Any Thoughts on the NHL?

Erik Wolk
Sports literature
Mr. Brocato
12.19.2008

ANY THOUGHTS ON THE NHL?

It is interesting how people can sometimes meet each other again, right? Well, this is exactly the case I am talking about, ladies and gentlemen. We meet each other again at ESPN,which is highly interesting. For me, at least. Because I am writing the cool stuff,if you know what I mean. This time, I will talk about the Hockey league a little bit.Everybody fine with that? Alright.

The NHL is a very interesting thing, of course, because there are huge events, but still, it is not the favorite sport of Americans, don't ask me why. To look at the newest stuff, Giguere leaves the Ducks after father's death. First of all, it is surely a very big shock for him and it is quite respectable that he doesn't want to play right now. He has the right to take a rest, but he shouldn't have a too long break, the team needs him obviously. He will only miss a game at Edmonton, but he will rejoin the team again before the big game in Vancouver. he shows a very strong mind, people will love him for this braveness.

The other interesting thing, which is most popular at this time, is that the Canucks retire Linden's number 16. Travor Linden and the Vancouver Canucks fans who revered him celebrated his longtime career when the team retired his No. 16 sweater to the rafters Wednesday night. The gritty former forward wiped away a tear as he watched the banner bearing his name and number ascend in front of a cheering crowd of 18,630. I mean, it is surely impressive everytime this happens in sport, that somebody actually starts to cry about what he managed. It is a legend, otherwise, celebrate good times. Anyways, the New York Rangers are still No. 1 on our list. how surprising, huh? They are unstoppable. But behind them, Philadelphia, is trying very hard to catch up with them and maye they will make it.

In NHL, the qualifying system is pretty well organized. The top eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs. And the division winners in each conference are seeded numbers 1-3, and the remaining five teams are seeded 4-8, according to the points they have in total. But what I really would like to talk about is the player Loui Eriksson. Three goals pushed his team into overtime, which is ridiculous. But Brad Richards and Mike Ribeiro finished the game in the shootout, ladies and gentlemen. Eriksson's first career hat trick gave him five goals into two games, helping the stars to 6-5 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on thursday night. Eriksson's breakout season has been one of the few positives for the injury-riddled Stars. Eriksson has already established a career high with 17 goals. That's very impressive for me, ladies and gentlemen. All three of Eriksson's goals came from close range. He's one of the few Stars with the ability to get to the net and finish plays. How many players can do that?
The Blue Jackets thought they netted the winning goal 13 seconds into overtime on Manny Malhotra's apparent goal, but after a video review, officials ruled the puck was kicked into the net.

However, ice hockey is a very goood thing to do as an every day activity, but isn't that healthy, right? Just think about how many injuries can happen to each one playing. But ice hockey has of course the one very positive fact- the players get so much money. Especially Jaromir Jagr, who is a Czech ice hockey player. I mean, he is rich, but he still not as good as Bill Gates, which is extremely disappointing. Just kidding. For many kids it is an awesome sport to play in winter and it is a bit limited. Although you don't play it in compettions, you still need the expensive equipment and you need -50 degrees to play on a pond.
What do you think about Kovalev? He reaches milestone as Habs and Flyers' streak.Alexei Kovalev is hitting heights that are surprising him. Getting there after the worst scoring slump of his career has made it that much sweeter.Kovalev scored a goal to reach 900 NHL points and Sergei Kostitsyn and Steve Begin each had a goal and an assist to help the Montreal Canadiens end Philadelphia's five-game winning streak with a 5-2 victory over the Flyers on Thursday night. As you can see, there is alot happening in the NHL, but if I should tell my opinions about all the events, I would get sooner old, rather than you would here everything from me. So, enjoy your holidays, maybe next time at ESPN? I will move to other sports next time again.