Saturday, December 4, 2010

The Saturday Rewind

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Carolina 2, Colorado 1 OT
At N.Y. Rangers 2, N.Y. Islanders 0
At Buffalo 5, Columbus 0
Calgary 3, at Minnesota 2 SO
Vancouver 3, at Chicago 0
Detroit 4, at Anaheim 0
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

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

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

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Acadie-Bathurst 8, Prince Edward Island 0
Gatineau 3, at Moncton 2 OT
At Saint John 6, Lewiston 2
At Victoriaville 5, Quebec 2
At Montreal 4, Shawinigan 1
Cape Breton 5, at Baie-Comeau 4 SO
At Chicoutimi 5, Rimouski 3
Drummondville 4, at Rouyn-Noranda 1
Halifax 4, at Val-d'Or 3 SO
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

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

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Moose Jaw 9, at Regina 6
Everett 6, at Swift Current 0
At Edmonton 8, Brandon 4
At Red Deer 3, Prince Albert 0
Saskatoon 4, at Kamloops 3 OT
At Portland 5, Tri-City 1
Seattle 5, at Prince George 4
At Spokane 3, Medicine Hat 2 OT
At Chilliwack 3, Kelowna 2
Calgary 4, at Vancouver 3
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

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

NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S HOCKEY
ATLANTIC HOCKEY
Holy Cross 1, at Air Force 1 OT
RIT 4, at American International 0
At Niagara 4, Connecticut 3 OT
Bentley 2, at Robert Morris 2 OT
Mercyhurst 6, at Sacred Heart 2

ECAC HOCKEY
Union 4, at Brown 3
Clarkson 5, at Princeton 3
St. Lawrence 6, at Quinnipiac 4
At Yale 4, RPI 2

HOCKEY EAST
Boston College 9, at Boston University 5
Merrimack 2, at Northeastern 1
Maine 3, at Providence 3 OT

CENTRAL COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
Michigan State 3, at Ferris State 2
Bowling Green 1, Lake Superior 1 SO (LS wins)
Notre Dame 5, at Miami 4
At Northern Michigan 3, Western Michigan 1
At Ohio State 3, Michigan 2 OT

WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
At Bemidji State 3, Nebraska-Omaha 0
At Minnesota State 3, Minnesota 2
Colorado College 7, at Michigan Tech 3
At Alaska-Anchorage 2, Wisconsin 1
Denver 5, at Minnesota-Duluth 4 OT
At North Dakota 3, St. Cloud State 1

NONCONFERENCE
At Cornell 3, Alabama-Huntsville 1
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

Friday, December 3, 2010

The Friday Spreadsheet

After the initial experience on Twitter, one might say the service is more annoying than fun. You meet some interesting people with interesting views, and then you block them once they go from discussing (and I use that word losely) something you care about to selling you things or ideas you have no use for.

Fine. Just a part of a day on Twitter. But when the Maple Leafs happen to lose a game ... run for cover because Twitter is about to explode. Toronto is melting down. All hope is gone. Civilization as we know it is doomed.

But isn't this a kick in the head. You actually wake up the next morning and the world appears to be fine. At least, it's not doomed. But the Leafs watch continues each day, as if that team truly was the most important one in the NHL.

And just to spice things up on Twitter last night, a few reporters who apparently had no deadline to meet, were talking about the troubles of the Senators, Flames and Maple Leafs in tones that seemed to indicate the collapse of government and all that Canadians hold dear to themselves. Here's TSN's Bob McKenzie on Twitter:

Don't recall a time when things were messier in TOR, OTT and CGY at the same time. GMs looking to deal, coaches on hot seats, not pretty.


And here's an Ontario-centric view of the world from ESPN's Pierre LeBrun.

Leafs and Sens being shut out at home so far tonight... both coaches possibly on hot seat... Ugly times in the province of Ontario


James Mirtle, beat writer for The Globe and Mail, care to offer a tweet on the Leafs alone?

Booing in Toronto was louder than it's been in a long, long time. The "Fire Wilson" chant was fairly loud, too, at least near the press box.


So I get it. Things are bad. But Edmonton won, so something good came out of the evening. The Leafs may very well fire Ron Wilson one of these days. But I don't need the daily splat of 140-character bird droppings about doom in Toronto. I'm not surprised the Leafs are bad. For the most part, they have not been good since I was 6. The world did not end, the seas did not part, and the sky did not fall in. Heck, the Rangers even won the Cup in that period. But the sky did not fall in.

At least, I don't think it has. I better check Twitter for updates.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
N.Y. Rangers 6, at N.Y. Islanders 5
At Boston 8, Tampa Bay 1
Montreal 5, at New Jersey 1
At Pittsburgh 3, Atlanta 2
Edmonton 5, at Toronto 0
San Jose 4, at Ottawa 0
At Dallas 2, Washington 1
At Los Angeles 3, Florida 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Houston 4, Rockford 3 SO
Recap is here.
Summary is here.
Standings are here.

EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Greenville 7, Gwinnett 1
At Wheeling 5, Trenton 2
Las Vegas 3, at Utah 2
At Idaho 2, Alaska 1
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Moncton 4, Lewiston 3
Recap is here.
Summary is here.
Standings are here.

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
Mississauga 3, at Brampton 2
Belleville 8, at Peterborough 6
At Oshawa 3, Kingston 2 OT
Niagara 5, at Windsor 3
Sudbury 4, at Barrie 3
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S HOCKEY
HOCKEY EAST
New Hampshire 3, at Massachusetts-Lowell 0
Summary and recap are here.
Standings are here.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

The Thursday Spreadsheet



Now, you must remember that I am not saying that Montreal's Mike Cammalleri is a quitter. But I will say that he did not help himself or his team when he first appeared to decide that avoiding contact with the Oilers' Dustin Penner was his best option in overtime.

And Cammalleri clearly seemed to decide, having surrendered the puck to Penner, that his best option was to take a Zamboni turn to get back into the play. Brutal. Carey Price, how does it feel to be on your own?

That was just one of the great games viewed in the Lounge last night. Watched Boston march in to Philadelphia last night and bounce the Flyers around. Johnny Boychuk played a man's game last night. If Cammelleri appeared to be allergic to physical contact last night, Boychuk showed that he was the Bruins' patient zero, his hitting style was so contagious. (As a matter of fact, the Flyers' Darroll Powe would show Boychuck just how inspiring his hitting was.)



Also enjoyed watching the Predators' Steve Sullivan completely fool the Blue Jackets' Steve Mason in the shootout session. OK, so Sullivan said told announcer Terry Crisp that it was tougher than it looked out there, but that only means we were fooled as well. So be it. Put two points on the Predators' side of the ledger.



We also caught bits of the Capitals/Blues and the Coyotes/Wild game before watching the Canucks light up the board in Calgary. Brutal performance by the Flames, who at times showed some interest in getting back into the game.



Watched the highlights of the Panthers/Ducks game. I'll see the Panthers tonight against the Los Angeles Kings; I cannot wait to see the Red Wings and Ducks on Friday night.

Yes, the Lounge is just getting warmed up. We'll save some seats for you.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Nashville 4, at Columbus 3 SO
Edmonton 4, at Montreal 3 OT
Boston 3, at Philadelphia 0
Phoenix 4, at Minnesota 2
Washington 4, at St. Louis 1
Vancouver 7, at Calgary 2
At Anaheim 5, Florida 3
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 5, at Albany 1
At Hamilton 3, Abbotsford 2 SO
At Worcester 2, Connecticut 1 SO
At Milwaukee 6, Manitoba 3
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE
Florida 5, at Kalamazoo 2
Trenton 4, at Toledo 2
Bakersfield 5, at Ontario 4
Stockton 3, at Victoria 2 SO
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
Gatineau 4, at Prince Edward Island 1
Saint John 7, at Acadie-Bathurst 2
At Shawinigan 2, Halifax 1
At Val-d'Or 4, Montreal 3 OT
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
London 2, at Owen Sound 1
At Saginaw 8, Sault Ste. Marie 4
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Swift Current 3, Lethbridge 2 OT
Prince Albert 5, at Edmonton 4 SO
Saskatoon 7, at Chilliwack 3
Kootenay 5, at Portland 3
At Prince George 4, Calgary 3
At Kelowna 3, Seattle 2
At Tri-City 4, Medicine Hat 1
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

The Wednesday AM Spreadsheet



NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Tampa Bay 4, at Toronto 3 OT
At Nashville 3, Phoenix 0
At Chicago 7, St. Louis 5
Atlanta 3, at Colorado 2 OT
Detroit 5, at San Jose 3
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.



AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Chicago 2, Manitoba 1 SO
At Texas 5, Oklahoma City 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
Lewiston 2, at Cape Breton 1 OT
Victoriaville 3, at Rimouski 2 SO
Montreal 9, at Rouyn-Noranda 2
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Saskatoon 2, at Vancouver 1
Kootenay 3, at Everett 1
Medicine Hat 3, at Seattle 1
Roundup is here.
Summaries are here.
Standings are here.

NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S HOCKEY
NONCONFERENCE
Merrimack 3, at Harvard 1
Summary and recap are here.
Standings are here.