It has been four years since Jean-Sebastien Giguere won the Conn Smythe Trophy, and the Anaheim Ducks goaltender’s outstanding memory of it was that it felt lousy. So when the media horde descended on the Honda Center after the charter flight from hell on Tuesday afternoon, and began bandying candidates’ names about for the Stanley …
This Day In Hockey History-March 5, 2004- (VIDEO) Ottawa Senators VS Philadelphia Flyers Fights
Flyers 5, Senators 3 Ottawa 1 1 3FLYERS 3 11-5 First period: 1, Ottawa, Neil 8 (Simpson, Havlat), 4:07. 2, FLYERS, Lapointe 4 (Somik, Slaney), 10:41. 3, FLYERS, Recchi 25 (LeClair, Handzus), 11:11. 4, FLYERS, Markov 6 (Handzus, LeClair), 16:10.Penalty: Amonte, Phi (ob.-holding), 5:17. Second period: 5, FLYERS, Johnsson 9 (Zhamnov, Slaney), 5:22 (pp). 6, …
This Day In Hockey History-June 24, 2001-Kovalchuk first Russian No. 1 Overall, Senators trade Yashin and select Spezza No. 2
SUNRISE, Fla. – Ilya Kovalchuk intends to play immediately for the Atlanta Thrashers, who made the muscular and showboating winger the first Russian ever to go No. 1 in the annual draft. “I will do the best I can to make this team a lot better and a lot stronger,” the 6-foot-2 Kovalchuk said through …