Boston Bruins: Ducks Goalie Jonas Hiller Robs Brad Marchand in the Blue Paint (Video)

Anaheim goalie Jonas Hiller robs Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand in the blue paint, nice 10-bell save, The Boston Bruins outshot the Ducks 16-3 in the first period.

Jonas Hiller showing off his phenomenal glove. He robs Brad Marchand from the left circle, and frustrating the B's many chances
— Joe Haggerty (@HackswithHaggs) January 8, 2014

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The Austrian 2014 Olympic Hockey Team

Thomas Vanek, Ice hockey player of the Buffalo Sabres (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Goalies

Bernhard Starkbaum
Rene Swette
Fabian Weinhandl

Defensemen
Thomas Pock
Mario Altmann
Florian Iberer
Andre Lakos
Robert Lukas
Matthias Trattnig
Stefan Ulmer
Gerhard Unterluggauer

Forwards
Michael Grabner, (New York Islanders)
Michael Raffl, (Philadelphia Flyers)
Thomas Vanek, (New York Islanders)
Raphael Herburger
Thomas Hundertpfund
Matthias Iberer
Thomas Koch
Andreas Kristler
Manuel Latusa
Brian Lebler
Daniel Oberkofler
Thomas Raffl
Oliver Setzinger

The Norwegian 2014 Olympic Hockey Team

editIMG_0599 (Photo credit: victoriapaige56)

Goalies
Lars Haugen
Steffen Soberg
Lars Volden

Defensemen
Jonas Holos
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 
Alexander Bonsaksen
Henrik Odegaard
Henrik Solberg
Daniel Sorvik
Mats Trygg

Forwards
Mats Zuccarello, (New York Rangers)
Patrick Thoresen
Morten Ask
Anders Bastiansen
Robin Dahlstrom
Kristian Forsberg
Mads Hansen
Marius Holtet
Sondre Olden
Ken Andre Olimb
Mathis Olimb
Mats Rosseli Olsen
Niklas Roest
Martin Roymark
Per-Age Skroder

The Latvian 2014 Olympic Hockey Team

Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian ice hockey player of the San Jose Sharks (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Goalies
Kristers Gudlevskis
Edgars Masalskis
Ervins Mustukovs

Defensemen
Oskars Bartulis
Sandis Ozolinsh
Ralfs Freibergs
Arturs Kulda
Georgijs Pujacs
Krisjanis Redlihs
Arvids Rekis
Kristaps Sotnieks

Forwards
Zemgus Girgensons, (Buffalo Sabres)
Kaspars Daugaviņs
Armands Berzins
Martins Cipulis
Lauris Darzins
Miks Indrasis
Koba Jass
Martins Karsums
Ronalds Kenins
Vitalijs Pavlovs
Mikelis Redlihs
Janis Sprukts
Juris Stals
Herberts Vasiljevs

The Swiss 2014 Olympic Hockey Team

SAVE! Jonas Hiller (Photo credit: MattBritt00)

Goalies 

Reto Berra (Calgary Flames)

Jonas Hiller (Anaheim Ducks)

Tobias Stephan

Defensemen

Severin Blindenbacher

Rafael Diaz (Montréal Canadiens)

Philippe Furrer

Roman Josi (Nashville Predators)

Mathias Seger

Mark Streit (Philadelphia Flyers)

Julien Vauclair

Yannick Weber (Vancouver Canucks)

Forwards

Andres Ambühl

Matthias Bieber

Simon Bodenmann

Damien Brunner (New Jersey Devils)

Luca Cunti

Ryan Gardner

Denis Hollenstein

Simon Moser

Nino Niederreiter (Minnesota Wild)

Martin Plüss

Kevin Romy

Reto Suri

Morris Trachsler

Roman Wick

The Slovakian 2014 Olympic hockey team

Defense 

Zdeno Chara  (Boston Bruins)

Martin Marincin (Edmonton Oilers)

Andrej Meszaros (Philadelphia Flyers)

Andrej Sekera (Carolina Hurricanes)

Lubomir Visnovsky (New York Islanders)

Ivan Baranka

Dominik Granak

Michal Sersen

Forwards
Marian Gaborik, (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Michal Handzus, (Chicago Blackhawks)
Marian Hossa, (Chicago Blackhawks)
Tomas Jurco, (Detroit Red Wings)
Tomas Kopecky, (Florida Panthers)
Richard Panik, (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Tomas Tatar, (Detroit Red Wings)
Milan Bartovic
Marcel Hossa
Tomas Marcinko
Michel Miklik
Peter Olvecky
Tomas Surovy
Tomas Zaborsk

The Finnish 2014 Olympic Hockey Team

English: Sami Vatanen accepts his player of the game award during the 2010 World Junior Championships. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Forwards

Juhamatti Aaltonen (Karpat, SM-liiga)

Aleksander Barkov (Florida)

Valtteri Filppula (Tampa Bay)

Mikael Granlund (Minnesota)

Jussi Jokinen (Pittsburgh)

Olli Jokinen (Winnipeg)

Mikko Koivu (Minnesota)

Leo Komarov (Toronto)

Petri Kontiola (Anaheim)

Lauri Korpikoski (Phoenix)

Jori Lehtera (St. Louis)

Antti Pihlstrom (Nashville)

Tuomo Ruutu (Carolina)

Teemu Selanne (Anaheim)

Defense

Lasse Kukkonen (Philadelphia)

Juuso Hietanen

Sami Lepisto (Chicago)

Olli Maatta (Pittsburgh)

Sami Salo (Tampa Bay)

Kimmo Timonen (Philadelphia)

Ossi Vaananen (Vancouver)

Sami Vatanen (Anaheim)

Goaltenders

Kari Lehtonen (Dallas)

Antti Niemi (San Jose)

Tuukka Rask (Boston)

The Swedish 2014 Olympic Hockey Team

English: Oliver Ekman-Larsson accepts his player of the game award after a game against Austria during the 2010 World Junior Championships. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Forwards

Daniel Alfredsson (Detroit)
Nicklas Backstrom (Washington)
Patrik Berglund (St. Louis)
Jimmie Ericsson (Skelleftea AIK)
Loui Eriksson (Boston)
Johan Franzen (Detroit)
Carl Hagelin (NYR)
Marcus Kruger (Chicago)
Gabriel Landeskog (Colorado)
Daniel Sedin (Vancouver)
Henrik Sedin (Vancouver)
Jakob Silfverberg (Anaheim)
Alexander Steen (St. Louis)
Henrik Zetterberg (Detroit)

Defense

Alexander Edler (Vancouver)
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Phoenix)
Jonathan Ericsson (Detroit)
Niklas Hjalmarsson (Chicago)
Erik Karlsson (Ottawa)
Niklas Kronwall (Detroit)
Johnny Oduya (Chicago)
Nenrik Tallinder (Buffalo)

Goltenders

Jhonas Enroth (Buffalo)
Jonas Gustavsson (Detroit)
Henrik Lundqvist (NYR)

The Czech Olympic team for the 2014 Winter Olympics

English: Montreal Canadiens forward Tomas Plekanec during warm-up prior to a National Hockey League game against the Calgary Flames, in Calgary. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Goalies

Jakub Kovar (Yekaterinburg)      

Ondřej Pavelec (Winnipeg)        

Alexander Salak (St. Petersburg)  

          

Defense

Michal Barinka (Vitkovice)           

Radko Gudas (Tampa Bay)          

Tomáš Kaberle (Kladno)               

Lukas Krajicek (Minsk)  

Zbynek Michalek (Phoenix)        

Michal Rozsival (Chicago)             

Ladislav Smid (Calgary) 

Marek Zidlicky (New Jersey)      

Forwards

Roman Cervenka (St. Petersburg)           

Patrik Elias (New Jersey)              

Michael Frolik (Winnipeg)           

Martin Hanzal (Phoenix)              

Ales Hemsky (Edmonton)           

Jaromir Jagr (New Jersey)           

David Krejci (Boston)     

Milan Michalek (Ottawa)             

Petr Nedved (Liberec)  

Jiří Novotný (Lev Praha)               

Ondřej Palát (Tampa Bay)           

Tomáš Plekanec (Montreal)       

Vladimír Sobotka (St. Louis)        

Jakub Voracek (Philadelphia)

Here's the link to the announcement.

The Russian Olympic team for the 2014 Sochi games

English: Columbus Blue Jackets defenceman Fedor Tyutin prior to a National Hockey League game against the Calgary Flames, in Calgary]] (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Goaltenders

Sergei Bobrovsky (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Semyon Varlamov (Colorado Avalanche)
Alexander Eremenko ( Dynamo Moscow)

Defense

Anton Belov (Edmonton Oilers)
Vyacheslav Voynov (Los Angeles Kings)
Alexei Emelin (Montreal Canadiens)
Andrei Markov (Montreal Canadiens)
Evgeni Medvedev (AK Bars)
Nikita Nikitin (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Ilya Nikulin (AK Bars)
Fedor Tyutin (Columbus BlueJackets)

Forwards

Artem Anisimov (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Pavel Datsyuk (Detroit Red Wings)
Ilya Kovalchuk (SKA)
Denis Kokarev (Dynamo Moscow)
Nikolai Kulemin (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Valery Nichushkin (Dallas Stars)
Alex Ovechkin (Washington Capitals)
Alexander Popov (Avangard)
Alexander Radulov (CKA)
Vladimir Tarasenko (St. Louis Blues)
Alexei Tereschenko (SKA)
Viktor Tikhonov (SKA)
Sergei Soin (Dynamo Moscow)

Team Canada 2014 Olympic Roster

Centres Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks and Ryan Getzlaf of the Anaheim Ducks face-off during a game on December 16, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Forwards

Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars
Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins
Jeff Cater, L.A. Kings
Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
Matt Duchene, Colorado Avalanche
Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Ducks
Chris Kunitz, Pittsburgh Penguins – Ferris State
Patrick Marleau, San Jose Sharks
Rich Nash, New York Rangers
Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks
Patrick Sharp, Tampa Bay Lightning – Vermont Catamounts
John Travares, New York Islanders
Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks – North Dakota

Defenseman

Jay Bouwmeester, St Louis Blues
Drew Doughty, L.A. Kings
Dan Hamhuis, Vancouver Canucks
Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks – Michigan State University
Alex Pietrangelo, St. Louis Blues
P.K. Subban, Montreal Canadiens
Marc-Edouard Vlasic, San Jose Sharks
Shea Weber, Nashville Predators

Goaltenders

Roberto Luongo, Vancouver Canucks
Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens
Mike Smith, Phoenix Coyotes

Snubs from Team Canada – Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning, Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks, Eric Staal, Carolina Hurricanes, Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers, Dan Boyle, San Jose Sharks - Miami University

New York Rangers: Chris Kreider Hit on Fedor Tyutin (Video)

New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider was giving a five minute Major and a game misconduct for this hit on the Blue Jackets defenseman Fedor Tyutin.

Supplementary disciplne not expected regarding Kreider hit on Tyutin....
— Larry Brooks (@NYP_Brooksie) January 7, 2014

Dubinsky did not see Kreider's hit on Tyutin. "But I saw Tyutin lying there and Kreider was right next to him, so I figured it was him."
— Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) January 7, 2014

Buffalo Sabres: Tyler Myers suspended three games for check to the head

Buffalo Sabres defenseman Tyler Myers has been given a three-game suspension by the NHL's Department of Player Safety for this dirty hit on Devils forward Dainius Zubrus. I think this suspension is about right. Myers is also a repeat offender.

WJHC: Finland's Rasmus Ristolainen scores the Overtime Game Winner.

Finland's and Buffalo Sabres prospect defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen scores the game winning goal in overtime, to beat the Swedes. It kind of reminds me of the Sega style dipsy-doodle goal.

Poll Monday: UND receives votes.

The University of North Dakota hockey team received votes in the latest USCHO poll. The Minnesota Gophers remained at number one.

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Minnesota Wild: The Hits Keep Coming

This is not good news for the Minnesota Wild. Mikko Koiuv and Josh Harding were placed on the injured reserve list. With forward Zach Parise out, the Wild are even more offensively challenged. If my math is right, that's tree players out with foot injuries as well (Koiuv, Spurgeon and Parise). The loss of Harding is huge as well. He is 18-7-3 with a 1.65 goals-against average, a .933 save percentage

Chad Graff, Pioneer Press -- The Wild placed captain Mikko Koivu and goalie Josh Harding on injured reserve Monday.

That means each will sit out at least seven days.

Koivu was injured Saturday night when he apparently blocked a shot with his ankle. The Wild did not announce a time frame for Koivu's return, but an update is expected Monday afternoon after the team practices in Los Angeles.

Harding was termed "ill" in the days leading to Monday. He had been placed on IR last month to adjust to treatment changes for multiple sclerosis. The changes were termed "minor" by Harding and the team, but he only appeared in two games after being activated in late December.

With a offensively challenged line-up and with the current injuries, the Wild are going to have to have someone step up and chip in offensively.

USA Hockey: Are we forgetting someone.

Hey @usahockey, you might be forgetting someone for your Olympic team... pic.twitter.com/yygVMmMaUV
— The Hockey Gods (@HockeyGods) January 6, 2014

It would appear that leaving Bobby Ryan off of the Olympic hockey team might be a huge mistake.

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Minnesota Wild: Ryan Suter scores a Hat-Trick to help Wild beat Caps 5-3.

Wild defenseman Ryan Suter became the first Minnesota Wild defenseman in their team's history to score a hat-trick. That was also the first hat-trick of Suter's NHL career. The Wild scored five goals on 11 shots. That's not a misprint or a typo. The Wild have now won two-games in a row.

Re-live the Suter hat trick and big #mnwild win at The 5 Hole: http://t.co/foF9BtG4Lb. Cool Suter infographic too pic.twitter.com/i5iBgvTMyP
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) January 5, 2014

UND vs. Simon Fraser exhibition game lines

UND forward lines

9 Drake Caggiula–19 Rocco Grimaldi–27 Luke Johnson

26 Coltyn Sanderson–16 Mitch MacMillan–15 Michael Parks (A)
28 Stephane Pattyn (A) –13 Connor Gaarder–11 Derek Rodwell
17 Colten St. Clair–10 Adam Tambellini–7 Wade Murphy
Extra Forwards 25 Mitch MacMillan– 22  Andrew Panzarella

UND Defense Pairings

18 Dillon Simpson ©–24 Jordan Schmaltz
4 Keaton Thompson–6 Paul LaDue
5 Nick Mattson–2 Troy Stecher

UND goalies

31 Zane Gothberg
30 Matt Hrynkiw

Coltyn Sanderson into the lineup tonight. Clarke Saunders is sick and will not dress. UND dressing 14 forwards, 6 defensemen and 2 goalies.
— North Dakota MHockey (@UNDMHockey) January 5, 2014

Then there were two... Sweden vs. Finland

We're down to two teams... Sweden and Finland will play for the Gold Medal in the World Juniors Hockey Championship. I have to admit, that I am not going to feel all that sad for our neighbors to the north.

Why am I not cheering for Canada anymore? I just can't forget how their fans cheer against the USA when they're playing in International competition.  Especially after their fans starting cheering for team Russia during the 2006 World Junior Hockey Championship. After that, I pretty much decided that I will cheer for the Swedes or whoever, plays Canada in hockey. Now lets be clear, I am not anti-Canadian at all. I am just not going to cheer for them in the World Junior Hockey Championship or Olympics hockey anymore.

Also, some of the clueless comments that were posted at one of  my videos, that I uploaded to Youtube, only reinforce the reason why. This is what some clown put on one of the videos that I had uploaded. I wonder where Bob Scott is today? I wonder if he's crying in his beer and if he's going to cheer for the Finns or the Swedes?

Bob Scott said, "Congrats to Russia for eliminating the United States Junior Hockey Club... The USA show their classless colors yet again! Good riddance USA! No wonder the rest of the world despises you! NO CLASS!!! World Junior Hockey Tournament 2014."

Mind you, this is the same country that if Canada was attacked, the USA would be there to defend her.



It's pretty evident that the Swedes are the class of the 2014 World Junior Hockey Championship. Thank God, the Swedes beat the Russians in the other semi-final game today as well. If the USA can't win the WJHC I am cool with the Swedes or Finns winning it all.