February 15, 2012

Hatty Valentine’s Day Courtesy Spezza and Kovalchuk

by Andi Perelman Hat tricks, Hockey in the News • Tags: corey perry, hatty valentines day, hockey, kovalchuk, mike green, milan lucic, new jersey devils, nhl, ottawa senators, sam gagner, spezza, sports, valentine

Two NHL players had a ‘Hatty’ Valentine’s day yesterday night. The first hat trick was from Jason Spezza of the Ottawa Senators and the next was from Ilya Kovalchuk of the New Jersey Devils. Both teams ended up winning their games. Good Valentine day gift for fans from New Jersey and Ottawa! Here are those highlights:

Spezza’s hatty (I like the delay before the shot on the 2nd goal):

Kovalchuk’s hatty (Check out Parise’s steal on the 3rd goal):

Valentine’s day also proved to be fairly interesting on social media with the hashtag #nhlvalentines. People took the opportunity to create their own ‘roses are red, violets are blue’ poems, completely bashing other teams and boosting their own. Alright here are some favorites (for some of the more racy ones, just search the hashtag):

January 29, 2012

NHL Super Skills provides Super Thrills

by Andi Perelman Hockey in the News • Tags: all star weekend NHLAllStar, carey price, corey perry, hockey, nhl, pat kane, super skills, zdeno chara

Yesterday, January 28th, 2012 was the NHL Super Skills Competition at All-Star Weekend. Numerous events took place including races, a slap-shot contest, accuracy shooting competition, breakaway challenge, elimination shootout, and a multi-player relay race. The players all seemed to be having a good time joking around with each other about their ‘skills’ or lack thereof. The competitions were fun to watch, and they highlighted all the players involved in All-Star weekend. Some specific challenges stood out and took the spotlight.

Here are some videos of my personal favorites:

This video is Zdeno Chara’s record-breaking slap-shot, a whopping 108.8 mph!