Vladimir Tarasenko No Goal: Play was Offside

The call on the ice was a good goal scored by St. Louis Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko. Dallas Stars head coach Lindy Ruff challenged the play, saying the play was offsides at the blue line.

After further review, the play was offsides. This is a perfect example why I like the coaches challenge. Hockey is a fast game and the refs are human and miss penalties and the offsides. In this instance, the on-ice officials got the call right.

Coyle hit on Demers; Did Demers Embellish?

Minnesota Wild forward Charlie Coyle appears to hit Dallas Stars defenseman Jason Demers up high. While it looks like Coyle might have caught him a bit, it also appears that Demers embellished this call greatly. I would give Demers an Academy Award, too.

(Video) Johnny Oduya's Dirty Cross-Check on Zach Parise

Another dirty cross-check and another two-minute minor penalty. Seriously, Dallas Stars defenseman Johnny Oduya's dirty cross-check on Minnesota Wild forward Zach Parise is only worthy of a two-minutes penalty. The ref was standing right there. This is a blatant dirty, bush league move is worthy of a look by the NHL's Department of Players Safety. These are the type of hits that the NHL should be removing from the game of hockey.

Johnny Oduya destroys his close friend Zach Parise with a cross-check to the back of the neck. Wild PP

— Michael Russo (@Russostrib) November 29, 2015

Antoine Roussel Has Hearing for Dirty X-Check on Adam McQuaid

Hockey is an emotional game. Things happen at a very high rate of speed. I am sure that the fans that hate the Boston Bruins will say that Adam McQuaid tried to hit Antoine Roussel with a dirty check and missed.

Whatever! These same fans will say that McQuaid deserved it because he plays for the Boston Bruins.

I don't think there's any way that you can excuse what Roussel did, this is a bush-league, dirty hit. Since Roussel has a phone hearing, his suspension will be under five games. I don't see how he escapes at least a two-game suspension for his.

Antoine Roussel To Have NHL Disciplinary Hearing For Cross Check On Adam McQuaid http://t.co/qxoFir8bXY
— NESN (@NESN) February 11, 2015

Montreal Canadiens Alexei Emelin Hits Jason Spezza (Video)

I am sure that Montreal Canadiens fans are very quiet tonight after watching this transpire.
I am not a fan of Canadiens defenseman Alexei Emelin, can't stand the kind of player that he is.

That being said, I am not necessarily suggesting the league suspend the Habs defenseman, but I just want to illustrate that he's not a clean player. This is a dangerous hit that need to be punished more severely. I do like that fact that the officials gave him a five-minute major. I believe it was the right call in this situation.

It will be interesting to see if the league give him anything especially after he was fined in November by the NHL's Department of Players Safety.

(Video) Dallas Star Punk Antoine Roussel Runs Alex Stalock, Sucker Punches Justin Braun

s/t to Kuklas Korner. I don't know about you, but I am growing tired of Dallas Stars punk Antoine Roussel and  his antics. First I understand going hard to the net, but this is bush league. The goalie has an expectation to not be run over. This is unacceptable. Then the spineless punk sucker punches an unsuspecting player that's not ready to engage him. Roussel has an hearing tomorrow for the sucker punch, I am thinking a five-game suspension for this clown. Feel free to chime in.

Dallas F Antoine Roussel will have a hearing tomorrow for a sucker-punch to San Jose D Justin Braun.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) November 9, 2014

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Tyler Seguin goes golfing

s/t to Puck Daddy. Don't try this at home folks. Tyler Seguin let a fan hit a golf ball off of his groin.

After a year I'm back on twitter just in time to share my golf tournament coming up on Thursday. Visit http://t.co/KtohxRFtEc for more
— Tyler Seguin (@tseguinofficial) July 15, 2014

Ducks Kings Series 20 Years in the Making

Well they are separated by 30 miles and have been division rivals for the last 20 years, but this would be the first time that the Anaheim Ducks and the LA Kings would ever meet in the playoffs. 

LA, who came into the series rattling off four straight wins to eliminate the San Jose Sharks, came into the series on a mission to keep on rolling. A big part of that success was goaltender Jonathan Quick. Quick struggled in the first game of the first round, but would improve his numbers in every single game of the series against San Jose. In the Kings five game winning streak they are currently on, Quick has looked like the Quick of the 2012 Stanley Cup team. If this trend continues, I'd expect the Kings to sneak their way into the Cup finals. 

As for the quack attack, they came into game one off of a very hard fought six game series against the Dallas Stars. However, they are starting to turn into the Vancouver Canucks in these playoffs with all of their goalie drama that is occurring as of late. With Fredrick Anderson getting pretty much all the game play in the first round, usual number one, Jonas Hiller, is left on the sidelines leaving the fans scratching their heads. One would assume that Hiller would be the guy for the Ducks in the playoffs, especially since he has the most experience. That was not the case in round one, but he would get the call for game one in round two. Hiller would play decent in this game stopping 33 out of 36 shots faced, but the Ducks would lose on home ice and look for revenge tonight in game two. 

Both of these teams have  big bodies who like to be physical, a good amount of skillful players, and excellent puck moving defensemen, but the key difference in this freeway series is the goalies. Quick is on a different level than both Anaheim tenders and will be the deciding factor in LA taking this series. 

I expect the rest of this series to be very fast, very physical, and no love lost between these longtime rivals. It is still very hard to believe that this is still the two franchises first ever playoff match-up in the 20 year existence of the Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks. It's playoff series like this that make already existing rivalries that much greater, the hate between players much stronger and the same can be said between these two very passionate fan bases as well. 

(Video) Anaheim Ducks forward Corey Perry snows the Dallas goalie Kari Lehtonen

If you want to start a line brawl, snowing the goalie is a good way to do it. Anaheim Ducks forward Corey Perry was being, well, Corey Perry. I think that Dallas Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen handled it well, he just skated over to the player's bench and toweled off.

Classic Corey Perry pic.twitter.com/LLdpxfLY5c
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) April 28, 2014

(Video) Stars and Ducks scrum (Antoine Roussel and Ryan Getzlaf)

I guess no one reminded Ducks forward Ryan Getzlaf that he had a bunch of stitches in his chin, right. It's got to be hard not to punch out a player like Antoine Roussel,when you play against him. I have to agree Getzlaf is a tough hockey player.

18:14 DAL Antoine Roussel served by Alex Chiasson Roughing - 2 min against Ryan Getzlaf
18:14 ANA Ryan Getzlaf Roughing - 2 min against Antoine Roussel
18:14 DAL Antoine Roussel Roughing - 2 min against Ryan Getzlaf

Antoine Roussel Dirty Elbow on Jonathan Toews

Dallas Stars forward Antoine Roussel was given a two-minute minor for his dirty elbow on Jonathan Toews. These are the kind of hits that I don't like, not one bit. This clown is going after a star player, with a high elbow, who's had concussion issues in the past.

The question I ask, do we want to see the NHL star players knocked out of games at the hands of third or fourth line players? There needs to be stiffer penalties for hits that target the head. This is why Andrew Shaw went after him earlier in the game.

Middle Weight Bout of the Night: Andrew Shaw vs. Antoine Roussel

Apparently, the Chicago Blackhawks didn't like the hit that Antoine Roussel put on Patrick Kane in the last game. Only the fifth fight of the year for the Chicago Blackhawks.

(Video) Ottawa’s Mark Borowiecki With A Backhand Into His Own Net

In a move which could be classified as being unfortunate. Ottawa defenesman Mark Borowiecki backhands the puck into his own net. Dallas Stars forward Antoine Roussel was the last one to touch the puck so he ends up being the beneficiary and gets credit for the goal. That’s goal number one on the year for Roussel. And it gets even better; the game was also Borowiecki’s NHL debut. Also, the Borowiecki miscue broke a 2-2 tie in the third period. The Senators would battle back before losing in a shootout 4-3. as well.

(Video) Ryan Garbutt hit on Dustin Penner (Tweets by Penner)

Dallas Stars forward Ryan Garbutt (cool name by the way) has a in-person hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety for this hit on Ducks forward Dustin Penner. I don't know, it's a grey area hit.

My first impression when I saw the hit, I thought this is charging, Garbutt came from a cross the ice to hit Penner. The video isn't very good though. It seems like there has been one of these questionable hits every night, in the last week.

There has been a bit of a stir about the hit on Twitter today as well.

AGAIN,1st priority is @Dustinpenner25 health,but dont punish @Garbs40 just because hit had HUGE impact,caused injury. No charge, arms down!
— Scott Norton (@NortonSports) October 21, 2013

.@Dustinpenner25 cracks back at detractors on Twitter after hit from Ryan Garbutt: http://t.co/9CVB7Xqdei (via @theScore)
— Ian Cameron McLaren (@iancmclaren) October 21, 2013

.@TommyFourPutt you're the poster child for birth control. Too bad you didn't heed your own warning.
— Dustin Penner (@Dustinpenner25) October 21, 2013

.@EricLevit last night was my second concussion. Thanks for letting everyone see my first #penster
— Dustin Penner (@Dustinpenner25) October 21, 2013

.@YotesCaptain ya because I'm notorious for being dirty. God. Do you straight line stupid iv fluid?
— Dustin Penner (@Dustinpenner25) October 21, 2013

New Jersey Devils sign Jaromir Jagr

Czech NHL player Jaromír Jágr (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The New Jersey Devils have signed Unrestricted Free Agent forward Jaromir Jagr. This will be the third team in two seasons for the 41 year old Jagr, he also played for the Dallas Stars, Boston Bruins and now is a member of the New Jersey Devils. Jagr was picked up by the Boston Bruins for the stretch run last spring and scored (2g7a—9pts) in 11 games for the Boston Bruins. He also chipped in (0g-10a—10pts) during the Boston Bruins Stanley Cup playoff run.

Moves like Jagr! We’ve signed the @NHL’s #8 all-time leading scorer Jaromir Jagr. Welcome to #JerseysTeam!
— New Jersey Devils (@NHLDevils) July 23, 2013

Jaromir Jagr signs a deal with the Devils. Yes, officially http://t.co/rFEwqCfRgf
— Eye on Hockey (@EyeOnHockey) July 23, 2013

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Tyler Seguin's Tweet caused by hacker?

Last night, former Boston Bruins forward Tyler Seguin sent out this tweet on twitter and apparently it caused a major storm for the newly acquired Dallas Stars forward. Seguin has since deleted/deactivated his twitter account. Seguins claims that his twitter account was hacked. The Dallas Stars have also responded to Seguin's tweets as well. The Dallas Stars are set to introduce Seguin on Tuesday at 11:00 A.M. Central.

Tyler Seguin (@tylerseguin92) has deleted his twitter account. Looks like last night's joke/hacking was the last straw. #Bruins #Stars
— BruinsLife.com (@BruinsLife) July 7, 2013

Regarding a tweet that came from Tyler Seguin's account last night, In no way, shape or form does the Dallas Stars organization[continued..]
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) July 7, 2013

condone or agree with the message that was sent out through Seguin's Twitter account. We've addressed the issue directly with Tyler [cont..]
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) July 7, 2013

...and we'll continue to work on educating our players regarding the importance of their conduct on all forms of social media.
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) July 7, 2013

CC mourns death of Scott Winkler

CC mourns death of Scott Winkler: Colorado College and Tiger Hockey are mourning the loss of Scott Winkler, wh... http://t.co/hEZFU990Us
— CC Tiger Athletics (@CCTigers) June 13, 2013

As Redwing77 mentioned, Former Colorado College Tigers forward, Scott Winker died unexpectedly at home on Wednesday, in Asker, Norway. Scott Winkler was 23 years old.

C.C. Tigers -- Colorado College and Tiger Hockey are mourning the loss of Scott Winkler, who died unexpectedly on Wednesday at his parents' home in Norway after recently completing his senior season with the Tigers.

No other details of his passing are available at this time.

Winkler graduated from CC on May 20 with a bachelor's degree in economics. A third-round selection of the Dallas Stars in the 2008 NHL draft, he had recorded career highs of 13 goals and 28 points for the Tigers in 2012-13.

"It is an unfathomable tragedy to see a talented young man pass at such an early age," said Ken Ralph, director of athletics at CC. "This spring we have seen Scott put in a great deal of work to prepare himself for his professional career and the rest of his life. He had such a bright future ahead of him. I'd like to ask all Colorado College fans and supporters of college hockey everywhere to keep the Winkler family in your thoughts and prayers."

Born and raised in Asker, Norway, Winkler came to the United States in 2007 to play for the Russell Stover midget major AAA team in Overland Park, Kan. He played a year of juniors for the Cedar Rapids Roughriders of the United States Hockey League in 2008-09 before enrolling at Colorado College as a freshman. He compiled 63 points (24g,39a) in 120 career games with the Tigers.

The new Dallas Stars Jerseys

#NewStarRising twitter.com/DallasStars/st…
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) June 5, 2013

Here are the new Dallas Stars jersey's so, do they look familiar to you?

Dustin Brown hit on Antoine Roussel

I found this little news tidbit on Michael Russo’s blog, obviously, we don’t see every hit or very news story, but it appears that Dustin Brown came very close to being suspended by the National Hockey Leagues Department of Player Safety earlier in the week for this questionable hit on Dallas Stars forward Antoine Roussel.

via Russo’s Rants -- Brown, who amazingly has never been suspended, does this time and time again and somehow gets away with it. In my opinion, he should have gotten suspended for what I thought was a very dirty elbow on Dallas’ Antoine Roussel two nights ago.

Zach Parise's no goal.

At first look, it appeared that Zach Parise had scored with 4:37 left in the second period of tonight's game between Columbus Blue Jackets and the Minnesota Wild. After further review, the refs determined correctly that Zach had punched the puck into the net with his glove.