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I'd heard of this guy long ago, but first time i've ever watched the clips of his fights. Dude looks nuts, is nuts. Most of the fights don't get too far before the guy he's bashing hits the ice or the refs jump in for fear he's gonna kill the guy. lol I couldn't see him in the NHL though. Players like that just don't last anymore if they can't contribute anything besides fighting and taking stupid penalties.

Yeah he was in the crease for awhile. Clear interference, but with the stuff we see allowed nowadays it sucks to see that called.

Reeks of success.

DANNY D!!!!! WINNN!!!

Yep. Horrible call. He was backed against Halak's glove. That's not even close to as bad as some of the debacles in the crease where the goalie was run and there was a big pile up that counted and weren't even contested. Sickening.

And OT. Maybe they can win this one this time?

He's usually good at it. One minute left. Calm down and get the one point. K time out..good.

What the hell?? The three Wings players couldn't grab that rebound before it was poked in???? Not his fault. Well, maybe losing the puck while playing it was. lol

Damnnnn

Yeahhhh Z. ERRORSSON with an assist???

Expansion teams and the Hawks, Pens, and Kings. They've only won 6 of the last 7 cups.

WHAT??? Cause he was in the crease???!!! So it's OK for other teams to bowl over our goalies and score and it stands???? jokessss

Yep, just like his last 3 games where he allowed 2, 1, and 2 huh?

Challenge. f*** off!!!

K, now play some D, and play some D while were waiting!!!

Green with the hatty!!!!!!

Oh man, WTF is going on out there? NYI players all over the front of the net...just let them stay there. This ******* team. That he's in over his head and out of even stupid ideas. lol

Yep, but Babcock's time was done in DET. Team needed a change behind the bench, and TOR gave him a $50 million contract. No coach would pass that up. Then Holland chose Blash because he was GREAT AHL coach and knew some of the players. It's clearly not working out though.

No, they equal "muscles" full of water and a shriveled sack.

I don't think he was. He just trained hard all the time. Growing up in Sudbury i've heard a few stories about him. He was always a huge guy with a mean streak, even growing up. Got in quite a few fights at local bars and such. Not a guy to mess with anyway.

Exactly. I remember one game with the Wings where he picked a player (forget who) off the ice by his jersey and threw him down like a ragdoll. lol

Damnnnn!! I miss the Zetterberg of old where that was routine.

Eric Semborski, a Flyers practice rink employee signed an amateur tryout contract today and was an emergency backup for Scott Darling with Corey Crawford out and the Hawks unable to get a goalie from Rockford in time. Pretty f***in cool, even if it is the Hawks! https://www.nhl.com/news/eric-semborski-blackhawks-emergency-backup-goalie/c-284354006 Eric Semborski was working at Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, New Jersey, on Saturday morning. Two hours later he was sitting in the visitors locker room at Wells Fargo Center, getting dressed with the Chicago Blackhawks, his teammates for a day. Semborski signed an amateur tryout contract with the Blackhawks on Saturday after Corey Crawfordneeded an appendectomy, leaving Chicago without a goaltender to back up Scott Darling. With Rockford, its American Hockey League affiliate, preparing for a game in Grand Rapids, Michigan, there was no way to get a goaltender to Philadelphia for a 1 p.m. start. Chicago also had to pick a goaltender with no professional experience because of their NHL salary-cap situation. Semborski played on the club hockey team at Temple University and is a coach and instructor for the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation. He said he plays recreationally but his last competitive game was last December. "I was at the rink in Voorhees coaching … and I walked off the ice and started talking to someone with the Flyers who started asking me 'Where'd you play hockey?' and 'What's your playing history?'" Semborski said. "I didn't even know what he was getting at, and then I asked 'Why are you asking me this?' Then he said, 'Oh, Chicago needs a goalie,' and I just lost it. So he said 'Go home, get your stuff, and if they're going to use you, they'll call you.' I left right away and 10 minutes later I got a call." Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said Semborski's name was on a list provided by the Flyers, but Semborski said he had no idea who recommended him. "Whoever did, thank you because it was awesome," Semborski said. Semborski's drive from Voorhees to his home in Manayunk, Pennsylvania, to get his goaltending equipment and then back to Wells Fargo Center took him about an hour with traffic. "Got here fast as I could, in my street clothes," he said. "No time to put on a tie." Along the way he called his parents, who live in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Joe Semborski, Eric's father, got a special present on his 58th birthday. "I had to tell him three times," Eric said. His father didn't believe him. Semborski got to the locker room about 12:30 p.m. Darling said he and his teammates made Semborski feel welcome the best way they could; they razzed him for being late to the game. But no fine. "We let him slide," Darling said. Semborski quickly put on his gear, including one of Crawford's No. 50 jerseys with Semborski's name sewed on, and went out for warmups. "I was a bit rusty," he said. "But no matter how much I play, I'm not going to be ready for them. It was fast and I couldn't even catch my breath because I was just trying to take it all in. … Playing against the best guys in the world, I knew I wasn't going to stop most of them. I was lucky if it hit me." He did make a save on Patrick Kane, last season's NHL scoring leader, on one of the final shots. "That was pretty cool," he said. "I'll remember that one." While Semborski was having his moment, his former Temple teammates were playing against Lehigh University. "I think at first I had to read it a couple times to really kind of believe it," said Ryan Dumbach, the team president and a defenseman. "You know you've got the joke of going from club to the NHL, but today somebody actually got to do it. (It) was (a) pretty surreal experience to see one of your old teammates be dressed in an NHL lineup." Semborski said he never thought he'd get into the game Saturday, but Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said he thought about putting him in during the second period. "That probably would have been a big mistake," Semborski said with a laugh. Quenneville pulled Darling with 1:31 remaining in the third period for an extra attacker, and after the game told Semborski that if the Flyers had scored he would have gone in to finish the game. "That would have been so cool," he said. "(I) wouldn't change a thing though." Semborski said he got a few autographed pucks, a Blackhawks hat, and a promise that they will send him a jersey. He won't get any money, but he said that didn't matter. "I signed some stuff when I came in, but I don't know what it was," he said. "Really, I'm happy with a hat and the memories. This is so cool."

North Bay Battalion, Windsor Spitfires, Kitchener Rangers...

Osgood I never understood the hate for. Winning record everywhere he played, two cups (nearly three) as starter, loved being a Red Wing. He had bad games and some bad playoff rounds, but overall he was a solid goalie who got the job done. He'll never get the praise he deserves though. And yes, In Mrazek's last three starts he's been stellar. His numbers are looking better now.