Young star Malkin makes up for the lacklustre 2008 post-season to capture Conn Smythe with the most playoff points since 1993 One year after taking heavy criticism for his disappearance on hockey’s grandest stage, Evgeni Malkin was hailed as the grandest performer of them all Friday. Malkin, who had the highest post-season point total since …
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He was only goalie to win MVP twice Dominik Hasek, the Detroit Red Wings goaltender known as the Dominator, retired Monday because he said he lacked the motivation for a 17th season. “I don’t feel today that I’m ready to compete on the highest level,” Hasek said during a news conference at Detroit’s Joe Louis …
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Chris Osgood became the third goalie in NHL history to score a goal after Billy Smith (November 28, 1979) and Ron Hextall (December 8, 1987, April 11, 1989) on this day in hockey history, March 6, 1996, against the Hartford Whalers.
Detroit Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood got his first NHL shutout as the Wings defeated the Hartford Whalers 3-0. The game was held before a neutral-site crowd of 11,621at Richfield Coliseum. Osgood stopped all 17 shots he faced and the Wing’s goals came from Nicklas Lindstrom, Keith Primeau, and Vyacheslav Kozlov.
