PaulThology

Ryan Callahan, American professional hockey player for the New York Rangers, arrived a couple of days ago in Russia for the World Hockey Championships after his NHL team was eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs. His equipment, however, did not, and thus he is not playing. The USA is currently playing Finland in […]

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My great idea of the day…

Shooters in the NHL’s shootouts this year scored on 315 of 1298 shots, or 32.76%.
Shooters of penalty shots were 25 for 70, or 35.71%.
Power Plays in this year’s regular season resulted in 17.59% success, and 2.25% shorthanded. Subtracting the shorthanded from the power play goals success rate yields 15.34% […]

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Call a spade “a spade,” I say.
From the NHL.com’s Blog Central:
Paul Kukla -last entry April 17, consistenly has had one entry per week (Tues.)
Evan Grossman - once/week, last entry March 28.
Risto Pakarinen - One entry in March, two so far in April
Darren Eliot- Three entries in March, none so far in April
Nancy Koenig - Two […]

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Marion - a girl’s name
Marian - a boy’s name
Marian Hossa - Top scorer on the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers
Henrik Zetterberg - Detroit Red Wings’ star player, shown on Toys R’ Us page to buy the Marian Hossa action figure

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The list below are the players whose backs I’ll ride all the way to the 2007 McCloud Family Fantasy Cup. Two Pats, two Chris’, an Ilya, and a Marian. Funny that they’re all men…
They’re the “Gopher Broke Boys,” and I’ll be rooting hard for the Ducks and Wings to meet in the conference […]

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As an honored guest of GodSendJen’s Thrashers Roundtable (first set of questions is available here), I answered her second Roundtable questions as follows:
1. Who is the Role Player most likely to do something huge in the playoffs? (Excluding Lehtonen, Hossa, Kovy, Kozy, Tkachuk and Zhitnik.)
I’d have to say Bobby Holik. He’s a […]

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The NHL fans among you probably think I’m talking about Lord Stanley’s Cup. I’m not…sort of.
I’m speaking of the McCloud Family Fantasy Cup, the annual NHL playoff adventure between three of my cousins and me. We’ll select 5 forwards and 2 defensemen from each conference, awarding 3 pts. per goal, 2 pts. per […]

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Our family’s entry into the Atlanta Thrashers YouTube Video Contest for VIP Playoff Tickets…

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Yet another trip to Philips Arena last night with sir Miles (our 3 year old son) to see the Atlanta Thrashers. Last Thursday I had a feeling in my gut that we should hold off on using a pair of free passes, and I’m glad we did, as the Sharks manhandled the Thrashers.
The Toronto Maple […]

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Since the NHL Owners are meeting this week, I thought I’d review why the league seems so boring to me this year, yet my team (Atlanta) is tied for first in their division.
Are teams stalling in OT to get to the shootout? Yes, as 60% of games tied in regulation now end in a […]

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