Rare Earth?
And the first star, from the New York Islanders... Well, don't have to say more, right? Thursday-Saturday upstate, Monday-Wednesday on the Island. We'll see what happens in the next few days with DiPietro.
So Stephen Wood is going way up north to Alaska* for the playoffs. Boguniecki, Nolan and Nielsen are skating this week; Nolan is the only one who could be back Wednesday to face theEdmonton Oil WBS Pens.
Tape is in on Bayda.
Doubtful a Sound Tiger would be disappointed in this Player of the Week choice. The Hunt goes to Mike Keane; Matt Carkner wins the Dupre Award.
On to the dumb stat of the day: Bridgeport's 7-6 record in shootouts means they've played 13 "ties." (Remember them?) That tops the team record set in 2003-04. This year's team has gone to overtime 19 times, tied with 2002-03 for second-most in the team's six seasons; it won't catch '03-04, which played extra hockey 24 times:
2001-02: 14 (2-4-8)
2002-03: 19 (5-3-11)
2003-04: 24 (8-4-12) (plus five playoffs, 2-3)
2004-05: 17 (7-4; 5-1)
2005-06: 14 (3-6; 2-3)
2006-07: 19 (5-1; 7-6) (through 76 games)
That 2003-04 team was of course a product of insane defense, and its ties were often indicative of its limited scoring. Only one game went OT at 4-4, three went at 3-3, 10 went at 2-2, eight went at 1-1, and two went scoreless (and stayed that way). You notice the tough time the injury-plagued team had when you see that two playoff games went at 4-4 (two at 2-2, one at 1-1).
And my dentist is good. He did a filling just during one half-inning. (Happened to be the bottom of the eighth, but...)
*-Johnny Horton, who as far as I know didn't do coffee.
So Stephen Wood is going way up north to Alaska* for the playoffs. Boguniecki, Nolan and Nielsen are skating this week; Nolan is the only one who could be back Wednesday to face the
Tape is in on Bayda.
Doubtful a Sound Tiger would be disappointed in this Player of the Week choice. The Hunt goes to Mike Keane; Matt Carkner wins the Dupre Award.
On to the dumb stat of the day: Bridgeport's 7-6 record in shootouts means they've played 13 "ties." (Remember them?) That tops the team record set in 2003-04. This year's team has gone to overtime 19 times, tied with 2002-03 for second-most in the team's six seasons; it won't catch '03-04, which played extra hockey 24 times:
2001-02: 14 (2-4-8)
2002-03: 19 (5-3-11)
2003-04: 24 (8-4-12) (plus five playoffs, 2-3)
2004-05: 17 (7-4; 5-1)
2005-06: 14 (3-6; 2-3)
2006-07: 19 (5-1; 7-6) (through 76 games)
That 2003-04 team was of course a product of insane defense, and its ties were often indicative of its limited scoring. Only one game went OT at 4-4, three went at 3-3, 10 went at 2-2, eight went at 1-1, and two went scoreless (and stayed that way). You notice the tough time the injury-plagued team had when you see that two playoff games went at 4-4 (two at 2-2, one at 1-1).
And my dentist is good. He did a filling just during one half-inning. (Happened to be the bottom of the eighth, but...)
*-Johnny Horton, who as far as I know didn't do coffee.
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