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Komisarek To Miss Olympics With Season Ending Surgery (0)

Published on Thu, 4/02/10 | International, Latest Headlines, NHL, Olympics, Toronto Maple Leafs

Mike Komisarek’s first season with the Toronto Maple Leafs is finished and so are his Olympic hopes.
After a test on his shoulder yesterday afternoon, Komisarek was told by doctors he needs season-ending surgery to fix the injury. No date has been set for the operation but it means the defenceman will not be able to [...]


Joseph Announces Retirement (0)

Published on Wed, 13/01/10 | Calgary Flames, Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers, NHL, Phoenix Coyotes, St. Louis Blues, Toronto Maple Leafs

TORONTO – David McNab was a big believer in the power of a baseball cap. He would send them to prospects whom he felt needed encouragement and, as a scout with the Hartford Whalers, he’d often take the extra step of writing personal letters as he did with one unheralded goaltender a little more than [...]


Shawinigans’ Paradis Traded To Toronto From Carolina (0)

Published on Fri, 4/12/09 | Carolina Hurricanes, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs have shipped forward Jiri Tlusty to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for the rights to center Philippe Paradis.
Tlusty will report to Carolina’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Albany River Rats.
”This trade gives us an opportunity to pick up a young, skilled forward who is further along in his development, albeit still in the [...]


Bad News For Leafs, as Gustavsson will undergo second heart procedure (0)

Published on Thu, 3/12/09 | NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs

TORONTO – Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Jonas Gustavsson will undergo his second heart procedure in less than three months, the team announced Thursday.
Gustavsson met with a cardiac specialist after being taken to hospital with an elevated heart rate following the first period of Toronto’s 3-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.
The Swedish rookie [...]


“The Monster” Leaves Game For Leafs (0)

Published on Wed, 2/12/09 | Latest Headlines, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs’ rookie goaltender Jonas Gustavsson  remained overnight in a Montreal hospital after leaving Tuesday’s game against the Canadiens with an elevated heart rate.
A member of the Maple Leafs’ staff  remained with the 25-year old netminder overnight and will accompany the man they call ‘the Monster’ back to Toronto on Wednesday.
“He had that same sensation that [...]


News Update as of 1:33 (EST) on November 25th 2009 (0)

Published on Wed, 25/11/09 | Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs

Even Strength has learned that Colorado has placed TJ Hensick on waivers. Hensick has one goal and two helpers in seven games this season.
Florida has placed Ville Koistinen on waivers.  Koistinen has one goal and three assists in 17 games played this season.
Toronto’s Jay Rosehill has Cleared waivers


Wings and Leafs to Make a Deal? Forsberg Update (0)

Published on Mon, 19/10/09 | Colorado Avalanche, Detroit Red Wings, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs

Forsberg’s Stress Fracture has Healed.Talking to sources, Peter is again working out at his home rink, before deciding whether to return to Modo or the NHL. There are rumors that he could play in the Swiss league, but according to my sources he will “just work out at the home rink in Ornskoldsvik and decide [...]


Giguere to Leafs? Savard to Kings? (0)

Published on Thu, 15/10/09 | Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs

First off, in Toronto people need to remember that the Leafs made a bunch of changes this summer, especially on the defensive end, and teams that make these kinds of changes ALWAYS come out of the gate slow. Team chemistry in the NHL takes time. It is not surprising to see teams that made very [...]


Rangers Drop 7 on the Leafs in Easy Win (0)

Published on Tue, 13/10/09 | Toronto Maple Leafs

NEW YORK (AP)—A year ago, the New York Rangers might not have held on to the scant one-goal lead they carried into the third period.
After a strong start that produced a two-goal edge, the Rangers let the Toronto Maple Leafs hang around and get close Monday night. A stern message from coach John Tortorella and [...]


Crosby & Penguins down Leafs (0)

Published on Tue, 13/10/09 | Toronto Maple Leafs

ORONTO (AP)—Intent on playing a physical style, the Toronto Maple Leafs need better penalty killing to keep it from backfiring.
Undisciplined penalties resulted in three power-plays goals for the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night—two of them by Sidney Crosby—in Toronto’s 5-2 loss to the defending Stanley Cup champions.
There was plenty wrong all-around for the Maple Leafs [...]


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Sweden Names 2010 Olympic Roster, Forsberg On Roster

P.
Player Name
Domestic Club

G
Henrik Lundqvist
  (NHL)

G
Jonas Gustavsson
  (NHL)

G
Stefan Liv

Jonkoping (SEL)

D
Tobias Enstrom

  (NHL)

D
Magnus Johansson

Linkopings  (SEL)

D
Niklas Kronwall

  (NHL)

D
Nicklas Lidstrom

  (NHL)

D
Douglas Murray

  (NHL)

D
Johnny Oduya

  (NHL)

D
Mattias Ohlund

  (NHL)

D
Henrik Tallinder

  (NHL)

F
Daniel Alfredsson
  (NHL)

F
Nicklas Backstrom

  (NHL)

F
Loui Eriksson

  (NHL)

F
Peter Forsberg

MODO  (SEL)

F
Tomas Holmstrom

  (NHL)

F
Patric Hornqvist

  (NHL)

F
Fredrik Modin

  (NHL)

F
Samuel Pahlsson

  (NHL)

F
Daniel Sedin
  (NHL)

F
Henrik Sedin

  (NHL)

F
Mattias Weinhandl

Dynamo  (RUS)

F
Henrik Zetterberg

  (NHL)

Forsberg Making Come Back For Swedish National Team

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Former NHL MVP Peter Forsberg is making a comeback with the Sweden national team for the Karjala Cup.
Sweden coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson says Forsberg will join the team for the Euro Hockey Tour event starting Thursday.
Forsberg won two Stanley Cups with the Colorado Avalanche and was the league MVP in 2003.
He’s only played sporadically [...]

Forsberg Making Come Back For Swedish National Team

Timra update

Anders Lindback- A huge goaltender with very good mobility and reflexes. Good stickhandling. Some consistency issues, but overall a very interesting prospect. A hybrid, that combines the butterfly with the old and traditional goaltending style.
Sebastian Erixon- Erixon is a strong-skating two-way defenseman with very good hockey sense. Not a big player, but he compensates this [...]

Sodertalje Update

Blaz Gregorc- A tall and lanky defenseman. Gregorc is not a fast skater, but has decent mobility for a player of his stature. Has decent hockeysense and puck skills and likes to joins the rush. Pretty good skills offensively and fairly solid in his own end too. Is, however, much too soft and should become [...]

Skelleftea update

Tim Erixon- A very smart defenseman that plays a solid two-way game. Erixon is not very spectacular, but plays an effective and rather simple game. He does not throw his body around, but can be aggressive and has active stickwork. Hockey sense is very good and so is his offensive positioning. Not a pure offensive [...]

Rogle update

Mads Bodker- Short and well-trained danish national team defenseman. Bødker is an accomplished skater with a good eye for the game. He’s technically strong with a hard accurate shot. Despite his size he plays tough, but still has some weakneses in his defensive game.
Daneil Glimmenvall- A skilled and offensive minded defenseman with pretty good hockey [...]

Modo Update

Stefan Espeland- A very hardshooting defensman. Espeland knows how to put the puck on (and in) net from the blue line and is a very valuable player on the powerplay. He has good mobility and hockey sense and has an excellent first-pass from his own end. Should work on becoming stronger and play with more [...]

Lulea update

Mattias Modig-An all-round goaltender with good hockey sense. Has a decent glove, is good with the stick and has the attitude of a winner. Always looks calm in net and has few, if any, weaknesses.
Anders Nilson- A huge goaltender that is technically skilled. Nilsson has good hockey smarts plays with calmness and has good mental [...]

Linkoping update

Christian Engstrand- A butterfly goalie that still stands up more than your average modern style goaltender. Is a very consistent netminder with few weaknesses. Has good confidence, attitude and is very calm in net. Hockey sense is very good, he is fairly good with the stick and has quick reflexes.
Dennis Bozic- Bozic is a rather [...]

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Tam Suspended

On Monday, Quebec Remparts defensemen Mikael Tam was suspended for two games for a hit from behind which happent last Friday during a game between the Remparts & Olympiques, Mr. Raymond Bolduc announced in a press release. The decision was rendered after reviewing the videotape of the incident, gathering the testimonies of the players and [...]

Lessard & Owen Named QMJHL Players Of The Week

On Monday, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League named it’s TELUS offensive and defensive players of the week (March 1 to 7). Acadie-Bathurst Titan right winger Jonathan Lessard & Moncton Wildcats goalie Shane Owen arew picking up the awards
On the offensive side Acadie-Bathurst Titan right winger Jonathan Lessard wins the award. Lessard netted two goals [...]

Vote For Even Strength’s QMJHL Fan Choice Award!

We at n Strength will be giving our awards for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.  This is your chance to vote for Even Strength’s Fan Choice awards. Top five players who you vote for by Tuesday, March 9th by 3:00pm (EST) will move on to round two of voting. Round two of voting will start on [...]

Late hit on Nichol Lands Lapierre four game suspension

TORONTO — Montreal Canadiens forward Maxim Lapierre has been suspended for four games, the NHL announced Friday.
The suspension stems from Lapierre’s late hit on Sharks forward Scott Nichol in Montreal’s 3-2 loss Thursday night in San Jose.
Early in the third period, Nichol hit the post for San Jose before being driven to the boards by [...]

Allen Named CHL Goaltender of the Week

The Canadian Hockey League today announced that Jake Allen of the Drummondville Voltigeurs is the CHL Goaltender of the Week for the second time this month.
For the week ending February 28, Allen went 4-0-0-0 with two shutout victories posting a goals-against-average of 0.500 and a save percentage of .980 while producing the second longest shutout [...]

Deschamps, Allen & Gusse Named QMJHL Players Of The Month

On Tuesday, The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League named it’s TELUS offensive, defensive and rookie player of the month awards for February. The players were chosen by a committee mandated by the League. Moncton Wildcats Center Nicolas Deschamps, Drummondville Voltigeurs goalie Jake Allen & Chicoutimi Saguenéens goalie Robin Guesse have picked up the awards.
On the [...]

Chouinard & Allen Named QMJHL Players Of The Week

On Monday, The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League named it’s TELUS QMJHL’s offensive and defensive players of the week for the period extending from February 22 to 28. Montreal Junior right winger Nicolas Chouinard & Drummondville Voltigeurs goalie Jake Allen picked up the awards.
On the offensive side Montreal Junior right winger Nicolas Chouinard has picked [...]

Martel becomes all-time wins leader

Chicoutimi Saguenéens head coach Richard Martel on Sunday became the most successful coach in QMJHL history, recording his 570th career victory after a 3-1 win over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar at the Georges-Vézina Centre in Chicoutimi. The Saguenéens head coach  tied former record holder Guy Chouinard on February 20 after Chicoutimi defeated the Val-d’Or Foreurs 2-0 at [...]

Chabot Named New Head Coach Of Olympiques

The Gatineau Olympiques today announced that John Chabot has been hired as the new head coach of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League hockey club. Chabot takes over the coaching duties from Jérôme Dupont who resigned on Saturday feb 27th (2010).  Chabot the Summerside, P.E.I. native will be in his third season as a head [...]

Dupont resigns

On Saturday the head coach of the Gatineau Olympiques, Jérôme Dupont, announced that he has resigned as the clubs head coach. The Ottawa native will remain with the organization as a consultant until further notice. Hull, QC native Guy Lalonde will assume the coaching duties until a successor is found. Dupont had a 59-49 record [...]

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Kovalchuk and the Marriage of the NHL/KHL

Last night on the Hot Stove during Hockey Night in Canada Pierre Lebrun dropped a bomb that has the hockey rumor world ablaze this morning…According to an article on CBC Kovalchuk will be making his decision very…“That could happen in the next couple of weeks. [There are] a lot of positive feelings coming out of Atlanta,” [...]

TAVARES PASSED OVER IN KHL DRAFT, HALL TAKEN BY AK BARS

MOSCOW — The Kontinental Hockey League’s first NHL-style draft was heavy in home-grown Russian talent and light on North Americans.
John Tavares of Oakville, Ont., the best pro prospect in North America, was passed over by Russian clubs in the draft of junior players aged 17 to 20. Since the London Knights forward seems destined for the [...]

Emery freaks out

tsn.ca
Oft-troubled goaltender Ray Emery has left his Russian hockey club, at least temporarily.
 
Emery did not report to Mytishchi Atlant following the KHL’s break last week, and a source has told ESPN.com that the 26-year-old is upset about salary-related issues.  The team has reportedly been using the wrong exchange rate on Emery’s $2 million annual wage, and [...]

A star in the making: Stefan Stepanov

Ian Dunham, Even Strength
You heard it here first, Stefan Stepanov, defenseman for CSKA in Russia, will be a star in the NHL.  Stepanov participated in the USHL tourney in Chicago last spring, and the sixteen year old Russian showed why he is regarded by scouts and agents as one of the top six defenseman in [...]

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Sweden Names 2010 Olympic Roster, Forsberg On Roster

P.
Player Name
Domestic Club

G
Henrik Lundqvist
  (NHL)

G
Jonas Gustavsson
  (NHL)

G
Stefan Liv

Jonkoping (SEL)

D
Tobias Enstrom

  (NHL)

D
Magnus Johansson

Linkopings  (SEL)

D
Niklas Kronwall

  (NHL)

D
Nicklas Lidstrom

  (NHL)

D
Douglas Murray

  (NHL)

D
Johnny Oduya

  (NHL)

D
Mattias Ohlund

  (NHL)

D
Henrik Tallinder

  (NHL)

F
Daniel Alfredsson
  (NHL)

F
Nicklas Backstrom

  (NHL)

F
Loui Eriksson

  (NHL)

F
Peter Forsberg

MODO  (SEL)

F
Tomas Holmstrom

  (NHL)

F
Patric Hornqvist

  (NHL)

F
Fredrik Modin

  (NHL)

F
Samuel Pahlsson

  (NHL)

F
Daniel Sedin
  (NHL)

F
Henrik Sedin

  (NHL)

F
Mattias Weinhandl

Dynamo  (RUS)

F
Henrik Zetterberg

  (NHL)

Forsberg Making Come Back For Swedish National Team

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Former NHL MVP Peter Forsberg is making a comeback with the Sweden national team for the Karjala Cup.
Sweden coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson says Forsberg will join the team for the Euro Hockey Tour event starting Thursday.
Forsberg won two Stanley Cups with the Colorado Avalanche and was the league MVP in 2003.
He’s only played sporadically [...]

Forsberg Making Come Back For Swedish National Team

Timra update

Anders Lindback- A huge goaltender with very good mobility and reflexes. Good stickhandling. Some consistency issues, but overall a very interesting prospect. A hybrid, that combines the butterfly with the old and traditional goaltending style.
Sebastian Erixon- Erixon is a strong-skating two-way defenseman with very good hockey sense. Not a big player, but he compensates this [...]

Sodertalje Update

Blaz Gregorc- A tall and lanky defenseman. Gregorc is not a fast skater, but has decent mobility for a player of his stature. Has decent hockeysense and puck skills and likes to joins the rush. Pretty good skills offensively and fairly solid in his own end too. Is, however, much too soft and should become [...]

Skelleftea update

Tim Erixon- A very smart defenseman that plays a solid two-way game. Erixon is not very spectacular, but plays an effective and rather simple game. He does not throw his body around, but can be aggressive and has active stickwork. Hockey sense is very good and so is his offensive positioning. Not a pure offensive [...]

Rogle update

Mads Bodker- Short and well-trained danish national team defenseman. Bødker is an accomplished skater with a good eye for the game. He’s technically strong with a hard accurate shot. Despite his size he plays tough, but still has some weakneses in his defensive game.
Daneil Glimmenvall- A skilled and offensive minded defenseman with pretty good hockey [...]

Modo Update

Stefan Espeland- A very hardshooting defensman. Espeland knows how to put the puck on (and in) net from the blue line and is a very valuable player on the powerplay. He has good mobility and hockey sense and has an excellent first-pass from his own end. Should work on becoming stronger and play with more [...]

Lulea update

Mattias Modig-An all-round goaltender with good hockey sense. Has a decent glove, is good with the stick and has the attitude of a winner. Always looks calm in net and has few, if any, weaknesses.
Anders Nilson- A huge goaltender that is technically skilled. Nilsson has good hockey smarts plays with calmness and has good mental [...]

Linkoping update

Christian Engstrand- A butterfly goalie that still stands up more than your average modern style goaltender. Is a very consistent netminder with few weaknesses. Has good confidence, attitude and is very calm in net. Hockey sense is very good, he is fairly good with the stick and has quick reflexes.
Dennis Bozic- Bozic is a rather [...]