December 14, 2007
12-14-07 | Inside NHL Boxscores
- No the Bruins and Devils weren't playing on Long Island last night. With all the snow covering Boston, the actual crowd that made it to the game was reportedly around 1500. The paid attendance was 12,064.
- The Minnesota Wild has its players sleeping in separate rooms as they've been hit by the flu bug. They may not even be able to dress 18 skaters tonight against Anaheim.
- Nice story on a former top prospect, Kris Beech, who is now enjoying success skating on the first line in Columbus.
- It sounds like Scott Niedermeyer is ready to make his Ducks season debut either tonight or tomorrow night, but Anaheim first needs to make a roster move in order to clear cap space for him. Expect a trade sometime today.
- Fernando Pisani has a goal in each of his last two games and points in three straight after returning to the Oilers from an condition that no human should have to endure.
- The Oilers are 9-1 in shootouts this season, led by two of the best shootout performers in the league: Ales Hemsky and Sam Gagner. If you get a chance to see the 19 year old Gagner take a shootout, he's worth it. In last night's Detroit broadcast, the announcers were talking about how Sam's dad, a former NHL great, was in the business of building backyard rinks in Canadia. So young Sam has been practicing his shootouts in the backyard for a long, long time. He may just be the best in the league. Here's one youtube video of Gagner and there's plenty more in the extra links to the right.
- The Flyers signed 22 year old Mike Richards to a 12 year, $69 million dollar contract yesterday. Richards is a young leader and a nice forward to have around, but 12 years? He and Rick DiPietro are going to have a lot of really nice lunches together in about 7 years.
