Goalie Starters 01/09/2010

Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight, January 9, 2010:

• Brian Elliot in nets according to Senators.com, via Twitter.
• Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe thinks Tuukka Rask starts today. Henrik Lundqvist should be his opponent, confirmed by Steve Zipay of Newsday.
• Tom Panaccio of CSN Philly writes Michael Leighton will get the nod tonight.
• Johan Hedberg makes another start according to Chris Vivlamore of The Atlanta Journal Constitution.

UPDATED @ 11:41 AM

• Martin Brodeur faces Jaroslav Halak according to Alexandre Lebrun of Corus Sports.
• Tarik El-Bashir of The Washington Post writes Michal Neuvirth gets another nod.

NHL Players in the Olympics

The title says it all.  This article will be no more than a comprehensive list of NHL (and some other players owned by NHL teams) players set to participate in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Goalie Starters 01/07/2010

Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight, January 7, 2010:

• Marc Andre Fleury expected to start against the Flyers Thursday night, Seth Rorabaugh of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
• Tim Thomas left the ice first Thursday morning, indicating that he will start the Bruins’ night game against Chicago, the Boston Globe’s Fluto Shinzawa reports.
• Pascal Leclaire missed Wednesday’s practice for maintenance reasons, but is expected to play on Thursday night against Washington reports James Gordon of the Ottawa Citizen.
• Coach John Anderson will start Johan Hedberg against the Rangers says Chris Vivlamore of The Atlanta Journal Consistution.
• Jay Zawaski of 670 The Score reports Antti Niemi in nets for the Hawks.
• Thanks again to Joe English, I pretty much use his help verbatim with the tips.

Goalie Starters 01/03/2010

Please remember to keep refreshing this page or follow me on Twitter for the fastest updates. Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight:

• No lineup changes for the Senators, implying Pascal Leclaire gets the nod in goal writes the Official Twitter Page of the Ottawa Senators.
• Seth Rorabaugh’s Empty Netters puts Tomas Vokoun in nets.  Still no confirmation on the Pittsburgh goalie as this game is the second of back-to-back contests.
• Similar story in Chicago as both the Blackhawks and the Ducks played last night.  If past history is any indicator it will be Antti Niemi against Jean-Sebastien Giguere, but I will confirmed later with links hopefully.
• Should have the starters for the Buffalo vs. Montreal as well as the Flyers goalie up shortly.

Goalie Starters 01/02/2010

Please remember to keep refreshing this page or follow me on Twitter for the fastest updates. Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight:

• Andrew Gross of The Record writes Matt Zaba will back up Henrik Lundqvist for the Rangers.  Bob Harwood Waeghe of Canes Country writes Cam Ward should be in net.
• Mike Heika of The Dallas Morning News predicts Marty Turco facing Roberto Luongo.

UPDATED @ 12:02 PM

• Mike Smith and Marc Andre Fleury expected in nets according to Seth Rorabaugh’s Empty Netters.

UPDATED @ 12:16 PM

• Pekka Rinne starts for the Preds, says their official Twitter.

UPDATED @ 1:03 PM

• Michael Russo of The Star Tribune puts Martin Brodeur and Niklas Backstrom in nets for their teams, respectively.

The End to All Team Canada Speculation

As the announcement was made on NHLNetwork in the States and TSN in Canada, NHL Hot Stove was on board and prepared to drop the news to
you directly after the announcement.

The selection, in order as it was announced:

Bob Mickelson: “This is a day every Canadian has been waiting for” and those words have never been more true.
Mike Chambers: “…a first ever Olympic Mens Ice Hockey win at home, on home ice.”
Steve Yzerman: (huge ovation) “….like all Canadians we are very excited to be here.  For all hockey fans, it’s a great day.” “This has
been an enjoyable process, but, a difficult one.” “Every player on this roster was put on after great debate.” “We feel we have a team
that will make Canadians proud…….and compete for a Gold medal which all Canadians know that we can achieve.”

Goaltenders:

Martin Brodeur (Montreal, Quebec)
Marc Andre Fleury (Sorel, Quebec)
Roberto Luongo (Montreal, Quebec)

Goalie Starters 12/29/2009

Please remember to keep refreshing this page or follow me on Twitter for the fastest updates. Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight:

• Chris Botta of Islanders Point Blank reports Dwayne Roloson gets the nod tonight.
• Ryan Miller expected by Seth Rorabaugh’s Empty Netters.  No word yet on the starter in Pittsburgh.

UPDATED @ 1:17 PM

• Marty Turco in nets for the Stars says Mike Heika of The Dallas Morning News.

UPDATED @ 1:27 PM

• Cristobal Huet in nets for the Hawks according to Chris Kuc of The Chicago Tribune.

UPDATED @ 1:37 PM

• Chris Mason faces Pekka Rinne tonight according to The Official Twitter Page of The Nashville Predators.

Goalie Starters 12/27/2009

Please remember to keep refreshing this page or follow me on Twitter for the fastest updates. Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight:

• Tomas Vokoun expected in nets by Steve Goldstein, Panthers play-by-play announcer.
• Jonas Seigel of Eat, Sleep, Leafs announced Vesa Toskala as the Leafs starter.
• Marc Andre Fleury should be the Penguins starter according to Seth Rorabaugh’s Empty Netters.
• The Flyers, Islanders, Sabres, Blues, Predators, Blackhawks and Canucks all come off games last night so it will take a little longer to find out their starters. The Bruins and Flames starters should be announced shortly following their morning skates.

UPDATED @ 2:26 PM

• The Bruins did not skate today, so we won’t know until the pregame skate who will start according to the The Boston Globe Bruins Blog.

Goalie Starters 12/23/2009

Please remember to keep refreshing this page or follow me on Twitter for the fastest updates. Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight:

• Tim Thomas the first goalie off the ice writes Fluto Shinzawa of The Boston Globe.  Dan Kamal confirms Ondrej Pavelec on the other side of the ice.
• Jimmy Howard set to start for the Red Wings writes Bruce MacLeod of The Macomb Daily.
• In Washigton, Michael Neuvirth set to make another start writes Tarik El-Bashir of The Washington Post. El-Bashir also believes Ryan Miller starts in nets for Buffalo.
• Jonas Siegel of Eat, Sleep, Leafs announces Jonas Gustavsson as the Leafs starter.
• Jaroslav Halak makes his third straight start according to Dave Stubbs of Habs Inside/Out.

Goalie Starters 12/21/2009

Please remember to keep refreshing this page or follow me on Twitter for the fastest updates. Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight:

• James Mirtle of From the Rink reports Jonas Gustavsson will face Ryan Miller tonight.
• Brian Elliot set to start according to James Gordon of The Ottawa Citizen.  He should be facing Tim Thomas according to John Bishop of Bruins.com.
• Craig Anderson set to face the Wild tonight according to Adrian Dater of The Denver Post.
• Evgeni Nabokov confirmed by Working the Corners with David Pollack.

UPDATED @ 12;46 PM

• Devan Dubnyk makes his first start tonight according to The Official Twitter Feed of The Edmonton Oilers.