7 posts tagged “hockey”

This comes about 30 years too late to help the cause.

Guy Lafleur found guilty
INGRID PERITZ, Globe and Mail Update, May 1, 2009 at 10:04 AM EDT

MONTREAL -- Hockey legend Guy Lafleur was found guilty this morning of giving contradictory evidence to the court, a crime punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

Quebec Court Judge Claude Parent said Mr. Lafleur had lied when he testified during his son's bail hearing in 2007 that he was unaware his son had slept in a hotel in breach of a court-ordered curfew.

Of course the likelihood that he'd ever get this chance with the Toronto Maple Leafs might be even more remote. I've got more faith in Brian Burke than I do in the current Canucks management though.

'I wanted ... a chance to compete for the Stanley Cup': Sundin
BY BRAD ZIEMER, VANCOUVER SUN, APRIL 13, 2009

It is one rather glaring omission on an otherwise impeccable resume.

And as Mats Sundin began contemplating his future last summer, a long and deliberate process that continued deep into the fall, he kept coming back to the one thing that would complete his hockey-playing life.

He could not get the Stanley Cup out of his head.

At this rate, it's easier to be a Leafs fan:

Canucks lose their 8th in a row
Last Updated: Saturday, January 31, 2009 | 10:06 PM PT, CBC Sports

The return of all-star goaltender Roberto Luongo and addition of high-scoring Mats Sundin was supposed to turn the Vancouver Canucks into Stanley Cup contenders.

But at the rate they're going, the Canucks will be lucky to qualify for the playoffs

Ok, wasn't Mats Sundin supposed to save the Canucks? On another note, did anybody publish a story today that didn't include a superfluous reference to Barak Obama's inauguration?

Canucks lose to Sharks in last-minute heartbreaker
BY BRAD ZIEMER, VANCOUVER SUNJANUARY 20, 2009
  
SAN JOSE -- On the day the United States and its new president began what Americans hope will be a journey of renewal, the Vancouver Canucks continued down that bumpy road to ruin.

The Canucks played the San Jose Sharks extremely tough Tuesday night, but surrendered the tying goal with 40 seconds left in the third period and then lost...

Ottawa's Kathleen Edwards dedicated her song Copied Keys to Sundin on Friday night. The opening line:

This is not my town and it will never be

She's a funny lady.

I'm not sure that $20 Million is enough to make up for the indignity of a front page headline discussing your groin, but to each his own I suppose.

Sundin says groin is fully healed
Newest Vancouver Canuck credits time off with injury recovery
Last Updated: Saturday, December 20, 2008
CBC Sports

Mats Sundin says the groin problems he suffered last March will not be a factor as he prepares for his debut with the Vancouver Canucks.

I'm also not sure that one player makes an offence, and this team needs one badly. I suppose we'll have to wait and see.

you can [always count on a penguin.":google:pittsburgh penguins stanley cup playoffs 2008 game 5]

It should come as no secret who I'm cheering for in this year's Stanley Cup Final.