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Christ, did we just make a Joni Mitchell reference? Well, there goes our street-cred. Let’s just pretend that didn’t happen, yes? Good. Anyway, a word on last night’s game; It’s never easy to swallow a loss to Scum. Though let’s be honest here, it’s pretty much a tie. Most will point to another blown two-goal, 3rd period lead. That’s not acceptable, but try to remember what the Hawks came up against last night. Not only was it the league’s most talented team, but they had to combat goals off a crazy bounce that eluded Huet, the only bad line change of the night, and Hossa getting away with hold-ing VerStud in his own zone leading to the turnover they scored off of. That’s a moun-tain. And for a great majority of the game, the Hawks dealt with it. Dealt with it real well. In fact, they kicked Scum’s ass up-and-down the ice like an NFL lineman does with his girlfriend. What’s so infuriating about Scum is that they don’t miss on any chance they get. A soft goal, which the first one was, a bad bounce, a bad change, and a missed call, and you’re looking at four goals against. Sucks, but sometimes, what can you do? It doesn’t take an expert to tell you that if the Hawks put out that kind of effort night after night, the playoffs won’t be much of a struggle at all. Also, when you play Anaheim and Scum back-to-back, you’ll take your three of four points and be content. Or at least we’ll try to. If we hadn’t locked ourselves in last night after the game to finish tonight’s issue, we very well may have gone out and practiced our shank-ing skills on the first dickrag from Farmington Hills we could find. Such is how losses to those peckerheads make us feel. Still, the Hawks had glittering per-formances from so many last night. Cap-tain Marvel was, well, just that. Keith was a force. 51 Phantom must’ve had heartburn or something, he was hitting everyone (oh that’s right, Scum’s full of pussies who you can hit without retribution. So are the Hawks, but still...). Ladd, Bolland, and Havlat were ev-erywhere. Even Byfuglien was showing signs of life. These line changes that Coach Q put together before the Anaheim game gives the Hawks more balance, and we hope he sticks with them for a little while longer. Phoenix Rising, All The Way To Southern Ontario So that brings us to tonight, where the Hawks will face a team that also played last night. The Coyotes lost to St. Louis 4-3 in a game where they didn’t appear to put
forth much of an effort until midway through the 2nd. Before the season, the Coyotes were mentioned in all the same sentences that the Oilers and Hawks were that stated these were young, exciting teams to watch. It hasn’t quite worked that way yet. The ‘Yotes are right at .500, which in Gary Bettman’s Wacky Numbers Emporium does not mean you’re av-erage. You may say they’re only three points behind the Hawks, but they’ve played two more games. Two wins and that gap is seven, and that’s large in today’s game. However, it’s to be expected that Phoenix will get better as the season goes along. They were young at the end of last season, and they’ve only gotten more so this season. Along with Mueller and Hanzal do-ing the NHL spin for the second time, Mikkel Boedker and Kyle Turris are on their first full go-around. So are Keith Yandle and Viktor Tikhonov. The more these guys grow, the far-ther Phoenix will progress. Not making the players’ or Head Coach Wayne Gretzky’s job any easier is that they will have to deal with distractions other young teams won’t. They’ll be hearing stories of the franchise’s future at every turn. There’s more on that inside, but it’s not a pretty situ-ation. It’s hard enough learning to play in the
NHL, but having to do so wondering whether you’ll be calling the same place home the next year or the one after that makes it doubly tough. It’s hard to pinpoint anything that stands out about the ‘Yotes. They’re in the middle of the pack in almost every category, except for face-offs, which they’re abysmal at. There’s no one in the Top 20 in goals or scor-ing. Their goalies have been all right, though Bryzgalov has been maddeningly on-and-off. He played last night, so we’ll get a look at Mi-kael Tellqvist tonight. He’s been pretty good, but got yanked vs. the Leafs on Thursday. More of that, please.Beep-Beep This is the same team the Hawks raced by for their first win this year, and the one they beat in a shootout without ever getting going. Phoenix plays open and fast, which is exactly what the Hawks like. They have a few d-men who lock down their own zone about as well as a crooked prison guard. Ed Jovanovski has been a pylon in a wind-storm this year. The ‘Yotes are even worse than the Hawks on the road at 4-8-1. The Hawks should be able to work out the anger from last night if they so desire.
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-If You Want Blood, YOU GOT IT!: First off, an apology to those who received a blood-stained copy of our program from me on Wednesday night. I opened a paper cut at some point during the night, but due to the cold A) I could not feel it and B) my skin had dried out so it wouldn’t close the wound. So, on a paper cut scale, the thing gushed like a fucking mis-carriage. But you all have my DNA for any crime I might commit (and no, crimes against the English language contained within these pages don’t count, funny guy). Though it is pretty hockey to bleed on your program, isn’t it?
-We Don’t Want You: One of the worst things about this whole Sean Avery deal is that it causes people who don’t know anything about hockey to talk about hockey. It’s usually in the most demeaning tone as well. For some reason, when you announce to people that you’re a hockey fan, those who aren’t like to tell you that you shouldn’t be because no one cares about it. Boers and Bernstein on The Score are two of the most prominent peddlers of this thought. Why would I give a drunken fat fuck what the general populace thinks of something I like? In fact, when the masses catch on to something is when it tends to start to blow. Look at Smashing Pumpkins or the Red Hot Chili Peppers. What Bernstein and his like don’t realize is that we hockey
fans would prefer that he and they don’t like it. I don’t need mass approval for me to enjoy the sport. In fact, the cult aspect of it is one of the things I enjoy most. I don’t have to deal with whatever pieces of horse feces on the Worldwide Leader of Sports coming
up with some catch-phrase to describe a Kane goal. I don’t have to listen to every frat-boy putting down his 11th Keystone Lite to spout some loud, obnoxious, uninformed opinion about hockey, before he goes to date rape his co-worker. I only occasionally have to read some blowhard columnist spouting his selfish manifesto about what moves the GM should make even though he hasn’t been in the arena in four years (though we all have to put up with Rozner occasional-ly, which is time you’ll never get back.) We have the pleasure that whenever we run into another fan, we’re most likely running into another passionate fan. We have a camaraderie and an understanding only soccer
fans get. People like Boers and Bernstein need hockey to be popular to justify talking about it. Or, more accurately, they need it to not be popular to justify not talking about it. I, and my fellow Hawks and hockey fans, do not. We’ll continue to follow our team and drink our beer and wear our jerseys whether we’re the only 20k watching the sport or not. And we’ll do just fine without you, Mr Bernstein. Thank you very much.
MUSINGS FROM THE EDITOR
Sam Fels
Wayne Gretzky-Head Coach, Coyotes: Let’s see: A young team with big expectations before the season. Tons of young talent. A less than stellar beginning to the season. Coached by a legendary player. Where have we seen this before? You
have to believe that The Great One would be a whole lot harder to fire than Savvy was, though, at least partly because Gretz is still a part owner of the Coyotes. It’s been a sports philosophy that great players don’t make great coaches because they can’t relate to players less talented than they were. Well, that’s every player in Gretzky’s case. You have to wonder, at least a little, if this neophyte-filled Coyotes team isn’t going to need and experienced hand soon. If so, that’ll be awkward for everyone.
NHL STANDINGS
ATLANTIC W L OTL PTS GF GA HOME AWAY NY Rangers 18 9 2 38 77 73 11-5-1 7-4-1 Pittsburgh 15 7 4 34 84 71 7-3-2 8-4-2 Philadelphia 13 7 6 32 84 78 6-4-3 7-3-3 New Jersey 14 8 2 30 70 63 7-4-1 7-4-1 NY Islanders 10 14 2 22 68 90 5-8-1 5-6-1
NORTHEAST W L OTL PTS GF GA HOME AWAY Boston 18 4 4 40 89 56 9-1-1 9-3-3 Montreal 15 6 5 35 79 69 8-2-3 7-4-2 Buffalo 12 11 3 27 70 76 7-6-1 5-5-2 Ottawa 10 10 4 24 60 59 7-5-2 3-5-2 Toronto 9 12 6 24 80 96 4-5-4 5-7-2
CENTRAL W L OTL PTS GF GA HOME AWAY Scum 18 4 4 40 95 80 8-2-2 10-2-2 Nashville 14 10 2 30 74 79 7-3-1 7-7-1 Chicago 11 6 7 29 83 72 7-1-4 4-5-3 St. Louis 11 11 3 25 70 78 6-5-2 5-6-1 Columbus 11 11 3 25 73 78 7-5-1 4-6-2
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SOUTHEAST W L OTL PTS GF GA HOME AWAY Washington 15 9 3 33 87 83 10-1-1 5-8-2 Carolina 12 12 3 27 68 82 6-8-1 6-4-2 Florida 11 12 3 25 63 73 6-4-2 5-8-1 Atlanta 9 14 3 21 77 93 5-6-1 4-8-2 Tampa Bay 6 12 8 20 60 83 3-6-5 3-6-3
Eastern Conference Western Conference
NORTHWEST W L OTL PTS GF GA HOME AWAY Vancouver 15 10 2 32 82 69 7-3-1 8-7-1 Calgary 15 10 1 31 77 80 9-4-1 6-6-0 Minnesota 15 10 1 31 72 56 8-6-1 7-4-0 Edmonton 13 11 2 28 74 78 3-3-2 10-8-0 Colorado 12 13 1 25 67 76 6-5-0 6-8-1
PACIFIC W L OTL PTS GF GA HOME AWAY San Jose 22 3 2 46 102 64 14-0-2 8-3-0 Anaheim 14 10 3 31 77 76 7-6-2 7-4-1 Phoenix 12 12 2 26 68 72 8-4-1 4-8-1 Los Angeles 10 11 4 24 66 72 7-6-4 3-5-0 Dallas 10 12 4 24 72 93 4-4-3 6-8-1
TOP 10 LIST
Janet Gretzky’s Top 10 Prop Bets for Tonight’s Game10. 3-1 my husband’s hair will look better than your girlfriend’s9. 10-1 you can spell Phoenix #1 goalie’s last name correctly8. Number of people in your section not waiting for the whistle +3 vs. people in your section yelling, “Shoot!” when there’s clearly no lane7. Number of times Brent Sopel gets beat -1 vs. number of times Ed Jovanoski gets beat6. 1-2 Shane Doan thinks about getting traded during game5. 15-1 shoot-the-puck bimbo scores4. 10-1 shoot-the-puck bimbo gets it between the circles3. 1000-1 you get it between shoot-the-puck bimbo’s circles2. Phoenix goals on Sunday +1 vs. Kyle Orton INT’s on Sunday1. OVER 5 “Stop-It-RIght-Here”’s from Olczyk
Chicago Blackhawks 11-6-7
# Pos Player Ht WT AGE GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% Salary
88 R Patrick Kane 5'10" 187 19 24 12 19 31 1 10 5 0 1 74 16.2 $3,725,000
10 L The Sharp-Shooter 6'1" 197 26 24 15 9 24 1 26 5 0 2 80 18.8 $3,900,000
32 L VerStud 5'10" 180 22 24 7 15 22 12 8 2 1 1 46 15.2 $492,000
19 C Captain Marvel 6'2" 209 20 24 7 13 20 2 21 3 0 1 66 10.6 $2,800,000
51 D 51 Phantom 6'0" 188 29 24 4 15 19 3 2 1 0 0 37 10.8 $7,140,000
24 R Martin Havlat 6'2" 217 27 24 7 11 18 5 12 3 0 0 63 11.1 $6,000,000
36 C Dave Bolland 6'0" 188 22 24 4 10 14 2 12 0 1 1 29 13.8 $846,000
25 D Cam Barker 6'3" 213 22 16 3 9 12 -5 13 3 0 1 23 13 $2,442,000
16 L Andrew Ladd 6'2" 198 22 24 4 7 11 7 12 0 0 0 47 8.5 $1,550,000
2 D Duncan Keith 6'1" 194 25 24 2 8 10 7 12 0 0 0 51 3.9 $1,475,000
22 R Troy Brouwer 6'2" 213 23 18 2 7 9 6 15 1 0 0 36 5.6 $624,000
33 R Dustin Byfuglien 6'3" 247 23 21 2 5 7 0 27 0 0 0 53 3.8 $3,000,000
23 D Aaron Johnson* 6'1" 211 25 18 3 4 7 13 12 0 0 1 10 30 $514,000
7 D Brent Seabrook 6'3" 220 23 24 3 4 7 5 33 1 1 0 37 8.1 $2,442,000
55 L Ben Eager 6'2" 220 24 20 3 1 4 -1 47 0 0 0 13 23.1 $568,000
46 C Colin Fraser 6'1" 188 23 24 1 3 4 -3 35 0 0 0 15 6.7 $500,000
5 D Brent Sopel 6'1" 211 31 18 1 1 2 -7 6 0 0 1 12 8.3 $2,333,333
11 R Jack Skille** 6'1" 208 21 6 1 0 1 -2 5 0 0 0 12 8.3 $1,725,000
8 D Matt Walker 6'3" 214 28 12 0 1 1 2 20 0 0 0 10 0 $600,000
37 R Adam Burish 6'1" 189 25 19 0 0 0 -5 49 0 0 0 21 0 $713,000
28 R Craig Adams 6'0" 197 31 11 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 6 0 $600,000
6 D Jordan Hendry** 6'1" 194 24 8 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 1 0 $625,000
4 D Niklas Hjalmarsson ** 6'2" 200 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $643,000
Totals/Averages 6'1" 203.6 24.17 81 142 126 24 126 742 10.92% $43,489,333
# Goalie HT WT AGE GPI Min GAA W L OT SO SA GA Sv% G A PIM Salary
39 Nikolai Khabibulin* 6'1" 209 35 13 779 2.46 7 1 4 1 413 32 0.923 0 2 4 $6,750,000
38 Cristobal Huet 6'1" 205 33 12 691 2.95 4 5 3 0 334 34 0.898 0 0 0 $5,625,000
50 Corey Crawford 6’2” 205 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $483,000
Totals/Averages 6'1" 207 34 25 1470 2.71 11 6 7 1 747 66 0.910 0 2 4 $12,375,000
TOTAL CAP NUMBER: $56,119,795
CAP SPACE: $257,000*
*space also affected by buyouts and injured players
16 years ago, David Stern sent me to ruin the NHL. I have done every-thing I can think of to drive the core
fan away, strip hockey of all that’s great about it, and eliminate any at-tention by the mainstream media...
I am so close to completing the task Stern charged me with....
*injured**not currently on roster
Injury ListAdam Burish- Questionable (Leg?)Nikolai Khabibulin- Questionable (Leg?)Aaron Johnson- Out (Shoulder?-1 month)James Wisniewski-Out (Knee-1 week)
Probable LinesLeft Wing Center Right Wing
D. Byfuglien Patrick Sharp Patrick KaneTroy Brouwer Jonathan Toews Kris VersteegAndrew Ladd Dave Bolland Martin Havlat
Ben Eager Colin Fraser Craig Adams
Probable PairingsBrian Campbell Cam BarkerDuncan Keith Brent SeabrookBrent Sopel Matt Walker
And to think, there were some out there who were down on Toews this sea-son. The words “sophomore slump” were appearing on message boards. Last night’s tour-de-force should reemphasize just how lucky we are to have him.
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# Pos Player Ht WT AGE GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% Salary
19 L Shane Doan 6'1" 224 32 25 12 12 24 4 29 4 0 1 71 16.9 $4,550,000
12 C Olli Jokinen 6'3" 215 29 21 7 11 18 3 29 3 1 0 66 10.6 $5,250,000
11 C Martin Hanzal 6'5" 218 21 25 6 10 16 1 23 0 2 0 35 17.1 $980,000
88 R Peter Mueller 6'2" 205 20 25 5 9 14 -4 10 3 0 3 46 10.9 $1,700,000
3 D Keith Yandle 6'2" 195 22 21 1 12 13 1 21 0 0 0 34 2.9 $850,000
89 R Mikkel Boedker 5'11" 195 19 25 5 7 12 5 4 0 0 1 39 12.8 $1,725,000
28 C Steven Reinprecht 6'0" 195 32 23 5 7 12 3 2 0 0 1 38 13.2 $2,000,000
55 D Ed Jovanovski 6'2" 214 32 25 1 9 10 -11 18 1 0 1 73 1.4 $6,500,000
23 C Kevin Porter 6'0" 195 22 23 5 5 10 3 2 1 0 2 32 15.6 $954,250
91 C Kyle Turris 6'1" 180 19 23 2 6 8 -6 6 1 0 1 31 6.5 $2,695,833
4 D Zbynek Michalek 6'2" 210 25 25 1 7 8 5 6 0 0 0 22 4.5 $1,250,000
53 D Derek Morris 6'0" 220 30 22 3 4 7 1 6 0 1 0 26 11.5 $3,916,667
18 R Enver Lisin 6'1" 190 22 9 4 2 6 -1 2 0 0 1 18 22.2 $793,000
41 R Viktor Tikhonov 6'2" 187 22 25 2 3 5 -2 4 0 0 1 33 6.1 $1,175,000
17 L Todd Fedoruk 6'2" 240 29 25 3 2 5 -2 36 0 0 0 21 14.3 $1,058,333
44 D Kurt Sauer 6'4" 220 27 25 0 3 3 6 24 0 0 0 14 0 $1,750,000
13 L Daniel Carcillo 6'0" 205 23 21 2 1 3 -3 61 2 0 0 53 3.8 $893,750
2 D Ken Klee 6'1" 210 37 17 0 3 3 3 8 0 0 0 10 0 $561,000
21 D David Hale 6'2" 213 27 18 1 1 2 -5 11 0 0 0 6 16.7 $700,000
34 C Daniel Winnik 6'2" 210 23 19 0 1 1 1 33 0 0 0 35 0 $531,667
39 C Garth Murray 6'2" 210 26 8 0 0 0 -1 12 0 0 0 11 0 $475,000
16 R Brian McGrattan 6'4" 235 27 3 0 0 0 -1 12 0 0 0 2 0 $605,000
Totals/Averages 6'0" 208.45 25.72 65 115 359 15 4 716 9.0% $40,914,500
...IS THIS THE YEAR?
# Goalie HT WT AGE GPI Min GAA W L OT SO SA GA Sv% G A PIM Salary
30 Ilya Bryzgalov 6'3" 199 28 19 1045 2.7 8 10 1 0 536 47 0.912 0 0 2 $4,250,000
32 Mikael Tellqvist 6'0" 189 29 8 455 2.24 4 2 1 0 243 17 0.930 0 0 0 $800,000
Totals/Averages 6'1" 194 28 1500 2.47 12 12 12 0 779 64 0.918 0 0 2 $5,050,000
TOTAL CAP NUMBER: $46,529,000
CAP SPACE: $10,000,000*space also affected by buyouts and injured players
Kansas City Coyotes 12-12-2
*injured
Injury ListOlli Jokinen-Questionable (Shoulder)
Probable LinesLeft Wing Center Right Wing
Peter Mueller Steven Reinprecht Shane DoanMikkel Boedker Martin Hanzal Daniel WinnikTodd Fedoruk Kyle Turris Viktor TikhonovDaniel Carcillo Kevin Porter Enver Lisin
Probable PairingsEd Jovanovski David Hale
Zbynek Michalek Kurt SauerDerek Morris Keith Yandle
Ken Klee
Or maybe Hamilton Coyotes? Toronto Coyotes? Despite what the Yotes fans say in “Know Thy Enemy”, the Coyotes are in serious trouble. Phoenix is expected to lose $25-$30 million this year, and it won’t be the first time. The problem is their owner Jerry Moyes owns one of the larger trucking corp.’s in the US, Swift., and they’ve been skull-fucked by the dipping economy and high oil prices. It’s estimated that Swift’s liabilities outweight its assets by $1.5 billion. We know fuck-all about economics, but even we know that’s bad. Yotes fans point to the penalties in the lease at Jobing.com Arena for mov-ing out of there, but those don’t come into play if the team declares bankruptcy. Which just might happen.
Klee’s been a nice surprise, leading the team in +
/-/60. Though he’s not exactly a young, up-and-com
ing prospect, is he?
Kiss Cam
What We Think Of McDonough’s In-Game En-tertainment...
Get rid of it, John. Or start showing hot lesbi-ans on it.
What To Watch For: The Coyotes are a nastier bunch then you might think. Carcillo, Fedoruk, Sauer and even Captain Doan never shy from the pugilistic responsibilities. They were built to stop getting beat up by the Stars and Ducks, but it doesn’t appear to be working so well. This is the two team’s third meeting, and there may still be some hard feelings
from the hit on Kane in the desert, though it was clean. We might get one passionate discussion.
Team Opp PPG PP%
DET 109 33 30.3
MIN 114 29 25.4
STL 109 26 23.8
PHI 106 25 23.6
SJS 139 32 23
CHI 105 24 22.9
BOS 92 21 22.8
WSH 112 25 22.3
ANA 102 22 21.6
TOR 125 26 20.8
CGY 131 27 20.6
OTT 101 20 19.8
EDM 110 22 20
ATL 110 20 18.2
VAN 121 22 18.2
Team OPP PPG PP%
PIT 116 21 18.1
BUF 122 22 18
NYI 125 22 17.6
LAK 121 21 17.4
COL 116 19 16.4
TBL 119 19 16
NYR 136 21 15.4
FLA 96 14 14.6
NJD 86 12 14
MTL 122 17 13.9
DAL 117 16 13.7
PHX 117 16 13.7
NSH 125 17 13.6
CAR 126 17 13.5
CBJ 121 12 9.9
Power Play
Team TS PPGA PK%
NYR 111 11 90.1
MIN 97 11 88.7
BUF 109 13 88.1
OTT 99 13 86.9
PHI 134 19 85.8
SJS 104 17 83.6
PIT 104 17 83.6
STL 115 19 83.5
LAK 114 19 83.3
CGY 119 20 83.2
BOS 101 17 83.2
CHI 108 19 82.4
ANA 146 27 81.5
FLA 112 21 81.2
MTL 122 23 81.2
Team TS PPGA PK%
VAN 132 25 81.1
PHX 100 19 81
NYI 125 24 80.8
TBL 133 26 80.4
NSH 138 27 80.4
DET 112 22 80.4
CAR 114 23 79.8
COL 108 22 79.6
CBJ 121 26 78.5
WSH 134 29 78.4
NJD 98 22 77.6
TOR 100 23 77
DAL 110 26 76.4
EDM 117 29 75.2
ATL 114 31 72.8
Penalty Kill
GAME FIGHT TIME Bloody Nose
Black Eye
Bruised Ego
Just Dancing
Analysis
11-18-08 Toews v.Hanzal
3rd,00:15 √ Captain Marvel’s first NHL fight, and he’ll
need more practice. Never gets left glove off, takes a couple of soft rights from Hanzal
11-18-08 Fraser v.Jokinen
2nd,19:43 √ Both mean well, and try and land a few shots.
Neither do. But we appreciate the effort there, kids.
10-15-08 Buff v.Doan
3rd,13:57 √ Doan takes exception to Buff’s monster hit on
Hale in the corner, but they just hug it out.
1-2-08 Burish v.Ballard
3rd, 06:18 √ Burish rushes to the defense of Skille who
Ballard knees, lands many rights, though far too many to the back of Ballard’s helmet.
11-30-07 Fraser v.Carcillo
1st.13:56 √ √ √ Fraser, in his 2nd game, shows a fair amount
of ambition in taking on Phoenix nutjob Car-cillo. Needed fair amount of ice after taking
on fair amount of straight rights to face.
HAWKS vs. COYOTESFight Stats provided by Hockeyfights.com
The Fight Card
Jovo-Cop
Spotlight
We honestly thought about putting Anquan Boldin here, because we couldn’t think of a Phoenix athlete who we care about other than him, (Jerry Angelo, GET HIM!!!) but we landed on Ed Jovanovski. Remember during the Florida Panthers Finals run and we all thought Jovo was going to define the defensemen position for the next decade? If Judge Smails were here, he’d say, “Well, we’re waiting!” It never happened. We thought when Jo-vanovski got traded to Vancouver, which was quite the team at the time, that’s when he’d take off. Nope. In fact, Easy Ed has managed just two seasons positive +/- out of his 13 in the league. He has managed three 40-point seasons from the blue line, but that’s about it. Some of you will point to his five All-Star appearances but two of those are a result of Phoenix having to send somebody. The other three are probably the effect of the glow of his promise. It’s a shame, someone with his size and mobility--or the mobility he once had--should have at least one Norris to his name.
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Hawks-Yotes: the Last 4
Nov. 18th, 2008: Hawks 3, Yotes 2 (SO)Hawks score two early goals, then slip into a coma for the next 2.5 periods. VerStud and Sharp scratch for the Hawks during play. Toews and Sharp score in the skills competition. Another win in 2nd gear.
Oct. 15th, 2008: Yotes 1, Hawks 4A win so good it cost Savard his job. This was his last game, and it saw the ‘Yotes take the lead, Havlat score a wonder-goal and the Hawks blitz Phoenix from there on out. Hawks 1st win of season.
Feb. 27th, 2008: Yotes 0, Hawks 1Patrick Lalime stops all 32 Phoenix shots, and Jason Williams scores only goal in a game where the only thing we remember happening is Martin Havlat’s shoulder leaves Martin Havlat’s body and is seen drinking at The Billy Goat.
Jan. 19th, 2008: Hawks 2, Yotes 1 (SO)Do these two ever play an entertaining game? An-other 3 hours we won’t get back as Lalime stones Phoenix in skills competition. Rene Bourque hilari-ously tries to win game in OT on a penalty shot. No
prizes for guessing how that worked out.
Tonight, Monique Reaux of Coyotes Hip Check (www.coyoteshipcheck.com, and have we had a sexier name here than Monique Reaux?) and Travis from Five For Howling (www.fiveforhowling.com) cure our inquisitiveness about the ‘Yotes.Q: There were big expectations in the desert this season, which haven’t been met yet. What’s gone wrong?Monique: There are still big expectations in the desert. Nothing has gone wrong. We’re young as hell and experiencing the usual burps and farts a young team will have. The kids are growing up fast and furious. We’re a game over .500, we’re bouncing around that marker like a pinball on crack, but given the fact that Ed Jo-vanovski is having the slowest start of his career (after a career high 51 points last season that we were depending on him coming close to again) and considering we traded away a 3rd of our blue line and really expected to totally suck on defense, we’re doin just fine. We’ve seen Crosby, Ovie,Iginla, Nash and a host of other superstars and most of the time we have made those big names inconsequential, while beginning to establish some offensive names of our own. Some of those Coyotes will be future names to be reckoned with, players like Boedker, Lisin and Hanzal and future defensive powerhouses in players like Yandle and Michalek. People fail to take into account that rebuilds take time. We rarely stunk enough to get any of the top draft picks. Previous coaches and GMs didn’t seem to put too much stake in drafting well (preferring to buy/trade for talent). This is actually only our 2nd year of a true rebuild.Q: Some of your off-season moves were obviously meant to get tougher. Has that helped or cost you so far?Travis: We got a little tougher, but we really only added Fedoruk and McGrat-ton. Fedoruk has done alright picking up the checking game and scoring the occasional goal but hasn’t mixed it up all that much. McGratton has hardly seen the ice. He’s been one of the healthy scratches all but a few times this year and even when he’s not he only gets maybe 6 minutes of ice time. I think the only way that “getting tougher” hurt us was that when they brought those two guys in, the idea was that Daniel Carcillo wouldn’t or shouldn’t fight anymore. That was stupid. He’s one of those players that has to have that as a part of his game to get him going. They’ve since let him off that leash and he’s going back to the player he was that got the big hits, big fights and got the team going.Q: Bryzgalov has been inconsistent this season. Are you worried that sign-ing a long-term deal will eventually turn out to affect his performance?Travis: I don’t think the deal itself is the problem. He’s a very intense goalie, and like most goalies, has a few loose screws. He’s let some of the mistakes and bad luck get to him and he just can’t seem to shake it all off. He had a solid 3rd period in relief of Tellqvist against the Leafs and helped get the W in what was a very sloppy game. Hopefully you won’t even be seeing him in goal tonight, though. The one good thing that hopefully came out of this is that the coaching staff saw that Telly is a capable back up and that they shouldn’t be afraid to give him part of a back to back set. If so, Bryz should get the Blues and Telly the Hawks since Bryz hasn’t had much luck against you guys.
Q: We here in Chicago had a playing legend as coach, but moved him out for a more experienced hand when things weren’t going as well as we hoped. Is there any thought of the same maneuver in Phoenix?Monique: Sure, there are plenty of people calling for Wayne’s head. Pretty much every time the team slumps or changes the roster/lines they do. The guy is finally in charge of the team. Last year when we dumped all the dead wood like JR and some other veterans who didn’t want to learn or play a system that requires work-ing every single shift. TGO relates to the younger players very well. He now has a really good mix of vets/rookies who get it. Speed, effort, heart and playing for the team gets us wins. We don’t have any players that are playing for themselves anymore and they are all learning (team and coach) together. It’s a pretty sweet ride, watching him grow as a coach and really entertaining too.Q: Kyle Turris obviously has huge potential, and he’d better with his draft position. What are your views on him so far?Travis: Turris definitely has miles and miles of potential. However, he’s still adjusting to the NHL game and is severely undersized. He’s only 180 pounds, and I’d say that’s with full pads, skates, eating a double serving of chicken parm and then doing a bag skate for a few hours and soaking those pads. He’s at least learned how to take hits and not get left on the ice. He can’t check anyone yet though. He literally has to leave his feet in order for his hits to faze most guys. He does make up for that a bit with his stick work though. He’s very good at pestering guys with his speed and by poking at the puck. If he can put on a few pounds over the season and over this next offseason he’ll just get better. I also think he’s in a good spot to be learning the game. Gretzky was fast and smallish too and tried to avoid hits when possible. Hopefully he can pass some of that on to him. Off of that question though, the rookie to really be looking at on our team is this year’s top pick for the Coyotes, Mikkel Boedker. He’s been really strong on the puck and will simply steal it away from the opposition with little effort. He hasn’t got a ton of points, but is in the top ten for rookies and leads all rookie forwards in TOI per game, or at least he did as of this writing.Q: The Coyotes are always one of the first franchises mentioned as being in trouble. What will happen? Monique: The Yotes aren’t going anywhere. Don’t listen to the mainstream press (1/2 of them have their heads so far up their asses they wouldn’t be able to decipher our lease much less recognize that no one in their right mind would pay to break that puppy). What is going to happen is that Don Maloney and Wayne Gretzky are going to continue to grow the Coyotes into a cup contender and that the Yotes will be deep in the post season within the next 3 years. Obviously, I am prejudiced. I am a season ticket holder and hang out with a group of about 30 - 40 Yote fiends called the Patio 6 Posse. We tailgate and have away game viewing parties at local bars. There are pockets of fans like us throughout the arena. The number of die hard hockey maniacs who have season tickets has definitely grown this season as the influx of young talent has made itself known. Phoenix has a LOT of transplants, we’re converting them away from their old allegiances with our heart and soul team of underdogs.
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Referee Stats For The HawksReferees 1st NHL
GameHawks Games Hawks PP’s Hawks
PK’s Pens/Game Hawks PP/Game Hawks PK/
GameW L OTL
2 Fraser, Kerry 1980 1 4 10 14.0 4.0 10.0 1 0 0
3 Leggo, Mike 1997 1 2 1 3.0 2.0 1.0 0 0 1
4 McCauley, Wes 2003 4 10 11 5.3 2.5 2.8 2 1 0
5 Rooney, Chris 2000 - - - - - - - - -
6 Marouelli, Dan 1984 1 3 4 7.0 3.0 4.0 0 1 0
7 McCreary, Bill 1984 2 8 7 7.5 4.0 3.5 2 1 0
8 Jackson, Dave 1990 2 10 11 10.5 5.0 5.5 1 1 0
10 Devorski, Paul 1989 1 5 6 11.0 5.0 6.0 0 1 0
11 Sutherland, Kelly 2000 - - - - - - - - -
12 Koharski, Don 1981 1 6 7 13.0 6.0 7.0 1 0 0
13 O’Halloran, Dan 1995 2 12 10 11.0 6.0 5.0 1 0 1
14 LaRue, Dennis 1991 2 10 6 8.0 5.0 3.0 0 0 1
15 Auger, Stephane 2000 2 7 9 8.0 3.5 4.5 1 0 1
16 Shick, Rob 1986 1 2 2 4.0 2.0 2.0 0 0 1
18 Kimmerly, Greg 1996 1 3 5 8.0 3.0 5.0 1 0 0
20 Peel, Tim 1999 1 7 8 15.0 7.0 8.0 1 0 0
21 VanMassenhoven, Don 1993 1 3 3 6.0 3.0 3.0 0 0 1
23 Watson, Brad 1996 1 2 1 3.0 2.0 1.0 0 0 1
25 Joannette, Marc 1999 1 5 3 8.0 5.0 3.0 0 0 1
26 Martell, Rob 1996 - - - - - - - - -
27 Furlatt, Eric 2001 1 3 4 7.0 3.0 4.0 0 0 1
28 Lee, Chris 2001 1 5 4 9.0 5.0 4.0 1 0 0
29 Walsh, Ian 2000 - - - - - - - - -
30 Hasenfratz, Mike 2000 2 11 7 9.0 5.5 3.5 0 1 1
32 Kowal, Tom 2000 3 11 76 29.0 3.7 25.3 3 0 0
33 Pollock, Kevin 2000 2 7 9 8.0 3.5 4.5 1 0 1
34 Meier, Brad 1999 1 3 4 7.0 3.0 4.0 1 0 0
35 Warren, Dean 1999 - - - - - - - - -
36 Morton, Dean 2000 1 5 4 9.0 5.0 4.0 0 1 0
38 St Laurent, Francois 2006 2 14 15 14.5 7.0 7.5 1 0 1
39 Dwyer, Gord 2003 3 16 15 10.3 5.3 5.0 2 0 1
40 Kozari, Steve 2006 2 10 10 10.0 5.0 5.0 1 1 0
42 O’Rourke, Dan 1999 1 7 7 14.0 7.0 7.0 0 0 1
43 Pochmara, Brian 2006 - - - - - - - - -
45 St. Pierre, Justin 2003 2 10 10 10.0 5.0 5.0 0 0 2
ChicagoNAME GP QUALCOMP QUALTEAM TOI/60 TOF/60 +-ON/60 +-OFF/60 RATINGAaron Johnson 18 -0.07 -0.14 11.06 33.11 3.01 0.5 2.51Kris Versteeg 23 0.1 -0.12 12.87 32.19 1.82 -0.08 1.91Matt Walker 11 -0.14 -0.17 9.42 36.73 1.74 0 1.74Troy Brouwer 17 -0.03 -0.13 12.05 33.07 2.05 0.32 1.73Andrew Ladd 23 0.07 -0.06 12.39 32.66 1.47 0.08 1.39Duncan Keith 23 0.13 0.2 19.6 25.45 0.93 0.1 0.83Brent Seabrook 23 0.16 0.28 17.67 27.39 0.89 0.19 0.7Martin Havlat 23 -0.03 0.14 13.71 31.34 0.76 0.33 0.43Patrick Kane 23 0.12 0.14 14.81 30.25 0.7 0.34 0.36Dave Bolland 23 0.09 0.2 11.8 33.25 0.66 0.39 0.27Dustin Byfuglien 20 -0.01 0.25 12.13 32.04 0.25 0.47 -0.22Brian Campbell 23 -0.01 -0.17 18.79 26.26 0.28 0.6 -0.32Patrick Sharp 23 -0.03 0.22 13.71 31.35 0.19 0.58 -0.39Jonathan Toews 23 0.08 0.38 13.55 31.5 0 0.66 -0.66Ben Eager 19 -0.05 -0.58 7.15 37.92 -0.44 1 -1.44Colin Fraser 23 -0.06 -0.92 6.68 38.38 -0.78 0.68 -1.46Craig Adams 10 -0.06 -0.8 6.13 42.11 -2.94 -0.14 -2.8Brent Sopel 17 -0.1 -0.05 10.7 34.8 -2.31 0.71 -3.02Cam Barker 15 -0.03 0.03 15.44 29.93 -1.29 1.87 -3.17Adam Burish 19 -0.02 -0.55 6.29 37.65 -2.01 1.26 -3.27
PhoenixNAME GP QUALCOMP QUALTEAM TOI/60 TOF/60 +-ON/60 +-OFF/60 RATING
Kevin Porter 22 -0.05 -0.03 11.7 34.64 0.47 -0.87 1.33Olli Jokinen 20 -0.07 -0.11 13.41 32.76 0.45 -0.82 1.27Steven Reinprecht 22 -0.05 -0.05 11.46 34.93 0.71 -0.55 1.26Ken Klee 16 -0.23 0.04 12.41 32.37 0.91 -0.35 1.25Mikkel Boedker 24 0.02 0.09 13.01 33.36 0.58 -0.52 1.1Keith Yandle 20 -0.04 -0.1 13.3 33 0.45 -0.45 0.91Kurt Sauer 24 0.12 0.11 16.96 29.42 0.15 -0.42 0.57Zbynek Michalek 24 0.1 0.05 18.94 27.43 0 -0.36 0.36Shane Doan 24 0.02 0.06 14.59 31.78 0 -0.31 0.31Daniel Winnik 19 0.2 -0.17 11.38 34.91 0.28 0.27 0.01Derek Morris 22 0.02 -0.15 15.66 30.81 -0.17 -0.09 -0.09Daneil Carcillo 20 -0.01 0 11.14 34.92 -0.54 -0.09 -0.45Martin Hanzal 24 0.15 0.13 13.09 33.28 -0.57 -0.08 -0.5Peter Meuller 24 -0.05 0.2 12.48 33.89 -0.6 -0.07 -0.53Viktor Tikhonov 24 0.03 -0.34 9.42 36.96 -0.8 -0.07 -0.73Todd Fedoruk 24 0.01 -0.22 10.38 36 -0.96 0 -0.96David Hale 17 -0.16 0.07 11.66 35.25 -1.82 -0.2 -1.62Ed Jovanovski 24 -0.01 0.07 16.58 29.8 -1.36 0.42 -1.78Kyle Turris 22 -0.06 -0.03 9.34 37.19 -1.75 0.22 -1.97
Hockey-BallWe expanded to 16 pages partly so we could provide you with the Behind The Net numbers every night. So here they are for both teams. These are at even strength, 5-on-5. Key: QUALCOMP- A measure of the quality of competition each player faces on the ice. Calculated by averaging +/-/60 for opponents on the ice with player. QUALTEAM- A measure of the quality of teammates each player plays with. Calculated by averaging +/-/60 for teammates on ice with player. TOI/60- Time on ice, per 60 minutes, that player spends on ice at full-strength. TOF/60- Time spent off-ice, per 60 minutes, at full strength. +/-ON/60- Team’s Plus/minus, per 60 minutes, while player is on ice. +/-OFF/60- Plus/minus of team while player is off ice, per 60 minutes. RATING- +/-ON/60 subtracted by +/-OFF/60.
*not including last night’s games
Corsi RatingHere’s how the teams match up in Corsi Rating, which measure how many shots are attempted for a team vs. how many are attempted against while a given player is on
the ice, per 60 min.Chicago
NAME CORSIMartin Havlat 9.5
Brian Campbell 9
Duncan Keith 7.5
Patrick Sharp 7.4
Troy Brouwer 7.3
Patrick Kane 6.9
Andrew Ladd 6.5
Brent Seabrook 5
Aaron Johnson 3.9
Kris Versteeg 2
Dave Bolland 2
Jonathan Toews 1.3
Dustin Byfuglien 1
Cam Barker -0.8
Colin Fraser -1.6
Matt Walker -1.7
Ben Eager -3.1
Craig Adams -3.9
Brent Sopel -7.9
PhoenixNAME CORSI
Daniel Winnik 5.8
Ed Jovanovski 4.8
Martin Hanzal 2.1
Mikkel Boedker 1.2
Keith Yandle -3.2
Ken Klee -3.3
Olli Jokinen -3.4
Derek Morris -4
Viktor Tikhonov -5.6
Todd Fedoruk -7.2
Shane Doan -7.4
Zbynek Michalek -8.1
Daniel Carcillo -8.3
Kevin Porter -9.3
Steven Reinprecht -9.5
Peter Mueller -12
Kyle Turris -14
Kurt Sauer -14.9
David Hale -19.1
*not including last night’s games
Penalties Drawn vs. TakenPretty self-explanatory. A measure of penalties drawn vs. taken, per 60 min.
ChicagoNAME PDRAW/60 PTAKE/60
Fraser 2.3 1.2
Adams 2 1
Brouwer 1.8 1.2
Versteeg 1.6 0.8
Sharp 1.5 1.5
Bolland 1.5 0.7
Eager 1.3 2.6
Walker 1.2 0
Toews 1 1
Byfuglien 1 1
Kane 0.7 0.7
Campbell 0.6 0.1
Johnson 0.6 1.5
Havlat 0.4 1
Ladd 0.4 1.1
Keith 0.3 0.4
Sopel 0.3 1
Seabrook 0.1 1.3
Barker 0 0.8
PhoenixNAME PDRAW/60 PTAKE/60
Carcillo 1.6 3
Hanzal 1.3 1
Boedker 1.3 0.4
Porter 1.2 0.2
Fedoruk 1 1.9
Reinprecht 1 0.2
Winnik 0.8 0.6
Jovanovski 0.8 0.6
Tikhonov 0.8 0.5
Yandle 0.7 1.4
Jokinen 0.7 2.2
Doan 0.7 0.5
Michalek 0.7 0.4
Turris 0.6 0.9
Morris 0.5 0.3
Mueller 0.4 0.6
Klee 0.3 1.2
Sauer 0.3 0.6
Hale 0.3 0.9
*not including last night’s games
ChicagoPlayer Face-Offs Taken FO%
Jonathan Toews 375 53.9
Colin Fraser 218 48.6
Kris Versteeg 32 46.9
Dave Bolland 352 45.7
Patrick Sharp 285 44.6
Adam Burish 36 44.4
Total: Rank: 26th 47.8
PhoenixPlayer Face-Offs Taken FO%
Martin Hanzal 408 47
Steven Reinprecht 250 46.4
Shane Doan 110 46.4
Olli Jokinen 284 39.4
Kyle Turris 163 39.3
Total Rank: 30th 42.9
*not including last night’s games
NHL LEADERS
Points
Player Team P
1 Evgeni Malkin PIT 432 Sidney Crosby PIT 403 Alex Ovechkin WAS 344 Simon Gagne PHI 325 Ryan Getzlaf ANA 329 Patrick Kane CHI 31
Goals
Player Team G
1 Jeff Carter PHI 192 Thomas Vanek BUF 193 Phil Kessel BOS 164 Marian Hossa Scum 155 Zach Parise NJ 156 Patrick Sharp CHI 15
GAA
Player Team GAA
1 Tim Thomas BOS 1.832 Brian Boucher SJ 1.893 D. Sabourin PIT 1.964 Alex Auld OTT 1.975 Craig Anderson FLA 2.0316 N. Khabibulin CHI 2.46
SV%
Player Team SV%
1 Craig Anderson FLA 0.9432 Tim Thomas BOS 0.9423 Jonas Hiller ANA 0.9334 D. Sabourin PIT 0.9285 Brian Boucher SJ 0.92811 N. Khabibulin CHI 0.922
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I take my hockey pretty seriously. I’m prone to vitriolic outbursts when I hear people say “No one watches hockey” or “I only like watching the fights”. I enforce Wait-For-A-Whistle in my own home, even when hockey isn’t even on. I drive nearly 40 miles each way for men’s league games that start at 10:30 at night when I have to be functional in a meeting at 7:00AM the following morning. So following the 2005-2006 season, when the Blackhawks cut ties with Pat Foley, their announcer for as long as I had been alive at the time, I was pretty upset. To that point, the list of atrocities committed by the Blackhawks on their fans, some of which I lived through, some of which predated me, was extensive. To list them now in this space would be tantamount to burning down the glue fac-tory that Barbaro was sent to, so I’ll spare you. But the fact remains that the only reason I had left to watch/listen to Hawks games was gone, and I was livid. I had had enough. Taking a cue from what I had heard a fed up Kansas City Royals fan had done, I decided to put my hockey allegiance up for sale to the high-est bidder on eBay. It killed me to do it, but I was at my wits’ end. I had determined that the winner of the auction would receive a sworn affidavit of my fandom and a photo of me in the new team’s sweater. After all, if they were going to be my new team, I was going to need one. So the week long auction started, and the offers rolled in, and the winning bid ended up being $50 from the pro-prietor of a sports memorabilia shop in the south suburbs who shall remain nameless. I received my payment, and he received his photo of me and the affidavit, made air-tight by a friend of mine who was in law school at the time, and even bore the signature of a witness. The team I was made a fan of, you ask? The Colorado Avalanche. So I was an Avalanche fan. I wasn’t entirely thrilled with it, but a few of my favorite players had once donned the…ummm…snowy A(?), such as Ray Bourque and Chris Drury. To this day, I still consider seeing Joe Sakic hand The Cup directly to Bourque and allowing him to hoist it first as one of the most incredible sporting moments I’ve ever seen. And I gave it an honest effort. I really did. I bought the Center Ice package to get the games. I only went to the United Center when the Avs were in town. I even had my parents pick up a vintage Forsberg Nordiques sweater when they were in Denver on
vacation. All while still keeping a watchful eye, if at a distance, on the Hawks. Then everything changed. Last call finally came for Old Man Wirtz, and the changes started coming. Again, to list them would just be adding to the massive amounts of knob polishing that Rocky and McDonough have already received. But the important thing was that the on-ice product was improving and exciting, and I could finally start forking over my hard earned money to see NHL hockey in this town in good conscience. So I started attending games more frequently, attending them with my good friend, a Mr. Adam Tatro. It was like intention-ally going to the bars where you know your ex-girlfriend is hanging out. Yeah, even the sight of her pisses you off, but damned if you
know any know any better. And I found myself buying back in. So I agreed to meet Tatro for the game after Christmas against the Predators last year. After an interminable ride on the #50 Damen bus all the way down from Lawrence, I met him at his vehicle, where he claimed he had a Christmas present for me. A Patrick Sharp sweater, com-plete with alternate “A”. “I bought you back asshole. You’re a Hawks fan again.”Unbeknownst to me, he had gone to the afore-mentioned memorabilia dealer, and bought my fandom off of him, and provide me with a
sweater, as was the original stipulation of my sale of myself. (It was a Patrick Sharp sweater due to my well documented man-crush on him dating back to the 2005 Calder Cup finals, but that’s a story for another time). So it’s going on a year now since my return to the fold, and it’s been excellent, especially with things coming full circle with the return of Pat Foley to the booth. Sure, I get infuriated with how fucking soft the Hawks are in their own zone, and I think Dale Tallon has the potential to set the franchise back years should he continue to screw the pooch with the salary cap situation. But by and large, it’s been a positive experience, and I’m glad to be back. So call me a sell out if you will, but I don’t care. As far as I’m concerned, it was a cry for help. You can find Matt McClure in section 321 or in the smoking pen out-side of gate 7, or email him at [email protected]
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The Making of The Chicago Blackhawks
YEAR DRAFT TRADE FREE AGENT2008-2009 Brian Campbell (BUF 6th round 1997
Cristobal Huet (LA 7th round 2001)Matt Walker (STL 3rd round 1998)Aaron Johnson (CLB 3rd round 2001)
2007-2008 Patrick Kane (1st round) Ben Eager (PHO 1st round 2002) from PHI for Jim Vandermeer (FA PHI 2000)Craig Adams (HAR 9th round 1996) from CAR for future considerations.Andrew Ladd (CAR 1st round 2004) from CAR for Tuomo Ruutu (CHI 1st round 2001)
Brent Sopel (VAN 6th round 1995)
2006-2007 Jonathan Toews (1st round) Martin Havlat (OTT 1st round 1999) from OTT and Bryan Smolinski (BOS 1st round 1990) for Tom Preissing (FA SJ 2003), Josh Hennessy (SJ 2nd round 2003) and Michael Barinka (CHI 2nd round 2003)Kris Versteeg (BOS 5th round 2004) from BOS for Brandon Bochenski (OTT 7th round 2001)
2005-2006 Patrick Sharp (PHI 3rd round 2001) from PHI for Matt Ellison (CHI 4th round 2002) and CHI 3rd round pick 2006
Nikolai Khabibulin (WIN 9th round 1992)
2004-2005 Cam Barker (1st round)Dave Bolland (2nd round)Troy Brouwer (7th round)
2003-2004 Brent Seabrook (1st round)Corey Crawford (2nd round)Dustin Byfuglien (8th round)
Colin Fraser (PHI 3rd round 2003), Jim Vandermeer (PHI FA 2000) and 2004 2nd round pick from PHI for Alex Zhamnov and 2004 4th round pick (WIN 4th round 1990)
2002-2003 Duncan Keith (2nd round)James Wisniewski (5th round)Adam Burish (9th round)
COACHESHead Coach-Joel QuennevilleAssistant Coach-John TorchettiAssistant Coach-Mike HavilandAssistant Coach- Marc BergevinGoaltending Coach-Stephane Waite
GM HISTORYDale Tallon (2005-Present)Bob Pulford (Too Fucking Long, Too Many Fuck-ing Times)Mike Smith (2001-2004)Bob Murray (1999-2000)
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The Making ofThe Phoenix Coyotes
YEAR DRAFT TRADE FREE AGENT2008-2009 Mikkel Boedker (1st round)
Viktor Tikhonov (1st round)Olli Jokinen (LA 1st round 1997) from FLA for Keith Ballard (BUF 1st round 2002), Nick Boynton (BOS 1st round 1999), and 2008 2nd round pickBrian McGratton (LA 4th round 1999) from OTT for 2009 5th round pick
Todd Fedoruk (PHI 7th round 1997)Kurt Sauer (COL 3rd round 2000)David Hale (NJ 1st round 2000)Ken Klee (WSH 9th round 1990)
2007-2008 Kyle Turris (1st round) Iilya Bryzgalov (ANA 2nd round 2000)
2006-2007 Peter Mueller (1st round) Daniel Carcillo (PIT 3rd round 2003) and 2008 3rd round pick from PIT for Georges Laraque (EDM 2nd round 1995)Mikael Tellqvist (TOR 3rd round 2000) from TOR for Tyson Nash (BOS 10th round 1994) and 2007 4th round pick
Ed Jovanovski (FLA 1st round 1994)
2005-2006 Martin Hanzal (1st round)Keith Yandle (4th round)
Steven Reinprecht (LA Undrafted FA 2000) and Phillip Sauve (COL 2nd round 1998) from CAL for Brian Boucher (PHI 1st 1995) and Mike LeClerc (ANA 3rd round 1995)Zbynek Michalek (MIN Undrafted FA 2001) from MIN for Eric Westrum (PHX 7th round 1998)
2004-2005 Enver Lisin (2nd round)Kevin Porter (4th round)Daniel Winnik (9th round)
2003-2004 Derek Morris (CAL 1st round 1996) and Keith Ballard (BUF 1st round 2002) from COL for Ossi Vaanenan (PHX 2nd round 1998), Chris Gratton (TB 1st round 1993), and 2005 2nd round pick
2002-20032001-20021995-1996 Shane Doan (1st round)
GM HISTORYPresent: Don Maloney2003-2007: Mike Barnett2001-2002: Cliff Fletcher1997-2001: Bobby Smith
COACHESHead Coach: Wayne GretzkyAsst. Coach: Ulf SamuelssonAsst. Coach: Doug SullimanGoaltending Coach: Grant Fuhr
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Playing at home............ 7-1-4Playing on road........... 4-5-3Scoring first.......... 5-2-2Opponent scores first........ 6-4-5Shoot the puck bimbo scores...... 2-0-1Shoot the puck bimbo doesn’t score...... 5-1-3Shoot the puck bimbo blows editors of Commited Indian..... 0-0-0ANYONE blows editors of Committed Indian ................. 0-0-0Playing on a Monday.............. 1-1-1 Playing on a Tuesday................ 1-0-0Playing on a Wednesday........... 3-0-2Playing on a Thursday.............. 0-0-0Playing on a Friday................ 1-2-1Playing on a Saturday............. 2-2-3Playing on a Sunday................ 2-1-0Savard changes lines during game... 1-2-1Coach Q keeps lines as they are, or at least he did..... 10-4-6Are out-muscled by opponent.... 4-6-3Outshoot opponent....... 6-4-2Are outshot by opponenet.... 4-2-5Havlat shies from contact......... 11-5-6Patrick Kane scores............... 4-3-2Jonathan Toews scores.......... 1-0-3Martin Havlat scores............. 4-0-1Patrick Sharp scores............ 8-2-2Dustin Byfuglien scores......... 1-0-0Dustin Byfuglien turns down a hit...... 9-5-5Andrew Ladd scores............. 2-0-1Dave Bolland scores......... 2-0-1Adam Burish scores....... HA!51 Phantom scores....... 1-1-1Duncan Keith scores........ 0-2-0Brent Seabrook scores...... 3-0-0Aaron Johnson scores.... 2-0-1Troy Brouwer scores.... 2-0-0Scoring a Power Play goal....... 8-2-6Not scoring a Power Play goal... 2-4-1Allowing a Power Play goal...... 6-3-7Not Allowing a Power Play goal....... 5-3-0Scoring a short-handed goal........... 1-1-0
Allowing a short-handed goal......... 1-1-1Taking 30 or more shots......... 7-3-4Taking less than 30 shots..... 4-3-1Allowing 30 shots or more...... 6-2-5Allowing 30 shots or less......... 5-4-2100 Level doesn’t cheer for anthem. 7-1-41st of a back-to-back...... 1-2-22nd of a back-to-back..... 2-2-0Opponent played night before.... 2-1-1Seabrook gets a flat-footed penalty.... 4-2-3Burish takes a penalty....... 4-3-2Keith takes a penalty......... 2-1-2Sharp takes a penalty....... 6-2-2Toews takes a penalty..... 4-1-2Havlat takes a penalty.... 4-0-0Sopel takes a penalty...... 2-2-1Sopel looks 6 steps slow...... 5-5-551 Phantom blows a coverage...... 9-4-6Toews is trying too hard...... 3-4-2At least 1 fight in 300 Level... 0-0-2No fights in 300 Level..... 7-1-2Playing Eastern Conference..... 1-2-1Playing Western Conference..... 10-4-6Playing Central Division...... 1-0-5Playing Northwest Division.... 4-1-0Playing Pacific Division 4-3-1Playing Atlantic Division 0-1-0Playing NASCAR Division 0-1-0Playing Northeast Division 1-0-1Playing in October.... 4-3-3Playing in November.... 6-3-3Playing in December...... 2-0-0Playing in January..... 0-0-0Playing in February..... 0-0-0Playing in March...... 0-0-0Playing in April...... 0-0-0UC plays really stupid goal song..... 7-1-4Huet’s five-hole open like Lindsay Lohan’s..... 2-4-2Getting obliterated on face-offs....... 3-5-3Are even close on face-offs..... 7-1-3
Eddie O tells crew to Stop It Right Here....... 11-6-7Eddie O tells us D have the forwards and forwards have the D during 4-on-4........ 11-6-7We fantasize about shooting Eddie O.... 11-6-7We’re ecstatic Pat Foley is back...... 10-5-7Ice-girls wear skirts....... 1-0-3Ice-girls wear pants....... 2-1-0ice-girls wear shorts.... 4-0-1Ice-girls wear hideous pink outfit....... 1-0-0Leading after 2 periods...... 8-1-3Losing after 2 periods...... 1-3-2Tied after 2 periods......... 1-2-2In overtime.......... 1-2In shootout....... 2-5Cam Barker plays....... 7-4-4Cam Barker is in Rockford due to GM incompetence..... 3-2-3Lacking a #2 center........ 11-6-7In 1-goal games..... 3-3-7In 2-goal games...... 2-2-0In 3-goal games....... 3-1-0In 4+ goal games...... 2-0-0Scoring 3+ goals..... 8-1-4Scoring less than 3 goals...... 0-5-3PA plays Ministry....... 0-0-0PA plays Modern Cock-Rock..... 7-1-4PA plays Classic Cock-Rock....... 4-1-4PA plays P.J. Harvey........ 0-0-0Frasier fights...... 5-2-1Burish fights....... 4-1-0Seabrook fights..... 0-0-0Barker fights......... 0-0-1Buff fights......... 0-0-2Sharp fights........ 0-0-0Eager fights.......... 4-0-1On Comcast...... 8-2-4On WGN....... 2-3-3On Vs........ 0-1-0Judd Sirott swears a lot off-air 11-6-7Committed Indian is sold outside... 3-1-2Editor of Committed Indian bleeds on programs........ 1-0-0
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