Tuesday, November 30, 2010

The Shot: 11/30

The Los Angeles Kings have come back to the pack and the Detroit Red Wings are probably sitting in the seat at the bar that they plan to hold for the rest of the year, if not the regular season.

In the East, I like the way the Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers are barking at each other, on and off the ice. Now if only the Canadiens can keep their heads above water for the whole season. And how about Atlanta. No team has a bigger fan base than the Thrashers, that is, if you count the hands raised in Winnipeg, Hamilton and Quebec City.

Good things are fixing to come out of the kitchen in the next month or two. The world junior championships in Buffalo, the Winter Classic in Pittsburgh and the revived Heritage Classic in February, with the Calgary Flames as your host. The Canadiens will be playing in their second VERY COLD ONE, having played at Edmonton the last time the NHL held a winter picnic in Canada.

Here's the rewind from Monday night. Only the NHL was in action.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 3, at N.Y. Rangers 1
Dallas 4, at Carolina 1
Edmonton 4, at Ottawa 1
At Calgary 3, Minnesota 0
At Anaheim 2, Los Angeles 0
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

About Last Night: 11/28

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Washington 3, Carolina 2 SO
At Atlanta 4, Boston 1
At Detroit 4, Columbus 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Bridgeport 3, Norfolk 0
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4, at Springfield 2
At Syracuse 3, Hamilton 2
Manchester 5, at Worcester 2
Peoria 3, at Grand Rapids 2
Milwaukee 5, at San Antonio 3
Portland 5, at Providence 1
At Connecticut 3, Adirondack 0
Charlotte 5, at Hershey 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE
At South Carolina 3, Toledo 2
Cincinnati 5, at Trenton 1
Florida 5, at Elmira 2
Greenville 2, at Wheeling 0
Utah 7, at Ontario 3
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Saint John 7, Halifax 1
Acadie-Bathurst 4, at Cape Breton 2
Montreal 4, at Drummondville 3 OT
At Rimouski 5, Quebec 1
Moncton 5, at Shawinigan 2
At Val-d'Or 4, Baie-Comeau 1
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Brampton 5, Barrie 4 SO
Ottawa 7, at Kingston 1
Sudbury 4, at London 1
At Mississauga 6, Owen Sound 3
At Windsor 7, Peterborough 2
Niagara 4, at Belleville 1
At Erie 5, Guelph 4 OT
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Medicine Hat 3, at Portland 2 SO
Recap is here.
Summary is here.
Standings are here.

UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE
Youngstown 3, at Muskegon 2
Summary is here.
Standings are here.

NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S HOCKEY
ATLANTIC HOCKEY
Canisius 3, at Bentley 2 OT

HOCKEY EAST
At Boston College 6, Vermont 0

NONCONFERENCE
At Minnesota 3, Michigan 1

Summaries and recaps are here.
Standings are here.

Fast Rewind: 11/27

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
At New Jersey 2, Philadelphia 1 SO
At Pittsburgh 4, Calgary 1
At Montreal 3, Buffalo 1
At Ottawa 3, Toronto 0
Florida 4, at Tampa Bay 3 SO
Dallas 2, at St. Louis 1
N.Y. Rangers 2, at Nashville 1 SO
Anaheim 6, at Phoenix 4
At Colorado 7, Minnesota 4
San Jose 4, at Edmonton 3
Chicago 2, at Los Angeles 1

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Lake Erie 5, Oklahoma City 3
At Toronto 2, Syracuse 1
At Albany 4, Binghamton 3
At Connecticut 3, Bridgeport 2 SO
At Hershey 4, Adirondack 0
At Manchester 6, Portland 1
Charlotte 4, at Worcester 2
At Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4, Rochester 3
Norfolk 5, at Springfield 2
Grand Rapids 10, at Chicago 8
At Texas 5, San Antonio 2
Peoria 5, at Rockford 0
At Houston 2, Milwaukee 1 SO
Manitoba 3, at Abbotsford 1

EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Trenton 5, Alaska 2
At Gwinnett 5, Toledo 2
Florida 4, at Reading 2
At Elmira 3, Cincinnati 2
At Wheeling 3, Kalamazoo 1
Utah 3, at Bakersfield 2
At Ontario 2, Las Vegas 1 SO
Idaho 6, at Victoria 3

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Gatineau 6, Shawinigan 4
At Victoriaville 6, Prince Edward Island 0
At Val-d'Or 3, Baie-Comeau 2 OT

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Erie 7, Kitchener 3
Oshawa 5, at Sarnia 4 SO
Peterborough 4, at Plymouth 1
At Saginaw 5, Windsor 2
Sault Ste. Marie 6, at Barrie 5
London 5, at Guelph 3
At Owen Sound 6, Sudbury 0

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Saskatoon 6, Prince Albert 2
Moose Jaw 4, at Brandon 3
Edmonton 3, at Calgary 1
Swift Current 4, at Lethbridge 3
At Red Deer 3, Vancouver 2 SO
Prince George 7, at Kamloops 5
Kelowna 3, at Spokane 2 OT
Medicine Hat 5, at Everett 3
Kootenay 6, at Seattle 2
At Tri-City 3, Portland 2 SO

UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE
Des Moines 5, at Muskegon 3
Indiana 3, at Dubuque 1
At Tri-City 3, Sioux Falls 2 SO
Green Bay 3, at Fargo 2 SO
At Omaha 4, Team USA 1
Youngstown 3, at Chicago 1

NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S HOCKEY
ATLANTIC HOCKEY
At Army 4, Niagara 1
At Bentley 3, Canisius 2
American International 3, at Mercyhurst 0
Sacred Heart 3, at RIT 3 OT

ECAC HOCKEY
At Dartmouth 5, Harvard 2

HOCKEY EAST
At New Hampshire 2, Merrimack 1

CENTRAL COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
Alaska 5, at Ohio State 2
Miami 5, at Western Michigan 1

WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
At Colorado College 2, Alaska-Anchorage 0

NONCONFERENCE
At Bemidji State 3, Northern Michigan 0
Brown 4, at Boston University 4 OT
Cornell 4, at Colgate 3
Providence 2, at Holy Cross 1
At Massachusetts 5, Quinnipiac 2
Minnesota State 3, at Massachusetts-Lowell 2
Notre Dame 2, at North Dakota 2 OT

TOURNAMENTS
DENVER CUP
(Denver)
Clarkson 2, Lake Superior State 1
Denver 3, Air Force 1

RPI HOLIDAY
(Troy, N.Y.)
RPI 3, Bowling Green 2
Alabama-Huntsville 6, Connecticut 2

COLLEGE HOCKEY SHOWCASE
(Madison, Wis.)
Wisconsin 4, Michigan State 1

Saturday, November 27, 2010

About Last Night: 11/26

Too much too soon? Yesterday was a full plate of hockey from noon Eastern until about 1 am Eastern. Head's still spinning. Feels good. More later.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Carolina 3, at Boston 0
At N.Y. Islanders 2, New Jersey 0
Calgary 3, at Philadelphia 2 SO
Ottawa 2, at Pittsburgh 1
At Minnesota 5, Nashville 2
Chicago 4, at Anaheim 1
At Washington 6, Tampa Bay 0
Detroit 2, at Columbus 1
At Buffalo 3, Toronto 1
At Atlanta 3, Montreal 0
N.Y. Rangers 3, at Florida 0
At Dallas 3, St. Louis 2
At Vancouver 6, San Jose 1
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Bridgeport 4, Connecticut 3 SO
Rockford 3, at Grand Rapids 2 SO
At Manchester 7, Albany 2
Springfield 4, at Portland 2
Worcester 4, at Providence 1
Norfolk 6, at Adirondack 3
Hamilton 1, at Binghamton 0
Oklahoma City 3, at Lake Erie 2 OT
Hershey 5, at Syracuse 1
Toronto 3, at Rochester 2
Chicago 3, at Peoria 2 OT
Milwaukee 1, at Texas 0
San Antonio 5, at Houston 3
At Abbotsford 2, Manitoba 1 SO
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Reading 4, Cincinnati 3 OT
Gwinnett 1, at South Carolina 0
Greenville 6, at Kalamazoo 2
Alaska 5, at Elmira 3
Las Vegas 1, at Ontario 0
Idaho 6, at Victoria 4
Utah 3, at Stockton 2
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Cape Breton 4, Halifax 2
At Saint John 6, Acadie-Bathurst 3
At Quebec 4, Chicoutimi 3
At Lewiston 3, Moncton 2 SO
At Drummondville 5, Victoriaville 3
At Gatineau 5, Prince Edward Island 3
Baie-Comeau 4, at Rouyn-Noranda 3
Montreal 4, at Shawinigan 3
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Windsor 5, Oshawa 2
Peterborough 4, at Saginaw 3 OT
Belleville 4, at Guelph 1
At Kingston 9, Brampton 3
At Kitchener 1, Sarnia 0
Plymouth 4, at London 2
At Ottawa 3, Niagara 2 OT
At Mississauga 7, Barrie 4
Sault Ste. Marie 3, at Sudbury 1
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Moose Jaw 5, Brandon 4
At Prince Albert 3, Saskatoon 1
At Swift Current 4, Lethbridge 2
Red Deer 4, at Calgary 3
At Edmonton 6, Vancouver 4
At Kamloops 4, Spokane 3 SO
At Prince George 5, Regina 3
At Tri-City 4, Kootenay 0
At Chilliwack 7, Portland 2
Seattle 4, at Everett 1
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE
Indiana 4, at Sioux City 1
At Cedar Rapids 2, Waterloo 1 SO
Green Bay 4, at Sioux Falls 3
At Tri-City 2, Team USA 0
Des Moines 6, at Chicago 5 SO
At Fargo 6, Lincoln 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

NCAA DIVISON I MEN'S HOCKEY
ATLANTIC HOCKEY
Niagara 4, at Army 1
American International 5, at Mercyhurst 2
At RIT 6, Sacred Heart 1

ECAC HOCKEY
Dartmouth 8, at Harvard 2

HOCKEY EAST
At Merrimack 5, Boston College 3
Northeastern 2, at Vermont 2 OT

CENTRAL COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
Alaska 3, at Ohio State 3 SO (OSU wins)
At Western Michigan 5, Miami 2

WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
Alaska-Anchorage 4, at Colorado College 3 OT

NONCONFERENCE
Northern Michigan 4, at Bemidji State 0
Minnesota State 8, at Massachusetts-Lowell 3
At North Dakota 6, Notre Dame 3

DENVER CUP
(Denver, Colo.)
Air Force 2, Clarkson 1
Denver 6, Lake Superior State 3

RPI HOLIDAY
(Troy, N.Y.)
Bowling Green 5, Alabama-Huntsville 1
RPI 6, Connecticut 5

COLLEGE HOCKEY SHOWCASE
Michigan State 5, at Minnesota 2
Michigan 4, at Wisconsin 4 OT
Summaries and recaps are here.
Standings are here.

Friday, November 26, 2010

Old Chelios Has a New Story?



Maybe something was lost in translation.

On Wednesday morning, Chris Chelios was a between-periods radio guest on the Grand Rapids station that was broadcasting the AHL Griffins' road game against the Toronto Marlies.

He told the announcers that his playing career was done and that he would be focusing his attention on the his job with the Red Wings and on his two sons who are playing college hockey at Michigan State. But that game was in Canada. Perhaps something in the transmission was scrambled as it crossed the border.

Because this morning, TSN.ca is reporting that Chelios is negotiating with Vityaz of the KHL in Russia. Note that Vityaz plays a game more suited to the Charlestown Chiefs of the Federal League or an LNAH team in Quebec (LNAH leaders in penalty minutes, or meneurs punitions, if you please), what with the likes of Chris Simon and Darsy Verot (in North America, he was/is Darcy) running up penalty minutes like kilowatt hours at an electronics store. Look at this list. Can you tell me how many Vityaz players are in the top 15 in penalty minutes?

Sense a trend? Hmm, where is the team in the overall standings? Twenty-third. How many teams in the KHL? Yeah, that's what I thought.

Chelios told the Grand Rapids announcers that he saw how limited his skills were after a stint last season with the Chicago Wolves of the AHL and, for a brief time, the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers.

So, a listener of that interview will have a hard time envisioning Chelios back on the ice as a player. Even he made it sound as if a pylon would be the only on-ice job he could handle these days. A look at some 2009 video proves Chelios could still make some hits with the Wolves, so we'll consider some of his words as a form of modesty.

In short, Chelios may not be done yet. Maybe a Cheli's Chili Bar is in the offing overseas. We shall see.

About Last Night: 11/15

Hurry, hurry, hurry. Carolina is visiting Boston and that game is on the radio and TV now. The Lounge has a fresh pot of coffee going and the doughnuts are holding up until the turkey sandwiches are on the bar.

Three games at 1 Eastern, a game at 2 Eastern, one at 4 Eastern, one at 5 Eastern and more at 7, 7:30, 8:30 and 10 Eastern. The Lounge will be doing live look-ins, some more extended than others, while we also search the Web for radio feeds from the minors, the juniors and the NCAA ranks.

Busy day ahead. Football? Who has time to look? It's hockey season!

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Edmonton 3, Colorado 2
Recap is here.
Summary is here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Binghamton 5, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 2
Recap is here.
Summary is here.
Standings are here.

EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE
Toledo 3, at Gwinnett 2 SO
Greenville 7, at Kalamazoo 4
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Quebec 5, Rimouski 2
Recap is here.
Summary is here.
Standings are here.

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Erie 6, Belleville 0
Recap is here.
Summary is here.
Standings are here.

UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE
Lincoln 2, at Sioux City 1 OT
Sioux Falls 3, at Omaha 1
At Waterloo 3, Cedar Rapids 2 OT
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

About Last Night: 11/24

The big bird is on the grill in back, smelling up the neighborhood, but in a good way. The Lounge is getting ready for a holiday feast, with plenty of fixings and some adult beverages.

Those bottles are looking pretty chilly out there on the deck. They'll be perfect when I bring them inside to warm up guests. No hockey until 9 pm Eastern, when the Colorado Avalanche visit the Edmonton Oilers. Here in New York, that game comes to us via the NHL Network.

Here, the skies are gray, probably a day that inspired this song from the Mommas and the Papas. I'll put quarter in the jukebox for you. Have a great day, and thanks for dropping in.



NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 1, at Buffalo 0
Columbus 4, at N.Y. Islanders 3 OT
Washington 3, at Carolina 2
At Atlanta 5, Detroit 1
At Montreal 4, Los Angeles 1
Dallas 2, at Ottawa 1
At New Jersey 2, Calgary 1 SO
At Tampa Bay 5, N.Y. Rangers 3
Boston 3, at Florida 1
St. Louis 2, at Nashville 1 SO
Philadelphia 6, at Minnesota 1
At Vancouver 4, Colorado 2
At San Jose 5, Chicago 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Toronto 3, Grand Rapids 1
Hamilton 3, at Adirondack 2
Providence 2, at Bridgeport 1 OT
Worcester 3, at Hershey 2
Manchester 3, at Springfield 2
At Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 3, Albany 0
Charlotte 4, at Norfolk 3
Lake Erie 4, at Rockford 2
At Texas 5, Houston 3
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Elmira 2, Alaska 1
At Reading 4, Cincinnati 3 OT
Greenville 5, at Wheeling 4
At Florida 3, Trenton 0
Utah 3, at Bakersfield 1
Las Vegas 1, at Stockton 0
Idaho 2, at Victoria 1
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Lewiston 7, Chicoutimi 4
Recap is here.
Summary is here.
Standings are here.

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
Sarnia 4, at Owen Sound 3 SO
At Plymouth 3, Saginaw 0
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Prince Albert 3, Moose Jaw 2
At Swift Current 3, Brandon 2 OT
At Edmonton 4, Calgary 3
At Lethbridge 5, Red Deer 4 SO
Prince George 4, at Chilliwack 0
At Portland 4, Everett 2
At Spokane 10, Kamloops 1
At Kelowna 6, Regina 1
Tri-City 5, at Seattle 4 SO
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Youngstown 2, Indiana 1
At Dubuque 1, Chicago 0
Omaha 6, at Lincoln 2
At Green Bay 4, Waterloo 2
At Cedar Rapids 5, Sioux City 1
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

About Last Night: 11/13

There's nothing like a little morning hockey to make your day. As I write, the Grand Rapids Griffins are visiting the Toronto Marlies. An 11 am Eastern start, and that means those of you fortunate to be in the west, more hockey before lunch.

The Lounge is serving extra OJ and cookies as we prepare for the full night of hockey. And we're trying to kill off a cold, so the OJ is being consumed by the bucket right now.

I was feeling ill last night so I went to bed early, only to wake up around 1 am Eastern to watch the full replay of the Edmonton/Phoenix game on Center Ice. By 3:45, I was back in bed, thankful that I would not have have to endure the nightmares Oilers players, coaches and fans will have to endure after a thoroughly disappointing game against the Coyotes.

Scary stuff, sports fans. I sensed that Count Floyd was around the corner.



NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Phoenix 5, Edmonton 0
Recap is here.
Summary is here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Chicago 6, Lake Erie 3
At Oklahoma City 4, Milwaukee 1
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Gwinnett 2, South Carolina 0
Trenton 3, at Florida 2
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
Gatineau 3, at Rimouski 2
Recap is here.
Summary is here.
Standings are here.

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Saskatoon 6, Swift Current 2
At Calgary 3, Edmonton 2
At Medicine Hat 7, Brandon 1
At Red Deer 5, Kootenay 0
At Kamloops 4, Regina 3 OT
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S HOCKEY
ECAC HOCKEY
Princeton 3, at Quinnipiac 0

HOCKEY EAST
At Massachusetts 4, Vermont 1

CENTRAL COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
Ferris State 3, at Michigan State 0

NONCONFERENCE
At Niagara 4, Colgate 2
Brown 5, at New Hampshire 5 OT
At Yale 5, Sacred Heart 1
Summaries and recaps are here.
Standings are here.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

One Game Is Never Enough

Well the pick to click is pretty much limited to Edmonton at Phoenix (9 pm Eastern, Center Ice), but the Lounge will be going to the Internet work a little radio magic tonight.

Two games in the AHL, two in the ECHL, two in the QMJHL, five in the WHL and six NCAA Division I games. There has to be some radio action out there.

It's movie night, so the lone NHL game will be a nice treat when I get back from the show. Just to keep me company, I will hunt for some audio from the western regions. That makes the Edmonton Oil Kings/Calgary Hitmen game a possibility, along with the Regina Pats/Kamloops Blazers game.

One way or another, I'm looking for hockey radar love out there tonight. For now, I'm putting two bits on Golden Earring. What are you having?

About Last Night: 11/22



Too many games all at once last night. I should have such problems every night. Seriously, people may talk about the old days and how hockey was so much better in the old days.

But not in the Lounge. Hockey today is faster and is much more fun to watch. I remember the early days of the Original 12 and how you could count having a handful of bad games each night. And watching the replays of those games today, you can see how today's players are, by comparison, in better shape, can skate better and come charging at one another at dangerously high speeds. Now if only they could do something about those flimsy sticks.

And today's game lacks the brutality of the old game, which is to be applauded. I watched a replay of the Manny Pacquiao/Antonio Margarito fight last night after all the games on ice were done. Now that was brutality.

The game on ice is fine. Sure we can continue to complain. That's what hockey fans and the those who cover the game do, have done, were born to do. But the game today is not like the wrestling on ice we had years ago, or the rodeo on ice we had before the lockout.

At least, that's the call at this end of the bar here in the Lounge. More later.



NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Toronto 4, Dallas 1
At New Jersey 5, Washington 0
At N.Y. Rangers 2, Calgary 1
At Philadelphia 3, Montreal 2
At Columbus 2, Nashville 0
At Ottawa 3, Los Angeles 2
At Tampa Bay 3, Boston 1
Pittsburgh 3, at Florida 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.



AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Norfolk 7, at Charlotte 3
Recap is here.
Summary is here.
Standings are here.

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Prince Edward Island 4, Val-d'Or 2
Recap is here.
Summary is here.
Standings are here.

Monday, November 22, 2010

About Last Night: 11/21

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Atlanta 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 OT
At Detroit 5, Calgary 4 OT
Edmonton 4, at Anaheim 2
Phoenix 3, at Vancouver 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Hamilton 3, at Toronto 1
At Bridgeport 3, Portland 0
Providence 4, at Manchester 1
At Worcester 4, Springfield 3
At Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 2, Binghamton 1
At Peoria 3, Rockford 2 SO
At Chicago 5, Lake Erie 2
At Hershey 4, Hartford 3
At Houston 4, Texas 2
At Rochester 5, Syracuse 4
At Oklahoma City 5, Milwaukee 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE
Wheeling 1, at South Carolina 0
Gwinnett 2, at Greenville 1
At Reading 3, Elmira 2 OT
Victoria 4, at Stockton 1
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Acadie-Bathurst 7, Rouyn-Noranda 1
Saint John 9, at Moncton 7
At Quebec 4, Lewiston 2
Gatineau 3, at Baie-Comeau 2
Rimouski 8, at Victoriaville 2
Val-d'Or at Prince Edward Island PPD
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
Ottawa 5, at Kingston 4 SO
At Mississauga 4, Peterborough 3
At Oshawa 7, Barrie 4
At London 4, Kingston 3 SO
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Medicine Hat 4, Prince Albert 2
At Moose Jaw 6, Calgary 3
Spokane 3, at Portland 1
Everett 4, at Tri-City 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Team USA 5, Indiana 2
Summary is here.
Standings are here.

NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S HOCKEY
HOCKEY EAST
At Boston College 4, Maine 1
Recap is here.
Summary is here.
Standings are here.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

About Last Night: 11/20

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Los Angeles 4, at Boston 3 SO
Tampa Bay 2, at Buffalo 1
At Montreal 2, Toronto 0
Florida 4, at N.Y. Islanders 1
Philadelphia 5, at Washington 4 SO
Nashville 2, at Carolina 1 SO
At St. Louis 3, New Jersey 2
N.Y. Rangers 5, at Minnesota 2
Colorado 4, at Dallas 3 SO
Chicago 7, at Vancouver 1
Columbus 3, at San Jose 0
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Toronto 4, Hamilton 3 SO
Manchester 1, at Bridgeport 0
Lake Erie 3, at Grand Rapids 1
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4, at Hershey 3
At Portland 2, Worcester 1 SO
Hartford 3, at Binghamton 2 OT
At Norfolk 3, Adirondack 1
Springfield 5, at Syracuse 4
Albany 4, at Rochester 0
At Chicago 5, Houston 2
At Texas 2, Milwaukee 0
At Peoria 3, Abbotsford 1
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE
Toledo 3, at Florida 1
Elmira 7, at Trenton 2
At South Carolina 3, Gwinnett 2
Alaska 5, at Utah 0
Victoria 4, at Bakersfield 1
Las Vegas 4, at Ontario 1
Idaho 2, at Stockton 1 SO
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
Val-d'Or 4, at Halifax 2
Montreal 4, at Chicoutimi 3
Lewiston 2, at Shawinigan 1 OT
At Moncton 5, Rouyn-Noranda 2
Saint John at Acadie-Bathurst PPD
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Niagara 5, Ottawa 3
Kingston 3, at Sarnia 1
At Sudbury 2, Brampton 1
At Belleville 6, Peterborough 3
At Plymouth 5, Guelph 1
At Saginaw 4, London 1
Erie 4, at Barrie 3
Mississauga 4, at Owen Sound 2
Windsor 6, at Sault Ste. Marie 5 OT
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Moose Jaw 4, at Brandon 2
At Edmonton 3, Red Deer 0
At Kootenay 6, Prince Albert 1
Saskatoon 5, at Lethbridge 3
At Medicine Hat 7, Swift Current 2
Regina 3, at Chilliwack 2 SO
At Portland 6, Kamloops 4
Kelowna 2, at Prince George 1 OT
Everett 3, at Seattle 2
At Tri-City 8, Spokane 3
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Team USA 3, Omaha 2
Chicago 2, at Indiana 1
Cedar Rapids 4, at Muskegon 3
Dubuque 1, at Youngstown 0
At Sioux Falls 7, Tri-City 4
At Green Bay 4, Des Moines 2
Fargo 8, at Waterloo 3
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S HOCKEY
ATLANTIC HOCKEY
Sacred Heart 4, at Army 4 OT
At Canisius 3, Robert Morris 2 OT
Bentley 5, at Holy Cross 2
At Niagara 4, Air Force 2
At Connecticut 5, American International 4

ECAC HOCKEY
At Clarkson 3, St. Lawrence 1
Yale 6, at Colgate 4
Brown 3, at Cornell 2
Dartmouth 3, at Princeton 2
At Quinnipiac 5, Harvard 4

HOCKEY EAST
At Boston University 4, New Hampshire 2
At Merrimack 3, Massachusetts-Lowell 2
At Northeastern 5, Providence 0

CENTRAL COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
Miami 3, at Bowling Green 0
Western Michigan 2, at Ferris State 2 SO (WMU wins)
At Notre Dame 4, Michigan State 2
Northern Michigan 2, at Alaska 1
At Michigan 3, Lake Superior State 2

WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
At Denver 4, Bemidji State 2
Minnesota 4, at Michigan Tech 1
St. Cloud State 4, at Alaska-Anchorage 3
At Nebraska-Omaha 1, North Dakota 0
Minnesota-Duluth 3, at Wisconsin 2 OT

Summaries and recaps are here.
Standings are here.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

About Last Night: 11/19



The events off the ice yesterday overshadowed the actions on the ice as far as the Lounge is concerned. Pat Burns, a coach who found success in the juniors and in the National Hockey League, died yesterday of cancer.

Burns led the Hull Olympiques to the championship of the QMJHL and then coached briefly in the AHL before reaching the NHL, coaching at Montreal, Toronto, New Jersey and Boston. He won the Stanley Cup with the Devils in 2003. Here is the NHL's tribute on its Web site.

Included are list of reactions from former coaches, colleagues and players of Burns.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Pittsburgh 5, Carolina 4 SO
Minnesota 4, at Detroit 3 OT
At Buffalo 4, Los Angeles 2
At Atlanta 5, Washington 0
At St. Louis 5, Ottawa 2
At Colorado 5, N.Y. Rangers 1
Phoenix 4, at Edmonton 3 SO
At Calgary 7, Chicago 2
Columbus 4, at Anaheim 3
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Charlotte 4, Adirondack 3 OT
Houston 5, at Grand Rapids 0
At Manchester 3, Worcester 1
At Binghamton 4, Hershey 2
Bridgeport 4, at Providence 3 OT
Norfolk 4, at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 1
At Lake Erie 2, Toronto 1
Hartford 5, at Springfield 2
Albany 4, at Syracuse 3 SO
Hamilton 5, at Rochester 3
At San Antonio 4, Milwaukee 3 SO
Texas 2, at Oklahoma City 1 SO
At Peoria 2, Abbotsford 0
At Manitoba 3, Rockford 1
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Greenville 6, Wheeling 2
Trenton 5, at Reading 2
At South Carolina 4, Gwinnett 3
At Cincinnati 5, Kalamazoo 2
At Florida 8, Toledo 1
Alaska 5, at Utah 4 OT
At Bakersfield 7, Las Vegas 1
Victoria 4, at Ontario 3
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
Prince Edward Island 8, at Cape Breton 3
At Halifax 3, Rouyn-Noranda 2
Lewiston 4, at Quebec 3
Montreal 3, at Baie-Comeau 1
Gatineau 5, at Chicoutimi 2
At Rimouski 5, Drummondville 4
At Shawinigan 4, Victoriaville 3 OT
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Sarnia 4, Saginaw 3 OT
Plymouth 4, at Guelph 2
At Kitchener 4, Kingston 3
Windsor 7, at London 3
At Mississauga 2, Niagara 1
At Sault Ste. Marie 3, Brampton 2 SO
At Ottawa 5, Belleville 2
Owen Sound 4, at Sudbury 1
At Oshawa 10, Erie 3
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Calgary 5, at Brandon 3
Saskatoon 2, at Kootenay 1
Prince Albert 9, at Lethbridge 3
At Red Deer 4, Swift Current 2
Kelowna 4, at Prince George 2
At Chilliwack 4, Tri-City 3
At Vancouver 5, Regina 4 OT
At Everett 4, Kamloops 2
At Seattle 2, Spokane 1 SO
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Muskegon 4, Dubuque 3 SO
Omaha 5, at Youngstown 2
At Waterloo 4, Tri-City 1
At Green Bay 2, Des Moines 0
At Lincoln 3, Sioux City 2
Fargo 3, at Sioux Falls 2
At Chicago 7, Cedar Rapids 5
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S HOCKEY
ATLANTIC HOCKEY
At Army 9, American International 3
At Bentley 3, Connecticut 2
Air Force 1, at Canisius 1 OT
At Niagara 4, RIT 1
Mercyhurst 3, at Robert Morris 1
Holy Cross 7, at Sacred Heart 2

ECAC HOCKEY
Brown 5, at Colgate 2
Yale 4, at Cornell 2
At Princeton 1, Harvard 0
At Quinnipiac 2, Dartmouth 0

HOCKEY EAST
At Boston College 4, at Maine 0
Northeastern 3, at Providence 3 OT
Merrimack 4, at Massachusetts-Lowell 3
At New Hampshire 5, Boston University 2

CENTRAL COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
Miami 4, at Bowling Green 3
At Ferris State 3, Western Michigan 1
At Notre Dame 6, Michigan State 2
Northern Michigan 1, at Alaska 1 SO (UA wins)
At Michigan 7, Lake Superior State 2

WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
At Denver 3, Bemidji State 1
Minnesota 6, at Michigan Tech 4
At Alaska-Anchorage 3, St. Cloud State 2
North Dakota 6, at Nebraska-Omaha 5
Minnesota-Duluth 6, at Wisconsin 5 OT

Summaries and recaps are here.
Standings are here.

Friday, November 19, 2010

It's Friday. Pass the Clicker.

There is so much hockey on the grid and I have only so much time, patience and attention span to cover what will be a busy night.

It's college night on the Lounge's Big Screen, which will have Minnesota-Duluth at Wisconsin (Fox College Sports Central) at 8 pm Eastern. As soon as that game finishes, the Big Screen will join the Bemidji State at Denver (Fox College Sports Atlantic), which starts at 9:30 Eastern. A live college look-in coverage on the Big Screen will be Yale at Cornell (CBS College Sports), which starts at 7:30 Eastern.

On the modestly sized HD monitor, the Lounge will feature Los Angeles at Buffalo (Center Ice) at 7:30 Eastern. Once the Kings and Sabres wrap things up, the HD monitor will switch the focus to Chicago at Calgary (Center Ice). That game starts at 9:30 Eastern.

The N.Y. Rangers/Colorado game lands on the low definition CRT set (MSG Plus). That game starts at 9 Eastern.

What's left? Live look-ins on the the HD monitor for Carolina/Pittsburgh, Minnesota/Detroit, Washington/Atlanta, Ottawa/St. Louis, Phoenix/Edmonton and Columbus/Anaheim.

Internet radio? We'll the Lounge is going to try and see what we can find regarding the juniors and AHL tonight? In the OHL, Kingston at Kitchener is one we'll be searching for. The matchup between Lewiston and Quebec is on the must list for the QMJHL. Out in the WHL, Saskatoon at Kootenay will draw our interest. In the USHL, Dubuque at Muskegon makes the list.

Whether we find any or all of these games is not known at this time, which makes tonight's search all that more interesting.

At the bar is the usual selection of beverages. And from the kitchen, I'd say you better try the green chile tamales, chips and salsa. Why? Because it's my kitchen and I say they will fire you up and keep you warm all night.

Now let's get ready for hockey. Limber up to this little treat from when I was a young lad.

Here's "Suavecito" by Malo. Thanks for stopping by.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

About Last Night: 11/18



The Tampa Bay at Philadelphia game was truly the right call on Thursday night. Reminded of old Edmonton/Chicago or Edmonton/Winnipeg (when the Jets had that brief flash of Dale Hawerchuk surrounded by some talented skaters) games where your head swiveled like you were playing video Pong.

End-to-end action, an 8-7 victory by the Lightning and five-point nights for Steven Stamkos (three goals) and Martin St. Louis.

And while the Big Screen in the Lounge was on fire, the modestly sized HD monitor had all the early big hits between Nashville and Montreal. Those two teams may not know each other, but now they may not like each other the next time they meet.

And watch Marcel Goc score his final goal of the night for the Predators in a 3-0 victory. Did the Red Sea part? Doesn't matter. Goc put a little salt in the wound for the Canadiens fans, who on Tuesday night were roaring for Carey Price and his efforts in a 3-0 victory over the Flyers.

Last night, it was Pekka Rinne who deserved the cheers. Actually, all the games were entertaining. Throw in some frosty adult beverages and my creation of a flame-broiled burger with pastrami, dijon mustard, raw onion slices, lettuce and a little cole slaw and I wound up with a tasty product all around. Perhaps messy all around, but well worth the effort.

More later.



NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Boston 4, Florida 0
At Toronto 3, New Jersey 1
Tampa Bay 8, at Philadelphia 7
Nashville 3, at Montreal 0
At Dallas 5, San Jose 4 OT
Roundup is here.
Summaries is here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Rockford 1, at Manitoba 0
Recap is here.
Summary is here.
Standings are here.

EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Greenville 4, Wheeling 2
At Stockton 3, Idaho 2 SO
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Cape Breton 7, Val-d'Or 4
At Quebec 6, Gatineau 4
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
Erie 4, at Peterborough 1
At Saginaw 7, Brampton 3
Sudbury 6, at Barrie 3
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

Quick Picks to Click

Tampa Bay at Philadephia, anyone? That's the Big Screen game, at 7 pm on the NHL Network. Nashville at Montreal goes on the modestly sized HD monitor (7:30 Eastern, Center Ice). The low definition CRT model gets New Jersey at Toronto (7 Eastern, MSG Plus) only because I can put a local game on the menu.

Florida at Boston (7 Eastern) is another Internet radio game (Florida feed). San Jose at Dallas (8:30 Eastern, Center Ice) will get live look-ins until the Lightning/Flyers game is over. After that, the Sharks and Stars will graduate to the Big Screen.

Firing up the grill tonight. Still seasonally warm in New York. At least, it's not freezing or raining yet. Burgers flamed to order. A hunk of burning love. Get yours in now.

More later. Thanks for stopping by. Take it away, Elvis.

About Last Night: 11/17



Well, it looks like the Los Angeles Kings' penalty kill is still holding up at home. But Columbus spoiled the Kings' run at home with a 5-3 victory. Sooooo, we shall see if the Kings can live up to their raised expectations as they make their way east.

Now here's a new thought. The Oilers are jinxed. At least Edmonton is falling apart. Please put Nikolai Khabibulin back on the injured list, according to TSN.

A groin injury has placed Khabibulin on the injured reserve list, where he can rest and recover while his various replacements try to keep the pucks, and there have been many, out of the net.

I'm working on my picks to click. Perhaps I can consult with Khabby. He has some time on his hands. (For what it's worth, the uniforms the Oilers wore last night are the ones that should be the primary home uniform, not the bland blue or, for that matter, the bland glacier white ones as the road jerseys.)

More later.



NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Tampa Bay 4, at N.Y. Islanders 2
Boston 3, at N.Y. Rangers 2
At Pittsburgh 3, Vancouver 1
At Washington 4, Buffalo 2
At Carolina 7, Ottawa 1
Florida 2, at Atlanta 1
At Detroit 7, at St. Louis 3
At Minnesota 2, Anaheim 1 OT
At Colorado 4, San Jose 3 OT
Phoenix 3, at Calgary 1
Chicago 5, at Edmonton 0
Columbus 5, at Los Angeles 3
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Manchester 4, Hartford 3
San Antonio 3, Peoria 1
At Charlotte 2, Adirondack 1
At Lake Erie 3, Grand Rapids 0
Binghamton 4, at Syracuse 0
At Houston 3, Chicago 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Bakersfield 3, Victoria 1
Reading 3, at Trenton 2
At Florida 4, Toledo 2
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Halifax 6, Rouyn-Noranda 1
Acadie-Bathurst 4, at Prince Edward Island 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Owen Sound 8, Belleville 3
Recap is here.
Summary is here.
Standings are here.

UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Muskegon 6, Omaha 5 SO
Cedar Rapids 4, at Indiana 3 OT
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Wednesday's Quick Picks to Click

Time's short, so hang on.

Florida at Atlanta (7 pm Eastern, Center Ice) goes to the Big Screen. Boston at N.Y. Rangers (7 pm Eastern, MSG) goes on the modestly-sized HD monitor. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders (7 pm Eastern, MSG Plus) goes on the low-definition old-school CRT set. Florida at Atlanta (7 pm Eastern) is an Internet radio option (you must listen to Randy Moller's goal calls).



Live look-ins for Vancouver at Pittsburgh (7 Eastern), Buffalo at Washington (7 Eastern), Ottawa at Carolina (7 Eastern), St. Louis at Detroit (7:30 Eastern), Anaheim at Minnesota (8 Eastern) and San Jose at Colorado (9 Eastern).

Columbus at Los Angeles (10:30 Eastern, Center Ice) gets the Big Screen late. The modestly-sized HD monitor will pick up the action of Phoenix at Calgary (9:30 Eastern, Center Ice) in progress. Chicago at Edmonton (9:30 Eastern) is an Internet radio game, Chicago feed.

Thanks for stopping by.

About Last Night: 11/16

Do you trust your political leaders? Do you trust business leaders? Now, and here is the big question for today, do you trust either of the above group to always be their public selves when they send private e-mail messages to each other?

The public debate about Colin Campbell and his e-mailed complaints (or jokes?) to a director of officiating leaves me wondering whether we have truly lost sense of how the world operates today.

I'm not talking about how the world should run today. Take two business executives. Put a pile of cash in front of them and say it is there for the taking. The smart executive negotiates a plan to split the pile. Once the agreement is reached, that executive then dashes to pick up the cash (as stated in the agreement) and points out that the entire pile is now belongs to him/her. You don't like it? See you in court.

Sad, but true.

Same goes for e-mail. Once an executive gets past the initial training -- How does this work? -- and the initial skepticism -- Why do I need to know this? I'll never use it -- that person takes a slow yet steady approach to where we are now.

First you send short messages. Then some forwards. Then some chain mailings. Then you begin to feel like a sports columnist, firing off snarky little remarks that are, between you and me, to be kept between you and me.

Then you get mad. And that is where the private side comes into play. I will flame this person, but it's between you and me. It's wrong, we can both agree on that, but you do it anyway. And when this conversation or practice blows up, defense mechanisms go into action.

Feel bad, call it a joke, call a lawyer, whatever. It happened, now deal with it. But don't act surprised that this happens. Ray Ratto, who once was the reason for this graveyard shift editor to get up around noon to pick up that morning's edition of the San Francisco Chronicle, expresses some shock.

But I say it's misplaced. Again, are we surprised? Really? I would be surprised if this only happened in the NHL. So let us take a deep breath and redirect some questioning in this direction of Stephen Walkom and Dean Warren, the other two players in this situation, have to say? Let's have someone take this to court and get a proper airing. That would be best for all. Seriously, Campbell's firing or resignation would only be window dressing. A public hanging that does not solve the problem. (Elliotte Friedman of the CBC touches on this and a bigger issue in his blog post.) And the business world has a big problem that we are not even close to touching.

I consider this just another day and another business. (Such conflicts of interest should be considered wrong, as Friedman suggests in an earlier blog post, but I assure you they are taking place as I write this.) See those skyscrapers? They have elevators. Inside them, executives are talking. They may be ready to eliminate your job, or cut up another pile of money, perhaps at your expense. (Ask Ratto how that joint operating agreement between the Chronicle and the San Francisco Examiner worked out. While your at it, ask him when did he finally figure out the fix was in for one or both of those newspapers.) Or they may be quickly sending a text message that locks in a spot at an exclusive school for their undeserving son or daughter, effectively blocking your deserving son or daughter from landing a seat and getting a shot at a better life. Connections beat merit? Say it isn't so.

Those are my two cents, anyway. But keep it between you and me, OK?

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Toronto 5, Nashville 4
At Montreal 3, Philadelphia 0
At Dallas 2, Anaheim 1
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4, at Albany 1
At Hamilton 2, Toronto 1 SO
At Springfield 4, Bridgeport 3
At Texas 8, Chicago 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE
Kalamazoo 3, at Cincinnati 2 OT
At South Carolina 3, Greenville 1
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Kitchener 7, Guelph 1
Recap is here.
Summary is here.
Standings are here.

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Portland 4, at Brandon 2
Recap is here.
Summary is here.
Standings are here.

UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE
Lincoln 8, at Tri-City 0
Summary is here.
Standings are here.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Pick to Click After the Movie

Yes, it's Movie Night, which means Anaheim at Dallas (9 pm Eastern, Center Ice) gets the call. The Stars took on some bruises last week in Southern California, losing to both the Los Angeles Kings and the Anaheim Ducks.

Let's see if there is some manner of payback on the table for the Stars, who are 13th overall in the Western Conference. It's also a battle of some pretty unimaginative uniforms. Dallas has reached the pinnacle of boring, having successfully removed nearly all the traces of green from its home black uniform.

Placing Dallas on the front of your uniform just says bush league to me. I'm only going to mention briefly how brilliant the old North Stars logo and colors used to look on the screen. These Dallas uniforms? Trash. I don't need a cartoon logo, either. Just a traditional crest and some color on those uniforms.

The Ducks? Well it looks as if they took their clothing cues from the San Diego Padres of the 1980s. They're great if you are handing out hot dogs at Der Wienerschnitzel, but not for baseball and definitely not for hockey.

Almost makes me long for the mighty men of jade and eggplant uniforms. I said almost.

Thanks for stopping by.

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

I said I was going to quit doing this. I put away my legal pad and decided not to have anything beside me when I started to look up who won last night in the juniors.

Not to far along in this process, I looked for a pad to scribble some scores, notes to myself, I said. And the next thing I new, I was back in my daily relationship with hockey agate. I cannot give it up.

Part of it is trying to keep track of who is where, in terms of prospects and suspects. And it's just another passion that has moved from print to digital. Getting up and checking out the box scores.

Just like many of you, I learned as a child that this was the morning ritual of adults who went out and made sure the bills were paid. My father left for his job at the slaughterhouse at 6 am. My mother left for her job at the fishhook plant at 6:45. After that, it was just me, my Rose Bowl of cereal, Hughes Rudd on the CBS Morning News, the radio and the agate pages of the Rocky Mountain News.

Hughes Rudd (and, for a very short time, his partner Sally Quinn) on TV would eventually give way to rock-n-roll on AM 950 KIMN out of Denver. I had solid block of time for music, weather and my sports page to get me ready for the morning commute, an 16-block walk to Franklin Elementary. School started at 9 am. Plenty of time.

The music/sports cocktail had me ready for the day. So what if the teachers at Franklin were there to beat down my spirit, feed me with facts that now smell particularly fishy, and then send me back home with a note saying: Mark thinks he knows more than the teacher, Mark talks to much about sports and rock music, blah, blah, blah.

My mother would give me a worried look. My father would give me an angry look -- as long as my mother was in the room. Once she left, my dad would ask me what we were covering in school and then tell me why my behavior report from school told him I was headed down the right road, albeit a more bumpy one.

He's still right about that. It's been worth the trip. My relationship with sports agate was established way back. I guess I shouldn't turn my back on it now.

Monday's Leftovers
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Boston 3, New Jersey 0
At Buffalo 4, Vancouver 3 OT
At Philadelphia 5, Ottawa 1
N.Y. Rangers 3, at Pittsburgh 2 OT
At Colorado 6, St. Louis 3
At San Jose 6, Los Angeles 3
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Portland 6, at Moose Jaw 3
Brandon 5, at Regina 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Monday's Coffee and Cornflakes

This is the end of the line for the daily spreadsheet, which has helped me keep track of the top level of hockey, along with the top level of minors, juniors and college hockey.

But the time spent typing it all in perhaps could be better spent writing about what I am seeing either in person or on television, or reading between the lines in all this agate.

So, savor this last bit of the morning spreadsheet. Instead, I will be linking to scoreboards and roundups, so you can still find the scores, standings and roundups. And with that, here is the final spreadsheet, covering all the action from Sunday on the ice.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
At N.Y. Rangers 8, Edmonton 2
At Washington 6, Atlanta 4
Minnesota 4, at Tampa Bay 1
At Chicago 3, Anaheim 2 OT
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Manchester 4, Springfield 2
At Worcester 3, Norfolk 1
Grand Rapids 2, at Hamilton 1
At San Antonio 5, Chicago 2
Houston 5, at Peoria 2
At Providence 5, Abbotsford 4 SO
At Hershey 8, Binghamton 3
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Kalamazoo 5, Wheeling 0
Cincinnati 2, at Toledo 1
At Reading 3, South Carolina 2
Ontario 2, at Alaska 1
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Saint John 6, Quebec 0
At Montreal 5, Drummondville 1
At Chicoutimi 6, Victoriaville 4
Moncton 5, at Gatineau 4 OT
At Lewiston 3, Baie-Comeau 2 OT
Shawinigan 3, at Val-d'Or 1
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
Saginaw 4, at Brampton 2
At Guelph 5, Sudbury 2
At Kingston 6, Sarnia 5 OT
At Ottawa 7, Sault Ste. Marie 3
At Oshawa 3, Peterborough 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Kootenay 6, at Calgary 2
At Kamloops 3, Everett 1
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S HOCKEY
ATLANTIC HOCKEY
Holy Cross 6, at Canisius 2

NONCONFERENCE
At Air Force 4, Yale 3
Summaries and recaps are here.
Standings are here.

Sunday Coffee to Go

A quick run through of the action from Saturday.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Ottawa 2, at Boston 0
At Buffalo 3, Washington 2 OT
Vancouver 5, at Toronto 3
At Montreal 7, Carolina 2
At Philadelphia 5, Florida 2
Pittsburgh 4, at Atlanta 2
At Detroit 3, Colorado 1
At Nashville 4, Chicago 3 SO
At Phoenix 5, St. Louis 3
At San Jose 4, Calgary 3
At Los Angeles 5, N.Y. Islanders 1
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Milwaukee 3, at Lake Erie 2
At Hamilton 2, Grand Rapids 1
Abbotsford 4, at Adirondack 2
At Bridgeport 3, Norfolk 2 OT
Springfield 4, at Hartford 3 SO
Providence 3, at Manchester 1
At Portland 5, Albany 2
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 2, at Worcester 0
Toronto 4, at Binghamton 3
Hershey 3, at Syracuse 0
At Peoria 3, Houston 0
At Manitoba 6, Rochester 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Greenville 3, Florida 0
At Reading 5, South Carolina 3
At Cincinnati 4, Gwinnett 3 SO
Toledo 8, at Kalamazoo 0
At Elmira 5, Trenton 4
Stockton 5, at Idaho 4
Utah 3, at Bakersfield 2 OT
At Las Vegas 3, Victoria 1
Ontario 4, at Alaska 3
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Drummondville 4, Moncton 0
At Gatineau 2, Montreal 1
Cape Breton 6, at Rimouski 5
Quebec 4, at Prince Edward Island 3 OT
At Saint John 5, Acadie-Bathurst 3
At Lewiston 6, Baie-Comeau 1
Shawinigan 7, at Rouyn-Noranda 3
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Erie 2, London 1
At Niagara 2, Sudbury 0
Ottawa 6, at Peterborough 2
Sarnia 3, at Belleville 2 SO
Kitchener 3, at Plymouth 2
Mississauga 6, at Barrie 4
At Owen Sound 4, Windsor 3
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Moose Jaw 3, Lethbridge 0
Portland 8, at Prince Albert 2
At Swift Current 2, Seattle 1 OT
At Kootenay 1, Edmonton 0
At Medicine Hat 6, Regina 4
At Kamloops 4, Kelowna 0
At Spokane 5, Tri-City 0
Prince George 3, at Vancouver 2 SO
At Everett 3, Chilliwack 2 OT
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE
Youngstown 6, at Indiana 3
Cedar Rapids 4, at Sioux City 0
At Dubuque 4, Muskegon 1
Omaha 5, at Fargo 2
At Des Moines 7, Waterloo 2
At Green Bay 3, Chicago 2 OT
Lincoln 4, at Sioux Falls 3
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S HOCKEY
ATLANTIC HOCKEY
Holy Cross 3, at Canisius 3 OT
At Mercyhurst 4, Army 1
At Niagara 5, Bentley 3
At RIT 5, Connecticut 3
At Robert Morris 5, Sacred Heart 1

ECAC HOCKEY
At Clarkson 3, Harvard 1
Quinnipiac 3, at Colgate 1
Princeton 2, at Cornell 1
At RPI 4, Union 3 OT
Dartmouth 6, at St. Lawrence 1

HOCKEY EAST
Boston University 3, at Merrimack 3 OT
At Maine 4, Northeastern 2
Massachusetts 3, at New Hampshire 3 OT
At Vermont 5, Boston College 3

CENTRAL COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
At Lake Superior 4, Ferris State 0
At Michigan State 4, Ohio State 0
Alaska 3, at Miami 2
At Northern Michigan 5, Bowling Green 1
At Michigan 5, Notre Dame 3

WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
At Bemidji State 4, Alaska-Anchorage 0
At Denver 6, Minnesota State 1
Nebraska-Omaha 4, at St. Cloud State 4 OT
At Minnesota-Duluth 4, Michigan Tech 2
North Dakota 4, at Wisconsin 2

NONCONFERENCE
Yale 5, at Colorado College 1
Providence 4, at Alabama-Huntsville 2
Summaries and recaps are here.
Standings are here.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Saturday's Coffee on the Go

Here's a quick dash through the spreadsheet covering Friday night's action on the ice.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
At New Jersey 4, Edmonton 3 OT
At Pittsburgh 5, Tampa Bay 1
Colorado 5, at Columbus 1
At Florida 2, Minnesota 1
At Phoenix 5, Calgary 4
At Anaheim 4, Dallas 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.
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AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Syracuse 3, at Albany 0
At Charlotte 6, Bridgeport 5
Toronto 3, at Hershey 2
Worcester 3, at Manchester 1
At Oklahoma City 6, Chicago 2
Abbotsford 5, at Providence 2
Binghamton 5, at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 1
At Adirondack 4, Norfolk 3 OT
Milwaukee 4, at Lake Erie 0
At San Antonio 3, Rockford 2
At Manitoba 3, Rochester 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE
Cincinnati 2, at Toledo 0
At Greenville 6, Florida 3
Gwinnett 3, at Kalamazoo 1
At Elmira 5, South Carolina 3
Trenton 5, at Wheeling 3
At Idaho 4, Stockton 3 SO
At Bakersfield 4, Utah 3
At Las Vegas 3, Victoria 1
Ontario 2, at Alaska 1 OT
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
Prince Edward Island 5, at Halifax 1
Quebec 5, at Acadie-Bathurst 2
At Victoriaville 4, Moncton 2
At Drummondville 3, Cape Breton 2
At Rimouski 5, Chicoutimi 4
At Val-d'Or 4, Rouyn-Noranda 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
Saginaw 4, at Erie 3
At Plymouth 2, Windsor 1
Owen Sound 4, at Guelph 3 OT
At Kingston 5, Sault Ste. Marie 3
At Kitchener 4, Brampton 1
At London 8, Barrie 1
At Ottawa 3, Sarnia 2
Mississauga 8, at Sudbury 4
Belleville 2, at Oshawa 1
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Medicine Hat 6, at Moose Jaw 3
Seattle 5, at Regina 4
At Swift Current 3, Prince Albert 2
At Saskatoon 4, Portland 3
At Brandon 3, Lethbridge 2 OT
At Spokane 4, Edmonton 3
At Kelowna 4, Prince George 1
Red Deer 4, at Chilliwack 3
At Everett 5, Tri-City 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Dubuque 7, Chicago 1
At Lincoln 3, Tri-City 0
At Des Moines 5, Muskegon 4 OT
Green Bay 4, at Waterloo 2
At Sioux Falls 2, Omaha 1
Cedar Rapids 3, at Fargo 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S HOCKEY
ATLANTIC HOCKEY
At Mercyhurst 4, Army 0
At Niagara 4, Bentley 1
At RIT 6, Connecticut 2
Sacred Heart 4, at Robert Morris 4 OT

ECAC HOCKEY
Dartmouth 7, at Clarkson 1
Princeton 4, at Colgate 3
At Cornell 4, Quinnipiac 1
Harvard 4, at St. Lawrence 2
At Union 2, RPI 1

HOCKEY EAST
Merrimack 1, at Boston University 1 OT
At Maine 4, Northeastern 2
At New Hampshire 3, Massachusetts 0
Boston College 3, at Vermont 2

CENTRAL COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
At Lake Superior 1, Ferris State 0
Ohio State 4, at Michigan State 3 OT
At Miami 4, Alaska 0
Bowling Green 2, at Northern Michigan 1
Notre Dame 3, at Michigan 1

WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
Alaska-Anchorage 5, at Bemidji State 4
At Denver 3, Minnesota State 2
Nebraska-Omaha 3, at St. Cloud State 0
At Minnesota-Duluth 5, Michigan Tech 3
North Dakota 1, at Wisconsin 0

NONCONFERENCE
Colorado College 6, at Air Force 4
Providence 3, at Alabama-Huntsville 1
Summaries and recaps are here.
Standings are here.