Philadelphia Flyers GM Paul Holmgren is resting in a Camden, New Jersey hospital after he was significantly injured in a bike accident in Avalon, NJ on Monday. Holmgren is said to be in stable condition with multiple fractures and cuts.
Details and a cause have yet to be released in the accident.
We wish Holmgren the best, though we wonder why no details are being released as to what happened. According to CSN Philly, Holmgren has "Fractured Ribs" and some other injuries. They also say they spoke to the police up there who don't know anything either.
Every player gets their day with the Cup and for the Bruins' Michael Ryder, it fell down and went boom...
This happened on the roof of a posh St. John's restaurant, at a media event attended by dignitaries including Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Kathy Dunderdale.
Ryder, who was about to leave St. John's to bring the Cup to his hometown of Bonavista, posed for photographs.
NHL bad boy Sean Avery of the New York Rangers had a rough morning this Friday after being arrested at his home in the Hollywood, California hills.
According to TMZ.com, Avery was arrested after he allgedly shoved a police officer. The officer was at his home after neighbors called police because of the noise coming from the house.
When the officer knocked on the door, Avery supposed shoved him, then slammed the door. They knocked again and Avery apparently realized what he did, but was arrested and booked for "Battery on a Police Officer.
We suspect Mr. Avery is very sorry for what he did. However, it doesn't excuse it. We also suspect the Police Department is less than thrilled about the whole adventure too. We'll see what the judge thinks about it when Avery is arraigned.
It appears the New York Islanders will be spending another season in the palatial digs of the Nassau Coliseum. The Islanders are hoping to move out of the Coliseum, consistently ranked as the worst arena in Professional Sports.
Tuesday night, there was a proposal for Nassau County to agree to spend $400 million building the Islanders a new home. It failed. Some 57% of the 89,000 people who turned out to vote--said "No".
The owner of the team is looking at options to move, though the team is obligated via contract to play at the dump/Coliseum until 2015.
Really, this isn't a huge surprise. Given the current economic times, getting any kind of public financing for a Sports arena is going to be virtually impossible. And it should be.
Yeah, we, like everyone else realizes the Islanders are playing in a crappy arena. But it is just bad luck or bad timing or whatever else you want to call it that they can't get funding. Because even if they were the Detroit Red Wings, it would be tough to get the funding.
Sure, we saw in the article the County's projection of what it would cost them to lose the team and he's got a valid point. The big problem is not the revenue projection in the future, it's convincing people that making the outlay now, when they don't have it, would be worth it.
The man purported to be the savior of hockey in Arizona is no longer interested in buying the team (with a lot of city help).
Chicago businessman Matthew Hulsizer had been negotiating with the NHL and the city of Glendale to buy the bankrupt hockey team for over a year. The city had promised to pay Hulsizer $197 million over 5 years to take over the reigns of the franchise. However....that move was fought hard by an Arizona based anti-tax group, making it more difficult for the sale to happen.
ed note: We agree with the Goldwater Institute. Taxpayers should have to pay someone to buy a pro-sports franchise...period.
This puts Glendale and the NHL back to square one. The city has been paying the league $25 million for last season and the upcoming season in order to buy time so they can find an owner. Two years in, and no buyer.
ed note: Had this happened a month ago, the Thrashers might still be in Atlanta and Coyotes where they belong in Winnipeg.
Now, the Coyotes are on the market for a new owner. There are whispers that Chicago Bulls owner and Arizona resident Jerry Reinsdorf may get back in the chase, but he didn't seem that anxious to pull the trigger on a purchase a year ago.
We are guessing the league will allow the Coyotes to stay where they are this season, but next season, don't be surprised to see them leave. We don't see a legitimate scenario where someone steps in and rescues the woebegone city. Maybe we are wrong in that assumption, but we don't think so.
This all goes back to a series of incredibly stupid moves by the city of Glendale and the repercussions for it are essentially the city's taxpayers are on the hook for a huge stadium and the promise of development. Development that may not ever happen if there is no tenant for the "Jobing.com" arena. That scenario is looking more and more likely.
Haha! The dumbasses in Vancouver who were rioting deserve any bad things that happen to them. And it just so happens, there is video of one getting his "Just desserts".
Check out the YouTube video here and look where the "Concussion Grenade" lands. Could there be anything more appropriate?
In what has been a very consistent, yet exciting series, the Boston Bruins held serve at home Monday night, beating the Vancouver Canucks 5-3, tying their best of 7 series at 3 games each.
The 1st period was the difference in the this one with Boston getting out to an early 4-0 lead and chasing Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo from the game.
The Canucks did stop the bleeding, scoring 3 goals and making the Bruins work for the win. The difference maker in this one, besides Luongo's failure after calling out Bruin goalie Tim Thomas, 43-year old Mark Recchi. Recchi didn't have a goal, but he did have 3 assists.
One game note: Vancouver winger Mason Raymond was injured in an awkward collision on the boards just 20 seconds or so into the game and sent to the hospital. Raymond needed help just getting off the ice and more than likely is done for the series.
The climactic game 7 will be Wednesday night in Vancouver, and if the rest of the series is an indicator, should be one heck of a game.
Your game highlights from NHL.com:
NHL.com also gives us video of the play on Mason Raymond:
This got ugly. Brother Jon reported earlier on the hit by Canucks defenseman Aaron Rome that knocked Bruins winger Nathan Horton out cold.
It made the highly competitive series go from hard-played, to physical.
Boston, instead of cowering in fear, got mad. They annihilated Vancouver 8-1, though they still trail 2 games to 1 in their best of 7 series.
The game got a bit out of hand in the 3rd period with Boston up 4-0. 20 penalties and a fight, combined with 9, 10-minute misconducts. The ageless Mark Recchi had a couple of goals though most everyone chipped in for Boston in some way, shape or form.
The Bruins were also still stewing over Alex Burrows not getting in trouble for biting in game 1, then coming in and dominating game 2.
So far, both teams have held serve, game 4 is Wednesday night in Boston and if form holds, it should be a lot of fun to watch.
Your highlights from NHL.com
Tony Amonte offers his analysis on the hit on Nathan Horton. (Thanks CSN New England)
Post game sound with Milan Lucic, Dennis Seidenberg, Shawn Thornton and Mark Recchi. (Thanks CSN New England)
AM UPDATE: Horton is done for the playoffs... Rome is, too...
GM Peter Chiarelli announced on the Boston Bruins website that Horton was diagnosed with a severe concussion and would not return...
Vancouver's Aaron Rome had a disciplinary hearing with NHL VP of Operations Mike Murphy this morning and he was given a four-game suspension- taking him out of the playoffs as well... From CBC Sports and FOSG Elliotte Friedman via Twitter...
The league ((translation: Mike Murphy)) is going to talk to both teams about all the taunting that went on in Game 3. Bruins head coach Claude Julien wasn't too keen on all the extra-curricular stuff. The HQ thought it was pretty funny ourselves...
Or quoting Murphy: "the crap, the garbage that is going on..."
Alex Burrows of Vancouver helped account for all 3-points, including the game winner just 11 seconds into overtime, leading the Canucks to a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins Saturday night.
The win gives Vancouver at 2-0 lead in the best of 7, Stanley Cup Finals.
Burrows had a night to remember for sure. He scored on a power play in the first period, assisted on Daniel Sedin's goal to tie the game in the second period. And then there was the winner. He ended up with the puck right off the faceoff, circled the goal and stuffed the puck home before Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas could get near it.
Game 3 is in Boston, Monday night. A game the Bruins must win or, well, this so-called "Dramatic" series, won't be so dramatic.
