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The NHL is trying to crackdown on unnecessary blows to the head.
The NHL's Senior Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations, Colin Campbell, had the following memo, obtained by TSN, posted in every NHL dressing room on Friday.
"Recently, we have had two (2) supplemental discipline incidents involving direct elbow blows to the head. This is a play that we have been trying to remove from our game for a number of years. In one case there was no injury and in the other incident the elbowed Player received a concus
General managers will have one extra day to make NHL trades. The league said yesterday it has pushed the trade deadline back to March 4. A high volume of games forced the switch. There are 12 games on the schedule March 3 and only two March 4. The league and NHL Players' Association agreed on the change.
Posted by
Elie on 10/20/2008 - 10:02 PM
So in tonights matchup against the panthers, we saw a habs side a lot of us are familiar with. When the goalie gets hot; the habs get going... out of the bell center. Without looking at the specific stats, most of the second was dominated by the panthers, including half of the third. Clearly, Halak is striving for more games witht he way he is playing.
The habs didn't look like blockbusters, but neither did they look like lacklusters. The played decent hockey, nothing stellar. Without Kostitsyn who is out from that huge hit, Laraq
Posted by
billy on 05/09/2008 - 12:00 AM
Sunrise, FL (Sports Network) - The Florida Panthers agreed to terms with defenseman Keaton Ellerby, their first-round pick in 2007, on an entry level contract on Thursday.
Selected with 10th pick overall, the 19-year-old Ellerby played in 53 games with the Moose Jaw Warriors of the Western Hockey League last season, totaling two goals and 21 assists.
"Keaton is a young, talented and strong defenseman who skates and handles the puck well," Florida general manager Jacques Martin said. "We are very pleased to have signed
Posted by
billy on 05/05/2008 - 02:14 PM
Sunrise, FL (Sports Network) - The Florida Panthers re-signed forwards Wade Belak and Kamil Kreps to two-year contracts on Monday.
The Panthers acquired Belak on February 26 from Toronto for a fifth-round pick in the 2008 draft and the Saskatoon native played in Florida's final 17 games, registering no points and 12 penalty minutes.
In 47 games played for both Florida and Toronto last year, the veteran recorded one goal and 78 penalty minutes
"Wade is a high character, hard working player and versatile pla
Posted by provopete on 11/17/2008 - 05:25 PMThe NHL is trying to crackdown on unnecessary blows to the head.