Henrik Sedin

The western conferences only game saw the Vancouver Canucks easily handle the St.Louis Blues by score of 3-0.  Roberto Luongo recorded his first career playoff shutout stopping all 30 shots he faced.  The Swedish connection accounted for all three Vancouver goals.  Mat Sundin scored the Canucks first goal late in the second period, and the [...]

The NHL playoffs opened yesterday with 4 games on the slate.  As expected the top seeded teams won their games with the exception of the Washington Capitals who lost to the 7th seeded New York Rangers 4-3.  Before the series started many believed that this series would come down to goaltending, obviously Jose Theodore just [...]

Let’s start off with the number 1 seed San Jose Sharks versus the number 8 seed Anaheim Ducks.  This is a series that is more evenly matched than most people would think.  During the regular season the Sharks went 4-2 vs the Ducks but the all the games showed how close these two teams really [...]

13 games were played last night in what were largely just kind of take it easy games.  Most of the top teams lost as they rested a few of there regular players so they could be fresh for their respective playoff runs.  The Detroit Red Wings, the San Jose Sharks, the Boston Bruins and the [...]

Last night the St. Louis Blues who are fighting for their lives in the western conference playoff race defeated the Detroit Red Wings 5-4.  The Blues, playing on the road in front of a hostile crowd rose to the challenge.  St.Louis’ David Backes exploded and led the way with 4 goals, numbers 27, 28, 29 [...]

The Buffalo Sabres won yesterday by beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3.  With their third win in as many games the Sabres are desperately clinging on to hope for making the playoffs.  Being just 5 points behind the Montreal Canandiens makes tonight’s game versus the Canadiens that much more vital.  With a win Buffalo would [...]

Daniel and Henrik Sedin entered the  NHL together back in 1999.  They were the number 2 & 3 overall picks in the draft.  The twins have spent their entire careers in Vancover with the Canucks.  Now, both twins contracts are up and negotations are not going well.   The Sedin twins want $6.5 millon a year [...]