ST. LOUIS (AP) - Peter Mueller scored twice on a three-point game that matched his career best and Paul Stastny netted his fifth goal in three games with two assists, soccer jerseys helping the Colorado Avalanche sweep the season series against the St. Louis Blues with a 5-3 victory on Tuesday night.
The Blues had quick goals to start the first two periods, with Alex Steen matching the franchise record to start the game on his 20th goal at the 8-second mark and Patrik Berglund scoring at 34 seconds of the second to tie it at 2. Otherwise, backup goalie Peter Budaj was effective subbing for Craig Anderson, who got a break after making a franchise-record 23 consecutive starts.
St. Louis flopped in its first home game since Feb. 13, dropping to an NHL-worst 12-17-5 at the Scottrade Center, and the Avalanche outscored them 21-8 over four games for their first season sweep since 2005-06.
Blues goalie Chris Mason gave up five goals on 24 shots after coming in 0-3 with a 7.22 goals-against average against Colorado.
Budaj was especially strong in the third period while the Blues had sustained pressure and outshot Colorado 14-6, but Chris Stewart's late goal put it out of reach.
Time is running out on the Blues' bid for a second straight late-season rally to make the playoffs. St. Louis is in 10th place in the Western Conference, seven points behind eighth-place Detroit with 13 games to go.
Steen tied the mark set by Greg Paslawski on Oct. 29, 1985, against Washington when Budaj stopped his shot from the left boards but the rebound appeared to deflect off Avalanche forward T.J. Galiardi.
Colorado asserted itself later in the period, with Mueller getting a power play goal and assisting on Milan Hejduk's 18th of the season for a 2-1 lead. The 21-year-old Mueller has scored in all seven games since being acquired from the Coyotes, totaling four goals and seven assists after having 17 points in 54 games with Phoenix.
The Avalanche went ahead by two on Stastny's rebound goal and Mueller's eighth of the season in a span of 1:29 midway through the second period. David Perron scored on a rebound at 11:06 to cut the deficit to one.
NOTES: Mueller's start matches Theo Fleury (1998-99) for Colorado's longest streak since moving from Quebec, although Joe Sakic scored in 12 straight in 1988-89 for the Nordiques. ... Anderson was 15-8 with a 2.08 GAA and four shutouts during his starting streak. Only Martin Brodeur (33) and Roberto Luongo (26) have had longer consecutive-game runs in the NHL this season. ... U.S. Olympic silver medalists Erik Johnson and David Backes (Blues) and Stastny (Avalanche) were recognized in a pregame ceremony. ... Steen has 12 goals in the last 17 home games. ... Stewart added an assist and finished with seven goals and 12 points in four games against the Blues, including two go-ahead goals.
2010年5月7日星期五
2010年5月5日星期三
Crosby-Ovechkin Winter Classic possible on Jan. 1
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh is making a strong push to play host to the NHL's next Winter Classic on Jan. 1, matching the league's two signature stars in the Penguins' Sidney Crosby and the Capitals' Alex Ovechkin at Heinz Field.
The Penguins played in the soccer jerseys first Winter Classic played on U.S. ice in Buffalo in 2008, but the Crosby-Ovechkin rivalry has become so big that the NHL is believed to be favoring a second Penguins appearance in four years.
A person with knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press on Sunday that Pittsburgh is in a strong position to be chosen as the host.
The league commonly does not reveal the Winter Classic site until after the Stanley Cup playoffs, but league officials and the Penguins have not denied speculation the game will be played in the Steelers' stadium. Penguins president David Morehouse began lobbying for the game in discussions with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman months ago.
Penguins officials declined Sunday to discuss a possible Winter Classic in Pittsburgh.
However, Pittsburgh city officials are pushing hard for the city to be chosen, and the Steelers are amenable to playing the game at Heinz Field. Previously, the Pittsburgh Pirates lobbied for a Winter Classic at PNC Park, but its capacity of 38,496 is far below Heinz Field's 65,050 and thus would generate far less revenue, and it is not being considered.
Yankee Stadium was discussed as a possible Winter Classic site next season, until the stadium landed a college bowl game that will be played the week after Christmas.
A Ovechkin-Crosby outdoors game would offer the NHL's much attractive matchup.
Crosby and Ovechkin have combined to win the last three MVP awards _ Crosby in 2007, Ovechkin in 2008 and 2009_ and the two Eastern Conference players have formed the NHL's equivalent of the NBA's Kobe Bryant-LeBron James rivalry.
The Penguins and Capitals met in the playoffs last season, with the Penguins rallying to win one of the league's most competitive early round series in years by taking Game 7 in Washington.
Ovechkin and Crosby also were rivals during the recent Winter Olympics, with Crosby-led Canada beating Ovechkin-led Russia 7-3 in the quarterfinals en route to winning the gold medal.
Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said he has no problems with his team being selected for the game, although he'd liked to see Washington considered as the host city.
"I'd like to be involved with it," Boudreau said before Sunday's game against Calgary. "Why would I be opposed to it? Like anything else, if we were lucky enough to be involved in that game, I'd love to have it in our area to show the country how good of fans we have, but that's not for me to decide."
Staging the Winter Classic at Heinz Field the weekend before the NFL playoffs begin would mean the Steelers could not play home games on the final two Sundays of the regular season so that the ice surface could be constructed.
However, the NFL stages Thursday night games during the final two months of the season, so there is a possibility the Steelers could play at home on Thursday, Dec. 23, before turning the stadium over to the NHL. There would be time to convert the stadium back to football in time for any playoff game the following weekend, even if the Winter Classic must be postponed one day to Jan. 2 because of bad weather.
The Steelers already know they must play two of the first three weeks of the season on the road so they don't conflict with Pirates home games, so playing a late-season Thursday game would prevent them from playing an extended stretch on the road to end the season.
Holding the Winter Classic on its home field might require the Steelers to replace the grass field before any playoff game, but the team often replaces all or part of the turf late in the season.
The Penguins played in the soccer jerseys first Winter Classic played on U.S. ice in Buffalo in 2008, but the Crosby-Ovechkin rivalry has become so big that the NHL is believed to be favoring a second Penguins appearance in four years.
A person with knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press on Sunday that Pittsburgh is in a strong position to be chosen as the host.
The league commonly does not reveal the Winter Classic site until after the Stanley Cup playoffs, but league officials and the Penguins have not denied speculation the game will be played in the Steelers' stadium. Penguins president David Morehouse began lobbying for the game in discussions with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman months ago.
Penguins officials declined Sunday to discuss a possible Winter Classic in Pittsburgh.
However, Pittsburgh city officials are pushing hard for the city to be chosen, and the Steelers are amenable to playing the game at Heinz Field. Previously, the Pittsburgh Pirates lobbied for a Winter Classic at PNC Park, but its capacity of 38,496 is far below Heinz Field's 65,050 and thus would generate far less revenue, and it is not being considered.
Yankee Stadium was discussed as a possible Winter Classic site next season, until the stadium landed a college bowl game that will be played the week after Christmas.
A Ovechkin-Crosby outdoors game would offer the NHL's much attractive matchup.
Crosby and Ovechkin have combined to win the last three MVP awards _ Crosby in 2007, Ovechkin in 2008 and 2009_ and the two Eastern Conference players have formed the NHL's equivalent of the NBA's Kobe Bryant-LeBron James rivalry.
The Penguins and Capitals met in the playoffs last season, with the Penguins rallying to win one of the league's most competitive early round series in years by taking Game 7 in Washington.
Ovechkin and Crosby also were rivals during the recent Winter Olympics, with Crosby-led Canada beating Ovechkin-led Russia 7-3 in the quarterfinals en route to winning the gold medal.
Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said he has no problems with his team being selected for the game, although he'd liked to see Washington considered as the host city.
"I'd like to be involved with it," Boudreau said before Sunday's game against Calgary. "Why would I be opposed to it? Like anything else, if we were lucky enough to be involved in that game, I'd love to have it in our area to show the country how good of fans we have, but that's not for me to decide."
Staging the Winter Classic at Heinz Field the weekend before the NFL playoffs begin would mean the Steelers could not play home games on the final two Sundays of the regular season so that the ice surface could be constructed.
However, the NFL stages Thursday night games during the final two months of the season, so there is a possibility the Steelers could play at home on Thursday, Dec. 23, before turning the stadium over to the NHL. There would be time to convert the stadium back to football in time for any playoff game the following weekend, even if the Winter Classic must be postponed one day to Jan. 2 because of bad weather.
The Steelers already know they must play two of the first three weeks of the season on the road so they don't conflict with Pirates home games, so playing a late-season Thursday game would prevent them from playing an extended stretch on the road to end the season.
Holding the Winter Classic on its home field might require the Steelers to replace the grass field before any playoff game, but the team often replaces all or part of the turf late in the season.
Eduardo: We Can Win Silverware
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 -- Arsenal striker Eduardo is relishing the NBA jerseys great run of form that his team are going through at the moment and hopes that they win trophies at the end of the season.
The Croatian international striker told The Press Association:
"At the moment we are improving a lot and feel stronger mentally - the atmosphere inside the squad is good, we are very together. We are doing very well at the moment and I hope we can produce a big surprise this year."
The Croatian international striker told The Press Association:
"At the moment we are improving a lot and feel stronger mentally - the atmosphere inside the squad is good, we are very together. We are doing very well at the moment and I hope we can produce a big surprise this year."
2010年5月4日星期二
Will Galactico II stop Barcelona
It took less than 30 minutes for NHL Jerseys Barcelona to score two goals and put the match beyond Inter Milan’s reach when the two met at the Nou Camp. The win not only propelled Barcelona to the top of their group but also secured them a spot at the first knock out round of the UEFA Champions league.
The battle of who else will qualify in that group will be staged at the San Siro where Inter Milan will host Rubin Kazan, in a winner take it all.
At the start of this week, Barcelona had emphasized the importance of their next two matches by saying that the games will stop the world. The win against Inter Milan has put one foot in that quest and their cross hairs have now been directed to aim at their archrivals Real Madrid, who they will be meeting next weekend, in a match popularly known as the El Classico.
Although both clubs are the most successful and dominant teams in Spanish football, Real Madrid has a superior head to head record both in Europe and La liga, all due to the high number of silver wares they have won. However, some thing that unsettles Real Madrid is the attractive possessive ball Barcelona uses to overcome their opponents. This has branded Barcelona as the masters of controlling the ball, continued to increase their fan base around the world and increased their financial income.
Last season Barcelona had their most successful season in history by winning the La liga, Kings Cup and the Champions league. The same season they defeated Real Madrid both home and away scoring a total of eight goals and conceding two.
In a bid to counter all these, Fiorentina Perez, Real Madrid president, sanctioned a lot of money to be spent in order to sign Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Benzema. It will be the first time Galactico II players will feature against Barcelona. Many Real Madrid fans will view this game as a good moment for their club to demonstrate their credibility in ending Barcelona’s dominance, in the La liga and also Europe.
The battle of who else will qualify in that group will be staged at the San Siro where Inter Milan will host Rubin Kazan, in a winner take it all.
At the start of this week, Barcelona had emphasized the importance of their next two matches by saying that the games will stop the world. The win against Inter Milan has put one foot in that quest and their cross hairs have now been directed to aim at their archrivals Real Madrid, who they will be meeting next weekend, in a match popularly known as the El Classico.
Although both clubs are the most successful and dominant teams in Spanish football, Real Madrid has a superior head to head record both in Europe and La liga, all due to the high number of silver wares they have won. However, some thing that unsettles Real Madrid is the attractive possessive ball Barcelona uses to overcome their opponents. This has branded Barcelona as the masters of controlling the ball, continued to increase their fan base around the world and increased their financial income.
Last season Barcelona had their most successful season in history by winning the La liga, Kings Cup and the Champions league. The same season they defeated Real Madrid both home and away scoring a total of eight goals and conceding two.
In a bid to counter all these, Fiorentina Perez, Real Madrid president, sanctioned a lot of money to be spent in order to sign Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Benzema. It will be the first time Galactico II players will feature against Barcelona. Many Real Madrid fans will view this game as a good moment for their club to demonstrate their credibility in ending Barcelona’s dominance, in the La liga and also Europe.
2010年5月2日星期日
Milan Coach Leonardo Happy With Progress
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 -- AC Milan coach Leonardo has expressed his delight at having eventually qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Milan picked up a 1-1 draw with Swiss side FC Zurich in the Champions League on Tuesday and have progressed through to the knockout stages of the competition as Group C runners-up. Speaking to TMW after the match, Leonardo said:
"I didn't like our first half. We had a difficult period before the match, especially with the number of players in doubt.
"Thiago Silva, Ronaldinho, [Massimo] Ambrosini just to name a few. We were also playing a side that had nothing to lose, and that had put us in difficulty at San Siro.
"Even if we won the game, we would have finished second in our group. The only blotch was the loss to Zurich at home. That defeat penalised us a lot.
"Tonight's match was difficult to play, as they were calm and played open. It conditioned us mentally.
"As for who we will get? Who knows. We could get [Chelsea coach Carlo] Ancelotti.
"The important thing is to MLB jerseys take it it match by match."
Milan picked up a 1-1 draw with Swiss side FC Zurich in the Champions League on Tuesday and have progressed through to the knockout stages of the competition as Group C runners-up. Speaking to TMW after the match, Leonardo said:
"I didn't like our first half. We had a difficult period before the match, especially with the number of players in doubt.
"Thiago Silva, Ronaldinho, [Massimo] Ambrosini just to name a few. We were also playing a side that had nothing to lose, and that had put us in difficulty at San Siro.
"Even if we won the game, we would have finished second in our group. The only blotch was the loss to Zurich at home. That defeat penalised us a lot.
"Tonight's match was difficult to play, as they were calm and played open. It conditioned us mentally.
"As for who we will get? Who knows. We could get [Chelsea coach Carlo] Ancelotti.
"The important thing is to MLB jerseys take it it match by match."
Thierry Henry a future Red Bull?
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 --
There aren't many more famous and more talented soccer players in the Soccer jerseys world than Thierry Henry, so when the French striker and Barcelona star says he loves America and New York is the best city in the world, you have to take notice.
In an interview with the New York Times, Henry spelled out his affection for the United States and stated that he would love to play here one day.
“I always say that one day I can play over there,” Henry told Times writer Jack Bell. “I would love to."
Henry's love of the U.S. and interest in playing here isn't a secret. I wrote last year that Henry had expressed serious interest in coming here and spoke to former France teammate Youri Djorkaeff at length about Djorkaeff's experience playing in MLS.
Now here's the question. How soon could Henry be playing in the United States? Considering his current age (30) and form (still excellent for Barcelona), it wouldn't be a stretch to think that Henry could arrive in MLS in 2009. Who better to help launch Red Bull Park in 2009 than Henry? Henry could also wait a year and be the marquee attraction for a second New York team.
Needless to say, Henry is exactly the kind of player MLS needs to bring in, from his on-field ability to his off-field marketability.
There aren't many more famous and more talented soccer players in the Soccer jerseys world than Thierry Henry, so when the French striker and Barcelona star says he loves America and New York is the best city in the world, you have to take notice.
In an interview with the New York Times, Henry spelled out his affection for the United States and stated that he would love to play here one day.
“I always say that one day I can play over there,” Henry told Times writer Jack Bell. “I would love to."
Henry's love of the U.S. and interest in playing here isn't a secret. I wrote last year that Henry had expressed serious interest in coming here and spoke to former France teammate Youri Djorkaeff at length about Djorkaeff's experience playing in MLS.
Now here's the question. How soon could Henry be playing in the United States? Considering his current age (30) and form (still excellent for Barcelona), it wouldn't be a stretch to think that Henry could arrive in MLS in 2009. Who better to help launch Red Bull Park in 2009 than Henry? Henry could also wait a year and be the marquee attraction for a second New York team.
Needless to say, Henry is exactly the kind of player MLS needs to bring in, from his on-field ability to his off-field marketability.
2010年5月1日星期六
Your New Worst ‘Nightmare’
Wes Craven's 1984 original gave Freddy, who kills his teenage victims while they dream, soccer jerseys an unsettling backstory. Krueger was a child murderer in Craven's film, having killed 20 children in the neighborhood, only to be released because the search warrant that yielded the evidence was improperly signed. A mob of angry parents cornered Krueger in an abandoned boiler room and set him on fire, and the disfigured Krueger haunts their children's dreams, visiting upon them the sins of their fathers. In the new version, Krueger is a child molester who keeps Polaroids of his crimes in a shoebox. The arsonist mob attacks Krueger, in lieu of forcing their children to endure a lengthy trial. As horrific as is the thought of a child being killed, it apparently wasn't quite shocking enough for the Nightmare relaunch. Today, with concern about rampant child sexual abuse stitched into the zeitgeist—To Catch a Predator and Law & Order: SVU come to mind—a molester is the ultimate bogeyman.
Film theorists have long posited that horror movies reflect the collective fear of their audience, as in the 1950s when alien siege films such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers channeled Cold War paranoia. The hysteria surrounding the abuse of children has never completely abated after the rash of alleged abuse at day-care centers in the 1980s. (Nightmare even makes reference to Krueger having abused his victims in a "secret cave," which parallels the "secret tunnels" of the McMartin preschool trial.) The sexual-abuse panic has only grown since then, due in large part to the access and anonymity the Internet provides, as well as to the seemingly endless accusations against Catholic priests. One of the top iPhone applications is a service that allows users to track registered sex offenders living in their neighborhoods.
While it's no surprise that the preoccupation with child sex abuse has bled into our pop culture—the lead characters of television's Saving Grace and United States of Tara are abuse survivors, for example—it is surprising that more and more films are dealing with the perpetrators of the crimes, rather than the victims. In Krueger's case, his awful deeds make him the ideal villain, as conventional wisdom declares abusers beyond rehabilitation, and certainly beyond redemption. But in others, filmmakers tackle the same challenge Rob Zombie tried with Michael Myers. Can you take the ultimate predator and make him sympathetic? Relatable? Human? Kevin Bacon starred as a convicted child molester in The Woodsman, and enfant terrible Todd Solondz wrote and directed Happiness, in which molester Bill Maplewood (Dylan Baker) was a main character. This summer, Solondz will check back in with Maplewood in a Happiness sequel called Life During Wartime.
If the sequel is anything like the original film, Wartime will have an extremely narrow release, and critics who praise it for sympathetically portraying a child molester will be flooded with hate mail from readers. The question at this point seems not to be whether or not a film or television show can humanize a child abuser. The question is, do we want it to?
Film theorists have long posited that horror movies reflect the collective fear of their audience, as in the 1950s when alien siege films such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers channeled Cold War paranoia. The hysteria surrounding the abuse of children has never completely abated after the rash of alleged abuse at day-care centers in the 1980s. (Nightmare even makes reference to Krueger having abused his victims in a "secret cave," which parallels the "secret tunnels" of the McMartin preschool trial.) The sexual-abuse panic has only grown since then, due in large part to the access and anonymity the Internet provides, as well as to the seemingly endless accusations against Catholic priests. One of the top iPhone applications is a service that allows users to track registered sex offenders living in their neighborhoods.
While it's no surprise that the preoccupation with child sex abuse has bled into our pop culture—the lead characters of television's Saving Grace and United States of Tara are abuse survivors, for example—it is surprising that more and more films are dealing with the perpetrators of the crimes, rather than the victims. In Krueger's case, his awful deeds make him the ideal villain, as conventional wisdom declares abusers beyond rehabilitation, and certainly beyond redemption. But in others, filmmakers tackle the same challenge Rob Zombie tried with Michael Myers. Can you take the ultimate predator and make him sympathetic? Relatable? Human? Kevin Bacon starred as a convicted child molester in The Woodsman, and enfant terrible Todd Solondz wrote and directed Happiness, in which molester Bill Maplewood (Dylan Baker) was a main character. This summer, Solondz will check back in with Maplewood in a Happiness sequel called Life During Wartime.
If the sequel is anything like the original film, Wartime will have an extremely narrow release, and critics who praise it for sympathetically portraying a child molester will be flooded with hate mail from readers. The question at this point seems not to be whether or not a film or television show can humanize a child abuser. The question is, do we want it to?
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