1/8 Show Links

Here are the show links for January 8, 2010

• Video: Here is the hit by Dave Steckel on Sidney Crosby
• The 2011 Winter Classic timelapse video of the construction of the arena at Heinz Field

Friday Night Recap/Saturday Night Preview

• Recap of the Leafs/Thrashers game
• Video: Maple Leafs @ Thrashers highlights, all goals & full highlights
• Carolina/Florida recap from last night
• Video: Jeff Skinner’s goal from last night
• Senators/Blackhawks recap from last night
• Rangers/Stars recap from last night
• Video: Mats Zuccarello shootout goal from last night
• Anaheim Ducks/Columbus Blue Jackets recap from last night
• Detroit/Calgary recap
• Vancouver/Edmonton recap

NHL News & Notes

• Article: Roloson Trade Solidifies Lightning
• Video: I’ll never forget this save by Dwayne Roloson on Cheechoo in Double OT
• Marty Brodeur to split time with Johan Hedberg
• Chris Osgood – won his 400th career game

• Team Ontario wins World Under 17 Hockey Challenge
• Tim Campbell’s article in the Winnipeg Free Press about the success of the World Under 17 Hockey Tournament

NHL News & Notes

• Calgary Flames general manager Darryl Sutter resigns
• The ratings for this past year’s Winter Classic were the best ever, up 22 % over last year
• Larry Brooks wants Central Park for the next Winter Classic
• James Wisniewski UFA after the season was traded to the Montreal Canadiens for a 2011 second round pick and a conditional 2012 fifth round pick.
• DAL defenceman Trevor Daley has agreed to a 6-year, $19.8M (cap hit of $3.3M annually) extension. NTC kicks in next season.

• Video: Ryan Getzlaf takes puck to face
• Anaheim Ducks forward Ryan Getzlaf out until February after suffering multiple facial fractures
• Article about visor use in the NHL from friend of the show Adam Proteau
• Jamie Langenbrunner traded to Dallas Stars in exchange for a conditional 3rd round draft pick
  (Becomes a 2nd rounder if Dallas wins a playoff round or re-signs him)
• The Edmonton Oilers will be without the services of rookie Jordan Eberle for 10 days due to a sprained ankle and then, unrelated, he had an emergency appendectomy.
• Fans in Columbus claim veteran official Paul Devorski taunted them during the Blue Jackets 4-3 shootout win over the Minnesota Wild on December 27, 2010
  
  

• Canadians d-man Josh Georges lost for the remainder of the season with a knee injury—needs surgery
• Here is the article from the Globe & Mail about Gorge’s torn ACL
• Columbus Blue Jackets D-man Mike Commodore put on waivers after requesting a trade—Has a cap hit of $3.75 million through 2012-2013
• Tampa Bay signs UFA defenseman Marc Andre Bergeron to a one year, 2 way contract worth $1 million at the NHL level. Assign him to Norfolk of the AHL until his conditioning improves
• Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff wins 500th career NHL game with Sabres 3-0 victory over San Jose on Thurs.
• Video: Ben Eager’s punch on Colby Armstrong

On The Beat

• James Mirtle of the Globe and Mail with a story on the toll the “butterfly style” of goaltending takes on goalies’ bodies (Editor’s Pick)
• Bill Dow of the Detroit Free Press on the 40th anniversary of the Red Wings 13-0 loss to the Maple Leafs and the turmoil that followed
• Bruce Dowbiggen of the Globe and Mail on the evolution of the WJHC into a television behemoth
• Woody Womack of the Naples Daily News with a profile on Mike McKenzie, son of TSN’s Bob McKenzie
• Ha! Cam Cole’s tweet about Gord Miller coming in late from the bathroom