March 10, 2010
When Marc Savard of the Boston Bruins was carried off on a stretcher after being knocked unconcious by Matt Cooke in Sunday night’s game between the Bruins and Penguins, many expected the Bruins would be inspired to play the rest of the season in honour of their star player. Fans and media alike expected the Bruins to come out flying in Tuesday night’s affair against Toronto, but after a shootout loss to the lowly Leafs, it was clear that the Bruins were not keeping their fallen comrade in their hearts. “We actually decided not to dedicate the rest of the season to Marc,” admitted team captain Zdeno Chara. “We as a team feel that it is best to move on and put Marc Savard behind us. We are in the middle of a battle for the playoffs and we can’t worry ourselves with trying to please an injured player. We have to stay focused, and unfortunately that focus doesn’t involve Marc.”
Head coach Claude Julien said it was a tough decision to make but one in which he said needed to be made. “I talked to them about it and as a group we felt that it was best to sever any ties with Marc in an effort to make sure we keep pushing forward instead of dwelling on the past. The toughest part was taking his stall down,” said Julien referring to the tradition of a team keeping a fallen teammates’ dressing room stall exactly the way it was left. ”Tossing his nameplate in the garbage was a hard thing to do but it was the first step in seperating ourselves from him. We all know what he meant to us, he was our leading scorer, but we have to forget him for now. Next year, if he gets over his concussion problems, we’ll welcome him back with open arms.”
March 4, 2010
We at Distinct Kicking Motion are unabashedly fans of TSN’s Jay Onrait (and, to a lesser extent proportionate to his height, Dan O’Toole). Yesterday, Jay completed his fifth annual TradeCentre blog, delighting his readers with more content and responses than ever before. It truly was a 10 hour virtuoso performance. As I did last year, I rummaged through yesterday’s blog in its entirety seeking out morsels of wisdom from Jay. Now, for your own enjoyment, what follows are isolated quotes directly from Jay – removed from context, sometimes switching chronological order, and chopped from sentences. Keep up the great work, Jay. From your fans at Distinct Kicking Motion.
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March 4, 2010
My Time For Russia
It was tough Olympic tournament for the Russian national hockey team that ended with a disappointing loss in the quarterfinals. After being considered heavy favourites for gold, the mighty Russians never even got the chance to play for a medal and left a hockey crazed country in turmoil. Alex Semin, one of the top guns on that superstar loaded team spoke to DKM on his flight back to Washington after a 3-1 win over the Sabres Wednesday night. Keep reading →
March 3, 2010
TSN anchor and DKM idol Jay Onrait
As today is the NHL’s trade deadline, Jay Onrait is live blogging all day from his home on tsn.ca. Last year, I followed his summary of the events quite closely. The following day, I posted a recap of some of Jay’s best one-liners and comments from his Tradecentre blog. The post was quite popular, so if you were a fan (or, want to be a fan), then check back in here tomorrow for a wonderful recap highlighting the best of Jay’s Tradecentre blog. Enjoy the day, hockey fans.
March 1, 2010
Not every player in the NHL was lucky enough to play in the Olympics, and were able to enjoy a nice two week break before resuming their season this week. Here is what a few of the Non-Olympians did to pass the time.
Jeff Carter, Philadelphia Flyers: Sat by the phone all hours of the day, but was not heard from by anyone as he refused to answer the phone unless the caller i.d. came up as “Steve”.
Mikael Samuelsson, Vancouver Canucks: Attended all Sweden games dressed in a Wizard costume complete with a wand in which he used to cast spells against his home country’s team. Keep reading →
February 25, 2010
As many of our veteran readers know, New York Islanders’ winger Richard Park often checks in to share his experiences in the NHL. Once again, our good friend Richard has volunteered his services as he spends his Olympic break in Vancouver. Here’s some observations that Richard has made so far during the Games, exclusively at Distinct Kicking Motion.
DKM correspondent Richard Park is back for Vancouver 2010 coverage
Awwww herro again to arr of those fans outside of Vancouvel Orrimpic Games! Such a good Games, so much more than evel before! Canada has been the nice country and hosting the Games is of such impoltence to them. First, I vely much enjoyed riving in the Orrimpic virrage! It is so nice housing and everyone is awrays so kind. So many fans and Canadians drinking so much arcohol I can not berieve my eyes! I nevel have so much arcohol in my rife! But now I go on to my anarysis of the Games.
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February 18, 2010
"This shot would have been a lot easier to save if it was a girl..."
After suffering crushing losses in their opening games of the 2010 Winter Olympic hockey tournament, Belarus, Latvia and Norway asked Olympic officials if they could be dropped into the women’s tournament. On Tuesday, the Nowegians played Canada to a first period stalement but ended up on the wrong end of a 8-0 blowout, while Latvia managed to score two goals on the mighty Russians but unfortunately allowed eight en route to an 8-2 loss. The first game of Wednesday’s action in Vancouver saw Belarus fire just 6 shots on goal and fell to the Finns by a score of 5-1. Keep reading →
February 11, 2010
With the Olympic Winter games now just a day away from opening, the excitement for the only event that anyone really cares about is growing, especially in Canada. With the tournament being played on home soil, Canadians have pegged this as the most important International hockey event in history. As you would expect, the celebration would be enormous should Canada bring home the gold, but its the latest announcement from Prime Minister Stephen Harper that has everyone talking. Keep reading →
February 4, 2010
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has proposed a new business plan solution for the cash-strapped Phoenix Coyotes: a severe natural disaster causing graphic images of death and chaos in order to prompt a steady flow of donations from the outside world. “It’s genius,” Bettman stated at a news conference yesterday. “Have you seen how much money Haiti’s received, just out of pity? It’s not like that money is going towards replacing nice homes or furniture or anything like that… No, they had straw huts and bamboo chairs. Imagine the money that would be donated to restore an NHL arena, apartments, hotels, and real homes made of brick and concrete.” Bettman later added that “the cash influx would be off the fucking charts.”
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February 3, 2010
Darryl Sutter or Brad Pitt?
After making two major deals in the last two days, Calgary Flames GM Darryl Sutter vows to now start trading wives of certain players. “Well, we didn’t look very good in the first game with the new players so maybe these guys need something that will really wake them up. Maybe once they see their wife shipped off to a far away locale they will start putting forth a much stronger effort.” Keep reading →
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January 26, 2010
Cooke denies biting, but admits to disliking indians
In Sunday’s game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins, Flyers foward Arron Asham accused Matt Cooke of biting his hand during a skirmish in the third period of Pittsburgh’s 2-1 win. The incident of course struck of major chord with Asham who said that he has no respect for Cooke, but the real issue at hand seems to be that of whether or not Cooke has a problem with Native people.
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January 22, 2010
Mike Danton, in a 2004 photo with the St. Louis Blues
Convicted criminal Mike Danton stepped out in front of the microphones for the first time yesterday, as reported in this story on TSN.ca. After trying to kill someone, be it his agent, David Frost, or his father, Steve Jefferson, Danton is back on the ice with a passion (here’s the 2004 TSN article about Danton’s indictment, which illustrates the confusion as to who he actually wanted to kill). Danton, now 29 years old and almost guaranteed never to play in the NHL again, is approaching his role with the Saint Mary’s University Huskies hockey team with zealous fervor. “Time in the joint makes a man realize what’s important in life,” Danton stated pensively. “All you can do in there is think. You think about what you loved. What you missed the most in the outside world. As a hockey player, I missed all the parties with the boys after games.” After a few more moments, Danton’s eyes glazed over, as if recalling a sweet memory from his youth. “And the broads. I lost six years of hittin’ prime-aged college pussy. Right when it’s the ripest.”
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