Check out Drew Stafford's goal.

I was watching this game last night on the NHL network and this nice goal by Drew Stafford. Not quite the Johnny Toews goal but pretty goal none the less.

Oshie's goal. (get the puck on net)

Former Sioux and current St Louis Blue T.J. Oshie proved that there is no such thing as a bad shot on goal as he scored a greasy goal against the Red Wings. If you standing in front of the goal with the puck and there is no other move, shoot the puck.

Parise father and son share hatred of Rangers

Here is a story that I thought was interesting; both the Parise men hate the New York Rangers; yep so do I. Don't despair Ranger haters the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to dispatch them in next round of the Eastern Conference semis.

J.P. Parise was already a seasoned NHL veteran when he stepped onto the Madison Square Garden ice for the first time as an Islander, midway through the 1974-75 season.

"One guy leaned over the glass ... I mean, what he said to me, you can't print that stuff," he said. "From then on, I got much more satisfaction beating those guys than anybody else."

The animosity has softened 33 years later. Parise, now 66, is content to watch his son hear the name-calling and stir up his own hatred of the Rangers. Zach Parise, in fact, said just that after the Devils finally got on the board with a 4-3 overtime win in Game 3 on Sunday.

"We always disliked the Rangers ... but we have to start hating them more," Zach Perhaps that wasn't too difficult for J.P.'s youngest son. Zach had his two front teeth knocked out by Christian Backman's stick in Game 2 on Friday, April 11 - 33 years to the day since J.P. put the Islanders on the map by scoring 11 seconds into overtime in Madison Square Garden to give the Isles their first playoff win in their third year of existence.

Not exactly the stirring way to commemorate his dad's biggest moment of this tri-state rivalry. But the Parise father and son, it's worth pointing out, haven't lost to the Rangers in the playoffs. J.P. was dealt away from the Isles to Cleveland in the 1977-78 season, a year before the on-the-rise Islanders were beaten in the semifinals by the upstart Rangers.
Parise said. (Read the rest of the article here).

The Devils get hosed by the Refs.

picture by Tony Kurdzuk/Star-Ledger


It would appear that the WCHA was officiating the NHL Stanley Cup playoff game between the Devils and the Rangers last night. First off I am not a fan of either team, so I have not interest in the game other than being a hockey fan, however, the officiating has to be better than it was last night.

The two most blatant calls was the checking from behind called that was missed by the ref at the end of the game and the linesman calling icing when the Devils were on the penalty kill and causing the face off to be at center ice. These are blown calls at critical times at the end of the game and this should not happen, not in the NHL. Personally, this has to be one of the worst officiating jobs I have seen in the NHL in some time. At the end of the game last night John Madden was screaming at the ref. i wonder if he will be spoken to by the league office?

Former Fighting Sioux Zach Parise is also going to need some dental work after being hacked in the face.

Check out New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist's save on Zach Parise.

Are you kidding me? Parise and Boyle

Here is a video of Zach Parise's first fight ever in the NHL. I think that Parise did a pretty good job in his first NHL fight but I a sure most of us would probably tell Zach to stick to his day job of scoring goals and being a play-maker. Leave the fighting to the David Clarkson's of the world.

According to Hockeyfights.com this was Zach's first professional fight. In fact Parise had not been in a fight since his days at SSM.