The NHL had five games on the block for Thursday, a lighter load than average. It started off in...
Philadelphia, with the Flyers hosting the Carolina Hurricanes. Cam Ward and Brian Boucher were given the starts. The game was quiet for the first two periods, taking until the opening seconds of the third frame for Philadelphia to score, a power play goal by Jeff Carter from Mike Richards and Chris Pronger for his 26th of the season. Danny Briere made it 2-0 Flyers with his 27th of the year, also a power play goal, with the help of Claude Giroux and Matt Carle. Carolina got on the board forty seconds later with the 13th of the season by Tuomo Ruutu, courtesy of Char LaRose. The Hurricanes failed to muster any further offense and lost 2-1. Briere, Boucher (31 for 32 saves), and Carter got the three stars.
Following that, the Toronto Maple Leafs hosted the New Jersey Devils. Johan Hedberg and James Reimer were assigned to the creases. The scoring was opened by Toronto in the second period when Nikolai Kulemin tallied his 21st of the season, with the help of Phil Kessel and Mikhail Grabovski. New Jersey got the equalizer in the third period with Dainius Zubrus notching his eleventh of the year, assisted by Mark Fayne and Patrik Elias. The Devils sealed the victory in overtime with an Ilya Kovalchuk marker, his 18th of the season coming with assistance from Anssi Salmela. Kovalchuk, Hedberg (31 for 32 saves), and Reimer (37 for 39 saves) got the three stars.
Next up, the Pittsburgh Penguins hosted the Los Angeles Kings. Jonathan Quick and Marc-Andre Fleury tended the twines. Pittsburgh was the first to score with a Brett Sterling marker, his first of the season made possible by Dustin Jeffrey and Nick Johnson. Los Angeles tied it with the 15th of the year by Jarret Stoll, courtesy of Ryan Smyth and Justin Williams. The 1-1 tie lasted throughout the second and third periods into the extra frame where the Penguins' Jordan Staal sealed a victory with his fourth of the season, thanks to Pascal Dupuis. Earning the three stars were Staal, Fleury (32 for 33 saves), and Stoll.
Up in Canada again for the Montreal Canadiens hosting the New York Islanders. Mikko Koskinen and Alex Auld covered the mesh. Montreal drew first blood with a Max Pacioretty goal, his ninth of the season going in with the help of David Desharnais and Jaroslav Spacek. New York responded with John Tavares potting his 19th of the year, an unassisted goal. The Canadiens regained the lead with Benoit Pouliot sinking his eleventh of the season, courtesy of Ryan White. The Islanders again tied the game, this time with Michael Grabner tallying his 18th of the year, helped along by Frans Nielsen and Jack Hillen. Fifty-eight seconds later, Tomas Plekanec gave Montreal the 3-2 lead with his 19th of the season, requiring no help. New York responded with Grabner getting his second of the night and 19th of the year, with Nielsen and Hillen again gathering the helpers. The tie lasted into a shootout, where Kyle Okposo's goal for the Islanders defeated the Canadiens. Okposo, Pacioretty, and Plekanec earned the three stars.
Lastly, the Florida Panthers hosted the Buffalo Sabres. Ryan Miller and Tomas Vokoun were in between the pipes. Buffalo was the first to score in the second period with the third of the season by Mike Weber, assisted by Jason Pominville and Jochen Hecht. Steve Bernier tied the game for Florida with his fifth of the year, a power play goal made possible by Jason Garrison and Dennis Wideman. The Sabres retook the lead in the third period on Thomas Vanek's 22nd of the season, coming from Pominville and Tyler Myers. Marty Reasoner tied the game again for the Panthers with his eleventh of the year, with Wideman collecting another assist. The tie lasted into the extra overtime frame, where Myers won the game on his seventh of the season, via Nathan Gerbe. The three stars were awarded to Myers, Bernier, and Reasoner.
Friday games out by noon Saturday.
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Friday, February 11, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Wednesday Hockey
Few announcements before the actual post for the games. First of all, there have been a few trades spun as the deadline approaches, with Michael Frolik heading to Chicago, who sends Jack Skille to Florida. Also, Toronto sent Francois Beauchemin to Anaheim for Joffery Lupul. Most recently, Mike Fisher was sent from Ottawa to Nashville for a picks package. Also, for scheduling concerns due to an increased workload for me in the coming weeks, I will try to get these done regularly, but forgive me if I miss a day. With that said, we start in...
Boston, where the Bruins hosted the Canadiens of Montreal. Carey Price and Tim Thomas were sent out to block the pucks. Boston opened the scoring in the first period with a Brad Marchand goal, his 15th of the season, getting help along the way from Patrice Bergeron and Mark Recchi. Twelve seconds later, the Bruins went up 2-0 with a Dennis Seidenberg marker, his fifth of the year, made possible by Nathan Horton. There was a scrum at the end of the first period, featuring Carey Price, Travis Moen, and Milan Lucic, among others. Twenty-five seconds into the second period, Brian Gionta notched his 20th of the season for Montreal, with the help of Tomas Plekanec and James Wisniewski. The Canadiens tied it with a P.K. Subban goal from Gionta and Plekanec on the power play, going as his seventh of the year. Boston retook the lead with Adam McQuaid potting his first of the season, from Horton and Lucic. Yannick Weber retied it for Montreal with his own first of the year, thanks to Mathieu Darche. The Bruins took the lead back once again, 4-3, with a Michael Ryder goal thirty-one seconds later, his 15th of the season a product of Blake Wheeler and Zach Hamill. Fifty-nine seconds later, Lucic made it 5-3 with his 22nd of the year, courtesy of Horton (completing a sock trick) and David Krejci. Another brawl broke out, with Montreal penalties handed out to Gionta (double minor for roughing), Wisniewski (roughing), Max Pacioretty (roughing), and Boston penalties doled out to Recchi (roughing), Marchand (roughing and charging), Zdeno Chara (roughing), and Steve Kampfer (roughing). However, that was not all, as Carey Price and Tim Thomas also received fighting majors for their goalie fight, along with leaving the crease penalties. Twelve seconds after the brawl, David Desharnais netted his fourth of the season for the Canadiens on the power play, with the help of Subban and Weber. Lucic later potted his second of the game and 23rd of the year for the Bruins, shorthanded from Krejci and Horton. Montreal makes it 6-5 a little ways into the third period with a Pacioretty marker, his seventh of the season assisted by Wisniewski on the power play. Boston made it 7-5 with Ryder getting his second in the game and 16th of the year with the help of Seidenberg and Kampfer on the power play. Horton potted his 14th of the season, giving the Bruins a three goal lead well into the third period, allowing Krejci to complete his sock trick. At 17:06 in the third period, another small brawl broke out, with Subban and Lucic taking misconducts, Krejci and Benoit Pouliot fighting, and Horton getting called for a cross check. Not satisfied with already beating the holy crap out of each other already, a massive brawl broke out at the 19:11 mark. Andrew Ference dropped the mitts with Moen (who received two majors for that brawl), Shawn Thornton and Roman Hamrlik both drew fighting majors and game misconducts, alongside Thornton taking a roughing call, Johnny Boychuk and Jaroslav Spacek also dropping the gloves, good for a game misconduct and fighting majors each, and Tom Pyatt dancing with Gregory Campbell. For good measure, the Canadiens brought the eventual final to 8-6 Boston with Pacioretty's second goal of the night and eighth of the year, helped along by Desharnais and Weber. There were the three stars Horton, Lucic, and Ryder, but the special mention goes to the 192 total penalty minutes assessed, alongside possible supplementary discipline. That would be three times the length of a game in sin points.
Going along to more peaceful and lower-scoring areas, the Columbus Blue Jackets invited the San Jose Sharks to Ohio. Antti Niemi and Steve Mason got the starting honors. Columbus opened with a power play goal from Kristian Huselius, his 12th tally of the season, assisted by Anton Stralman and R.J. Umberger. The Blue Jackets went up 2-0 with the third of the year by Grant Clitsome, also a power play goal, with Fedor Tyutin and Derick Brassard picking up the helpers. San Jose got a goal back fairly early in the second period with Kent Huskins notching his first of the campaign, thanks to Joe Pavelski and Patrick Marleau. The Sharks tied the game with the second of the season by Kyle Wellwood, putting it into the goalmouth with the help of Ryane Clowe and Logan Couture. In the third period, San Jose took a 3-2 lead when Marleau sank his 20th of the year, helped along by Pavelski. This was the eventual final, giving the three stars to Niemi (42 for 44 saves), Marleau, and Clitsome.
Continuing to Detroit, where the Red Wings hosted the Nashville Predators. Pekka Rinne and Jimmy Howard were wearing the masks. Nashville was the first to strike with a Martin Erat goal, his eighth of the season going down with the help of Marcel Goc and Sergei Kostitsyn. David Legwand extended the Predators lead out to 2-0 with his eighth of the year, with Ryan Suter grabbing the lone assist. Colin Wilson made it 3-0 Nashville with his 13th of the campaign early in the second period, courtesy of Jerred Smithson and Joel Ward. Kostitsyn added on his 15th of the season for the Predators, scaring off Jimmy Howard for Joey MacDonald with the power play tally from Patric Hornqvist and Shea Weber. Detroit did get on the board with Ruslan Salei scoring his first of the year thanks to Henrik Zetterberg and Danny Cleary. After a silent third period, the final stood at Nashville taking a 4-1 win, giving out the three stars to Kostitsyn, Legwand, and Weber.
A little west, the Minnesota Wild hosted the Colorado Avalanche. Craig Anderson and Niklas Backstrom were called upon to tend the twines. Minnesota struck first with an Antti Miettinen goal, his tenth of the season coming on the power play via Matt Cullen and Brent Burns. Eleven seconds later, Colorado tied it with the 17th of the year by David Jones, made possible Matt Duchene. Forty seconds after that, the Wild took the lead back when Martin Havlat netted his 15th of the campaign, courtesy of Kyle Brodziak and Cal Clutterbuck. John Madden added on his eighth of the season for Minnesota, making it 3-1 with the help of Cullen and Jared Spurgeon. The Avalanche attempted a comeback in the third period on the second Jones tally of the game, also his 18th of the year, from Milan Hejduk. The full rally failed, giving the Wild a 3-2 victory. Andrew Brunette, Cullen, and Backstrom (23 for 25 saves) were given three stars status.
Far south, the Dallas Stars hosted the Phoenix Coyotes. Ilya Bryzgalov and Kari Lethonen were in the blue paint. Steve Ott opened the scoring for Dallas with his tenth of the season, with Brad Richards and Loui Eriksson picking up the helpers. Michal Rozsival tied the game with his first goal for Phoenix and fourth of the year, a power play tally from Taylor Pyatt and Lee Stempniak. The Stars took the lead back in the second period with Richards putting his 22nd of the campaign in the twine, assisted by Nicklas Grossman and Brenden Morrow. The Coyotes retied the game at 2 with Mikkel Boedker's first of the season in the third period, helped along by Ray Whitney. The tie lasted into an overtime frame, where Radim Vrbata won it with his power play tally from Keith Yandle and Whitney for his 14th of the year. The three stars were awarded to Vrbata, Richards, and Whitney.
Criss-crossing the map again, the Calgary Flames hosted the Ottawa Senators. Robin Lehner and Miikka Kiprusoff were allowed to play the goal. Calgary was the first to score, with Tim Jackman picking up his eighth goal of the season, made possible by Niklas Hagman and Robyn Regehr. Thirty-seven seconds later, Ottawa tied the game when Chris Kelly put his 12th of the year in the mesh, with Jarkko Ruutu and Filip Kuba getting the assists. Chris Campoli put the Senators up 2-1 with his unassisted third goal of the season. Olli Jokinen tied the game back up for the Flames with his tenth of the campaign, a power play goal assisted by Curtis Glencross and Anton Babchuk. Glencross put Calgary out in front with his 15th of the year, from Jokinen and Babchuk. Babchuk added on his seventh of the season for the Flames, a power play goal in the third period from Regehr making it 4-2. Icing the cake for Calgary was Jackman with his second of the game and ninth of the year, a power play goal courtesy of Jarome Iginla and Brendan Morrison. Babchuk, Jackman, and Glencross were the three stars in the Flames 5-2 victory.
Staying in the same province, the Edmonton Oilers hosted the Chicago Blackhawks. Corey Crawford and Devan Dubnyk got the starting nods. Patrick Sharp put Chicago up first with his 27th of the season, coming off of Jonathan Toews. In the second period, the Blackhawks went up 2-0 on a Bryan Bickell goal, his 13th of the year going unassisted. Patrick Kane made it 3-0 Chicago with his 16th of the season, a power play goal from Tomas Kopecky and Toews. Edmonton got on the board with the eleventh of the campaign by Jordan Eberle, courtesy of Taylor Hall and Jim Vandermeer. Kane finished it off with his second of the game and 17th of the year, making it 4-1 for the Blackhawks with the unassisted empty netter. Toews, Crawford (23 for 24 saves), and Eberle earned the three stars.
Finally, the west coast rhyme scheme battle between the host Vancouver Canucks and visiting Anaheim Ducks. Curtis McElhinney and Cory Schneider faced off in the backup battle. Anaheim struck first with the eleventh of the season by Jason Blake, helped along by Teemu Selanne and Toni Lydman. The Ducks extended their lead in the second period with Brandon McMillan's sixth of the year, made possible by Dan Sexton and Andreas Lilja. Bobby Ryan made it 3-0 Anaheim with his 24th of the season, assisted by Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry. Vancouver finally got on the board with a Daniel Sedin power play goal, his 29th of the year coming from Mikael Samuelsson and Ryan Kesler. Alexandre Burrows put the Canucks within a goal with his 15th of the season, from Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin. Ryan potted his second of the game and 25th of the campaign to make it 4-2 for the Ducks, this time with assists from Selanne and Lubomir Visnovsky. With twenty-one seconds left in the game, Kesler put his 32nd of the year in the twine with the help of Daniel Sedin and Kevin Bieksa. Vancouver failed to score again, however, and lost 4-3 to Anaheim. The three stars went to Ryan, Selanne, and Daniel Sedin.
Thursday's games will be when I can get to them.
Boston, where the Bruins hosted the Canadiens of Montreal. Carey Price and Tim Thomas were sent out to block the pucks. Boston opened the scoring in the first period with a Brad Marchand goal, his 15th of the season, getting help along the way from Patrice Bergeron and Mark Recchi. Twelve seconds later, the Bruins went up 2-0 with a Dennis Seidenberg marker, his fifth of the year, made possible by Nathan Horton. There was a scrum at the end of the first period, featuring Carey Price, Travis Moen, and Milan Lucic, among others. Twenty-five seconds into the second period, Brian Gionta notched his 20th of the season for Montreal, with the help of Tomas Plekanec and James Wisniewski. The Canadiens tied it with a P.K. Subban goal from Gionta and Plekanec on the power play, going as his seventh of the year. Boston retook the lead with Adam McQuaid potting his first of the season, from Horton and Lucic. Yannick Weber retied it for Montreal with his own first of the year, thanks to Mathieu Darche. The Bruins took the lead back once again, 4-3, with a Michael Ryder goal thirty-one seconds later, his 15th of the season a product of Blake Wheeler and Zach Hamill. Fifty-nine seconds later, Lucic made it 5-3 with his 22nd of the year, courtesy of Horton (completing a sock trick) and David Krejci. Another brawl broke out, with Montreal penalties handed out to Gionta (double minor for roughing), Wisniewski (roughing), Max Pacioretty (roughing), and Boston penalties doled out to Recchi (roughing), Marchand (roughing and charging), Zdeno Chara (roughing), and Steve Kampfer (roughing). However, that was not all, as Carey Price and Tim Thomas also received fighting majors for their goalie fight, along with leaving the crease penalties. Twelve seconds after the brawl, David Desharnais netted his fourth of the season for the Canadiens on the power play, with the help of Subban and Weber. Lucic later potted his second of the game and 23rd of the year for the Bruins, shorthanded from Krejci and Horton. Montreal makes it 6-5 a little ways into the third period with a Pacioretty marker, his seventh of the season assisted by Wisniewski on the power play. Boston made it 7-5 with Ryder getting his second in the game and 16th of the year with the help of Seidenberg and Kampfer on the power play. Horton potted his 14th of the season, giving the Bruins a three goal lead well into the third period, allowing Krejci to complete his sock trick. At 17:06 in the third period, another small brawl broke out, with Subban and Lucic taking misconducts, Krejci and Benoit Pouliot fighting, and Horton getting called for a cross check. Not satisfied with already beating the holy crap out of each other already, a massive brawl broke out at the 19:11 mark. Andrew Ference dropped the mitts with Moen (who received two majors for that brawl), Shawn Thornton and Roman Hamrlik both drew fighting majors and game misconducts, alongside Thornton taking a roughing call, Johnny Boychuk and Jaroslav Spacek also dropping the gloves, good for a game misconduct and fighting majors each, and Tom Pyatt dancing with Gregory Campbell. For good measure, the Canadiens brought the eventual final to 8-6 Boston with Pacioretty's second goal of the night and eighth of the year, helped along by Desharnais and Weber. There were the three stars Horton, Lucic, and Ryder, but the special mention goes to the 192 total penalty minutes assessed, alongside possible supplementary discipline. That would be three times the length of a game in sin points.
Going along to more peaceful and lower-scoring areas, the Columbus Blue Jackets invited the San Jose Sharks to Ohio. Antti Niemi and Steve Mason got the starting honors. Columbus opened with a power play goal from Kristian Huselius, his 12th tally of the season, assisted by Anton Stralman and R.J. Umberger. The Blue Jackets went up 2-0 with the third of the year by Grant Clitsome, also a power play goal, with Fedor Tyutin and Derick Brassard picking up the helpers. San Jose got a goal back fairly early in the second period with Kent Huskins notching his first of the campaign, thanks to Joe Pavelski and Patrick Marleau. The Sharks tied the game with the second of the season by Kyle Wellwood, putting it into the goalmouth with the help of Ryane Clowe and Logan Couture. In the third period, San Jose took a 3-2 lead when Marleau sank his 20th of the year, helped along by Pavelski. This was the eventual final, giving the three stars to Niemi (42 for 44 saves), Marleau, and Clitsome.
Continuing to Detroit, where the Red Wings hosted the Nashville Predators. Pekka Rinne and Jimmy Howard were wearing the masks. Nashville was the first to strike with a Martin Erat goal, his eighth of the season going down with the help of Marcel Goc and Sergei Kostitsyn. David Legwand extended the Predators lead out to 2-0 with his eighth of the year, with Ryan Suter grabbing the lone assist. Colin Wilson made it 3-0 Nashville with his 13th of the campaign early in the second period, courtesy of Jerred Smithson and Joel Ward. Kostitsyn added on his 15th of the season for the Predators, scaring off Jimmy Howard for Joey MacDonald with the power play tally from Patric Hornqvist and Shea Weber. Detroit did get on the board with Ruslan Salei scoring his first of the year thanks to Henrik Zetterberg and Danny Cleary. After a silent third period, the final stood at Nashville taking a 4-1 win, giving out the three stars to Kostitsyn, Legwand, and Weber.
A little west, the Minnesota Wild hosted the Colorado Avalanche. Craig Anderson and Niklas Backstrom were called upon to tend the twines. Minnesota struck first with an Antti Miettinen goal, his tenth of the season coming on the power play via Matt Cullen and Brent Burns. Eleven seconds later, Colorado tied it with the 17th of the year by David Jones, made possible Matt Duchene. Forty seconds after that, the Wild took the lead back when Martin Havlat netted his 15th of the campaign, courtesy of Kyle Brodziak and Cal Clutterbuck. John Madden added on his eighth of the season for Minnesota, making it 3-1 with the help of Cullen and Jared Spurgeon. The Avalanche attempted a comeback in the third period on the second Jones tally of the game, also his 18th of the year, from Milan Hejduk. The full rally failed, giving the Wild a 3-2 victory. Andrew Brunette, Cullen, and Backstrom (23 for 25 saves) were given three stars status.
Far south, the Dallas Stars hosted the Phoenix Coyotes. Ilya Bryzgalov and Kari Lethonen were in the blue paint. Steve Ott opened the scoring for Dallas with his tenth of the season, with Brad Richards and Loui Eriksson picking up the helpers. Michal Rozsival tied the game with his first goal for Phoenix and fourth of the year, a power play tally from Taylor Pyatt and Lee Stempniak. The Stars took the lead back in the second period with Richards putting his 22nd of the campaign in the twine, assisted by Nicklas Grossman and Brenden Morrow. The Coyotes retied the game at 2 with Mikkel Boedker's first of the season in the third period, helped along by Ray Whitney. The tie lasted into an overtime frame, where Radim Vrbata won it with his power play tally from Keith Yandle and Whitney for his 14th of the year. The three stars were awarded to Vrbata, Richards, and Whitney.
Criss-crossing the map again, the Calgary Flames hosted the Ottawa Senators. Robin Lehner and Miikka Kiprusoff were allowed to play the goal. Calgary was the first to score, with Tim Jackman picking up his eighth goal of the season, made possible by Niklas Hagman and Robyn Regehr. Thirty-seven seconds later, Ottawa tied the game when Chris Kelly put his 12th of the year in the mesh, with Jarkko Ruutu and Filip Kuba getting the assists. Chris Campoli put the Senators up 2-1 with his unassisted third goal of the season. Olli Jokinen tied the game back up for the Flames with his tenth of the campaign, a power play goal assisted by Curtis Glencross and Anton Babchuk. Glencross put Calgary out in front with his 15th of the year, from Jokinen and Babchuk. Babchuk added on his seventh of the season for the Flames, a power play goal in the third period from Regehr making it 4-2. Icing the cake for Calgary was Jackman with his second of the game and ninth of the year, a power play goal courtesy of Jarome Iginla and Brendan Morrison. Babchuk, Jackman, and Glencross were the three stars in the Flames 5-2 victory.
Staying in the same province, the Edmonton Oilers hosted the Chicago Blackhawks. Corey Crawford and Devan Dubnyk got the starting nods. Patrick Sharp put Chicago up first with his 27th of the season, coming off of Jonathan Toews. In the second period, the Blackhawks went up 2-0 on a Bryan Bickell goal, his 13th of the year going unassisted. Patrick Kane made it 3-0 Chicago with his 16th of the season, a power play goal from Tomas Kopecky and Toews. Edmonton got on the board with the eleventh of the campaign by Jordan Eberle, courtesy of Taylor Hall and Jim Vandermeer. Kane finished it off with his second of the game and 17th of the year, making it 4-1 for the Blackhawks with the unassisted empty netter. Toews, Crawford (23 for 24 saves), and Eberle earned the three stars.
Finally, the west coast rhyme scheme battle between the host Vancouver Canucks and visiting Anaheim Ducks. Curtis McElhinney and Cory Schneider faced off in the backup battle. Anaheim struck first with the eleventh of the season by Jason Blake, helped along by Teemu Selanne and Toni Lydman. The Ducks extended their lead in the second period with Brandon McMillan's sixth of the year, made possible by Dan Sexton and Andreas Lilja. Bobby Ryan made it 3-0 Anaheim with his 24th of the season, assisted by Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry. Vancouver finally got on the board with a Daniel Sedin power play goal, his 29th of the year coming from Mikael Samuelsson and Ryan Kesler. Alexandre Burrows put the Canucks within a goal with his 15th of the season, from Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin. Ryan potted his second of the game and 25th of the campaign to make it 4-2 for the Ducks, this time with assists from Selanne and Lubomir Visnovsky. With twenty-one seconds left in the game, Kesler put his 32nd of the year in the twine with the help of Daniel Sedin and Kevin Bieksa. Vancouver failed to score again, however, and lost 4-3 to Anaheim. The three stars went to Ryan, Selanne, and Daniel Sedin.
Thursday's games will be when I can get to them.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Tuesday games
There are another six games on Tuesday, with all starting before 5 Pacific. This post should be finished tonight. We open up with...
The New York Islanders hosting the Toronto Maple Leafs. The youngsters in net were James Reimer and Mikko Koskinen. Toronto opened the scoring with the seventh of the season by Colby Armstrong, with assists by Holy-Nose Darryl Boyce and Tomas Kaberle. The Maple Leafs extended the lead to 2-0 with the first of the year by Jay Rosehill, assisted by Luke Schenn. New York visited the scoresheet with a Matt Moulson marker, his 19th of the season coming on the power play thanks to John Tavares and P.A. Parenteau. The Islanders tied the game in the second period on a Michael Grabner goal, his 17th of the year, with help from Radek Martinek and Kyle Okposo. Toronto came back and retook the lead with Kaberle's third of the season, courtesy of Armstrong and Boyce. Nikolai Kulemin made it 4-2 Maple Leafs with his 20th of the year, made possible by Phil Kessel. Toronto kept scoring with the second of the season by Fredrik Sjostrom, helped along by Armstrong, and the sock trick earning Boyce. New York attempted to close in by making it 5-3 with a Rob Schremp goal, his tenth of the year gaining steam from Milan Jurcina and Matt Martin. This was the final, and the three stars went out to Armstrong, Kaberle, and Grabner.
Next up, the New Jersey Devils hosted the Carolina Hurricanes. Cam Ward and Johan Hedberg were called on to make the starts. The game was scoreless into the second period until Jeff Skinner netted his 19th of the season, with the help of Joe Corvo and Joni Pitkanen on the power play. New Jersey answered with the sixth of the year for Mattias Tedenby, courtesy of Jason Arnott and Colin White. Skinner added on another power play goal for the Hurricanes, his second of the game and 20th of the season, assisted by Eric Staal and Ian White. The Devils tied it again, this time with Nick Palmieri notching his fifth of the year, with help from Ilya Kovalchuk and Colin White, and forcing an overtime. It was in the extra frame that Tedenby nailed his second of the game and seventh of the season to win it for New Jersey, thanks to Travis Zajac and the goalie Johan Hedberg. The three stars went to Tedenby, Palmieri, and Skinner.
After that, the Pittsburgh Penguins hosted the Columbus Blue Jackets. Steve Mason and Marc-Andre Fleury picked up the starts. First of major mention, there was a fight between Derek Dorsett and Ben Lovejoy early in the first. Columbus was the first to score with a Rick Nash goal, his 24th of the season, which came from Derick Brassard and Jakub Voracek. Another fight broke out after a controversial Matt Cooke hit on Fedor Tyutin, and Cooke dropped the mitts with Brassard. Samuel Pahlsson extended the Blue Jackets lead with his fifth of the year, assisted by R.J. Umberger and Jan Hejda. Voracek added his own for Columbus, his tenth of the season making it 3-0 with the help of Nash and Brassard. Pittsburgh did get on the board with a power play goal by Tyler Kennedy, his tenth of the campaign with helpers by Michael Rupp and Paul Martin. Antoine Vermette answered with his 13th of the year to make it 4-1 Blue Jackets, courtesy of Kristian Huselius and Umberger. After a fight between Eric Godard and Jared Boll, the game concluded with the aforementioned score. The three stars went to Mason (32 for 33 saves), Nash, and Voracek.
A little ways south, the Washington Capitals hosted the San Jose Sharks. Antti Niemi and Michal Neuvirth were in between the pipes. The game was silent through two periods and half of the third until Logan Couture put his 24th of the season away, assisted by Ben Eager and Kent Huskins, giving San Jose a lead. Dan Boyle made it 2-0 Sharks with his sixth of the year, coming from Dany Heatley and Devin Setoguchi. This was the final, and Couture, Neuvirth (34 for 36 saves), and Niemi (25 save shutout) were the three stars.
Also being played, the Florida Panthers hosted the St. Louis Blues. Jaroslav Halak and Tomas Vokoun got the starting honors. Dennis Wideman put Florida up first with his eighth of the season, a power play goal made possible by Stephen Weiss and Michael Frolik. David Backes tied it for St. Louis late in the second period by scoring his 18th of the year, with the help of Andy McDonald and Brad Boyes. Matt D'Agostini put the Blues up 2-1 in the later third period with his 12th of the season, which was helped along by Vladimir Sobotka and Barret Jackman. The Panthers couldn't recover and lost 2-1, with the three stars awarded to D'Agostini, Halak (30 for 31 saves), and Backes.
Finally, the Tampa Bay Lightning hosted the Buffalo Sabres. Ryan Miller and Dwayne Roloson put on the masks. Sean Bergenheim put Tampa Bay on the board first with his ninth of the season, assisted by Vincent Lecavalier and Brett Clark. Buffalo answered back with a Drew Stafford tally, his 18th of the year, with the help of Jordan Leopold. Lecavalier put the Lightning back out front with his tenth of the season, gaining steam from Victor Hedman. Bergenheim added on another goal to give Tampa Bay a 3-1 lead, his second of the game and tenth of the year, with the help of Ryan Malone. Thomas Vanek got the Sabres going again, making it 3-2 with his 20th of the season, courtesy of Mike Weber. Leopold tied the game in third period for Buffalo with his eleventh of the year, helped along by Tyler Ennis. Ennis also picked up the assist on the go-ahead goal for the Sabres, Tim Connolly's eighth of the season. Forty-seven seconds later, and the lead was 5-3 for Buffalo when Vanek netted his second of the game and 21st of the year, made possible by Cody McCormick. Stafford later added two in a row to complete his hat trick, the 19th and 20th of his season which got help from Shaone Morrison and Weber first and Leopold and Vanek on the latter power play tally. The Lightning tried feebly to make the comeback with Lecavalier netting his second of the game and eleventh of the year on the power play from Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos. The final was 7-4, and the three stars were Stafford, Vanek, and Lecavalier.
The New York Islanders hosting the Toronto Maple Leafs. The youngsters in net were James Reimer and Mikko Koskinen. Toronto opened the scoring with the seventh of the season by Colby Armstrong, with assists by Holy-Nose Darryl Boyce and Tomas Kaberle. The Maple Leafs extended the lead to 2-0 with the first of the year by Jay Rosehill, assisted by Luke Schenn. New York visited the scoresheet with a Matt Moulson marker, his 19th of the season coming on the power play thanks to John Tavares and P.A. Parenteau. The Islanders tied the game in the second period on a Michael Grabner goal, his 17th of the year, with help from Radek Martinek and Kyle Okposo. Toronto came back and retook the lead with Kaberle's third of the season, courtesy of Armstrong and Boyce. Nikolai Kulemin made it 4-2 Maple Leafs with his 20th of the year, made possible by Phil Kessel. Toronto kept scoring with the second of the season by Fredrik Sjostrom, helped along by Armstrong, and the sock trick earning Boyce. New York attempted to close in by making it 5-3 with a Rob Schremp goal, his tenth of the year gaining steam from Milan Jurcina and Matt Martin. This was the final, and the three stars went out to Armstrong, Kaberle, and Grabner.
Next up, the New Jersey Devils hosted the Carolina Hurricanes. Cam Ward and Johan Hedberg were called on to make the starts. The game was scoreless into the second period until Jeff Skinner netted his 19th of the season, with the help of Joe Corvo and Joni Pitkanen on the power play. New Jersey answered with the sixth of the year for Mattias Tedenby, courtesy of Jason Arnott and Colin White. Skinner added on another power play goal for the Hurricanes, his second of the game and 20th of the season, assisted by Eric Staal and Ian White. The Devils tied it again, this time with Nick Palmieri notching his fifth of the year, with help from Ilya Kovalchuk and Colin White, and forcing an overtime. It was in the extra frame that Tedenby nailed his second of the game and seventh of the season to win it for New Jersey, thanks to Travis Zajac and the goalie Johan Hedberg. The three stars went to Tedenby, Palmieri, and Skinner.
After that, the Pittsburgh Penguins hosted the Columbus Blue Jackets. Steve Mason and Marc-Andre Fleury picked up the starts. First of major mention, there was a fight between Derek Dorsett and Ben Lovejoy early in the first. Columbus was the first to score with a Rick Nash goal, his 24th of the season, which came from Derick Brassard and Jakub Voracek. Another fight broke out after a controversial Matt Cooke hit on Fedor Tyutin, and Cooke dropped the mitts with Brassard. Samuel Pahlsson extended the Blue Jackets lead with his fifth of the year, assisted by R.J. Umberger and Jan Hejda. Voracek added his own for Columbus, his tenth of the season making it 3-0 with the help of Nash and Brassard. Pittsburgh did get on the board with a power play goal by Tyler Kennedy, his tenth of the campaign with helpers by Michael Rupp and Paul Martin. Antoine Vermette answered with his 13th of the year to make it 4-1 Blue Jackets, courtesy of Kristian Huselius and Umberger. After a fight between Eric Godard and Jared Boll, the game concluded with the aforementioned score. The three stars went to Mason (32 for 33 saves), Nash, and Voracek.
A little ways south, the Washington Capitals hosted the San Jose Sharks. Antti Niemi and Michal Neuvirth were in between the pipes. The game was silent through two periods and half of the third until Logan Couture put his 24th of the season away, assisted by Ben Eager and Kent Huskins, giving San Jose a lead. Dan Boyle made it 2-0 Sharks with his sixth of the year, coming from Dany Heatley and Devin Setoguchi. This was the final, and Couture, Neuvirth (34 for 36 saves), and Niemi (25 save shutout) were the three stars.
Also being played, the Florida Panthers hosted the St. Louis Blues. Jaroslav Halak and Tomas Vokoun got the starting honors. Dennis Wideman put Florida up first with his eighth of the season, a power play goal made possible by Stephen Weiss and Michael Frolik. David Backes tied it for St. Louis late in the second period by scoring his 18th of the year, with the help of Andy McDonald and Brad Boyes. Matt D'Agostini put the Blues up 2-1 in the later third period with his 12th of the season, which was helped along by Vladimir Sobotka and Barret Jackman. The Panthers couldn't recover and lost 2-1, with the three stars awarded to D'Agostini, Halak (30 for 31 saves), and Backes.
Finally, the Tampa Bay Lightning hosted the Buffalo Sabres. Ryan Miller and Dwayne Roloson put on the masks. Sean Bergenheim put Tampa Bay on the board first with his ninth of the season, assisted by Vincent Lecavalier and Brett Clark. Buffalo answered back with a Drew Stafford tally, his 18th of the year, with the help of Jordan Leopold. Lecavalier put the Lightning back out front with his tenth of the season, gaining steam from Victor Hedman. Bergenheim added on another goal to give Tampa Bay a 3-1 lead, his second of the game and tenth of the year, with the help of Ryan Malone. Thomas Vanek got the Sabres going again, making it 3-2 with his 20th of the season, courtesy of Mike Weber. Leopold tied the game in third period for Buffalo with his eleventh of the year, helped along by Tyler Ennis. Ennis also picked up the assist on the go-ahead goal for the Sabres, Tim Connolly's eighth of the season. Forty-seven seconds later, and the lead was 5-3 for Buffalo when Vanek netted his second of the game and 21st of the year, made possible by Cody McCormick. Stafford later added two in a row to complete his hat trick, the 19th and 20th of his season which got help from Shaone Morrison and Weber first and Leopold and Vanek on the latter power play tally. The Lightning tried feebly to make the comeback with Lecavalier netting his second of the game and eleventh of the year on the power play from Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos. The final was 7-4, and the three stars were Stafford, Vanek, and Lecavalier.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Monday Hockey
Another week begins, and so do another six games at some point tonight. The first of these games is in...
Toronto, where the Maple Leafs host the Atlanta Thrashers. Ondrej Pavelec and Jean-Sebastien Giguere are guarding the cages. Evander Kane puts Atlanta up first with his 14th of the season, a power play goal from Bryan Little and Zach Bogosian. Dustin Byfuglien put the Thrashers up 2-0 with his 17th of the year, also a power play goal, courtesy of Bogosian and Rich Peverley. Toronto answered in the second period with the second of the season by Dion Phaneuf, assisted by Mikhail Grabovski and Nikolai Kulemin. Grabovski tied it for the Maple Leafs with his 22nd of the year, coming off of Clarke MacArthur and Tomas Kaberle. Thirty-nine seconds later, Atlanta regained the lead with a Nik Antropov goal from Anthony Stewart, good for his tenth of the season. Toronto found another equalizer in the form of the 17th of the year from MacArthur, thanks to Kaberle and Kris Versteeg. Kulemin gave the Maple Leafs a 4-3 lead with his 19th of the campaign, unassisted. Tim Brent added some insurance with his seventh of the season, helped along by Joey Crabb and Colby Armstrong. The Thrashers tried to get going again with Andrew Ladd putting his 17th of the year away with the help of Peverley and Little, but no further offense came of it and the Maple Leafs held on for a 5-4 victory. The three stars are awarded to Kaberle, Kane, and Grabovski.
Next up features the Detroit Red Wings hosting the New York Rangers. Martin Biron and Jimmy Howard are in the nets. The scoring was opened in the second period by Pavel Datsyuk, who returned from injury to net his 13th of the season with the help of Jiri Hudler and Danny Cleary. New York tied it in the third period with a Derek Stepan goal, his 15th of the year getting help from Matt Gilroy and Wojtek Wolski. Hudler took the lead back for the Red Wings on his fifth of the season, via Jonathan Ericsson and Datsyuk. Detroit extended their lead out to 3-1 with the fourth of the year by Drew Miller, assisted by Justin Abdelkader. The Rangers came back within a goal thanks to Brandon Dubinsky notching his 18th of the campaign with the help of Sean Avery and Marian Gaborik, but it wasn't enough to avoid defeat. Datsyuk, Hudler, and Howard (45 for 47 saves) were the three stars.
Southward a bit, with the Nashville Predators hosting the Edmonton Oilers. Earning the privilege to start are Devan Dubnyk and Pekka Rinne. Edmonton dented the scoreboard first with Andrew Cogliano notching his eighth of the season, made possible by Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall. Ryan Jones put the Oilers up 2-0 with his 12th of the year, helped along by Colin Fraser and Liam Reddox. Eberle made it 3-0 in the early third period with his tenth of the season, with assists coming from Jim Vandermeer and Cogliano. Dustin Penner kept the Oilers going with his 18th of the year, courtesy of Ales Hemsky. Pekka Rinne was pulled for Anders Lindback at this point. Edmonton would cruise to a 4-0 victory, giving the three stars to Dubnyk (37 save shutout), Jones, and Cogliano.
Meanwhile, Edmonton's Alberta rivals, the Calgary Flames host the Chicago Blackhawks. Corey Crawford and Miikka Kiprusoff are tending the twines. Calgary struck first with a Mikael Backlund goal, his seventh of the season, with assists by Lance Bouma and Adam Pardy. Chicago answered in the second period with a Patrick Kane marker from Jonathan Toews and Troy Brouwer, good as his 15th of the year. Calgary regained the lead in the third period with a goal by Curtis Glencross, his 14th of the season from Olli Jokinen and Robyn Regehr. Rene Bourque put the dagger in for Calgary with his 16th of the year, an empty net goal with helpers from Jokinen and Jarome Iginla. The three stars went to Glencross, Iginla, and Brent Seabrook.
After that, the Phoenix Coyotes played host to the Colorado Avalanche. Craig Anderson and Ilya Bryzgalov were the featured goaltenders. Phoenix struck first with a Radim Vrbata goal, his 12th of the season going down thanks to Martin Hanzal and Ray Whitney. The Coyotes added on in the second period with a Scottie Upshall marker, the 16th of the campaign for him coming off of Kyle Turris and Shane Doan. Vrbata sank another goal in the third period, making it 3-0 with his second of the night and 13th of the year on the power play from Taylor Pyatt and Whitney. This was the final, and Bryzgalov (26 save shutout), Vrbata, and Adrian Aucoin took the three stars home.
Lastly, the Vancouver Canucks hosted the Ottawa Senators. Playing the creases were Brian Elliott and Roberto Luongo. Alexandre Burrows opened the scoring for Vancouver with his 14th of the season, assisted by Henrik Sedin and Christian Ehrhoff. Ryan Kesler added on his 31st of the year to extend the Canucks lead, with the helpers by Mason Raymond and Mikael Samuelsson. Samuelsson potted his own goal in the second period for Vancouver, making it 3-0 with his 12th of the season courtesy of Kesler and Raymond. Ottawa finally got on the board when Nick Foligno sank his ninth of the year, with the help of a returning Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson. Spezza made it a one goal game for the Senators with his tenth of the season, with the lone assist by Chris Phillips. Samuelsson iced the game off for the Canucks with his second of the night and 13th of the year, an empty net goal getting help along the way from Raymond, who finished a sock trick. The three stars went to Samuelsson, Spezza, and Dan Hamhuis.
Tuesday's games are on the way, keep watch very soon.
Toronto, where the Maple Leafs host the Atlanta Thrashers. Ondrej Pavelec and Jean-Sebastien Giguere are guarding the cages. Evander Kane puts Atlanta up first with his 14th of the season, a power play goal from Bryan Little and Zach Bogosian. Dustin Byfuglien put the Thrashers up 2-0 with his 17th of the year, also a power play goal, courtesy of Bogosian and Rich Peverley. Toronto answered in the second period with the second of the season by Dion Phaneuf, assisted by Mikhail Grabovski and Nikolai Kulemin. Grabovski tied it for the Maple Leafs with his 22nd of the year, coming off of Clarke MacArthur and Tomas Kaberle. Thirty-nine seconds later, Atlanta regained the lead with a Nik Antropov goal from Anthony Stewart, good for his tenth of the season. Toronto found another equalizer in the form of the 17th of the year from MacArthur, thanks to Kaberle and Kris Versteeg. Kulemin gave the Maple Leafs a 4-3 lead with his 19th of the campaign, unassisted. Tim Brent added some insurance with his seventh of the season, helped along by Joey Crabb and Colby Armstrong. The Thrashers tried to get going again with Andrew Ladd putting his 17th of the year away with the help of Peverley and Little, but no further offense came of it and the Maple Leafs held on for a 5-4 victory. The three stars are awarded to Kaberle, Kane, and Grabovski.
Next up features the Detroit Red Wings hosting the New York Rangers. Martin Biron and Jimmy Howard are in the nets. The scoring was opened in the second period by Pavel Datsyuk, who returned from injury to net his 13th of the season with the help of Jiri Hudler and Danny Cleary. New York tied it in the third period with a Derek Stepan goal, his 15th of the year getting help from Matt Gilroy and Wojtek Wolski. Hudler took the lead back for the Red Wings on his fifth of the season, via Jonathan Ericsson and Datsyuk. Detroit extended their lead out to 3-1 with the fourth of the year by Drew Miller, assisted by Justin Abdelkader. The Rangers came back within a goal thanks to Brandon Dubinsky notching his 18th of the campaign with the help of Sean Avery and Marian Gaborik, but it wasn't enough to avoid defeat. Datsyuk, Hudler, and Howard (45 for 47 saves) were the three stars.
Southward a bit, with the Nashville Predators hosting the Edmonton Oilers. Earning the privilege to start are Devan Dubnyk and Pekka Rinne. Edmonton dented the scoreboard first with Andrew Cogliano notching his eighth of the season, made possible by Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall. Ryan Jones put the Oilers up 2-0 with his 12th of the year, helped along by Colin Fraser and Liam Reddox. Eberle made it 3-0 in the early third period with his tenth of the season, with assists coming from Jim Vandermeer and Cogliano. Dustin Penner kept the Oilers going with his 18th of the year, courtesy of Ales Hemsky. Pekka Rinne was pulled for Anders Lindback at this point. Edmonton would cruise to a 4-0 victory, giving the three stars to Dubnyk (37 save shutout), Jones, and Cogliano.
Meanwhile, Edmonton's Alberta rivals, the Calgary Flames host the Chicago Blackhawks. Corey Crawford and Miikka Kiprusoff are tending the twines. Calgary struck first with a Mikael Backlund goal, his seventh of the season, with assists by Lance Bouma and Adam Pardy. Chicago answered in the second period with a Patrick Kane marker from Jonathan Toews and Troy Brouwer, good as his 15th of the year. Calgary regained the lead in the third period with a goal by Curtis Glencross, his 14th of the season from Olli Jokinen and Robyn Regehr. Rene Bourque put the dagger in for Calgary with his 16th of the year, an empty net goal with helpers from Jokinen and Jarome Iginla. The three stars went to Glencross, Iginla, and Brent Seabrook.
After that, the Phoenix Coyotes played host to the Colorado Avalanche. Craig Anderson and Ilya Bryzgalov were the featured goaltenders. Phoenix struck first with a Radim Vrbata goal, his 12th of the season going down thanks to Martin Hanzal and Ray Whitney. The Coyotes added on in the second period with a Scottie Upshall marker, the 16th of the campaign for him coming off of Kyle Turris and Shane Doan. Vrbata sank another goal in the third period, making it 3-0 with his second of the night and 13th of the year on the power play from Taylor Pyatt and Whitney. This was the final, and Bryzgalov (26 save shutout), Vrbata, and Adrian Aucoin took the three stars home.
Lastly, the Vancouver Canucks hosted the Ottawa Senators. Playing the creases were Brian Elliott and Roberto Luongo. Alexandre Burrows opened the scoring for Vancouver with his 14th of the season, assisted by Henrik Sedin and Christian Ehrhoff. Ryan Kesler added on his 31st of the year to extend the Canucks lead, with the helpers by Mason Raymond and Mikael Samuelsson. Samuelsson potted his own goal in the second period for Vancouver, making it 3-0 with his 12th of the season courtesy of Kesler and Raymond. Ottawa finally got on the board when Nick Foligno sank his ninth of the year, with the help of a returning Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson. Spezza made it a one goal game for the Senators with his tenth of the season, with the lone assist by Chris Phillips. Samuelsson iced the game off for the Canucks with his second of the night and 13th of the year, an empty net goal getting help along the way from Raymond, who finished a sock trick. The three stars went to Samuelsson, Spezza, and Dan Hamhuis.
Tuesday's games are on the way, keep watch very soon.
Fantasy Hockey All-Stars, week 16
This is a special edition of All-Stars this week, featuring a 2-week time period severed by the actual All-Star break, so the stats will be compiled over the last two weeks. With that, these are the studs:
Center: Henrik Sedin, 2 goals, 5 assists, +3, 2 penalty minutes, 4 power play points, 12 shots on goal
Left Wing: Daniel Sedin, 1 goal, 7 assists, +3, 0 penalty minutes, 4 power play points, 14 shots on goal
Right Wing: Mikael Samuelsson, 3 goals, 5 assists, +4, 2 penalty minutes, 4 power play points, 23 shots on goal
Defenseman: Dan Hamhuis, 1 goal, 3 assists, +6, 6 penalty minutes, 2 power play points, 11 shots on goal
Goaltender: Roberto Luongo, 4 wins, 1.25 goals against average, 116 saves, .959 save percentage, 1 shutout
As any normal hockey fan can tell, Vancouver absolutely dominated the world around the All-Star break, with all of these players being on the Canucks team. This will be back next week.
Center: Henrik Sedin, 2 goals, 5 assists, +3, 2 penalty minutes, 4 power play points, 12 shots on goal
Left Wing: Daniel Sedin, 1 goal, 7 assists, +3, 0 penalty minutes, 4 power play points, 14 shots on goal
Right Wing: Mikael Samuelsson, 3 goals, 5 assists, +4, 2 penalty minutes, 4 power play points, 23 shots on goal
Defenseman: Dan Hamhuis, 1 goal, 3 assists, +6, 6 penalty minutes, 2 power play points, 11 shots on goal
Goaltender: Roberto Luongo, 4 wins, 1.25 goals against average, 116 saves, .959 save percentage, 1 shutout
As any normal hockey fan can tell, Vancouver absolutely dominated the world around the All-Star break, with all of these players being on the Canucks team. This will be back next week.
Song of the Week VI
This week, we have a live performance coming in as our song for the week. I would like to note that while we try to keep things PG around this blog, song titles are chosen by their artists, and the computer decides for the song of the week. With that, our song of the week is The B**** is Back, by Sir Elton John. This live performance is recorded at Madison Square Garden in New York City, as the last track in the set for that show. The song itself has a very good message, with Elton stating that he doesn't really care what others think of him, because he's going to live his life as he likes. The quick tempo of the song also bring out an edge to the message, giving the song a strong and independent feeling. That's all for this week, we'll be back here next week.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
SUPER BOWL XLV
This is the official Sports, Music, Subway, Repeat blog post for Super Bowl XLV. We have the NFC's Green Bay Packers taking on the Pittsburgh Steelers in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas (props for failure to prepare and making the festivities quite pathetic to the Cowboys organization). Green Bay opened the scoring with a touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers to Jordy Nelson for 29 yards, with Mason Crosby adding on the extra point. The next touchdown also came from the Packers, with Nick Collins intercepting Ben Roethlisberger for 37 yards and a score, and Crosby brought the tally to 14-0. Shaun Suisham put Pittsburgh on the board with a 33 yard field goal. Rodgers responded for Green Bay with a 21 yard touchdown pass to Greg Jennings, allowing another extra point by Crosby. Roethlisberger decided to throw a touchdown to the right team this time, connecting with Hines Ward for 8 yards and a score, with the extra point by Suisham bringing the halftime score to 21-10, leaving the Steelers down by 11. Pittsburgh added on another touchdown in the third quarter, an 8 yard rush by Rashard Mendenhall, and the Suisham extra point brought them within 4. Rodgers connected with Jennings again, this time for 8 yards and the score, and the 11 point lead was restored on the Crosby extra point. The Steelers answered with Roethlisberger throwing a 25 yard touchdown to Mike Wallace, and the two point conversion was good on the Antwaan Randle El run. Crosby adds on a 23 yard field goal to give Green Bay a 31-25 lead. This would be enough to make the Packers Super Bowl champions, giving the steelers only their second loss ever in a Super Bowl game. (As a side note, the city of Seattle and state of Washington thank the Packers for winning.)
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