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57 With yesterday's game vs. Columbus, Detroit clinches a playoff spot for the 57th time in Club history. 18 With yesterday's clinching, Detroit earns a playoff spot for the 18th straight season played, beginning with the 1990-91 season.

From the "Recap" of the game at nhl dot com: Flyers defenseman Braydon Coburn was ejected in the closing seconds of the middle period after hitting Antropov in the head with his stick near center ice, drawing a match penalty. New York scored only once on the advantage, but coupled with Andrew Alberts' charging infraction on Avery, Philadelphia was short-handed for the first 7 minutes of the third. "It was retaliation," Coburn said. "I was kind of protecting myself. I thought he was going to come at me again." As for the Girardi hit on Richards, this is part of the mess the League wants to stop now. He could have bided his time and picked a better moment later in the game. He was thinking about his actions but not about the consequences. But, the on-ice officials had better make this call all the time or they, and the League, will look like fools.

Current Streaks Season Streaks Overall: 1-game winning streak Road: 3-game winning streak (1 shutout). Streaks vs. Columbus Overall: 3-game losing streak (1 overtime) Road: 2-game losing streak (1 overtime). Games on Consecutive Days This is the last game of the 13th pair of games on consecutive days. The Club's record in the previous 12: 5W-W 0L-L 7Split (with at least 1 point in the pair). This is the 10th pair on games on consecutive days with a win in the first game. The Club's record in the previous 9 pairs: 5W-W 0L-L 4 Split (with at least 1 point in the pair). Record on this Date March 15 This is the 40th game played on this date. The Club's record in the previous 39 games: 21W-12L-6T. LGW.

Today is all about Chris Osgood!

By the end of this month, San Jose's "games in hand" will be caught up. Both club's will have 6 games to play in April: Detroit with 4 at home, San Jose with 3 at home. San Jose will be finished their regular season on Saturday, April 11th; Detroit on Sunday the 12th, the last day of the regular season. It could be quite the sprint to the finish.

http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/570635

Current Streaks Season Streaks Overall: 1-game losing streak (shootout) Road: 2-game winning streak (1 shutout). Streaks vs. St. Louis Overall: 4-game winning streak (1 shutout, 1 shootout) Road: 4-game winning streak (2 shutouts). Record on this Date This is the 36th game played on this date. The Club's record in the previous 35 games: 17W-16L-2T. LGW.

And, with 2565 wins so far, that figure of 651 wins accounts for a 25.4% winning percentage of games played; of every four games played by the DRW, one win has been recorded by either Sawchuk or Osgood. Outstanding!

I thought the name and the team sounded familiar; from The Canadian Press Story: "The 19-year-old is the son of former NHL coach Ted Nolan."

Jordan Nolan. Maybe Nolan already has a rap sheet on Mr. Branch's desk.

Osgood's 299 wins, in 520 games played, account for 57.5% of his games with the DRW. When you add that to the 352 wins by Sawchuk, their total of 651 account for 11.6% of all the games played by Detroit in franchise history. Osgood's numbers are very impressive and he should be looked at in the same way.

Detroit's Saturday game vs. St. Louis is at 2:00 PM. Saturday's HNIC schedule, March 14: Sat. Mar. 14 HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA MATINEE ON CBC: Ottawa @ Pittsburgh 15:00-18:00 ET Sat. Mar. 14 HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA ON CBC: Calgary @ Toronto 19:00-22:00 ET LIVE 19:00-22:00 ET Sat. Mar. 14 HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA ON CBC: NJ @ Montreal 19:00-22:00 ET LIVE 19:00-22:00 ET Sat. Mar. 14 HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA ON CBC: Colorado @ Edmonton 22:00-24:40 ET LIVE 22:00-24:40 ET I am guessing they will carry games 1 ,2, & 4 out of Windsor. And, there is at least two games every Saturday night.

The Phenomenal Denis Brodeur Photograph Collection. Any day I hear the words "...passes Patrick Roy..." in a story is a very good day.

No. No. Next.

The Code.

Current Streaks Season Streaks Overall: 1-game winning streak (overtime) Homw: 1-game winning streak (overtime). Streaks vs. Calgary Overall: 2-game winning streak (1 overtime) Home: 5-game winning streak (1 overtime). Record on this Date March 12 This is the 36th game played on this date. The Club's record in the previous 35 games: 17W-13L-5T. LGW.

Answer to the OP: yes. Would he take less money if it was offered by Detroit: yes.

This might make a good "pay-per-view", but I doubt that the "discussion" will ever take place: Bettman would welcome fighting discussion with Laraque.

Steve Downie.

25 With last night's game vs. Phoenix, Detroit won their 25th home game of the season (in their 33rd home game) for the 18th time in Club history and 12th time playing an 82-game schedule. It is the 11th consecutive season played they have won at least 25 home games.

From nhl dot com, at the bottom of the standings: Tie-Breaking procedure Division leaders are seeded 1, 2, and 3 in Conference standings. If two or more clubs are tied in points during the regular season, the standing of the clubs is determined in the following order: 1 The fewer number of games played (i.e., superior points percentage). 2 The greater number of games won. 3 The greater number of points earned in games between the tied clubs. If two clubs are tied, and have not played an equal number of home games against each other, points earned in the first game played in the city that had the extra game shall not be included. If more than two clubs are tied, the higher percentage of available points earned in games among those clubs, and not including any "odd" games, shall be used to determine the standing. 4 The greater differential between goals for and against for the entire regular season. Before they added #1, there was #2, #3 #4 and if #2, #3 & #4 still couldn't break the tie, a conference call was made and there was a coin toss. In this decade, the DRW totals are: Wins - Overtime Wins - Shootout Wins = Net Wins 2000-01: 49-10-0=39 2001-02: 51-10-0=41 2002-03: 48-7-0=41 2003-04: 48-7-0=41 2005-06: 58-4-4=50 2006-07: 50-3-2=45 2007-08: 54-2-5=47 2008-09 (through 43 games): 43-6-2=35

Kansas City Ribs? I think the two key elements in the article are: "Wang has been after – and has been promised – a new or refurbished Coliseum for years. But the project it's attached to is hung up in an environmental assessment and taking far too long for Wang's liking." and "The Islanders' lease expires in 2015, but some believe he'd move the Islanders before then. Commissioner Gary Bettman has publicly supported Wang's call for a new or retrofitted arena." In the world of business negotiations, this is called "leverage, with the boss covering your back".

The Prince of Wales Trophy. The DRW have won the Prince of Wales Trophy as League Champions 12 times and in seasons 1948-49 through the 1954-55, they won it 7 consecutive times.

I heard this quote from Maple Leaf Head Coach Ron Wilson on TSN this morning and the story in the Toronto Star has it: "Our players competed like heck," said Wilson. "I wanted at the end to give our guys a chance to win, they tried so hard. The guy is using a stick that's not only illegal but dangerous. I had an opportunity to call it, so I did." Coach Wilson: putting it all on the line for the team! No wonder Donald S. Cherry calls him "Little Napoleon"; those wheels are always turning. Spezza's quote, from the same article: "Real dangerous, I guess," said an annoyed Spezza sarcastically. "They told me (the blade) was too skinny. I shave them down to be skinnier." The problem, as officials found, was indeed that the height of Spezza's blade was below regulation as it approached the toe. Wilson said he's been aware all season that the centre was using an illegal stick. The players all know that their sticks and it's their responsiblity to make sure they are legal. Spezza got caught.