Another episode of the Redwing77 Good, Bad, and Ugly

Hello again, everyone. It's time for a second round playoff series of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

THE GOOD

Jaroslav Halak - Uh... Hey Crosby, whatcha think of me now? I know they typically give the playoff MVP to a player who plays in the Stanley Cup Finals, but I'm not sure if it won't be the true this year should the Habs lose to the Flyers. This guy has been THE goaltender of the post season. PERIOD. He's simply outstanding. He's also laid to rest the debate about Carey Price, who is just a different version of current (perhaps now ex-) Avalanche goaltender Peter Budaj. Big hype, no game. In any case, I may not be the biggest fan of the Habs, but I am a big fan of a goaltender who is dominant. Hello Halak. Please bolt Montreal and come to Detroit. Not likely nor would Detroit (I think)...but...

The Flyers - You have to be good to win 4 straight in the playoffs. Especially when you have 2 career disappointments as your starting goaltender and 1 career disappointment (and probable nutcase) either injured or in reserve (Ray Emery). Now, I'm not down on Michael Leighton. I think he's a quality guy, but I never thought he'd be #1 material. Ok, he still isn't. However, he and Brian Boucher get the Ty Conklin Award for the postseason (most unlikely career backups to win a series with a team). Simon Gagne was fantastic. Michael Richards again proves he's a good leader. Danny Carcillo is still a worthless hack that should be banned from the game.

San Jose - Detroit wasn't really in this series, but they were playing awfully well coming into it. And the Sharks simply blew them out of the (frozen) water. Nabakov has always (to me) been a good goaltender with some unfortunate streaky tendencies and bad luck but he managed to hold things together for another round.

Chicago - Don't know if they belong here or in the bad category, but I put them here for two reasons. Reason #1: They advanced. It doesn't have to be pretty (and it wasn't, I assure you) but it just has to happen and it did. Reason #2: Jonathon Toews. Patrick Kane always gets top billing and Toews always gets the last laugh. Captain Serious has been SERIOUSLY good this post season, even out point scoring Bettman's Golden Godchild Sidney Crosby. He's surely a contender with Halak for playoff MVP. They face a test against the Sharks. Chicago won the regular season matchup against the Sharks winning 3 of 4, but required OT to win 2 of those 3 wins.

Jonathon Toews - See "Chicago" but yeah. He deserves his own record. Halak may be the goaltender of the playoffs thus far, but Toews is the skater of the playoffs thus far. He's outscored Crosby and all others. He may not have the playoff lead in goals, but he's done very well all things considered. I guess what I like about him the most is that, though he can score highlight reel goals, most of his playoff goals seem to be of the "hard work bang to the net" variety. Detroit has a huge problem with players who can't seem to get it through their heads that a garbage goal and a Sportscenter #1 play of the day goal is still worth the same amount of points.

THE BAD

Detroit Red Wings - You gotta play for EVERY playoff round in the books, not just the opening round. We squeaked past the Coyotes and got gobbled by the Sharks. Oh well.

Vancouver - Supposedly dominant, surprisingly undisciplined. Luongo was ok. Team D was meh. Season is over.

Pittsburgh Penguins - What can I say? Luck isn't everything, but apparently that's the only way the Pens fans can term their series loss to the Habs. Oh yeah, giving up 4 goals in 2 periods and really not even showing up to Game 7 might be something to look at. By the way, if you want to know why Fleury made my list of Top overrated goaltenders, you can look to Game 7 as a great example. Getting beat is one thing, but not even playing your best in Game 7? SIEVE!

THE UGLY

Boston Bruins - HEY! We've got a 3-0 game lead in this series. The Flyers will roll over, right? RIGHT? Anyone? Blake Wheeler was awful. The Bruins offense was pathetic. Tukka Rask was human. Boston Bruins choked so bad that Buckner (thanks for the analogy Goon) said "WHEW! I only screwed up once! I'm off the hook now!"

Danny Carcillo - At least Matt Cooke is out of the playoffs. This utter disgrace to the game still gets to go on to play the Habs. Well, maybe he'll go pick on Scotty Gomez or Plekanec and then fall down holding his face the next time Hal Gill hip checks him? Or maybe he'll hold his finger and cry the next time he two hand slashes a Hab player and the player takes exception? Who knows, but if Cooke is a lowlife bully, Carcillo is a cowardly nancyboy hack artist. I loved the fact that he dressed up for halloween as the GEICO caveman. It's a perfect match for his intelligence.

Screw it up, Red and White Style (RW77)

Well, the Red Wings are down 2-0 now... and it's about 95% their fault.

Ok, ok, the officiating was terrible for both sides. Diving continues to be the key way to earn a powerplay for the Sharks. I'd like to put the issue of crappy officiating to bed with three examples:

Example 1:

In the 3rd Period, Bertuzzi gets called for holding.... holding air apparently, which is illegal in their imaginary rule book. Bertuzzi, who was bigger than the defender (I think it was Doug Murray) muscled the defender to the puck. In so doing, the defender falls down and makes no attempt to get up until after he hits the boards. The officials call Bertuzzi for holding. 40 seconds or so into the Powerplay, the officials actually call a legit penalty on Kronwall and the Sharks even up the score. My contention is: Uh............. Bertuzzi shouldn't have been penalized. I saw Sharks pulling the same crap on the Wings during that period NO CALL. Fine if you want it to not be a call, but DON'T CALL IT ON EITHER SIDE!

Example 2:

Dany Heatley goes for Goaltender Interference. Heatley was CLEARLY pushed into Jimmy Howard. CLEARLY. But they called him anyways.

Example 3:

I cite this after Example 2 because I believe this is what gave the Sharks the initial powerplay. To be honest, I can't even remember who got the penalty. In any case, the Red Wing in question successfully stick checked the puck. In so doing, he struck the blade of a Shark's stick. The Shark immediately drops the stick and...VOILA! Slashing on the Red Wings.

Check this out... penalties were something like 10-4 in favor of the Sharks. Usually that is indicative of lopsided officiating... but after the third period ended, I'm not so sure.

Despite all of this, Howard played well and so did the Wings... sorta.

They were starting to put on pressure when they pulled Howard and committed the most retarded, most easily avoided, idiotic crime in hockey: TOO MANY MEN ON THE ICE.

Seriously... HOW RETARDED CAN YOU BE?

At this point, with barely 90 seconds left in the game, I threw up my hands and said "Well, mail it in boys. Oh wait, you did. That's why you got caught." They even may have gotten away with 6 on 5 during the ensuing penalty kill!

All in all, this game was infuriating to watch because the Red Wings didn't beat the Sharks. The Sharks didn't beat the Red Wings. The Red Wings beat themselves.

They were ridiculously stupid and the officials were more than happy to "teach them a lesson" on top of it.

Really, if Colin Campbell thinks that WCHA quality officials is the best the NHL has to offer, then perhaps Campbell should be fired and go on to be head officiating consultant to the WCHA. This kind of crap we expect in the WCHA. Not in the NHL.

Oh well.

The Red Wings made their bed in this one. Gave crappy officials reasons to call ghost penalties on top of the numerous legit ones.

Well, now the task gets harder.

In lighter news, the Habs beat the Penguins. Looks like the powerhouse is gonna have to shoot for 5 instead of the sweep the media had Pittsburgh basically penned in for.

The Pens with the Cup

One of the greatest sport trophies in all of professional sports, Lord Stanley's Cup. Notice when a few of them pick the cup up they say ________ yeah... Twenty nine teams didn't win it. The Penguins made all the right moves at the trade dead line.

Ovechkin on Crosby.

Tip of the hat to On Frozen Blog This is kind of like the Tiger and Phil relationship only their relationship isn't quite as icy. Classic stuff here, "We're Not Friends ... We Don't Call Each Other Every Day."

Pens players not happy with coach.

I have seen this written a few places. Look for the Penguins to get rid of their head coach coach. I doubt the Penguins want to lose Malkin, Staal and Orpik, of the three Orpik is probably gone because he is a free agent on July 1st.

There is a brewing problem between Penguins coach Michel Therrien and some of his players -- a number of them despise playing for him. No one will choose the Stanley Cup final as a forum to call out their coach but there are far too many whispers out there that too many players can't stand working for -- or with-- Therrien. If that isn't an issue to be dealt with immediately, it is certainly something that will grow with time. If that isn't an issue to be dealt with immediately, it is certainly something that will grow with time.

Brooks Orpik, the free agent defenceman who will be coveted by many teams after July 1, has told people he will not re-sign in Pittsburgh if Therrien is the coach. Jordan Staal, the terrific young player who lives in the shadow of Crosby and Evgeni Malkin -- but is poised to bust out as one of the most complete centres in hockey -- is another Therrien complainer.

Ouch Ryan Malone breaks his nose

Here is a video of the play that former SCSU Husky Ryan Malone breaks his nose. Ouch! Ryan Malone is one tough hockey player and is a free agent on July 1st. When teams are looking to sign free agents it might be plays like this that will help them make up their mind, toughness like this also give fellow players inspiration. I am hoping the GM of the Minnesota Wild was watching this game.

Malone joked Wednesday before Game Six that his wife might leave him because his puss was so ugly after Penguins teammate Hal Gill nailed with a slap shot him two nights earlier. A few stitches along the right side joined faded black eyes from a beak previously busted in the series opener against the Red Wings.

But there he was, having been treated and released from the Pens' medical room after the second period, ready for the third. And there he was in the third overtime, parked outside the crease and screening Chris Osgood for the winner in a 4-3 victory. There he was Wednesday, knowing that playing with an ugly nose was better than not playing.

And that's what made his nose so pretty.

"It could have been a lot worse, so I'm definitely thankful," Malone said before Game Six in the Igloo. "A broken nose, a swollen lip and some chipped teeth are a pretty good scenario for a puck in the face."

Malone's schnozz evolved into more than a breathing instrument during the finals. It became a symbol for the Penguins. They were beat up and knocked down, but they were willing to pay the price until they were knocked out. Malone underscored the collective personality of a team that refused to quit.

"Anybody in this room would be doing the same thing," Malone said. "You never know when you're going to back in the Stanley Cup finals. You have to make sure that you're doing whatever you can to help out."

No, you never really do know.

Ottawa barely made the playoffs this season after losing in the finals last year. Edmonton hasn't reached the postseason since losing to Carolina two years ago. Buffalo won the Presidents' Trophy last season and missed the playoffs this year. Pittsburgh should have a good team for a long time, but you never know.

Ask Ottawa. Ask Edmonton.

Ask Buffalo.

Detroit was the better team going into this series, and it seemed a matter of time before it was confirmed. The Red Wings had more talent, more depth and more experience. Pittsburgh could have surrendered after two games getting thumped twice to start the series. But with players like Malone, the Pens kept coming.

East Amherst defenseman Brooks Orpik has played the best hockey of his career. Sergei Gonchar suffered back spasms in Game Five, spent nearly three full periods in the dressing room and returned eight minutes into the third overtime and helped set up Petr Sykora's winner. It sends a strong message to both teams.

"It motivates you," winger Maxime Talbot said. "[Malone] is a warrior out there, and now he's marked for life. But the way he came back was definitely big. You look at him when you're on the bench and you're like, "Wow.' Same thing with Gonch. It gives you a lot of energy."

Malone probably played his final game in the Igloo as a member of the Penguins on Wednesday night. He's coming off a career year with 27 goals and 51 points while flanking superstar Sidney Crosby, and he's expected to draw attention when he becomes an unrestricted free agent July 1.

The goal that kicked butt.

This is the goal from last night game that broke the Penguins back. I am sure that the young goaltender Fleury would have liked to have that goal back. It was almost like the puck sat out in the open for quite some time before it was hit into his own net by Fleury's back side.

The fans think the Penguins are a bunch of whiners
There seems to be a reoccurring theme that Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins are a bunch of cry babies and have taken quite a few shots for the press and blog-sphere this spring. I like Sidney Crosby and I think he is an exciting player but his antics have grated on some fans. As far as the Pens coaching whining about the obstruction, I am by no means a Redwings fan but I didn't see the obstruction the Pens were complaining about. If they want to see obstruction watch a WCHA game.

PITTSBURG, PA (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) -- As the final second ticked off the clock, the Detroit Red Wings poured onto the Mellon Arena ice to begin celebrating their 3-2victory, claiming their fourth Stanley Cup in 11 years.

While Penguins players slowly began their dirge-like procession to the losing locker room, their star forward, twenty-year old Sidney Crosby, stubbornly refused to acknowledge that the series was, by every reasonable measure other than his own, over.

“I admire the way our opponents have competed, they’re disciplined and talented and deserve to be one of the two last teams standing,” he graciously acknowledged. “But the final scores don’t give the complete picture, nor does the fact we were outscored 17-10 over the course of the series, particularly when you consider how many more scoring opportunities we had but didn’t cash in

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The Redwings fans aren't giving the Penguins any love either.

Here is another good story about the Penguins and Sid the kid being a bunch of cry babies.

Penguins enjoy fine whine
PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Penguins knew the Detroit Red Wings would block their path to winning the Stanley Cup finals. Maybe just not this much.

Penguins coach Michel Therrien all but begged the on-ice officials again yesterday to enforce the obstruction rules, arguing that one of his team’s greatest strengths is being taken away by the Red Wings’ defensive tactics.

“It’s something that we base our team with, speed,” Therrien said. “And if we can . . . use our speed, we’re going to get effect.”
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Therrien complained about the lack of obstruction enforcement before the Penguins’ 3-2 victory in Game 3 Wednesday, though it wasn’t apparent if his campaign was successful. The Penguins had only three power-play opportunities, though Sidney Crosby scored one of his two goals following Niklas Kronvall’s hooking penalty early in the second period.

Therrien pleaded again yesterday for more open ice, especially with Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Marian Hossa finding it difficult to get through the neutral zone compared to previous playoff rounds.

“If there’s obstruction, there’s obstruction,” Therrien said. “When I see about 13, 14 (video) clips . . . that I could tell there should be a penalty regarding the (rule) book, I know how it is. I’m not expecting that they’re going to call 14.

“(But) I’m expecting next game, the obstruction calls, they’re going to call it. I still believe there’s some space to improve again. When you break down the game, you’ll see that there’s a few times they should have been called. And calls are important. You need those calls.”

Will we see Chelios tonight?

Here is the reason we haven't seen the former Wisconsin Badger's star defensemanChris Chelios in the Stanley Cup finals. You have to wonder if we will see Chelios tonight.

The blue-liner sat out of Detroit's series-clinching win against the Dallas Stars with a leg injury and even though Chelios believes he can play, head coach Mike Babcock chose not to reinsert him into the lineup for Game 1.

"I don't think I'll be playing the first game," said Chelios. "Whether it's superstition or not, they're not changing [anything]. We played a really good game to close out the last series.

"I'm good to go. I'm ready to go."

So you say there is a chance?

Last night I was fussing, fuming and swearing about the prospects of the dirty Redwings winning another Stanley Cup. There wasn't much time left and I started getting ready to head to the gym to work out when Maxime Talbot scored the game tying goal. Wow, what a game, even if the Redwings had one. I kept telling the TV all night long just one more game, one more game. You just never know what can happen. In professional sports like the NHL anything can happen can happen if you don't bury your chances. The best way for this season to end would a 7th game in Detroit Rock City.

Ryan Malone has to make SCSU fans beam with pride. Malone is becoming one of my favorite NHL players that didn't play for the Fighting Sioux.

Michel Therrien calls Osgood a diver.

If you watch the video you will see the Osgood dive at the beginning. That was a blatant dive and should get an Emmy for his acting job. I think the Penguins coach has a point Osgood has done a lot of diving during the Stanley Cup Playoffs. I think from watching the playoffs this spring I would come to the same conclusion; it is a valid point, however, one could also make the same argument about Sidney Crosby. Frankly, well the opposition has. The Rangers made some of the same complaints, they said the officials were not letting the Rangers hit Crosby and that Crosby was diving all over the ice.

Now let’s be serious. Make no mistake about it, Chris Osgood is a decent goaltender, he is definitely not the all world goalie that Patrick Roy was, but no many are, but Osgood does have a Stanley Cup on his resume. Lets be honest; Osgood has flailed around on the ice and acted like a spoiled cry baby during the playoffs. In fact I have lost some respect for him because of his antics.

Just for the Record

I have held UND goalies to the same standard that I am holding Osgood to. I hate diving and I believe diving cheapens the game of hockey. I held Jean-Phillippe Lamoureux to account as well.

Make no mistake about it, there is no doubt that Jean-Phillippe Lamoureux has played good this season, the numbers speak for themselves 1.88 GAA and a .932 save % but I am getting tired of watching these embellishments with each minor bump he receives from the opposition. Frankly, the jig is up the refs are watching you, and you were called on it this weekend.

Cool "Cup Raise" video from the NHL.

I found this video on You Tube today, check it out it is pretty sweet.

Here is the video from tonight's game; Stanley Cup Finals on NBC - Game Three TONIGHT 8PM EST.

Detroit not happy with Penguins.

Apparently the Detroit Red Wings are not very happy with Gary Roberts and the Pittsburgh Penguins and their antics at the end of game two. There should also be an Emmy awarded to Chris Osgood and his diving exhibition.

Penguins get physical against Red Wings
By ALAN ROBINSON
PITTSBURGH (AP)—Maybe the Pittsburgh Penguins should start showing more perspiration and less frustration.

The Penguins, shut out in the first two games of the Stanley Cup finals by Detroit, showed their exasperation at the end of Monday’s 3-0 loss in Game 2 with some borderline cheap shots on several Red Wings players.

Most prominent was Gary Roberts’ not well-disguised punch to the face of Johan Franzen, who was returning from a six-game layoff with concussion-like symptoms. Pavel Datsyuk also absorbed some punishment, no doubt sent by the Penguins to show they have some physicality to go with their so far invisible scoring talent.

The problem with such hits is they can motivate their opponent more than it does the team delivering them. Red Wings coach Mike Babcock promised again Tuesday that the Penguins haven’t seen the best of his team.

“I guess you’re trying to send a message or whatever,” Babcock said. “To me, the game’s going to be won in between the whistles. And you’re not going to back us off one inch. It’s impossible. You’re not going to back up Pavel. And you have to decide for your own team what you think helps you win.”

As for Franzen, Babcock likes that he has now played a game in the finals.

“We think we can be better. And we’re going to try to be better,” Babcock said. “Just the Mule getting a game under his belt, (he) should be a better hockey player the next game. And that should make us a better team.”

Video of the Nicklas Lidstrom no-goal

Here is the video of the Nicklas Lidstrom non-goal from game one in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Honestly from a objective point of view this appears to be a bad call and if I had been the on ice official I would have called it a good goal.

While I am not a fan of Tomas Holmstrom and he does cross the line in crowding the net, but I don't know in this case, I have watched the video a quite a few times and this call was really flimsy and a ticky tacky call. If anything the NHL needs to let the defenseman have more lee way in clearing out the front of the net. In the old days Holmstrom would have been knocked out of the way by the defender.

The ref screws the Red Wings once again.

This is becoming a reoccuring theme, it is like ground hog day. One could say, "that the more thing change the more things stay the same." Game one Stanley Cup playoffs the Detroit Red Wings have another goal called off by the on ice officials. There will be a disscussion about goalie interference in the off season, you can bet on it. I am still tring to find video of the non-goal.

Same ref, same bad call? Wings get goal taken away

Detroit Red Wings left wing Tomas Holmstrom has made a career of being an aggressive presence in front of the net.

But for the second time in as many playoff series, a referee thought Holmstrom was a bit too aggressive around the goal.

The Wings thought they went up 1-0 with 15:20 into the game because Nicklas Lidstrom put the puck in the net, only it was called off by referee Dan O'Halloran, who ruled Tomas Holmstrom had interfered with Marc-Andre Fleury.

Holmstrom's stick did make contact with Fleury, but certainly not in any way that impaired Fleury from making a save.

Holmstrom said he hadn't seen replays but "I heard it was a bad call. Fleury was outside the paint and was coming out to me, and what can you do? For sure it helps when you win the game."

O'Halloran, of course, was also the guy who, when the Wings played Anaheim in Detroit on Feb. 10, called off a Lidstrom goal after ruling that Holmstrom had interfered with Ducks goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere. Referee Kelly Sutherland called off a Pavel Datsyuk goal in Game 4 of the third-round series against Dallas, ruling Holmstrom's posterior violated Marty Turco's airspace, even though replays showed Holmstrom wasn't even in the blue paint.

Which one of these should have been a goal.

n reviewing the goals from the Detroit and Dallas series; it appears that this goal looks like the one that should have been waved off, because it does appear that the Detroit forward Holmstrom interfered with Marty Turco as opposed to first Detroit goal that was taken back in game 4 on Thursday night. One might suggest that it was a make up call.

One has to wonder what affect it would have had on the series if these goals had been called correctly? It may not have mattered either.

Cool NHL on versus commercial.

I had someone at work ask me the other day if hockey was over yet? His next question was; why is the hockey season so long. I told him that there is still a series and half left in the season. This NHL on Versus commercial kind of sums up what the off season is like, boring, the back of a lawn chair.

Personally I wish hockey season was 10 month long, the off season is way too long in my opinion. A guy can only hit bad golf shots so long before you become board with the whole thing.

Malone and Hatcher

I caught the tail end of this game tonight and it was pretty exciting finish and the festivities at the end of the game will probably set the tone for game 5. I wonder if Upshaw will receive any additional punishment for his charge on Staal. WOW what an ending; Malone and Hatcher fight was pretty good as well as the Crosby and Richards stick fight just after the face off.

Former SCSU Husky Ryan Malone is quickly becoming one of my favorite hockey players. I like what Malone brings to the table he is a tough hockey players and has the ability to chip in offensively as well. I would love to see him in a Wild or Bruins jersey.

Prediction: I think that Philly is done next game in Pittsburgh. The Flyers do not have the horses to run and gun with the high flying Penguins.

Pavel Datsyuk's no goal.

This past season I thought the officials in the WCHA had a tough year, but it appears that even the best officials in the top hockey league make mistakes as well. This was definitely a horrible call, it was ruled that Tomas Holmstrom interfered with Dallas goalie Marty Turco on the play. If you look at the video you will see that Holmstrom wasn't even in the blue paint and made no contact with the Dallas goalie. While I am no fan of the Redwings, you could put me in the category of being a Redwing hater there is no excuse for making bad calls like this.

the blog that Yost Built was less than pleased with the call.

If anyone that is reading this article lives in southwest Madison and has young children, I apologize for teaching them some new words tonight. I had, shall we say, an unpleasant reaction to another example of stunning incompetance by the NHL and its officials tonight.

With the score 0-0 late in the second period of Game 4 between the Red Wings and Stars, Datsyuk put a shot past Turco to give Detroit the lead. Or so we thought. Kelly Sutherland immediately waived the goal off, saying that Tomas Holmstrom interfered with Turco's ability to make the save--that his butt was in the crease. How can I put this gently....Sutherland was completely and utterly WRONG. Holmstrom was clearly outside the crease and Turco, despite his comments to the contrary, had every chance to make the save. The only bit of "interfering" that Holmstrom did was blocking Turco's view, which is kind of his job (and completely legal provided he's not in the crease or going Sean Avery on the goalie).

To add to the hilarity, the Stars scored just a couple minutes later when Loui Eriksson showed everybody what it really means to be in the crease. Not surprisingly--especially with Dan O'Halloran down at that end of the ice--no one seemed to care that he was basically on top of Osgood, or that they had waived off a goal for a man in the crease just a few moments earlier.

Nope; this article isn't bulletin board material

Check out this article. I wouldn't think this article would fire up the Flyers one bit. I would think they Penguins beat writers wouldn't want to stir up the sleeping giants. If I was the Penguins coach I would make a quick call over to the Gazette and tell the guy to shut the heck up.

If Penguins keep this up, Flyers will be cast aside quickly
It isn't too early to talk sweep
Saturday, May 10, 2008

By Ron Cook, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Is it too late to pick the Penguins in three games?

OK, enough with the wise-guy stuff, but, really, is there any reason to think the series with the Philadelphia Flyers will go more than four?

I don't see one.

Reality hit the Flyers hard at Mellon Arena last night when the Penguins swarmed them with their world-class talent and won Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, 4-2. It will rock 'em even harder this morning when they wake up and realize it won't be any easier in the three games ahead without their best player, defenseman Kimmo Timonen.

Talk about your one-two punches.

It's hard to imagine the Flyers getting back up

Game one: Evgeni Malkin short handed against the Flyers

This goal is unbelievable, I wounder how many times we are going to see it repeated by hockey players of all levels.

First off you will see Richards absolutely pound Malkin into the boards, that was a 10 ten bell hit. Malkin dusts himself off gets back in the play in time to take a well timed pass from Sergi Gonchar blasts the puck past Biron. That goal was a thing of beauty and be up for an ESPY in my opinion.