NHL All-Star Skills Competition: Sorry, Kimmo, but we're rooting for Team Alfredsson
by Travis Hughes on Jan 28, 2012 4:31 PM EST
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The best on-ice part of All-Star Weekend happens tonight around 7 p.m. when the Skills Competition goes off at Scotiabank Place in some far flung suburb of Ottawa.
It's the same basic format as one year ago. Here's a list of events: Fastest Skater, Breakaway Challenge, Accuracy Shooting, Skills Challenge Relay, Hardest Shot, and the Elimination Shootout. Check in with SBNation.com for full details on every event, including the full rosters for each event.
Each of the three Flyers All-Stars, plus the two rookies, will take part in the Skills Competition in some fashion. Rookies Matt Read and Sean Couturier join Claude Giroux and Scott Hartnell on Team Alfredsson, while Kimmo Timonen is forced to fraternize with Zdeno Chara and his pals on Team Chara.
Let's look at the events in which we can spot some orange and black.
Fastest Skater: No Flyers participants.
Breakaway Challenge: Sean Couturier will lead off for Team Alfredsson. No pressure, kid. This is the event where you have to come up with the most clever breakaway attempt, and the fans both in the building and at home vote for the winner via text message. All-Star's version of the slam dunk contest, I guess.
Accuracy Shooting: Matt Read will lead off for Team Alfie here as the first shooter, and Alex Edler from the Canucks will be his passer. Claude Giroux will be a passer for Steven Stamkos on Team Alfredsson's third attempt.
Skills Challenge Relay: All I remember from this event last year is those cross-ice passes into really, really tiny nets to test passing accuracy. Kimmo Timonen will be a participant in that portion this year during Team Chara's second heat. Scott Hartnell and Claude Giroux will both be a part of Team Alfredsson's second heat, with Hartsy shooting a one-timer and Giroux showing some cones who's boss in the stick-handling portion.
Hardest Shot: No Flyers participants. Pour one out for Chris Pronger.
Elimination Shootout: Claude Giroux will be going up against Tim Thomas here, while Kimmo Timonen will shoot against Jonathan Quick.
Sorry, Kimmo. Team Chara sucks.
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Excellent article from Seravalli on the friendship between Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell.
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Nope. Just the Skills Competition tonight.
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No, and it sucks.
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
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Hartnell’s in the one-timer contest? Does he get to shoot it from that spot on the hashmarks with Giroux feeding it to him every time? Because if so he’ll win no contest.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Jan 28, 2012 5:06 PM EST reply actions
no worrys g deked timmy out of his skates in boston…i expect it again
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cooters accuracy
with how cooter shots have been top shelf lately why not put him in it?
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Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
What do you think? Does G pull it off?
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Ignore that link! Apparently TSN changes URLs when the video ends.
Try this. Does G pull it off?
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It’s amazing and awesome how much the team has embraced Jagr.
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Ohai, Claude!
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with letang out most of the year how the hell did he get in…..just waiting for pronger and crosby now
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I Want To Go To The Barber Shop With Over Half These People
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by Justin F. on Jan 28, 2012 7:27 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
From someone who watches all four sports, I find the NHL All-Star game is regularly the most entertaining.
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Letang beats Campbell, scoring a point for Alfie.
Chara 0
Alfie 1
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Skating goalies?
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Quick is quick
Chara 0
Alfie 2
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Not sure if my linemate saw the salute. But that was for u Mr. Jagr. #thisisunbelievable
http://twitter.com/#!/Hartsy19/status/163419095046426624
Keeping alive the old Vaudeville joke, "I'd rather be dead than play Philadelphia."
jagr any response?
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Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
I think we’ll probably have to wait until Jagr is interviewed by the media at practice or a game to see what his response is.
They took me out of Philly and sent me to Indy.
Max Talbot- My favorite French-Canadian
no twitter?
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Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
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Jagr is almost as old as I am – no, we don’t do Twitter.
Maxime Talbot - in the Orange and Black ... better than chocolate and peanut butter!
by MaximumTalbot on Jan 28, 2012 11:25 PM EST up reply actions
Bernie has Twitter.
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Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
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by Chemistry66 on Jan 28, 2012 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
Jagr is my age, and I do twitter
G, the second coming of Foppa.
Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Jan 29, 2012 10:34 PM EST up reply actions
OT
“Miracle” is on… if you need commercial break entertainment!
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what channel?
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TNT
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by JerseyDriver on Jan 28, 2012 7:38 PM EST up reply actions
What channel?
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Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
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Hagelin makes it 3 in a row for the Good Guys Minus Kimmo
Chara 0
Alfie 3
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Yandle stumbles, and Kessel scores first for Chara
Chara 1
Alfie 3
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sidney crosby has c1 and c2 vertabrae abnormalities per nhl.com
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MICHAEL!
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Karlsson defeats former Senator Marion Hossa
Chara 1
Alfie 4
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They’re showing 3-2 Alfie. Think Hagelin lost the first one by a teeny bit.
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Nope. They are showing 5-1.
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They were showing 3-2 when I saw it.
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Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
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Yep. NBCSN was right. CBC failed.
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And now they are showing 4-2. Okay then.
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Did you see Cooter and Weber sitting next to each other?
There must be an imminent trade!
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I guess if I have to be named after a drunk driver, being named Pelle isn't so bad.
by Pronger? I don't even know her! on Jan 28, 2012 7:41 PM EST reply actions
homer wanted him to ask what $ money hes looking for in the offseason
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"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
Hagelin and Greening being the two fastest skaters on their teams in the first 5 legs, run the 6th. Hagelin wins.
Chara 1
Alfie 5
after 1 round.
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Make that
Chara 2
Alfie 4
CBC mis-credited an Alfie team member in the fastest skater.
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Scooter is denied by Carey Price!
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What was that, Patrick Kane?
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gf made me change rooms...what did cooter try?
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"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
It’s hard to follow this event with only the camera that’s trailing the shooter like that on that first attempt; I must be old fashioned for saying that I’d rather see it from the normal camera angles
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You’re not alone
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by JerseyDriver on Jan 28, 2012 7:55 PM EST up reply actions
this is getting pathetic
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Right you are
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You mean someone has to win this?
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The only winner here is Carey Price.
Keeping alive the old Vaudeville joke, "I'd rather be dead than play Philadelphia."
Oh goody, we go through the order again.
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Here is Scooter again in on Price…
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twhs
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SCOOTER SPINORAMA SCORE!
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And that might be the leader. #LowBar
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So much for that. Kane’s probably the leader now for…….whatever that was.
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#KanerDown
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can you do that during a game?
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Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
Carey Price looked like he was Tebowing during that entire breakaway.
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okay, i thought i’d hang out even though i can’t watch, but i feel so depressed and excluded. :(
stupid cable that costs too damn much.
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find a -—————
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i feel convicted about them. having my folks back home DVR all the festivities and keep them until i can get back to TN.
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Hilarious.
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Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
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what..i meant a cable provder
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Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
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Why did Brian Elliot spin around?
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Brian Elliot doing it Bernie Parent style now.
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Aw, dammit, Price. But well played.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Jan 28, 2012 7:59 PM EST reply actions
And……..Couturier is stopped by a backward facing Carey Price.
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Okay, Perry gave me the biggest laugh so far
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I missed it. What did he do?
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He had a little miniature stick hidden under his jersey; so he started to skate up normally and then tossed his real stick aside, then his gloves, pulled up his jersey to get the smaller stick and then scored using that
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 28, 2012 8:05 PM EST up reply actions
Who does Logan Couture think he is? Mick Foley? #CheapPop
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If it had been G who broke out his Gatineau sweater we’d probably be praising him for it, so I don’t fault Couture for playing to the crowd
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 28, 2012 8:06 PM EST up reply actions
Scooter Rules. Well done, young man!
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Patrick Kane wins the Breakaway Contest
So I am guessing that makes it 4-3 Alfie?
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Or was that worth more than one point? Does anyone know? Does anyone care?
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Yep.
Chara 3
Alfie 4
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totally thought perry was pulling a SlapShot striptease
oh man can you image lol
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by reaper1221 on Jan 28, 2012 8:10 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
And he pulls the HartnellDown toque on.
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Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
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Matt Read gets a point for apparently being better than one member of Team Chara. This scoring system makes no sense.
Chara 3
Alfie 5
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Never really has, that one was probably worth less because it was the fan vote
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 28, 2012 8:14 PM EST up reply actions
each shooter is going up against another on the other team, head to head like
by MrSavageHenry on Jan 28, 2012 8:14 PM EST up reply actions
Hahaha Seguin fails.
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Spezza beats Seguin for a point. Matt Read is still fastest overall
Chara 3
Alfie 6
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And Stammer gets frustrated. SLAPSHOT.
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Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
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I’d be more impressed if they had to take slappers and still hit the targets.
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Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Jan 28, 2012 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
Well they have to do one-timers from a funny angle in the relay one….
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 28, 2012 8:18 PM EST up reply actions
End this. Now.
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Was that an iPad Hartnell was using there?
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Someone said BB Playbook
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Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Jan 28, 2012 8:18 PM EST up reply actions
Benn defeats the embarrassing Stamkos. Matt Read still the best overall.
Chara 4
Alfie 6
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Nevermind.
Benn beat Read by a few tenths of a second.
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I think Benn beat his time… Wasn’t Read 14 and change, and Benn was like 13.8 ish?
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 28, 2012 8:18 PM EST up reply actions
Hossa beat D. Sedin. Brings Chara to within 1.
Chara 5
Alfie 6
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Jamie Benn vs. Matt Read (!!!) in the final
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Matt Read up first…….and he does it in 16.361 after a slow start.
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Flyers rookies beasting tonight.
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Holy. Shit. Benn.
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Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
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10.204 seconds for Jamie Benn to win the accuracy championship and tie the overall score for Chara
Chara 6
Alfie 6
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Matt Motha fuckin Read!!!
So smooth!!!
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Considering Benn hasn’t played since his surgery and could be slightly rusty, it’s amazing he did that well in the accuracy competition
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Very impressive without a doubt.
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Mister F. ;-)
It’s been going all right, actually. Kids mostly seem into me. I’ve got a lesson plan to create for Monday though. Hopefully I will have it done tomorrow afternoon before the All-Star game. That’s my goal.
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whos your favorite dictator to talk about?
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I have not talked about any dictators yet
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Oh shush Milbury… If the neck injury was aggravating the concussion, the concussion can’t really heal correctly until after his neck stopped bothering him. Am I the only one that doesn’t think it’s that hard to understand?
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Haha. I yelled basically the same thing at the TV.
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While true, it IS odd they’re not finding out he he had a neck injury until it seems its mostly healed.
It sounds like Pittsburgh’s medical staff have a bit to answer for to miss an injury to the vertebrae of their star player…
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by PursuitOfLappyness on Jan 28, 2012 8:39 PM EST up reply actions
a neck injury can affect a concussion?
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"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
It can definitely aggravate it. I mean, a lot of people get a headache when their neck is sore, so that’s a fairly simple way of illustrating how closely related they are without getting technical.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 28, 2012 8:46 PM EST up reply actions
Rod The Bod!
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lol my cat is baws!
tried to take off his flyers bandana and as it came off he bit it and tried to keep me from moving it
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Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
Hahaha!
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by KreiderDesigns on Jan 28, 2012 8:45 PM EST up reply actions
Team Alfredsson's first heat is faster than Team Chara's first heat.
Chara 7
Alfie 6
Timonen, Giroux, and Hartnell will appear in the 2nd heats.
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I tuned in around 7:41. Was Fastest Skater the first thing?
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Kimmo Time
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I miss the 3-on-0s….are they ding them again? I feel like there’s only time for the Elimination Shootout.
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I don’t think they are, you’re right those were cool
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 28, 2012 8:52 PM EST up reply actions
2:14 in the 2nd heat for Team Chara. Apparently fastest time overall gets an additional point this round.
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atta boy hartsy!
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Scott Hartnell is a beast.
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Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
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trade him for a bag of pucks he's paid to much!!
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Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
Who says that? Give me a first round pick and I’ll still trade him.
Simon Gagne AND Mike Richards may move between towns, wear new jerseys and call different arenas home but, at the end of the day, they will both always be Philadelphia Flyers.
One day Sean Couturier will win the Conn Smythe. You heard it here first.
by PursuitOfLappyness on Jan 28, 2012 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
Hartnell goes 3 for 3 on his one-timers!
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Team Ginger for life.
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
Ian Laperriere (EE-an luh-PAIR-ee-YAIR), proper noun. Definition: Bad-assery on skates
Fastest overall time and the 2nd heat goes to Team Alfredsson!
Chara 6
Alfie 9
Up next, the competition that never ceases to frighten me.
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sedin gif now!
Beets,Bears,Battlestar Galactica.
MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
...
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
Ian Laperriere (EE-an luh-PAIR-ee-YAIR), proper noun. Definition: Bad-assery on skates
omg that had to be planned or something
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MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
HOLY HELL!!! It’s hypnotizing.
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by KreiderDesigns on Jan 28, 2012 9:01 PM EST up reply actions
Meanwhile if any of you feel like laughing at the city of Detroit, the Sixers lead the Pistons by 28.
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what the hell, i thought the pistons were a good team?
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MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
They are not anymore.
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Same can be said with Little Caesar’s Pizza profits.
In seriousness, though, that may end up being butt ugly in a few years.
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The signing of Fielder may be butt ugly in a few years, that is. Not Little Caesar’s Pizza profits.
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Scott Hartnell!
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Chara 7
Alfie 9
Hardest shot is about to begin.
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Point for Alfie
Chara 7
Alfie 10
I’m too busy watching this Sixers mauling to pay attention to who is doing what in an attempt to frighten me to death.
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Another point for Alfie
Chara 7
Alfie 11
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I said it before but I’ll say it again….it’s unfair to have Chara in this competition. It’s physics.
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well that’s like saying it’s unfair to have Prince Fielder in the HR competition. It’s physics there as well. Well partly, he still has to generate bat speed just as Chara has to generate the stick speed for the slap shot. That’s really what provides most of the velocity. That’s the way it is for batting at least but I just assume it’s similar for a slap shot.
Ouch
Chara 8
Alfie 11
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Fuck that. He’s a goddamned freak. You can’t beat it.
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as is Michael Phelps
They took me out of Philly and sent me to Indy.
Max Talbot- My favorite French-Canadian
that he is, his wingspan is greater than his height among many things. When I was sill swimming, we would be at the same meet and he is freakishly huge up close.
They took me out of Philly and sent me to Indy.
Max Talbot- My favorite French-Canadian
I know. If I were to draw him I’d have to proportion his arms and his upper body to that of a regular person because if drew what I saw, it would look like I didn’t understand the proportions of the human figure – that’s how freakish he looks.
120mph shot comin up
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MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
Four shots for Chara and all were above the record he set last year… are we sure that new stick is legal?
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What would make a stick illegal in the NHL?
by chicago_flyers_fan on Jan 28, 2012 9:14 PM EST up reply actions
For players who aren’t Chara there is a height max. Also curves can make a stick illegal. There might also be new rules about the composition of the stick?
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by KreiderDesigns on Jan 28, 2012 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
Nothing particular, other than a “material approved by the league”. So they have to say the composite or whatever that it’s made from is safe, I suppose. But I was really just musing out loud
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 28, 2012 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
Zdeno Chara frightens me
Chara 9
Alfie 11
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yeah but how much of that is his oversized stick
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MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
Consider Weber is almost up there, I say its his pure size giving him an advantage
by Anders Jensen on Jan 28, 2012 9:15 PM EST up reply actions
But, serious props to Weber for hitting 106
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Yeah!
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by KreiderDesigns on Jan 28, 2012 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
It’s going to get lost, but any other moment and that would’ve been really impressive
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 28, 2012 9:18 PM EST up reply actions
Like I said. Al Iafrate still had the hardest shot ever, in my opinion.
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by KreiderDesigns on Jan 28, 2012 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
Damn, the game went to a shootout again.
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
Ian Laperriere (EE-an luh-PAIR-ee-YAIR), proper noun. Definition: Bad-assery on skates
Oh wait, it’s just a skills competition.
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
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Stamkos scores
Chara 9
Alfie 12
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Malkin scores
Chara 10
Alfie 12
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Spezza, nice!
Chara 10
Alfie 14
I missed one somewhere.
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will the guy in the second row return cary price's skates?
cause he got deked right out of them
Beets,Bears,Battlestar Galactica.
MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
Here's Roux....
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And Claude is eliminated.
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Alfredsson scores!
Chara 10
Alfie 15
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Iginla scores.
Chara 11
Alfie 15
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can any1 imagine if bryz was in net?
this would never end
Beets,Bears,Battlestar Galactica.
MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
...
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
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see that guy knows its true
Beets,Bears,Battlestar Galactica.
MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
facepalm
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Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
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Pomvinville scores
Chara 11
Alfie 16
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Impressive from LeTang
Chara 11
Alfie 17
I think we know who is winning this…..
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Here's Kimmo!
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lol no G
but kimmo does it hahaha
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MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
If memory serves, he scored twice the last time he was in it.
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by KreiderDesigns on Jan 28, 2012 9:31 PM EST up reply actions
TIMONEN SCORES!
Chara 12
Alfie 17
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He definitely won one for us last season, against Tampa it went like 7(?) rounds and Kimmo finally ended it
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 28, 2012 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
i remember that it gave me and my gf stress ulcers
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MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
Because his nickname isn’t Kimmo Timonen Offensive Dynamo?
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Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
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chara should just slap it and watch the goalie duck
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MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
NYR management just had a heart attack
Beets,Bears,Battlestar Galactica.
MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
Pretty from Stamkos!
Chara 12
Alfie 18
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Iginla denied
Timonen is the last man standing for Team Chara.
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Tavares
Chara 12
Alfie 19
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pokecheck!
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MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
And down goes Timonen
Chara 12
Alfie 19
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LOL the shooters for team Alfredsson get to keep going?
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Apparently
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 28, 2012 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
alfie said fuckit im tired
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MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
I love how they are still running up the scoreboard with everyone from Chara eliminated.
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It’s down to Stamkos, Tavares, and Pominville.
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Tavares eliminated
If Pominville is denied here by Howard, it’s game over and Stamkos wins
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Stamkos wins!
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shouldnt stamkos have to shoot again?
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MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
No he was the only one to score in round 3
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 28, 2012 9:39 PM EST up reply actions
I think so
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 28, 2012 9:41 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, only thing is you cant skate backwards or behind goal.
by Anders Jensen on Jan 28, 2012 9:41 PM EST up reply actions
Here are the official rules
He shall then place the puck on the center face-off spot and the player taking the shot will, on the instruction of the Referee (by blowing his whistle), play the puck from there and shall attempt to score on the goalkeeper. The puck must be kept in motion towards the opponent’s goal line and once it is shot, the play shall be considered complete. No goal can be scored on a rebound of any kind (an exception being the puck off the goal post or crossbar, then the goalkeeper and then directly into the goal), and any time the puck crosses the goal line or comes to a complete stop, the shot shall be considered complete.
The lacrosse-like move whereby the puck is picked up on the blade of the stick and "whipped" into the net shall be permitted provided the puck is not raised above the height of the shoulders at any time and when released, is not carried higher than the crossbar. See also 80.1.
The spin-o-rama type move where the player completes a 360° turn as he approaches the goal, shall be permitted as this involves continuous motion.
The link takes you to the penalty shot page of the NHL Rulebook which is where the procedure for this is explained. There is no difference between a penalty shot and a shootout shot.
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FINAL SCORE
Chara 12
Alfredsson 21
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invasion of space alert!!!
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MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
team alfie's goalies
Were better. Also, I so wanted to see Hartnell skate the cones.
"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn
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