The New Coyotes

After a hectic and worrisome summer, the Phoenix Coyotes came into the 2009-2010 season completely revamped.  With a new coach, Dave Tippett, and a new owner, the Coyotes have remodeled their roster, acquiring fourteen of its 25 players in the year 2009.

The new roster has proven to be a successful change, as the Coyotes with 45 games played sit fourth in the Western Conference with 26 wins, and 56 points. They are on pace to shatter the Phoenix Coyotes franchise record, of 95 points (achieved in the 2001-2002 season)*, with a total of 106 points. If the Coyotes want to establish the Coyotes fan support in Arizona, they will need to make the playoffs—and ideally, win the first round. Through half the season, the Coyotes have proven they are a new, rejuvenated team (average age of team is 27.8 years) that can win.

Though attendance has not been outstanding this season at Jobing.com Arena, the Coyotes have posted a great home record (16-6-1), and fared decently on the road (10-8-3). Hopefully the days of 5,000 fans in attendance are gone, as they will need the support to continue winning.

Though the Coyotes dropped their home opener to the Columbus Blue Jackets (2-0), bringing back the White-Out showed how great the momentum and energy can feel when the Coyotes play in front of a nearly sell-out crowd.

Goalie Starters 01/08/2010

Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight, January 8, 2010:

• Tom Gulitti of The Record thinks Martin Brodeur gets the nod tonight.  Pretty safe bet if you ask me.
• Mike Smith gets the nod according to Erik Erlendsson of The Tampa Tribune
• Mike Harrington of The Sabres Edge puts Ryan Miller in nets.
• Rick DiPietro starts today according to Katie Strang of Newsday.

UPDATED @ 1:43 PM

• Curtis McElhinney starts in net, reported by Alex Ruiz of Flames.com.
• Mike Harrington of Sabres Edge expects Jonas Gustavsson to start in nets. Still waiting on a confirmation on the Leafs end, but it makes sense.

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 01/06/2010

Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight, January 6, 2010:

• A couple of teams coming off back-to-back nights.  Marty Turco and Niklas Backstrom should be in nets considering their backups played last night.  I told think the situation is as cut and dry in Calgary or Toronto, so I will keep you posted on those decisions.  In addition, the Rangers, Blues and Flyers play the first of back-to-back games, so it will be interesting to see who they choose to start on which nights. (H/T to Joe English for the Turco decision)
• Michael Leighton confirmed by The Official Twitter Page of the Philadelphia Flyers.

Daily Fantasy 3 Stars 01/03/2010

In this section, I break down the top three fantasy hockey performers every night and cite why I chose them in particular. In addition, I will track the amount of times the players have received this honor and tally them at the end of the season. For the sake of clarity, I will be using Yahoo! standard categories (Forwards – G,A,+/-, PP, PIM, SOG; Goalies – W, GAA, SV%, SHO) and thus exclude player’s salaries.

Only four games and eight teams in action following an exciting night in hockey.  Of the four games, it was the first contest which we derived all of our stars for the night.  Here are our standout fantasy stars for the evening:

THIRD STAR: Arron Asham, Philadelphia Flyers (0-0-1) –  Asham helped his team keep the game close, playing his part in half of the Flyers scoring this Sunday.  The rugged winger scored a goal and assisted on one by Darroll Powe helping the team tie the game before their eventual fall to the Senators 7-4.  Not usually known for his scoring prowess, the 31-year-old added two penalty minutes, one shot and a plus one giving him contributions across five categories.

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.

Happy New Year from NHLHS!

Happy New Year from NHLHS!

Boston Bruins

• Milan Lucic and Mark Stuart will not play in the Winter Classic.  [The Boston Globe]
• Tim Thomas expected to start. [The Boston Globe]

Philadelphia Flyers

• Michael Leighton starting for the Flyers.
• Ray Emery and Ryan Parent expected to miss the contest.

Atlanta Thrashers

• Johan Hedberg starting. [Dan Kamal]
• Mark Popovic and Kari Lehtonen remain out.

Buffalo Sabres

• Ryan Miller starts. [Sabres Edge]
• Derek Roy back in. [Mike Harrington]
• Nathan Gerbe activated off IR, Patrick Kaleta remains day-to-day.

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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 12/26/2009

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

• Chip Alexander of The News Observer reports Michael Leighton gets the nod for Philadelphia.  The Official Twitter Page of The Philadelphia Flyers does not confirm this.
• Dwayne Roloson in nets for the Isles says Katie Strang of Newsday.
• The Capitals will start Michael Neuvirth announces Tarik El-Bashir of The Washington Post.
• Jonas Siegel of AM 640 writes Jonas Gustavsson gets the nod.
• Mike Smith gets the nod says Erik Erlendsson of The Tampa Tribune.
• The Official Twitter Feed of the Nashville Predators announces Pekka Rinne as their starter tonight.
• Dave Vest of Coyotes.com writes Ilya Bryzgalov is likely to start tonight against the Kings.

Goalie Starters 12/18/2009

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

• Tom Gulitti of Fire & Ice puts Martin Brodeur in nets.  Ken Warren of The Ottawa Citizen believes Brian Elliot will be his opponent.
• Vesa Toskala makes his seventh straight start according to Jonas Siegel of Eat, Sleep Leafs.  He will face Ryan Miller as confirmed by Mike Harrington of Sabres Edge.
• Jesse Rogers of ESPN Chicago reports Antti Niemi makes another start for the Hawks.