practice Stories - Stanley Cup of Chowder
A team that shoots on glass together, stays together
One of the repeat stories of the season are Lightning players shattering panes of glass behind the net with missed shots. Kurtis Foster accomplished the feat for times so far this season. In what was only listed as a side-note story from yesterday's morning practice at Bell Centre, Damian...
New Face In The Crowd
Original post date: Friday, November 9, 2007Who knew Mike Smith of the Dallas Stars was funny?Actually, your first question might be: who is Mike Smith? The answer: the 25-year-old backup for Turco. He was one of the only ones I saw at the Toyota Center ice on my break today; it was him, two Stars...
Humiliation as motivation -- "Strip-Shootout" for the Bolts
I'll hand this to Rick Tocchet, it was more than just a funny idea -- it was motivation and a team building exercise all at once. After the Lightning's two-hour practice at the Ice Sports Forum in Brandon today, the team participated in a game of "Naked Shootout" which would be better titled...
Rumored line changes for the Canucks: Burrows promoted to Sedin Line
A poster at Canucks.com mentioned that the Canucks were practicing with these lines today: Sedin-Sedin-BurrowsDemitra-Sundin-KeslerPyatt-Wellwood-BernierHansen-Johnson-Hordichuk I haven't found a news link to back that up. However, do those combo's make you a little bit curious? Burrows on the...
Some positivity in the Canucks' camp after returning home
Alain Vigneault said today: "No team in this league, with the competitive nature of the league, can win consistently if your best players aren't your best players night in and night out," said Vigneault. "Right now our guys are working extremely hard to get to that level. Roberto was on the ice an...
Full-blown frustration sets in as Mitchell and Raymond square off at Canucks practice
From the Vancouver Sun:They can't win a game to save their lives, but the Vancouver Canucks have their game faces on at practice today at UBC.Losers of eight straight home games, the Canucks' tension and frustration boiled over with a practice altercation involving defenceman Willie Mitchell and...
Ristuccia Report
With no B's games until Thursday and in desperate need of content, I decided to head out to Wilmington to check out practice this morning.10:37I arrived at the rink a few minutes into practice. It looks like most of the players have the day off. There are only six skaters on the ice (Bergeron,...
DeBoer turns it up a notch
Coach Pete has decided upon a new strategy for his practice at the Prudential Center yesterday: hard work! "Players were crammed into a small section of the ice and told to fight for the puck. They drove each other into the boards, pushing and prodding each other, and some were driven to the ice."...
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