NHL playoffs: Best of Tuesday
Ottawa Senators pest Chris Neil is nasty and a pain to play against, but it looks like Brooks Oprik found a way to one-up him during Game 1, which the Penguins won 4-1 at Consol Energy Center.
The Penguins defenseman gave Neil a double-cup-check during the third period. Neil's one tough dude. Brooks' first cup check actually lifts Neil off of his feet!
Orpik was all over...
(Video) Brooks Orpik check on Eric Gryba
It's better to be the hammer than the nail. This is like a collision of two freight trains. Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik lights up Senators defenseman Eric Gryba with this heavy check. So would we call this an (B.C.) Eagle on (B.U.) Terrier violence?
GIF: Orpik and some guy collide. Guy doesn't fair well.
Eric Gryba's karma from the Lars Eller hit just made a visit to him:
Ken Dryden: After the Hit
English: Ken Dryden goalie mask, Hockey Hall-of-Fame (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
If you haven't seen this article, It's worth a read, but I don't agree with it. Not at all. I have never been a fan of Ken Dryden, post NHL career. Dryden has been one of the strong voices for taking fighting out of the NHL. A bad move in my opinion.
Ken Dryden, Grantland.com -- Yet if...
Habs Fans Probably Haven’t Forgiven Eric Gryba Yet
The Senators’ Eric Gryba will return tonight from a two game suspension when the Habs take on the Canadiens in Game 4. The series is as heated as it gets, and it seems like some Habs fans still haven’t fully forgiven Gryba for THIS HIT. The two teams definitely don’t like each other, especially following this line brawl in Game 3.
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Gryba to return from suspension
Defenseman Eric Gryba will be in the Ottawa Senators' lineup for Game 4 against the Montreal Canadiens.
Senators coach Paul MacLean said after the morning skate that Gryba will suit up Tuesday night, with Ottawa leading the first-round series 2-1.
The bruising defenseman was suspended for the last two games for his hit on Montreal center Lars Eller in Game 1. Eller was sent...
Senators' Eric Gryba to return from suspension
Defenseman Eric Gryba will be in the Ottawa Senators' lineup for Game 4 against the Montreal Canadiens.
Senators coach Paul MacLean said after the morning skate that Gryba will suit up Tuesday night, with Ottawa leading the first-round series 2-1.
The bruising defenseman was suspended for the last two games for his hit on Montreal center Lars Eller in Game 1. Eller was sent...
Ottawa Sun Adds Fuel to Senators-Canadiens Series With ‘Boot Those Habs’ Cover (Photo)
The Senators-Canadiens series is one that doesn’t need any off-ice help to stoke the flames, but that is not stopping the Ottawa Sun from getting involved — and trying to sell a few extra copies while they’re at it.
The Ottawa tabloid raised some eyebrows following Game 1 when it ran a cover that read “First Blood Sens” with a picture of Montreal forward Lars Eller laying...
Report: NHL Won’t Have Any Hearings Regarding Game 3 of Canadiens-Senators Series
All hell broke loose at ScotiaBank Place in Ottawa on Sunday night, despite the best efforts of the on-ice officiating crews to keep everything under control. It sounds as if there won’t be any off-ice efforts to get things under control, either.
The NHL is not expected to hand out any supplementary discipline following the wild events of Game 3 of the Senators-Canadiens series...
LINK CITY: Isles Stunned pics, stats, Lange, haters, Ottawa
thanks to Tyler B and Shoshi.
-- At least they fared better than this Pens fan: [ Deadspin ]
-- Mike Lange goal calls from Sunday.
-- Solid story about 66's return in 2000 from SeanCon.
Must-Read
-- Unlimited stats on Game 2. [ Shutdown Line ]
The Penguins "stunning" depth looked outmatched by the Islanders...
Crazy Line Brawl Breaks Out In Senators-Canadiens Playoff Game
It’s not often that you see a line brawl in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but tensions have been growing between the Senators and Canadiens ever since Eric Gryba took out Lars Eller in Game 1. Ottawa’s Zach Smith crosschecked Ryan White right off the face-off and that’s when all hell broke loose. 19 players had penalties in the third period alone.
Here’s a look at the Habs bench...
Jean-Gabriel Pageau loses tooth, hands it to backup goalie, scores hattrick
The Ottawa Senators-Montreal Canadiens playoff series has been the most intriguing series and it all started with Eric Gryba crushing Lars Eller and continued with Brandon Prust calling Ottawa’s head coach Paul MacLean a “bug-eyed fat walrus.” A new trend has started in this series, a player has lost a tooth in every single game and the team with the player that loses the...
BENCH CLEARER
Canadiens, Senators brawl during Game 3
The Montreal Canadiens-Ottawa Senators rivalry has been growing by the second ever since Eric Gryba lit up Lars Eller. After the Senators managed to gain a 5-1 lead, the Canadiens let their frustrations get the better of them in game three. Unfortunately for them when they started this line brawl they figured they would win, but they thought wrong. The Senators dusted them...
Full Court Press: Watch Orb’s Stretch Sprint to Win the Kentucky Derby, Turkish Soccer Player Knocked Out Cold, More Sexy Mexican Hotties
Click on the photo to watch Orb’s stretch spring
Orb stormed down the stretch to win the 2013 Kentucky Derby, having trailed for the majority of the race. At 6-1, Orb was the post-time favorite, and became just the fifth favorite to win the Derby in the last 25 years.
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Eric Gryba broke Lars Eller’s Nose and there was blood [WithLeather]
Fitness Girls Should Get You Motivated...
Ottawa Senators coach shrugs off Montreal insults
Paul MacLean was a delightful guy to be around in his playing days as a goal-scoring winger in the NHL. He was a serious competitor, but he didn’t take himself too seriously.So it’s no shock he charmed reporters after drawing the ire of the Montreal Canadiens and the excitable media corps covering that team.MacLean outraged the Habs by referring to Raphael Diaz as simply “No...
Senators intent on taking it to Montreal in Game 3
The Senators know they missed a big opportunity.
They seized home-ice advantage from Montreal in the opener of their first-round series in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Then came a poor effort in Game 2.
Ottawa now looks to rebound when it hosts the Canadiens in Game 3 on Sunday night with the series 1-1.
With Max Pachioretty, Brian Gionta and Lars Eller all injured and out...
Canadiens-Senators Preview
The Senators know they missed a big opportunity.
They seized home-ice advantage from Montreal in the opener of their first-round series in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Then came a poor effort in Game 2.
Ottawa now looks to rebound when it hosts the Canadiens in Game 3 on Sunday night with the series 1-1.
With Max Pachioretty, Brian Gionta and Lars Eller all injured and out...
It’s Not The ‘Old Days’ Anymore
from Cam Cole of the Vancouver Sun,
Then again, in the old days, nobody even realized players’ brains could be damaged. They were made of sterner stuff then. Smelling salts would fix any temporary discombobulation, and out they went for another shift.
But we actually do know a little more now. Not everything there is to know, but enough to be sure of two things:
1...
Canadiens win Game 2 to tie series
Ryan White started a three-goal second period and goalie Carey Price was back in top form with 29 saves and the Montreal Canadiens downed the Ottawa Senators 3-1 to even their playoff series on Friday.
The best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal is tied 1-1 heading into Game 3 on Sunday in Ottawa.
Brendan Gallagher and Michael Ryder also scored for Montreal. Milan Michalek...
NHL suspends Senators' Gryba 2 games
Ottawa Senators defenseman Eric Gryba was suspended for two games by the NHL on Friday for his crushing hit on Montreal Canadiens center Lars Eller in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
Gryba caught Eller with his head down at the Montreal blue line Thursday night in the second period of the Senators' 4-2 victory. Eller crashed face-first to the ice, and was bleeding...
NHL suspends Senators' Gryba 2 games
Ottawa Senators defenseman Eric Gryba was suspended for two
games by the NHL on Friday for his crushing hit on Montreal
Canadiens center Lars Eller in Game 1 of their first-round playoff
series.
Eric Gryba Suspended Two Games for Hit on Montreal’s Lars Eller (Video)
The NHL has handed down its second playoff suspension in as many days, this time to Ottawa’s Eric Gryba.
Gryba was suspended two games for his hit during Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals on Thursday that bloodied Monteal’s Lars Eller and sent the Canadiens forward to the hospital. Gryba was assessed a five-minute major penalty for interference and a game misconduct...
Diaz calls MacLean 'fat walrus'
On Thursday night, Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean rather flippantly brushed off suggestions that Senators defenseman Eric Gryba's hit on Montreal Canadiens center Lars Eller -- one that left Eller motionless and bloody on the ice -- was a dirty play.
In fact, MacLean went so far as to blame Eller's teammate, Habs defenseman Rafael Diaz, for the collision, saying:
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Shanahan Made The Right Call On The Suspension Of Gryba
from Damien Cox of the Toronto Star,
Having dumped on Brendan Shanahan for going on two years now, I feel compelled to congratulate him when he gets one right.
And I think he nailed it on Eric Gryba.
Well, let me back off that just a bit, since I believe all NHL suspensions are, in general, far too short, which is why there are so many of them. Give Andrew Ference 10...
Eric Gryba gets 2-game ban
So, now we suspend players in the NHL for legal hits? According to TSN's Bob McKenzie, the Senators Eric Gryba is going to get a two game ban for his hit on Lars Eller.
When I first saw the hit, I thought the hit in question was a head shot, but after further review it was pretty obvious that the hit was a vicious, but legal shoulder-to-torso hit, in my opinion this is also...
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