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  • News and Notes: October 9th, 2018

     

    These are your news and notes for Tuesday, October 9th, 2018…

    In the NHL, there were four contests yesterday.

    • The Boston Bruins played host to the Ottawa Senators and went on to victory in a 6-3 rout at TD Garden. Patrice Bergeron went on to net a hat trick, the fourth in his career, and David Pastrnak collected four points (two goals and two assists) in the contest.

    Bergeron also became the fifth player in franchise history to net a hat trick in a Bruins home opener and the first since Cam Neely in the 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons. Bergeron only needs to net seven more goals from becoming the sixth player in franchise history to register 300 career goals.

    Bergeron also registered the third fastest goal in team history for a home opener, scoring just 30 seconds into the game.

    • Robin Lehner and the New York Islanders went on to defeat the San Jose Sharks 4-0. Lehner would stop all 35 shots that he faced in the contest to lift the Islanders to their first home win of the season. Lehner would also become the first goaltender in franchise history to record a shutout in a team debut.
    • Jack Eichel and the Buffalo Sabres went on to defeat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2. Eichel would register two goals in the contest and Sabres goalie Carter Hutton would record 35 saves.The Sabres, however, would be outshot 37-17 in a limited-mistake free contest. Eichel would register four shots on six shot attempts in this contest.
    • The Anaheim Ducks held their 25th home opener and went on to defeat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in a shootout at Honda Center.This game also marked 25 years to the day when they also opened up their first season against the Detroit Red Wings.

      With the defeat over the Red Wings, Anaheim is 3-0-0 thus far in the 2018-19 season and match their best start over three games in team history. The last time the Ducks won three straight to open a season, it ended with a Stanley Cup victory in 2007.

      There were two players on the ice last night who were not born yet when Anaheim began NHL play in 1993-94, 21-year-old Troy Terry and 19-year-old Max Comtois.

      This was an exciting home opener for the Ducks who came out to their white Mighty Ducks of Anaheim jerseys for pregame warmups.

      The Ducks would later sport their new third jersey during game play.

    In NHL action today…

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    For TXHT’s preview of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Dallas Stars, please read Steve Gardiner’s article here.

    In other NHL news, the Pittsburgh Penguins released their third jerseys today. These thirds are a slightly modified version of the home jersey worn during the 1984-85 season.

    In NWHL news…

    • The Minnesota Whitecaps announced that Winny Brodt Brown has been named captain and that Lee Stecklein and Hannah Brandt will be the assistant captains.

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  • Gameday Preview:  Toronto Maple Leafs vs Dallas Stars

    Gameday Preview:  Toronto Maple Leafs vs Dallas Stars

    Date/Time: Tuesday, October 9th 2018 @8:30pm

    Toronto : 2-1-0 for 4 points

    Dallas: 2-0-0 for 4 points

    The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Dallas Stars setup for their lone meeting of the season tonight in Dallas. Toronto has won both of their games in overtime this season with a collective goal total through 3 games of 13. Their latest game being a freewheeling 7-6 overtime win against the Blackhawks Sunday night, with John Tavares scoring his seventh hat trick of his career and his first with Toronto since signing. The Leafs recognize there is still a lot of defensive tightening up to be done and they can play a much better game. Look for Kasperi Kapanen to be a key in tonight’s game, as he has been the only player other than Tavares, Marner and Matthews to show up consistently this season even in limited minutes, and when he was bumped up to play with Matthews and Marleau he had a goal and an assist. His ability to play into the corners and speed will be crucial.

    While Dallas comes into the game only giving up 1 goal in 2 games, after their convincing win of the Jets 5-1 at home and shutout of the Coyotes 3-0. First year Coach Jim Montgomery has started his career well in Dallas so far. The defence looks better and the offence looks to be clicking, on top of Ben Bishop holding a .50 GAA, Still coach Montgomery is trying to push his team to improve game by game and concentrate on the details. More reinforcements could be coming for Dallas as well, Valeri Nichushkin is could draw into the lineup after being on the injured reserve for the past 2 games.

    The big story of this game though will be defenseman Connor Carrick’s first game against his old team in Toronto. Carrick played 130 of his 160 NHL games in Toronto, but really feels that the change of scenery has helped him. Since joining the Stars, Carrick has 3 assists in 2 games.

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Toronto:

    Matthews – 8 points (5 goals 3 assists) 52% on Face-offs
    Rielly – 6 points (2 goals 4 assists)
    Tavares – 4 points (4 goals) 51% on face-offs

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    1-1-0 3.05GAA .898SV%

     

    Dallas:

    Benn – 5 points (2 goals 3 assists)
    Seguin & Radulov – 4 points (2 goals 2 assists)
    Carrick – 3 points (3 assists)

    Ben Bishop
    2-0-0 0.50GAA .984SV% & 1 SO

    Lineups & Injuries

    Defensive Pairing:

    Rielly  –  Hainsey
    Gardiner – Zaitsev
    Dermott – Marincin

    Odd men out – Ozhiganov and Holl

    Injuries:  None

    Forward Lines:

    Kapanen –Matthews – Marleau
    Marner – Tavares– Hyman
    Ennis – Kadri – Brown
    Johnsson – Lindholm – Leivo

    Extra: Gauthier

    Injuries: none

    Goalies :

    Frederik Andersen
    Garrett Sparks

    4 Keys to Winning in Dallas:

      1. Babcock talked about Kapanen on Sunday during the press conference and stated that if.. “Kapanen can play on the boards and in front of the net like his did tonight on a regular basis while still showing that amazing speed, he’s going to be a real player for us.” There was an instant chemistry between Matthews and Kapanen on Sunday night and since Tyler Ennis has been on his game so far, it’s looking like some consistency from Kapanen could steal him a spot on that top line.
    2. Bodies in front of Ben Bishop.
      1. It’s been widely known that Ben Bishop does not handle players screening him well. Either will end up in a powerplay for Toronto or a puck in the back of the net.
    3. Depth Scoring
      1. Leivo, Kadri, Brown, Johnsson, Ennis….need to start getting some chances. As of right now the Kadri line with Brown and Leivo has been ok and even adding Ennis didn’t help. Johnsson has kind of looked out of sorts which could be due to him only playing 8 or 9 minutes a game. But there needs to be a spark from these guys.
    4. Leafs defencemen need to be better.
      1. Passes have been off costing the team big time turnovers, miss hits and assignments. It’s only early but this is where you need to find those issues and fine tune them.

     

     

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  • NHL and NWHL News and Notes: October 8th, 2018

     

    These are your News and Notes for Monday, October 8th, 2018:

     

    In the NHL there were three games that happened yesterday…

    • The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the New York Rangers 8-5 at PNC Arena. Carolina overcame four different deficits before Andrei Svechnikov registered his first goal, a game-winner, with 9:16 remaining in the third period. This was the first time the Hurricanes scored eight goal in a contest since March 13, 2017 when they defeated the New York Islanders 8-4. Carolina has registered a point in all three contests this season to extend their record to 2-0-1.Svechnikov (18 years, 195 days) became the first player born in the 2000s to score a NHL goal. He also joined the Hurricanes/Whalers history book as the third youngest player in franchise history to score their first goal. Only Jeff Skinner (18 years, 157 days) and Paul Lawless (18 years, 181 days) are the other two players.

      Yesterday’s contest also marked the first time in the history of the franchise to overcome the four different deficits and go to win the contest in any fashion. The only time this occurred last season was when the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-4 in overtime.

    • John Tavares continues to shine for the Toronto Maple Leafs as Tavares registered his first hat trick with the Maple Leafs en route to a 7-6 win in overtime over the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center. This was also Tavares’ ninth NHL career hat trick. Toronto registered three goals in the final two minutes of the contest to extend the game into the overtime frame. Morgan Reilly would score the game winner for Toronto just 19 seconds into the overtime frame.Tavares’ made Maple Leafs record book as the fourth player in the NHL modern era (since the 1943-33 season) to register a hat trick in his first three games. he Joins Miroslav Frycer, Jeff O’Neill, and current Maple Leaf teammate Auston Matthews.

      Matthews would go on to match a career-high four points in the contest (two goals and two assists), a mark he set in four-goal NHL debut on October 12, 2016.

      In a tribute ceremony before yesterday’s game, there was an emotional tribute for Chicago Blackhawks legend Stan Mikita. Mikita’s wife, Jill, was on hand for the ceremonial puckdrop.

    • The Los Angeles Kings went on to defeat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 at Staples Center. Ilya Kovalchuk would register two assists, including on the game-winner, to reach the 400-assist milestone. This would also mark the first win on the season for the Kings.Kovalchuk returned to the NHL when he signed with Los Angeles on June 23. Kovalchuk, 35, is one of eight active players in the NHL who have played a minimum of 100 contests and then average at least one point per game.

     

    There are four contests today in the NHL:

     

    In NHL news…

      • The Three Stars of the Week were announced earlier today.The Third Star of the Week went to Dallas Stars goalie Ben Bishop. Bishop recorded 62 saves on 63 shot attempts (a .984 save percentage), compiling a 2-0-0 record with a 0.50 GAA. Bishop would also register one shutout, a 3-0 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on October 4. In that contest Bishop stopped all 30 shots and became the third goaltender in franchise history to earn a shutout in a season opener.

        The Second Star of the Week went to Chicago Blackhawks C Jonathan Toews. Toews currently shares the League lead in goals with five and ranks second in points with six. Chicago has earned five points out of a possible six in the season standings (2-0-1) to open up the season. Toews registered his fifth career hat trick back on October 6. When Toews accomplished that feat, he became the fifth player in Blackhawks history to complete the hat trick with an overtime goal since December 2, 2006 when Jeff Hamilton reached that milestone.

        The First Star of the Week went to Toronto Maple Leafs C Auston Matthews. Matthews currently leads the League in goals (five), tied with Jonathan Toews and leads the league in points (eight). Toronto is currently 2-1-0 (4 pts) on the season. Matthews registered his second career four-point game in Toronto’s 7-6 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday and became the seventh player in franchise history to register multiple points in the team’s first three games of the season.

      • The Philadelphia Flyers announced that James van Riemsdyk will be out five to six weeks with a lower-body injury.
      • Florida Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo will be out of action for 2-4 weeks with an MCL sprain, the team announced today
      • Columbus Blue Jackets C Brandon Dubinsky is also headed for Injured Reserve, the team announced today. Dubinsky has a strained oblique muscle that was suffered in a practice on Sunday.

     

    In NWHL news, there were two contests to happen in the NWHL yesterday:

      • First, the Buffalo Beauts went on to defeat the Connecticut Whale 4-0 at Terry Connors Ice Rink in Stamford, CT. This game featured the debut of two goaltenders, Nicole Hensley and Meeri Räisänen. Räisänen stopped 34 of the 38 shots she faced in the contest for the Whale and Nicole Hensley made 10 saves on 10 shots on goal for the Beauts.Maddie Elia would score the first two goals of the contest for the Beauts in the span of 2:31, assisted by her linemates.

        Hayley Scamurra, the 2018 NWHL Rookie of the Year, would register four points in the contest with two goals and two assists.

        Buffalo had the 2-0 advantage going into the first intermission, along with outscoring Connecticut 16-4.

        TXHT’s Christopher Vasilas wrote his perspective on the game here.

        For a full recap of yesterday’s game between the Beauts and Whale, please go here.

      • The other contest pitted the Minnesota Whitecaps versus the Metropolitan Riveters at TRIA Rink. The Whitecaps would complete a weekend sweep of the defending Isobel Cup champions with a 3-1 win.The Whitecaps, much like Saturday’s contest, used their speed to get past the Riveters. Amanda Boulier would open up the scoring for Minnesota at 10:25 in the first period. Jenny Ryan would tie the score for the Riveters, the team’s first on the young season.

        Whitecaps Kendall Coyne Schofield had the opportunity to score on a shorthanded breakaway but would be denied by Riveters goaltender, Katie Fitzgerald. Amanda Kessel would have her own breakaway moments later for the Riveters on her way out of the penalty box, but her shot was too high.

        Jonna Curtis would give the Whitecaps the lead at 2-1 8:24 in the second period. Hannah Brandt would make it a 3-1 lead for the Whitecaps when she buried her shot off of Olympic teammate Coyne Schofield.

        For more on the contest between the Minnesota Whitecaps and Metropolitan Riveters, please go here.

      • Coming up this week in NWHL action:On Saturday October 13th, the Connecticut Whale visit the Buffalo Beauts at HarborCenter at 1:30 p.m., EDT and at 7:30 p.m., EDT, the Metropolitan Riveters visit the Boston Pride at Warrior Ice Arena.
      • Your NWHL Player of the Week is Hannah Brandt of the Minnesota Whitecaps. Brandt scored a goal in each of the Whitecaps games over the weekend over the Metropolitan Riveters. Brandt gave the Whitecaps the 2-0 advantage with her goal early in the second period on Saturday and then she would score again on Sunday to give the Whitecaps a 3-1 on Sunday, as well as the weekend sweep for the NWHL’s newest team.When Brandt was informed that she was named Player of the Week, she was appreciative but felt that the spotlight and award should be shared with her coaches, staff, players, and the fans.

     

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  • NWHL Notes – Whale Fall To The Beauts

    NWHL Notes – Whale Fall To The Beauts

    The Connecticut Whale fell to the Buffalo Beauts in their home opener today at Terry Conners Rink. The final score of the game was 4-0.

    3 Notable Players For The Whale

    Meeri Räisänen: The obvious choice. She made her Whale debut after signing with the team earlier in the week. She may not have been the winning goaltender today but she made some incredible stops on her way to a 34 save performance. It earned her the third star of the game.

    Emily Fluke: The Captain of the Whale looked really solid in the game. There was almost never a time where she wasn’t on the ice. Killing penalties, blocking shots, being on the powerplay; and, had the best chance of the game for the Whale. She was everywhere on the ice.

    Michelle Löwenhielm: The Swede looked good in her first game in the NWHL. She had some really good neutral zone play, and made some really good plays in the defensive zone along with Shannon Doyle. Looking forward to seeing her continued development to the NWHL game.

    Player Who Needs To Step Up Next Game

    Cydney Roesler: Let me make one thing clear, she doesn’t need me telling her this. She is the Assistant Coach of the Whale; she’ll probably be the first to tell you that she didn’t have a good game. A hat trick of penalties will do that for any player. She knows that she needs to be better and I have no doubt she will be better next game.

    Fun Fact

    This was my second attended game for the Whale. Unfortunately the Whale are 0-2 with 0 Goals For and 9 Goals Against, and I’m starting to wonder, being the superstitious person that I am, if I am the problem. Hopefully not, as I will be attending the game against the Riveters in Pittsburgh on December 2nd.

    Boxscore

    You can check out the boxscore of the game here:

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  • William Nylander: To Sign or Not to Sign

    William Nylander: To Sign or Not to Sign

    We’re 5 days into the 2019 season and there’s one big looming question that is hanging over the Toronto Maple Leafs right now and that is…. Will William Nylander ever sign a contract?

    Let’s take a look at a few things surrounding this situation.

    The Situation:

    Nylander wants to sign a long term contract with the Leafs over a bridge deal.

    Kyle Dubas, GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs, has stated in numerous occasions that the organization would love to have Nylander commit long term. In most situations this would be a good thing and show loyalty to a team. But in this situation it isn’t the term. It’s the money that Nylander is asking.

    It appears William Nylander’s camp is asking for a lot more. Now most believed that it was a negotiation and that both would eventually come to lesser terms on a long term deal. But Nylander’s camp seems to refuse to come off the $8M AAV. Also as you can see above Ehlers, Monahan and David Pastrnak, as well as Filip Forsberg are the names that the Leafs are clinging to as comparables. Which makes tremendous sense considering these 4 basically had the same production as Nylander and yet received between $6M – $6.7M AAV.

    The Player -William Nylander

    When William Nylander was drafted there were a few questions concerning his character. My reasons for bringing this up was because when Nylander was drafted the dread of this day was always lingering over the heads of management.

    Nylander was considered a top 12 talent in the NHL draft in 2014. All the top 12 interviewed him as he was easily considered one of the top 2 European talents in the draft, the other being Kasperi Kapanen. Scouts were all unanimous on his ability to anything in offensive zone amazingly. But there was 1 thing that scouts were not unanimous about…Was he anything like his father?

    Michael Nylander is a retired NHL player who played for 6 different teams in his NHL career. He wasn’t a superstar but a solid NHL player. But once again character came into question.

    “In his long NHL career, Michael Nylander had crossed paths with many of the NHL executives and scouts who were evaluating his son, and Michael Nylander hadn’t made a great impression on many of them. In the opinion of one NHL scout who had played with him, “He was a talented guy but a me-first type, selfish. He wasn’t a coach killer, but he wasn’t committed to the team concept. If he gets his goals, gets his contract . . . whatever he can get out of it.”

    Another who played with Michael called him “the worst teammate I ever had . . . it was always all about him.”

    That Michael played for himself was a common view. Not that he was poison in the dressing room — it was just that he wasn’t what guys thought of as a good soldier, not even a soldier for hire, or a teammate first.”

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    The real worry was will the younger Nylander turn out to be like his father. Scouts were split down the middle. Some stating that….

    “He grew up around NHL arenas, so he knows the drill. Polite, considered his answers, didn’t tell you what he thought you wanted to hear. Talking to him, I didn’t get the idea that he was aware of his father’s reputation around the league.”

    While other GMs gave…

    “Nylander high grades based on performance came away from the combine pegging him as aloof and “really full of himself.”

    The worry with Nylander was always that he would become his father, not putting the team first in negotiations or on the ice. Nylander seemed to be bigger than that so far into his career but most GMs believed that we might not see the real Nylander until contract discussions began. Now I won’t comment on whether or not I feel Nylander is showing his true character or not. But I will leave this, in a statement last week when asked about his contract talks Nylander stated this….

    “In the end I have to take care of myself and do what I and my agent thinks is right. Especially if it’s about several years to come. I need to think long term. It’s my own future it’s about.”

    Are the Leafs desperate?

    Toronto sits at 2-1 for the season after defeating the Chicago Blackhawks 7-6 tonight in Overtime. The Leafs have scored 13 goals in 3 games thats an average of 4.33 goals for per game. Offence is not the problem, Nylander might want to be a little careful. It’s the defence of Toronto that needs work and that potentially could be addressed by the rumors of trading Nylander for some defence.

    Also let’s face some facts. No one will offer sheet Nylander because at 7.5M or 8M that is a lot of picks for sacrifice for a one dimensional player, who seems to cower in the corners.

    But as of now the Leafs are not desperate and totally plan to play the waiting game. But for Nylander every game means a loss of money.

     

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  • News and Notes: October 7th, 2018

     

    These are your news and notes for Sunday, October 7th, 2018.

    There were twelve contests last night in the NHL.

    • The Chicago Blackhawks became third team in NHL history to start the season with consecutive overtime victories. The Blackhawks follow the 1984-85 Toronto Maple Leafs and 2009-10 Montreal Canadiens. Jonathan Toews completed a hat trick to secure a Chicago 5-4 win over the St. Louis Blues in overtime at Enterprise Center. Toews’ hat trick was also the fifth of his career.
      • The New Jersey Devils defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 in the NHL Global Series at Gothenberg, Sweden. This was New Jersey’s first neutral site victory since March 27, 1994 when they defeated the Quebec Nordiques at Target Center in Minneapolis, MN. New Jersey’s Kyle Palmieri became the third player to score the fastest goal in an NHL game outside of North America.
      • Martin Brodeur was on hand for the ceremonial puck drop that included New Jersey’s Marcus Johansson and Edmonton’s Adam Larsson, both of whom were born in Sweden.
      • St. Louis Blues Alexander Steen appeared in his 900th NHL game. His father, Thomas Steen, played in 950 NHL games. The Steens joined only two other father/son duos for more than 900 NHL games played.

    Yesterday’s results:

      • at New Jersey 5, Edmonton 2 (at Gothenburg, Sweden
      • at Dallas 5, Winnipeg 1
      • at Buffalo 3, New York Rangers 1
      • Ottawa 5, at Toronto 3
      • at Tampa Bay 2, Florida 1 (SO)
      • Nashville 4, at New York Islanders 3
      • Montreal 5, at Pittsburgh 1
      • Chicago 5, at St. Louis 4 (OT)
      • Vegas 2, at Minnesota 1 (SO)
      • Anaheim 1, at Arizona 0
      • at Colorado 5, Philadelphia 2
      • at Calgary 7, Vancouver 4

    There are three games on the schedule for today:

    In NHL news…

      • The San Jose Sharks have placed Joe Thornton on Injured Reserve.

    In NWHL news…

      • The Minnesota Whitecaps defeated the Metropolitan Riveters 4-0 at a sold-out TRIA Rink in St. Paul, Minnesota yesterday. Amanda Leveille, former University of Minnesota and Buffalo Beauts goalie, recorded the shutout for the Whitecaps. Katie McGovern would register the first goal for the Minnesota Whitecaps. McGovern’s goal, which was the first in team NWHL history, was registered with 2:24 left in the first period.Hannah Brandt would score the Whitecaps second goal of the contest. Riveters Amanda Kessel attempted to get the team on the board, however Leveille deflected Kessel’s shot midway through the second period. Kessel would later ring a shot off of the crossbar.

        Kate Schipper would make the contest a 3-0 lead for the Whitecaps 3:34 into the third period from a high shot pass from Kendall Coyne Schofield. Coyne Schofield would score the empty-net goal in the final seconds of the contest.

        The Minnesota Whitecaps take on the Metropolitan Riveters again today at TRIA Rink.

        Minnesota Whitecaps win NWHL debut over Metropolitan Riveters

    There are two NWHL games today:

    • Metropolitan Riveters at Minnesota Whitecaps (at TRIA Rink)
    • Buffalo Beauts at Connecticut Whale (at Terry Connors Ice Rink)

     

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  • News and Notes: October 6th, 2018

     

    These are your news and notes for Saturday, October 6th, 2018…

    There were two contests last night in the NHL.

    • The Carolina Panthers defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 at Nationwide Arena. Carolina’s Sebastian Aho registered two points (one goal and one assist) and 18-year-old rookie Andrei Svechnikov (one assist) to lead Carolina to their first victory on the season. This would also be the first NHL win for new Carolina head coach Rod Brind’Amour
    • The San Jose Sharks defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 in overtime at Staples Center. New Sharks acquisition Erik Karlsson, who lead all skaters in the contest with 29:27 time on ice, would go on to register his first point after surrendering a two-goal lead. This victory would also be the Sharks fourth-consecutive regular-season win over the Kings.

    Today in action:

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    In NHL news…

    In NWHL news

    • Today marks the debut of the Minnesota Whitecaps when they take on the Metropolitan Riveters at 5 p.m. ET.

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  • News and Notes: October 5th, 2018

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    These are your news and notes for Friday, October 5th, 2018.

    There were ten contests last night in the NHL.

    • The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Washington Capitals in overtime at PPG Paints Arena. Pittsburgh won by the score 7-6, thanks to a Kris Letang goal 1:20 into the overtime frame. TXHT has you coverage of last night’s game here.With his goal in overtime, Kris Letang tied Paul Coffey for most points by a defenceman and fifth-most amongst all players in Penguins history.
    • Cam Atkinson and the Columbus Blue Jackets went on to defeat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 at Little Caesars Arena. Atkinson would open the scoring with his goal at 5:12 in the first period. Atkinson has scored in five consecutive season-opening games and remains one goal behind two players who have the mark of six season-opening goals.
    • Dallas Stars head coach Jim Montgomery became the sixth coach in Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars history to win his NHL coaching debut. Montgomery joins Lou Nanne, Glen Sonmor, Murray Oliver, Pierre Page, and Glen Gulutzan.
    • Ottawa Senators D Maxime Lajoie and Detroit Red Wings D Dennis Cholowski both scored last night in their games. The pair joins 18 different blueliners to score in their NHL debuts over the last ten years.

    Last night’s results:

    • Boston 4, at Buffalo 0
    • at Pittsburgh 7, Washington 6 (OT)
    • NY Islanderd 2, at Carolina 1 (OT)
    • Nashville 3, at NY Rangers 2
    • Chicago 4, at Ottawa 3 (OT)
    • Columbus 3, at Detroit 2 (OT)
    • Winnipeg 5, at St. Louis 1
    • at Dallas 3, Arizona 0
    • at Colorado 4, Minnesota 1
    • Philadelphia 5, at Vegas 2

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    In NHL news…

    • Washington Capitals F Tom Wilson appealed his 20-game suspension that was handed down Wednesday. For more information on his appeal, please read TXHT’s article.
    • The NHL announced the introduction of the NHL European Game of the Week. The European Game of the Week debuts tomorrow when the New Jersey Devils take on the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL Global Series game in Gothenburg, Sweden.

     

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  • TXHT and CSA Shows Contest Announcement!!

    TXHT and CSA Shows Contest Announcement!!

    “The Xperience: Hockey Talk”, Just Hockey Cards, and CSA Shows is proud to announce that we are giving away two pairs of weekend passes* to next weekend’s CSA Show in Chantilly, VA featuring members of the 2018 Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals**.

     

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    For anyone interested in winning a pair of weekend passes to CSA Show next weekend please email us at TXHTHockey@gmail.com with your full name and an address, so if  you are chosen, you can get verified at will call to pick up the tickets.

     

    We will be selecting our two winners this upcoming Wednesday during the Washington Capitals game against the Vegas Golden Knights.

     

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    **Michal Kempney has been announced to appear at CSA this weekend to bring it to a total of 7 members of the 2018 Stanley Cup Champions that will be appearing.

     

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  • NHLPA File Appeal on Behalf of Tom Wilson

    NHLPA File Appeal on Behalf of Tom Wilson

    It was just announced today that the NHL Players Association has filed an appeal to the NHL in regards to Tom Wilson’s 20 game suspension for his Illegal Check to the Head of St. Louis Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist.

    While many still believe Wilson’s suspension is excessive, it was still given just cause by the NHL Department of Player Safety’s reasoning behind the length of the suspension. This is Wilson’s fourth suspension in less than 13 months and in 105 games. Plus this suspension is coming 16 games after being suspended for the same reason back in the second round of the postseason against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

    While the appeal is a formality by the NHLPA, it will be interesting to see if Wilson’s suspension will be redudced by the League.

    *Update* The appeal will be heard by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, and a date has yet to be determined. We will provide more information as it becomes available.

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