Unusual Suspects Score In Sharks Win Over Detroit
By Stephanie Lee, San Jose Sharks Correspondent
Pickles. Mammoths. Tacos. Mystery Houses. An American with a Silver Medal. Those are just some of the things that a Sharks fan might find around HP Pavilion in San Jose.
Thursday night ended up like no other night at the Tank. The San Jose Sharks beat the Detroit Red Wings by the score of 5-2 for the fifth time in a row, getting...
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November 18, 2011
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November 18, 2011
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This Day In Hockey History (11/18)
TGIF today on This Day as we salute a goalie that was a little out there (aren't they all?) but when a playoff game was on the line, there were few better. Today is from a moment that happened ten years ago. Let's face it, when Patrick Roy was on his game there were maybe a small handful that were at his level. First we have the video and then the moment.
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November 18, 2011
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November 18, 2011
Video: Should Methot earn suspension for Sedin boarding?
Sometime soon, Brendan Shanahan is going to get tired of writing his suspension scripts and tell Rob Blake, a member of the NHL's Player Safety Department, to step in and take one for the team.
Another night, another questionable hit; this time in Columbus where Marc Methot was given two minutes for boarding Henrik Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks:
If you're wondering if this...
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October 11, 2011
Players Admit to Playing as Their Virtual Counterparts
While he spends most of his time in first-person shooters and real-time strategies, Jeremy Smith says that NHL 97 was one of his favorites when he was younger. (Sarah Fuqua)
As much as they would like to and as much as their coaches would like them to, hockey players cannot train 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week, 365-days-a-year. They need down time.
Several players use that down time...
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September 23, 2011
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September 23, 2011
Matthew Barry: Is Drew Doughty Mirroring Rob Blake?
This evening a video surfaced of Drew Doughty practicing with the London Knights. The reporter said, "Doughty wishes all the contract dealings behind the scenes would come out, so he doesn't look like the bad guy." That's something that never happened with Rob Blake. I spent months putting together this piece a few years ago but never got around to publishing it...
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September 20, 2011
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September 20, 2011
Matthew Barry: My Thoughts on the Rookie Game and Doughty Not Showing
It was so nice to go to the Toyota Sports Complex in El Segundo to watch hockey. I ran into Glen Murray and Nelson Emerson and one of the Gretzky brothers (I think). I even sneered at Rob Blake, whom I guess has nothing better to do with his 81 million dollars than to hang around a practice rink and watch a bunch of 17-22 year olds play. I wanted to ask him how that San Jose cup...
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September 16, 2011
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September 16, 2011
Pass or Fail: Grading NHL’s new rules tested at R&D Camp
Perhaps the greatest misconception about the NHL Research and Development Camp, which just completed its second summer at the absurdly named MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence near Toronto, is that NHL VP Brendan Shanahan is an evil scientist.
Sure, the R&D symposium has become affectionately known as "Camp Shanny," and the new NHL discipline czar is its spokesman. But it...
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August 19, 2011
Who Is Next For The Hall?
Will former Sharks captain Rob Blake be the next inductee into the Hockey Hall of Fame from the Sharks franchise?
Center Igor Larionov was the first S...
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June 28, 2011
Hall of Fame Needs to Catch Up
From Pierre LeBrun at ESPN:
It is time for some repair work at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
That is the theme for the Class of 2011 if all goes well here Tuesday, when the Hall’s 18-member selection committee meets to debate and ultimately select November’s new members.
“Repair” as in make things right for a few players who have been passed over in recent years...
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June 27, 2011
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June 27, 2011
Matthew Barry: Brilliant!!!
Leave it to Murphy's Law that the Kings make a blockbuster deal while I'm on an airplane!
I didn't think Lombardi had the balls.
I didn't think Lombardi would ever make a deal like this.
But this is about as good for the Kings as the Rob Blake trade was for Colorado.
You get the best player. Lombardi got the best player.
He passed on Lecavalier. He...
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June 24, 2011
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June 24, 2011
Committee OKs expanding head-shot rule
The NHL's competition committee agrees with a recommendation to broaden the league's definition of illegal hits to the head.
The committee's decision Monday is the next step in expanding the scope of Rule 48, enacted last year to outlaw blindside head shots.
The NHL Players' Association also will consider the change, and the league's board of governors must...
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June 13, 2011
NHL committee agrees with head-shot rule expansion
The NHL's competition committee agrees with a recommendation to broaden the league's definition of illegal hits to the head.
The committee's decision Monday is the next step in expanding the scope of Rule 48, enacted last year to outlaw blindside head shots.
The NHL Players' Association also will consider the change, and the league's board of governors must...
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June 13, 2011
Hockey Thoughts On A Monday Afternoon
from Elliotte Friedman of CBC, • A number of NHL execs and players are amazed that Brendan Shanahan and Rob Blake are leading the safety charge, considering that was probably the last thing they were concerned about when they played against you. “Those two guys were brutal,” one said, and it’s not an insult. “Blake is one of the nicest guys in the league...
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June 13, 2011
Aaron Musick: Ten years after "Mission Accomplished"
It is hard to believe but ten years ago today, this happened:
Ten years ago tonight, the sentiment running through Colorado was "Mission Accomplished." All that they had fought for the past year and a half, the mission to get Ray Bourque his first Stanley Cup was complete.
That team had it all. They had three top two defensemen in Bourque, Adam Foote and Rob Blake...
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June 09, 2011
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June 09, 2011
Ken Holland and Rob Blake attempt to explain head-shot rule tweak on Hockey Night in Canada
Red Wings GM Ken Holland and NHL executive Rob Blake spoke to the CBC’s Ron MacLean in a special Satellite Hotstove on Wednesday night’s Hockey Night in Canada broadcast, explaining both the tweaks to the head-shot rule, Holland’s role in some of Colin Campbell’s rulings and the game’s hybrid American/European status, physicality included:
The NHL...
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June 09, 2011
Video: Shanahan, NHL GMs talk blindside hit rule change
BOSTON — The NHL's general managers have recommended a tweak to Rule 48, which banned blindside hits beginning this season, but offered few specifics about that change after meeting prior to Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final in Boston.
The rule change was inspired by a presentation by the "blue-ribbon" panel of Tampa Bay Lightning GM Steve Yzerman, Dallas Stars GM Joe...
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June 08, 2011
GMs back broader penalties for head hits
The NHL's general managers have agreed with a recommendation to broaden the league's definition of illegal hits to the head, likely expanding the scope of a rule enacted last year to outlaw blindside head shots.
The GMs met in a downtown Boston hotel before Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals Wednesday.
While they agreed more can be done to protect players, most executives...
Via AP on Fox
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June 08, 2011
GMs support broader penalties for head hits
The NHL's general managers have agreed with a recommendation to broaden the league's definition of illegal hits to the head, likely expanding the scope of a rule enacted last year to outlaw blindside head shots.
The GMs met in a downtown Boston hotel before Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals Wednesday.
While they agreed more can be done to protect players, most executives...
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June 08, 2011
Top 25: #4 Al “Chopper” MacInnis
We continue down the path of the Top 25 Most Influential Players in Blues History. This is not a list of the best players in team history but a combination of the best, most influential, and the most important to the team.
Blasting his way to #4: Al MacInnis
Al MacInnis spent 11 seasons with the Calgary Flames before joining the St. Louis Blues in 1994. MacInnis left the Flames as...
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March 21, 2011
Wharnsby: Blake follows path of Yzerman, Nieuwendyk
Introduced Thursday as part of the Canadian management team for the 2011 world hockey championship next month, Rob Blake seems to be on a career path similar to the one taken by a pair of his former Olympic teammates, writes Tim Wharnsby.
Via Forecaster
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March 17, 2011
Canada chooses leadership team for world championships
David Nonis, Rob Blake and Bob Murray will run Team Canada's entry at the men's world hockey championships this spring in Slovakia, Hockey Canada announced Thursday.
Via ESPN
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March 17, 2011
Canada chooses leadership team for world championships
David Nonis, Rob Blake and Bob Murray will run Team Canada's entry at the men's world hockey championships this spring in Slovakia, Hockey Canada announced Thursday.
Via ESPN
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March 17, 2011
Blake on Canadian staff for hockey worlds: report
Recently retired NHL defenceman Rob Blake is expected to serve as an assistant to GM Dave Nonis at the world hockey championship in Slovakia next month, according to sources requesting anonymity.
Via Forecaster
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March 16, 2011
NHL's New Concussion Rules Reactionary And About Image Not Safety
In Florida this week the NHL General Managers are having their meetings to discuss the state of the game. There was little doubt that concussions and player safety were going to be at the forefront of the discussions and so NHL Commissioner attempted to get out in front of that with his new five point plan to attempt to reduce concussions in the league. The full plan can...
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March 14, 2011
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March 14, 2011
What Stanley Cup Champions Have Done at the Trade Deadline
If your team didn't make a big deal in the last few weeks leading up to the trade deadline, dont fear. Since 1980, only twelve eventual Stanley Cup Champions have made deals around deadline day.Here's a list of trades provided by NHL Media Services.TRADES AROUND THE DEADLINE INVOLVING EVENTUAL STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSince 1980, there have been a number of trades made around...
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February 28, 2011
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February 28, 2011
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