The International Ice Hockey Federation has half of this year’s Olympic Hockey team rosters available to peruse online today, with another five being announced tomorrow. The Team USA roster won’t be released until January 1st, during the Winter Classic game. Things aren’t looking good for team USA at this point but hey, we had the Miracle on Ice remember?
I’ve been a fan of Kyle Cumiskey from the start, so I just want to take a minute to fawn over him here by reiterating his goal from last night’s comeback victory over the Atlanta Thrashers.
With the Thrashers losing top scorer Ilya Kovalchuk to the Devils this week, no one thought they’d show up to play… and boy, were we wrong. The first period started out with a garbage goal for the Thrashers, to which the Avs answered back almost immediately with a goal by Clark. Stastny set him up for the perfect shot; a skill he’s perfected to a T. A Thrasher penalty and an Avs power play, which produced nothing but a bunch of…well, nothing. Passing the puck around and not capitalizing on opportunities pretty much sums it up. Game tied 1-1 at the end of the first.
Lake Erie Monsters points leader and oft touted badass of the AHL, Darren Haydar, has been called up by the Colorado Avalanche and could make his debut tonight. He would join current call ups Chris Durno and Justin Mercier.
Not only is tonight Uwe Krupp Night, but it’s also the first time Ian Laperriere will lace up his skates in the Pepsi Center since being traded to the Philadelphia Flyers over the summer. It was a controversial trade as far as fans are concerned due to Lappy’s popularity, though it could have been hard for them, I don’t believe the management thought twice about it. But let’s not talk about that.
Are you as excited for this upcoming season as you were last year?
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