sergei gonchar Stories - PensBurgh
Should we boo Sergei Gonchar?
He deserves it. Let's get that out of the way up front. Sergei Gonchar has earned the animosity of Ottawa Senators fans. That much is clear, because he has earned it not with incompetence, but with perhaps the most egregious insult a multimillionaire playing a game can offer those who pay his...
Five players who must step up - revisited
Prior to the start of the season, I published a list of five players who I felt had to raise their game if the Ottawa Senators were going to make the playoffs for the year. This list was not intended to question their ability to do so, but merely point out my belief that the team's fortunes were...
Trials and tribulations of Pittsburgh's power play
The Pittsburgh Penguins' power play has been under ample scrutiny throughout the season. Much of the inability to execute earlier in the season was attributed to Pitt's top-two point men, Ryan Whitney and Sergei Gonchar, being injured and out of the lineup. When Whitney returned to the ice on...
St. Geno drives the snakes (and Thrashers) into the ocean...Pens win 6-2.
Who would have guessed six weeks ago that the two hottest teams in the Eastern Conference would meet when the Atlanta Thrashers would visit the PIttsburgh Penguins? No one. Still, Atlanta was riding a season long winning streak, they came in meaning business- even if noted Penguin killer Ilya...
The first five games of the Dan Bylsma era
By the numbers: Record: 3-1-1 --That's 7 out of a possible 10 points. If a team earned points at that rate, they'd have 114 points in an 82 game season. Unfortunately, you don't get to play 40% of your games against the Islanders so maybe we'll file that under the "it's too early" category...
"Don't go sucking each other's popsicles just yet"
I just got done watching the surprisingly funny sitcom 30 Rock, so I thought it would be fun to compile a pro and con list for the Stars’ highest scoring forward Mike Ribeiro. (I'd love feeedback on anything I miss, since I'm merely hitting the highlights) The reason is pretty obvious: the Stars...
All-Star Game + THN's List of Improvements
Time for the much anticipated, highly overrated and non-violent hockey game known as the All-Star Game. Stars from all around the league convene in one location to daintily bump, effortlessly save and casually score amidst a sea of pseudo-fans. This year, the locale of choice: Atlanta,...
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