Posts Tagged ‘Olympics’

Jun21st

Hall of Fame Worthy?

AUTHOR: Eugene Markman | IN: Flyers, NHL, Popular | COMMENTS: 3 Comments

Standing 6 feet tall, and weighing in at 245 pounds.
Captain for Team Canada in the Olympics.
Silver medal and gold medal in men’s Olympic hockey.
Two time gold medalist at the World Junior Championships.
1st overall draft pick in 1991.
Top 20 all time in points-per game.
Hart Trophy winner.

Feb19th

2 Games Down, Many Lessons Learned

AUTHOR: Eugene Markman | IN: Flyers | COMMENTS: 6 Comments

As of this writing, half of the teams have played 2 games. And right now, there are two pervading themes to this tournament: the favorites have not pulled away from the pack, and goaltending rules.  Case in point: Canada needed a shootout to beat Switzerland, and Russia lost in a shootout to Slovakia.  Meanwhile, the US has taken advantage of Canada’s stumble and sits atop their group. I haven’t been able to watch every game, so here’s a quick review of what I have seen:

Jonas Hiller is incredible. I don’t see many Ducks games, so the Giguere trade shocked me [...]