The 2005/2006 Hockey Season Thread

[Guest Grapehead]

Anybody know where I can find out who will be starting for Ottawa tonight? I have Hasek and Emery in my fantasy team. I'd assume Hasek was going in, but this is the last game against the Hurricanes so Murray might want Emery to get a look at a team they will most likely see in the playoffs.

[Jerichoholic23]

Toronto's 3 game win streak ends tonight and Buffalo moves back to within 2 points of Ottawa. Lets Go Buffalo

[NobBe Nobbs]

And I'm going to click my heels twice and appear in bed with Natalie Portman.

[gunnar hendershow]

And I'm going to click my heels twice and appear in bed with Natalie Portman.

How do you do that? Whenever I do it I end up close to Joan Rivers.

[million$$man]

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Sandis Ozolinsh of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks has voluntarily entered a substance abuse program, the NHL and the players' union announced Thursday

The 33-year-old defenseman has been out since Nov. 27 with a knee injury. He has one goal and three assists in 13 games.

Doctors Brian Shaw of the NHLPA and Dave Lewis of the NHL will oversee Ozolinsh's care in the substance abuse and behavioral health program administered by the league and the union.

"The Mighty Ducks ownership, management, coaches and players are wholeheartedly behind Sandis and his family during this time and support his decision to seek professional help," Anaheim general manager Brian Burke said in a statement.

Ozolinsh recently was selected for Latvia's Olympic team.

[Clawson]

I don't think I'm going to complain about refs after watching the World Juniors. I watched for a minute and saw 3 penalties.

[Ananas]

Pony was awesome tonight. The give and go with Stajan was all his doing. Aki Berg had a surprisingly solid game tonight, at least from where I was watching. Eddie is continuing to look surprisingly sober these days; hopefully having Telqvist there to give him some nights off will keep that going. McCabe had the usual bullet from the point, but at times I wish he'd go back to being the more defensively sound, stay at home player he used to be. Czerkawski and Kilger were non-issues tonight, which is especially bad for Czerkawski, who's going to have his work cut out for him staying in the lineup once Lindros, Antropov, Steen and Allison get back. It was a fun game, and a great atmosphere to be in the crowd for (although obviously not as hostile as when the Leafs go to Buffalo ).

[IAceI]

2-1 down against the Panthers I'm resorting to this;

SCOOOOOORE! Get it to Dag!

EDIT: As soon as I posted this Kovalev got a penalty but with Luongo in nets, not much luck with it.

Edited December 31, 2005 by 27Ace27

[grind your soul]

a great atmosphere to be in the crowd for (although obviously not as hostile as when the Leafs go to Buffalo ).

[Guest Mr. Potato Head 27]

Slightly off-topic...why can I not find a single site with updated/different rosters for NHL 2003? Back in the NHL 2000 days, there were AHL rosters, OHL rosters, everything...now nothing?

[Clawson]

I love how everything goes quiet when the Leafs go on a 6 game winning streak.

As for the updates, try gamefaqs.

Edited January 4, 2006 by Santa Clawson

[triplexpac]

4 shut outs tonight. Crazyness.

[NobBe Nobbs]

I love how everything goes quiet when the Leafs go on a 6 game winning streak.

As for the updates, try gamefaqs.

[Guest Grapehead]

Us Sens fans are just in misery over the constant injuries to our stars, and it's going to get worse before it gets better.

[Clawson]

Us Sens fans are just in misery over the constant injuries to our stars, and it's going to get worse before it gets better.

[grind your soul]

It was a great game though, so I can forgive the Leafs for losing. Plus, I have Kipper in a pool and shutouts are pretty important.

And yeah, you can't use injuries as an excuse for Leafs fans. With the age or injury proneness of some of our top stars, our scrubs usually see a LOT of playing time throughout the year, and are always up to the challenge. Maybe Ottawa just needs to find better scrubs.

[prime time]

Wow, my Sens have been playing like ass, and today is no different, they're already down 4-0 and the first period isn't even over. But to say that Sens fans can't use injuries as an excuse is bullshit. Look who the Leafs have out, and looks who the Sens have out. We're missing Havlat, Spezza, Bochenski, and Havlat. With the exception of Bochenski, none of the Leafs injured players are anywhere near as good as who we have out.

[Dogbert]

The Flames are in Van tonight to take on the hated Canucks.

I'll not predict a score, but I will say that the majority of the Canuck players will spend their ice time either diving or cheapshotting Flames from behind, like they do every time we play them.

[IAceI]

Habs are also playing their back up goaltender

[Guest Grapehead]

Us Sens fans are just in misery over the constant injuries to our stars, and it's going to get worse before it gets better.

We've been missing Steen, Lindros, Allison, Antropov and Colio all at once for some games but it kept on winning except for fucking Calgary. Damn Flames.