On The Pond -- The Army NHL Thread

[Hecubus]

Allright then....

Those of you who enjoy watching a good game 'o shinny,
BRING IT!!

My Sharks are rolling after the naysayers have been silenced about playoff potential as they sit atop the Pacific once more!!

Tough one tonite in St. Looie, tho. If they can win in that building, they only have The Joe to conquer.

GO SHARKIES!!!

[PHOENIX]

DUDE THE HABS ARE GONNA WIN A 25th STANLEY CUP THIS YEAR.


Year Winner Finalist Games
2003 New Jersey Devils Anaheim Mighty Ducks 4-3
2002 Detroit Red Wings Carolina Hurricanes 4-1
2001 Colorado Avalanche New Jersey Devils 4-3
2000 New Jersey Devils Dallas Stars 4-2
1999 Dallas Stars Buffalo Sabres 4-2
1998 Detroit Red Wings Washington Capitals 4-0
1997 Detroit Red Wings Philadelphia Flyers 4-0
1996 Colorado Avalanche Florida Panthers 4-0
1995 New Jersey Devils Detroit Red Wings 4-0
1994 New York Rangers Vancouver Canucks 4-3
1993 Montreal Canadiens Los Angeles Kings 4-1
1992 Pittsburgh Penguins Chicago Blackhawks 4-0
1991 Pittsburgh Penguins Minnesota North Stars 4-2
1990 Edmonton Oilers Boston Bruins 4-1
1989 Calgary Flames Montreal Canadiens 4-2
1988 Edmonton Oilers Boston Bruins 4-0
1987 Edmonton Oilers Philadelphia Flyers 4-3
1986 Montreal Canadiens Calgary Flames 4-1
1985 Edmonton Oilers Philadelphia Flyers 4-1
1984 Edmonton Oilers NY Islanders 4-1
1983 New York Islanders Edmonton Oilers 4-0
1982 New York Islanders Vancouver Canucks 4-0
1981 New York Islanders Minnesota North Stars 4-1
1980 New York Islanders Philadelphia Flyers 4-2
1979 Montreal Canadiens NY Rangers 4-1
1978 Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins 4-2
1977 Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins 4-0
1976 Montreal Canadiens Philadelphia Flyers 4-0
1975 Philadelphia Flyers Buffalo Sabres 4-2
1974 Philadelphia Flyers Boston Bruins 4-2
1973 Montreal Canadiens Chicago Black Hawks 4-2
1972 Boston Bruins NY Rangers 4-2
1971 Montreal Canadiens Chicago Black Hawks 4-3
1970 Boston Bruins St. Louis Blues 4-0
1969 Montreal Canadiens St. Louis Blues 4-0
1968 Montreal Canadiens St. Louis Blues 4-0
1967 Toronto Maple Leafs Montreal Canadiens 4-2
1966 Montreal Canadiens Detroit Red Wings 4-2
1965 Montreal Canadiens Chicago Black Hawks 4-3
1964 Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Red Wings 4-3
1963 Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Red Wings 4-1
1962 Toronto Maple Leafs Chicago Black Hawks 4-2
1961 Chicago Black Hawks Detroit Red Wings 4-2
1960 Montreal Canadiens Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0
1959 Montreal Canadiens Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1
1958 Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins 4-2
1957 Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins 4-1
1956 Montreal Canadiens Detroit Red Wings 4-1
1955 Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens 4-3
1954 Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens 4-3
1953 Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins 4-1
1952 Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens 4-0
1951 Toronto Maple Leafs Montreal Canadiens 4-1
1950 Detroit Red Wings NY Rangers 4-3
1949 Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Red Wings 4-0
1948 Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Red Wings 4-0
1947 Toronto Maple Leafs Montreal Canadiens 4-2
1946 Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins 4-1
1945 Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Red Wings 4-3
1944 Montreal Canadiens Chicago Black Hawks 4-0
1943 Detroit Red Wings Boston Bruins 4-0
1942 Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Red Wings 4-3
1941 Boston Bruins Detroit Red Wings 4-0
1940 New York Rangers Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2
1939 Boston Bruins Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1
1938 Chicago Black Hawks Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1
1937 Detroit Red Wings NY Rangers 3-2
1936 Detroit Red Wings Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1
1935 Montreal Maroons Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0
1934 Chicago Black Hawks Detroit Red Wings 3-1
1933 New York Rangers Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1
1932 Toronto Maple Leafs NY Rangers 3-0
1931 Montreal Canadiens Chicago Black Hawks 3-2
1930 Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins 2-0
1929 Boston Bruins NY Rangers 2-0
1928 New York Rangers Montreal Maroons 3-2
1927 Ottawa Senators Boston Bruins 2-0-2

[PHOENIX]

The NHL assumed control of Stanley Cup after 1926.
1926 Montreal Maroons Victoria Cougars (WHL) 3-1
1925 Victoria Cougars (WHL) Montreal Canadiens 3-1
1924 Montreal Canadiens Calgary Tigers (WCHL) 2-0
Vancouver Maroons (PCHA) 2-0
1923 Ottawa Senators Edmonton Eskimos (WCHL) 2-0
Vancouver Maroons (PCHA) 3-1
1922 Toronto St. Patricks Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) 3-2
1921 Ottawa Senators Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) 3-2
1920 Ottawa Senators Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) 3-2
1919 No decision - series between Montreal and Seattle canceled- flu epidemic
1918 Toronto Arenas Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) 3-2

1917 Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) Montreal Canadiens (NHA) 3-1
1916 Montreal Canadiens (NHA) Portland Rosebuds (PCHA) 3-2
1915 Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) Ottawa Senators (NHA) 3-0
1914 Toronto Blueshirts (NHA) Victoria Aristocrats (PCHA) 3-0
1913 Quebec Bulldogs (NHA)
1912 Quebec Bulldogs (NHA) Moncton Victorias (MPHL) 2-0

Prior to 1912, teams could challenge for Stanley Cup, therefore
there were more than one Championship series per season.

1911 Ottawa Senators (NHA) Galt Professionals (OPHL) 1-0
Port Arthur Bearcats 1-0
1910 Montreal Wanderers (NHA) Berlin Dutchmen (OPHL) 1-0
(Kitchener)
1909 Ottawa Senators (ECAHA) Galt Professionals (OPHL) 2-0
Edmonton Eskimos 2-0
1908 Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA) Ottawa Victorias 2-0
Winnipeg Maple Leafs (MPHL) 2-0
Toronto Professionals (OPHL) 1-0
Edmonton Eskimos 2-1
1907 Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA) Kenora Thistles (MPHL) 12-8
(Goals)
1907 Kenora Thistles (MPHL) Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA) 2-0
1906 Montreal Wanderers (ECAHL) Ottawa Silver Seven(ECAHL) 12-10
(Goals)
New Glascow 2-0
1906 Ottawa Silver Seven (ECAHL) Queen's University 2-0
Smiths Falls HC (FAHL) 2-0
1905 Ottawa Silver Seven Dawson City Nuggets 2-0
Rat Portage (Kenora) Thistles 2-1
1904 Ottawa Silver Seven Winnipeg Rowing Club 2-1
Toronto Marlboros 2-0
Montreal Wanderers (FAHL) 0-0-1
Brandon 2-0
1903 Ottawa Silver Seven Montreal Victorias (CAHL) 1-0-1
Rat Portage (Kenora) Thistles 2-0
1903 Montreal AAA (CAHL) Winnipeg Victorias 2-1-1
1902 Montreal AAA (CAHL) Winnipeg Victorias 2-1
1902 Winnipeg Victorias Toronto Wellingtons 2-0
1901 Winnipeg Victorias Montreal Shamrocks (CAHL) 2-0
1900 Montreal Shamrocks (CAHL) Winnipeg Victorias 2-1
Halifax Crescents 2-0
1899 Montreal Shamrocks (CAHL) Queen's University 1-0
1899 Montreal Victorias (CAHL) Winnipeg Victorias 2-0
1898 Montreal Victorias (AHA)
1897 Montreal Victorias (AHA) Ottawa Capitals 1-0
1896 Montreal Victorias (AHA) Winnipeg Victorias 1-0
1896 Winnipeg Victorias Montreal Victorias (AHA) 1-0
1895 Montreal Victorias (AHA)
1894 Montreal AAA (AHA) Montreal Victorias (AHA) 1-0
Ottawa Capitals 1-0
1893 Montreal AAA (AHA)

[Full Bug]

Originally posted by PHOENIX
DUDE THE HABS ARE GONNA WIN A 25th STANLEY CUP THIS YEAR.

Seems Phoenix has been sticking his nose in the white stuff again, if their lucky the Habs just might squeek into the playoffs.....MIGHT being the key word....:p

[PHOENIX]

Hockey Night In Canada baby!

Du du du du da da.......

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I enjoy watching Souray this year, that fucker has a cannon of a shot....

Of course, if I'm gonna post in this thread, I gotta talk about my Pens....

The big issue of course is the two month absence of Lemieux after what's called a minor hip strain....

Stan Savran offered an interesting opinion last night on Fox Sports P-Burgh..

After today's 4-1 ho-hum loss to the Rangers, Mario's missed 29 games now.... After 30 games missed, which will be after Monday's game vs. the Full Bug Maple Leafs ( ), the Penguins gain back 80 percent of his pay by way of insurance...

For Mario's salary, that's 4 million clams, which of course to the cash-starved Pens, is a very nice chunk of change....

But the guy hasn't said a word in two months, not one word to anyone in the media....

I wouldn't doubt it that it's the reason he's stayed away this long....

[PHOENIX]

Dude i feel sorry for the Pens. Mario is still young and should be out there playing.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Young compared to who, Messier ???

He's 38, with a long history of back and hip problems, on top of beating cancer....

That said, I don't see it taking 2 months to heal from a hip "strain" as they're calling it....

[Hecubus]

You have to start thinking Lemieux' sticking around this long to keep the folks coming to the games.

I'm surprised he's still playing, but it shows his character & that he's trying to help turn it around.

[Full Bug]

Mario wont play unless he feels 110% health, he's just like that now, but I bet he will play more if the Pens make the playoffs (That doesnt look to likely)

[Chris]

Newflash: June 2004

LEAFS WIN THE CUP!

[Hecubus]

Originally posted by Chris
Newflash: June 2004

LEAFS WIN THE CUP!

Dude,

What's with Owen Nolan's eye?

[Full Bug]

Originally posted by Hecubus
Dude,

What's with Owen Nolan's eye?

Nolan sees 'flashes' after taking stick to eye


By Lance Hornby

Owen Nolan was being examined by a specialist at Toronto Western Hospital last night for possible eye damage after getting high-sticked on his first shift. Nolan went down to the ice kicking in pain and was helped off the ice after Buffalo Sabres defenceman Jay McKee accidentally lifted his blade into the Leaf forward's face after the two had been fighting for a puck. Initially diagnosed as a cut above his left eye, Nolan had been stitched up and was back into street clothes in the dressing room when he began to experience "flashes" according to head coach Pat Quinn.

"The evidence was blunt trauma to the eye," Quinn said. "We have no reason to believe it's really bad, except that he's not seeing things so well. So that indicates the eyeball probably was hit."

DOCTOR SUMMONED

Dr. Rob Devenyi, who worked closely with the Leafs when Bryan Berard was partially blinded by a stick in the eye in 2001, was summoned to meet Nolan at the hospital. The on-ice officials closest to the play quickly huddled as Nolan left and McKee was not penalized.

"You hate to see that happen to a player ... and there was no penalty after," captain Mats Sundin said. "Hopefully, Owen's going to be okay."

The Leafs are already without last year's leading scorer, Alex Mogilny, whose hip surgery tops a long list of Toronto injuries this season. Nolan has 28 points in 38 games.
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What a fucking drag.....

[Hecubus]

Brutal.

Of course he was one of my fav Sharks. He brought the grit to the team while he was out here. It was crappy to see him go, but McAuley's doing a helluva job & folks are warming up to him quick.

If I have to root for another team to win Lord Stanley's cup this year it has to be the Leafs for Nolan & Marchment's sake, since Friesen got his last year with the Devils.

[lucky wilbury]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=66919&hubName=nhl

Lemieux out for the season


Associated Press
1/6/2004

PITTSBURGH (CP) - Pittsburgh Penguins star Mario Lemieux needs hip surgery and will miss the rest of the NHL season but he's confident he'll be back for the 2004-05 campaign.

The surgery, which will repair chronic tendinitis in his left hip flexor, will take place next Tuesday.

The 38-year-old Lemieux, the team's owner and captain, has not played since Nov. 1. He has been resting and undergoing physical therapy for the past two months in the hope that the injury would heal. But doctors recommended surgery after an MRI revealed no significant change in his condition.

``I was optimistic that the injury would heal, and I was hoping to get back in the lineup and play with some of our very promising young players,'' Lemieux said Tuesday in a release. ``It is disappointing that I won't have a chance to return to the ice this season, but I look forward to coming back next year.''

Lemieux had one goal and eight assists in 10 games this season. On Oct. 29, he became only the sixth player in NHL history to record 1,700 career points.

``Mario continues to suffer from pain in his left hip, and the diagnosis of a hip flexor muscle problem remains the same,'' said Dr. Charles Burke, the Penguins team physician.

Lemieux underwent surgery on his right hip in October of 2001. He rebounded to lead the NHL in scoring for much of the 2002-03 season, finishing with 28 goals and 63 assists for 91 points in 67 games.

``The encouraging thing for me is that the surgery in 2001 was successful, and I have had no problems since then with my right hip,'' Lemieux said.

A six-time NHL scoring champion and three-time MVP who battled back from a bout with cancer and two back operations, Lemieux has 683 goals and 1,018 in 889 career games.

It's bad news for the young Pittsburgh club, which is stuck in the NHL basement with a 9-23-5-3 record.

``We'd been hoping to get him back in the lineup, but I know he's been frustrated by the lack of improvement,'' coach Eddie Olczyk said. ``It's very unfortunate, because he worked so hard over the summer and was in such tremendous shape to start the year. He was looking forward to having a great season.''

It could also be bad news for Wayne Gretzky, who said he would like to have Lemieux return as captain of Team Canada for the World Cup of hockey this summer. Lemieux said he'd be interested as long as he was healthy. As the team's managing director, Gretzky led Canada to a gold medal at the Olympics in 2002. Lemieux was the captain of that squad.

The surgery will be performed at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center by Dr. Marc Philippon, one of the world's leading orthopedic hip surgeons.