Chaldean

pre-celebrations anyone?

Wow how quite are these Stars fans???? I know their tired, but come on.... edit -so now there firing up abit

damnit i knew i shouldve eat something during the break. now im hungry

Wow they sure do a good job of making rodeo a dramatic event/sport(?)

Its MAddano not MEddano

http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/132/IHM132D09_74_5_0.pdf Fedorov 20 minutes of ice and only one shot on goal :S

U R GOD

any video streams guys?

Any video stream guys?

After reading the Avs boards for the past 2 weeks and now reading this, I am starting to get really annoyed by hockey fans using the word ''classy'' every 5 seconds!!! WTF PEOPLE STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know this was discussed in another thread, but I can't seem to find it. Can anybody please tell me the name of the song that VS uses in the beginning of their game? Thanks guys.

Thank you very much

Sounds like a good idea. The playoff tickets are pretty expensive, so I dont know why the team can't afford to have a t-shirt included in their purchase of their tickets.

Let them eat each other

Whats the story behind his muslim last name?

Chicago still has a hockey team?

Why the hell would you eliminate a Canadian team? I think they should move Atlanta and Columbus to Canada IMO.

He was my favorite Red Wing throughout the 90s, but I just don't see him fitting here. We have great forwards and we have more up-and-coming young studs. Lets stick to whats working for us. (I still want his 91 jersey to retire!)

HALIFAX – Dressed in their 1960 throwback jersey, Team USA topped Latvia 4-0 to win their opening game of the 2008 IIHF World Championships. Solid goaltending by Tim Thomas and clutch special teams scoring helped secure the win. The Americans scored in each period and outshot Latvia 49-24. Team USA began by keeping much of the action in the Latvian end of the ice. Their passing was crisp and the ability to gain the zone in sustaining an attack was equally effective. The Americans peppered Latvian netminder Edgars Masalskis with shots throughout. On the power play they were equally impressive, scoring all four goals with the man advantage. "The powerplay was cooking," said Patrick Kane. "We've got a lot of young players but still we are going to try and win a goal medal." Dustin Brown capitalized on one of those man advantage opportunities when he scored at 7:41 of the first period. After Jekabs Redlihs was whistled off for holding, Team USA wasted no time as a Paul Martin slapper was initially stopped by Masalskis but Brown was there on the doorstep to put it home. While most of the action favored the Americans, there was one exceptional opportunity for Latvia in the first period. Juris Stals was alone in front of the net and fired a shot that was stopped by Thomas. As the game wore on, the Latvians grew confident and found their stride in the middle frame. Aleksandrs Nizivijs fed a neat pass to Kaspars Daugavins who fanned on it. But several minutes later, Martins Cipuls sent a one-timer on net that Thomas gobbled up. "I played Latvia about a decade ago and I remember they had a lot of veteran players then, but they are not a bad team. "In fact, I played against (Herberts) Vasiljevs in my first IHL (International Hockey League) game, and he scored the winner." USA forward Patrick Kane scored his first-ever senior World Championship goal off a pass from Paul Martin. After accepting the pass, Kane skated slightly inside the top of the left faceoff circle and let go a wrister that beat Masalskis, putting Team USA up 2-0. Kane would finish the game with a goal and two assists. Paul Martin added three assists. Team USA threatened to increase their lead when Agris Saviels pulled down Lee Stempniak and a penalty shot was signaled. Stempniak went in without much finesse and determined to shoot. Masalskis rose to the occasion by stopping the shot, which brought the largely Latvian loving crowd to life. As is World Championship custom, Latvian fans came prepared to contribute their usual tournament mayhem. This included the usual banging on drums and plenty of chanting and clapping. Now Halifax natives are getting a view of Latvian pride on full display. Co-captain Zach Parise notched his first of the tournament in the third, as did Patrick O’Sullivan, who closed out the scoring. In celebration of the IIHF’s 100th anniversary, each of the sixteen teams is wearing retro jerseys from a period in their nation’s hockey history. The Americans are wearing their 1960 jersey which honors the gold medal team from Squaw Valley. In the waning minutes, Latvia peppered Thomas with shots but could not get the puck past him as he registered the shutout. "I have not been involved in too many international tournaments," said head coach John Tortorella. "But the two games I have been involved in, Latvia has been a tough opponent. And tonight was not exception. The Americans move on next to face Slovenia on Sunday.

Thanks guys. Its a shame they always start this tournament before the NHL playoffs are over. If that wasn't the case, Sweden's NT would be wearing red and white instead of blue and yellow!

Any links to rosters?

SWEDISH ATTACK!!! 1st Period Detroit 4:33, Mikael Samuelsson 1 (Andreas Lilja) Detroit 18:34, Tomas Holmstrom 2 (Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk) Detroit 19:21, Johan Franzen 9 (Valtteri Filppula, Brad Stuart) 2nd Period Detroit 2:15, Henrik Zetterberg 6 (power play) (Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk) Detroit 5:45, Henrik Zetterberg 7 (Pavel Datsyuk) Detroit 11:37, Johan Franzen 10 (shorthanded) (Henrik Zetterberg) Detroit 17:15, Johan Franzen 11 (power play) (Nicklas Lidstrom, Jiri Hudler) 3rd Period Detroit 8:02, Mikael Samuelsson 2 (Jiri Hudler, Valtteri Filppula Every player scored today was Swedish!!

And you consider this garbage where witnessing a team? Boston is a team, but come on...

VS just put up a graphic of "detroit vs coloard game 6 - if nessesary tuesday 10:00" - are they ******* retarted?

Look how sorry Avs fans are How pathatic are these people?