minors...

Awww, Superfraggle thinks he's people.

Hey sparky, you have to pay your dues before you have the right to complain! :P [/b][/quote]
Hey I'm just looking out for my boy JohnnyFlame here. But ouch, man...ouch. You cut me real deep just then.