KHL: Ending 2012 with a bang
Kovalchuk vs. Chara, Malkin’s Magnitogorsk kills it, Ovechkin and Radulov go RRRAAAAWWWWRRRR! and more. Enjoy!
2012
Some Words on the Shapocalypse
Fifteen months ago, I gave the "#shapcrew" the mic at this blog, as @Mariomontega and @Vitamin_v12 – the original purveyors of shap – wrote a mission statement of sorts, explaining why Vancouver Canucks headcoach Alain Vigneault is a milt. Since then, shap has gone mainstream and the #shapcrew has expanded. At this point at least 30…
Best of the Nation – 12.30.12
We’re now in the thick of the holiday season and there’s no NHL hockey, but there’s still lots to talk about. The league made a new CBA offer this week, the World Juniors and Spengler Cup are on, and the Toronto Maple Leafs continue to butcher the handling of their top young players.
KHL: TImkin’s Goal of the Year candidate. Platt’s dangle, and Gillies goes with Ivanans
Look at that intensity. LOOK AT IT! Seriously though, if you watch these videos you’ll see a good fight, some sick goals, including one disgusting spinorama worthy of being considered for goal of the year. Enjoy!
KHL: Chara’s Lev takes down Ovechkin’s Dynamo, Bobrovsky & Ramo earn shutouts, Magnitogorsk dominates
Hey, so the NHL made the NHLPA a 300-page offer. Exciting stuff. While all the lawyers read over that exciting stuff, allow me to offer you today’s KHL highlights.
The bitter pill of NHL fandom
(Photo: Dave Chidley/Canadian Press) Here we are, angry again. We just want hockey back. We don’t want to hear any more about revenue splits, or term lengths, or bargaining rights, or… The list goes on, right? The media lights up at the slighest hint of an agreement; some of us get wound up by the…
KHL: Goal of the Year Candidate
Not gonna lie to you – not a lot of huge names in these games. There. I was straight up. But there are some great highlights, including one goal I’d put in the conversation for goal of the year in the Ak Bars vs. Neftekhimik game. Enjoy!
KHL: Grabo’s OT Heroics
Mikhail Grabovski scores a nice OT-winner, some wicked saves between Dynamo Moscow and Slovan, and more! If you have to watch just ONE game, watch SKA-Red Army. Great game. Enjoy!
2012: A Vancouver Canucks Year in Review
Even with a second straight Presidents’ Trophy, 2012 was largely a year of disappointment for the Vancouver Canucks. The team lost in convincing fashion to the surging Los Angeles Kings in Round 1 of the playoffs, and the intensity and effort that carried Vancouver to the 2011 Cup Final was largely nonexistent in 2011-12. There…
EARLY RETURNS: RNH DOMINATES
While it’s probably prudent to curb ones enthusiasm, given Team Canada’s opening game at the World Junior Championship in Russia amounted to little more than a controlled scrimmage against an overmatched opponent, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins gave fans plenty to cheer about in a 9-3 waltz over Germany today.
Merry Christmas!
May all the Nations Network writers have a very merry Christmas today and tomorrow. Unless you’re a grinch or something, then may you have a miserable humbug and successfully ruin everyone else’s good time (looking at you, Bettman).
KHL: Great Grabo Goal, Ovechkin Beast Mode
T’is the season to watch wicked goals and not people talk about decertification. Enjoy! We’ll be back on Boxing Day. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!