Friday Night Fights: 4-0 Wild over Vancouver
Posted on March 28th, 2008 – 7:00 PMBy Michael Russo
First of all, I want some props for this prognastication in my Jan. 21 entry:
Bouchard, one of these days, is going to fight Alexandre Burrows, I’m telling you. Every game those two quarrel, and if you read Bouchard’s quotes on Burrows in one of my stories back in November, you know he’s not a fan of Vancouver’s motormouth.
Who called it? Too bad I didn’t put my money where my mouth, uh, fingertips, are.
Little Pierre-Marc Bouchard threw em down tonight with his old pal, Alex Burrows. The two skate together during the summer, yet Bouchard hates the dude with a passion. One day I’ll figure out the exact reason, but here’s a quote from one of my stories last November.
“He runs around, he tries to hurt you, he talks a lot on the ice - too much,” said Bouchard, who is not friendly with Burrows despite skating together during the summer. “Sometimes he just says some stupid stuff and I know a lot of guys ask him to [fight] and he doesn’t want to go.”
So tonight, Burrows crosses the blue line in the third period with his team down 4-zip and spears Bouchard in the gut. He goes down in a heap, gets up, Burrows tries to cross-check Bouchard in the head and Bouchard responds with a slash before dropping the gloves.
You’ll see all the quotes in my game story Saturday. But Burrows got a match for intent to injure, meaning he’ll probably be suspended. Bouchard got a slashing major, which means the league will review it. As you can see on the video on TSN, the cross check at the head was more apparent.
The Wild had a season-high 54 penalty minutes and the teams combined for 93. Brent Burns wiped the ice with Nathan McIver and he tried to get at Bouchard, while Derek Boogaard fought Jeff Cowan a few mins before.
Most importantly, the Wild got the W to pull within one point of making the playoffs.
It’ll take the most unlikely mathematical scenario to keep them out.
The only way the Wild would miss the playoffs is if it went 0-3 in its final three games AND both eighth-place Nashville AND ninth-place Vancouver go 4-0.
In other words, the magic number is one.
The Wild is three points ahead of Calgary and Colorado for its first division title, but the Flames have two games in hand.
– Bouchard scored the winner tonight, his first goal in 20 games (first since Feb. 17). Mikko Koivu snapped a 10-game goal drought with his first goal since March 6. He also had an assist and won 17 of 26 faceoffs. Brent Burns scored a power-play goal and Todd Fedoruk scored a pretty 2-on-1 off a Marian Gaborik feed.
“I was pretty gassed after that,” Fedoruk said. “My knee braces turned backwards.”
– Gaborik had two assists and now has 78 points, one short of Brian Rolston’s team record.
– Niklas Backstrom picked up his 31st win, a team record. He’s 5-0-4 in his last nine decisions with a 1.54 GAA and .943 SP. Backstrom is 16-2-6 with a 1.62 GAA with five of his nine shutouts in March and April this season and last.
– Burns has 15 goals and 42 points and eight power-play goals, all team record for defensemen. He tied Kurtis Foster’s D-man record with 18 power-play points.
– Sean Hill has five points in five games, and had two mammoth hits on Jeff Cowan by the Wild bench on one first-period shift.
– The Wild equalled its season-high with its fourth straight home win. It won four straight to open the season here.
– The Wild scored four goals in a home game for the first time in 10 games, dating to a 5-4 OT win over Nashville on Feb. 17.
– The Wild, which has the second-ranked PK in the NHL, is 19 for 19 in the last four games.
– Roberto Luongo was chased for the second game in a row. He gave up four goals on 21 shots, dropping to 6-11-4 all-time vs. the Wild with a 2.95 GAA and .892 SP. That’s his lowest SP vs. any NHL team.
Lemaire on why he didn’t skate Fedoruk, Simon and Boogaard on the same line: “Who’s going to play center? And how big is the puck?”
Funny end to the presser: Marilyn Risebrough, GM Doug Risebrough’s wife, asked the final question, saying, ”It seemed like you had the guys playing well as a team?”
That’s it from here, except that Kurtis Foster is back in the Twin Cities at a local hospital. He flew up today via charter.
Even though it’s unknown when or if he’ll be able to play next season, Risebrough told me he will re-sign Foster, a pretty classy move to take the stress off during his rehab.
I also discussed the Maple Leafs GM job with Risebrough today. I do think they’ll be calling the Wild this summer to ask for permission to speak to him. All this is in Saturday’s notebook.
330 Responses to "Friday Night Fights: 4-0 Wild over Vancouver"
Good to see Foster made it back. I’ve been wondering how he was doing and just saw the article on Wild.com.
Does this mean the 4 Horsemen? I so wish I was at the X for this.
Aaron Voros will play.
Does this mean we have all four horsemen together tonight?
Oh wow.
Funny how the player love cycles and all the media pick it up at once. All anyone can talk about now is Radio.
It’s time to both rock *and* roll. Somebody pass me the kool-aid.
Alex I have some black cherry in the fridge. Is that a good flavor for you?
Tonight…Goons Gone Wild II
Any kind of cherry works for me. Bottoms up!
Who will be the dancing partners for Boogie, and Simon this evening?
Someone tell Comcast to flip the switch for the HD feed.
Kirk - as long as someone pops Burrows, I’ll be pleased.
Interesting line combo to start things off.
Dear webmaster: Kindly e-mail me the ip address of the poster on the last threat spamming the page with profanities.
I’ll make sure he’s no longer able to access the internet with his computer…
*thread
Wow, just got a good look at Benny. Pool Boys a skinny skinny man child.
I think the X would explode if Boogie got a goal tonight. He needs one anyway but to get it on Lou would be killer.
Benny, Simon, and Butch. Interesting
Anyone else getting FSN HD feed? No dice via Comcast.
That was a text book pass by Simon to Gabby to get that puck in the zone and then to Demo, to bad Lou got a piece of it when Demo shot on goal.
Not here, I’m watchin over the interwebs.
12-2 record when I watch on the Interwebs. Maybe 13 or 14 actually.
Did I just see the Wild win a shorthanded faceoff?
Wallshot are you getting a good feed on sopcast..I tried put it cut in and out too much.
Sweet move by Mikko, And just a tidge harder on the shot and it might have gone 5 hole on Lou.
Whats wrong with sending Radio a bit of shine? haha… Everyone has been so down on him all year. He’s been awesome lately and really has worked hard to get his spot solidified this year. He deserves some shine…
Nice work Gabby!
Terrific PK. I wish they wouldn’t time these TV timeouts to steal our momentum.
Let’s do something with this PP opportunity.
Nice! Koivu sure made Henrietta look slow!
Cam, the feed is ok. Are you using VLC to view it?
BTW- Where’s Nick tonight? I needs ma bartenda!
yeah I am…I am in a Holiday Inn and the internet seems better than most hotels, but I am still get a poor feed. I will try again.
BUTCH!!!
PMB!
Yes!
Well that’s just pretty much how ya do it there, isn’t it.
Wallshot, Nicks on a business trip. I’ve got some Kool-ade. …… BUTCH!!!!!!
YEAH BABY! That’s the way to run a PP. Great effort by the whole group!
Is it just me or is JL just rotating the four big men through with Gabby & Demo?
Wallshot I am only getting a 37-40 buffer. I think I will stick with the nhl.com radio feed.
Thanks for the information.
Thanks for the update, BG. 
The benefit to that Cam is at least you don’t have to suffer Dumb and Dumber! 
True True…
Terrific rebound control by Backstrom so far.
Not much help from Columbus tonight. 2-0 Nashville in the 2nd.
Another PP. Fantastic effort. Way to get into playoff mode boys.
Preds 2
BJ’s 0
Almost the end of 2nd period 
Not a problem.
Come on boys, another PPG!!
HOW GOOD IS KOIVU!!!!
Not a PPG, but good enough for me.
Love it. Keep the foot on the gas now boys…
MIKKO!!!!! the Fabulous Finn strikes!
Great move Koivu! Wow!
Whoa…what got into these boys. Awesome start.
Exactly- no sittin back and coasting-keep bringing it…
FRANCHISE! Sweet move there.
Is that 5 points for Koivu over the last 4 periods?
It might be MP. I’m to busy watching the game to look it up however.
Wow, great hit by Hill, twice almost over the boards into the Wild bench. Killer!!
Nice 20 boys.
All right all right. Just like two nights ago - expand the lead in the second and take it on home from there. More black cherry kool-aid for me, please.
I like grape..
Sorry knight, I’m out of grape. I made black cherry earlier, and have some unmade strawberry in the kool-ade jar.
Great first, keep it up for the last 40 boys.
They’re gonna want to come out in the second like gangbusters, because you know AV is ripping the Nux a new one right now.
I caught up!
Great first period. The Nucks looked terrible. I would not be happy if I were a Nuck fan. Great solid play all around by the boys… now they just need to keep the presure on and stab the dagger in the heart.
MP that is correct. He got 3 assists vs. Edmonton and now 2 pts tonight.
So my yahoo edit lineup page wouldn’t load on my blackberry so I’m stuck with Ellis and Price in goal. Was on the road when I decided to switch goalies. Still at work.
Go Wild. Light up Luongo.
OK, if the pattern holds, the PK holds ‘em for 1:45, then Gabby draws a penalty, and that’s followed by a Wild goal.
Dude Kevin, don’t they know yo can write during day light hours? Or are you a vampire so you can only work at night?
Kevin, your goalies look decent so far tonight. Price 26 saves on 27 ahots in a tie game, Ellis shutting out Columbus with 34 saves so far.
That they are MP. Knock on wood.
Band, most things I write about take place at night sadly.
Hill with another nice hit. I think he heard me say I hate him. He is playing a pretty good game tonight.
Woo Burns!!!
Koivu is playing like a man possessed tonight. You’d think he really hated the Canucks or something… *WEIRD*
As the Kool-Aid man would say, OH YEAH!
I am pretty sure I jsut saw a guy with a Simon jersey on. Awesome.
That a Boy Burnsie!!!
Alright Burns! Man, I must have a huge delay!
SIEVE! SIEVE! SIEVE!
So close to a Boogie assist, oh well. I can’t believe they’re keeping Luongo in this game.
The Canucks look absolutely listless tonight.
What a beautiful goal!
Fedoruk!!! Woo! Bet Bobby Lou is out.
Props to JL for switching up the power play formation and having Burns in the middle.
Sweet hit by Gabby on Kessler too!! Awesome!!
Another great assist by Gabby, just like last game on the Radio goal.
Hello, Curtis.
I am L-O-V-I-N this!!!
Bobby Lou is our bitch. I love it.
Fridge!!!
FRIDGE!!!! Wow Gabby with the sweet pass.
Pulling the sieve, Goodbye Lou, Hello Sanford.
Bye Bye Baaba-Looey!
Fridge! I guess Luongo is a little worn out. Out he goes.
Thank you Nucks for allowing your goaltender to play without any rest. He should have stayed in FL with the wife and daugther, because that is where his head was.
Woo Budddy. Hill Rocked him.
Did anyone notice who that was that Hill blasted?
Avs up 2-1 about 1/2 way thru 1st…
I am loving the way the boys are doing what there supposed to tonight. It’s good to see an all around good game. The offense and defense have looked good, and when the Canucks have had some chances, Backs has made some nice saves to keep the momentum.
If it wasn’t so good for us, I’d feel a little bit sorry for Lou considering where he’d most likely rather be.
I think that was Danielle that Hill took down. That’s what the stat sheet says, I think.
ATX- A Sedin.
Agreed Band…he should have never flew to Minnesota this morning…Thank you Lou.
Austin I think it was a Sedin, not sure which one.
When is the last team we had a 4-goal lead?…
This period deserves a beer! With any luck the 3rd will be boring.
That is great. If Hill keeps playing like this it will be pretty hard for me to hate him.
Burnsie’s got quite the gap there. Who knocked that out?
MP, I like Fedoruk’s gap better. He is straight up toofless.
He’s had that gap for a while MP. He’s also not to good about remembering to put his false teeth back in. Left them on the plane one time if I remember right.
Also, it’s 2-2 now in the Oil/Avs game. That could turn into a four-goalie game at that rate.
Tour Wild Locker Room.
sorry if this was posted already but i love it and watch it over and over.
http://www.startribune.com/video/13818207.html
I’d like to see the Oilers save some for tomorrow. That’s were I’d really like them to get the 2 pts.
When is the last team we had a 4-goal lead?…
According to my research, the Wild last held a 4-goal lead against the Yucks during the final 44 seconds of the first game after the All-Star break.
I love the way Gabby is playing tonight. A few unselfish plays and a nice big hit. He’s really stepped up tonight and shows he wants to win more than anything else.
Wallshot, I completely agree. He just needs to bury a goal sometime soon.
The X sounds empty right now.
I can drink to that, ATX!
Wallshot, I gotta give you kudos on the Radiohead on your myspace page. I love them.
This has been nice, I haven’t had to scream at the TV, that usually scares the dogs so that they hide.
Bandgeek - that’s all well and good for your dogs, but I’ve been high fiving the cats. They don’t seem to like that…
Thanks ATX! One of my favorite songs of all time!
LOL, Alex!
Holy SH!T!! Butch!!
I’m going to enjoy watching the Canucks miss the playoffs this year.
X sounds empty because the fans are content, like after a big meal. Alex cats don’t like much of anything do they. I’ve almost got my new dog taught…… KICK HIS ARSE BURNSIE!!!!!!
I wish severe harm on Burrows.
Cowan challenged Boogie to clear the ice for this crap. Had to know the Canucks were going to pull this.
BOUCHARD DROPS THE PURSE! I can’t believe it! I have officially seen everything.
Why is Boogaard in the box?
Thats about your speed,Burrows. Littlest guy on the ice. What a pussy.
Wow, that was awesome! I think Butch was going to drop them there if it weren’t for that blindside check. Nice spear by the douche too.
Burrows, what a piece of sh!t. Why does he keep going after Butch?
Ok what was I saying, oh yeah, I’ve been teaching my new dog to high five. It’s goes well for a few days and then not so well.
I loved Burnsie fly in there with fists of fury.
OK, what the F, why don’t you just let us watch the game in HD!
Look at the three goons in the box: Boogaard, Bouchard, and Burns.
Is Burrows only getting two minutes for that crap? He should get 2 plus game. First Ohlund, now Burrows. What the heck…
The Mr thinks it’s funny that out of the guys on the ice for that Simon didn’t end up in the box.
It’s too bad he was mostly pounding on helmet. I guess that’s why they brought him the ice for while he sits in the box.
Back to the old Knuckleheads-cheap,classless dorks. Take your whippin like a man.
Seriously. Was Boogaard even on the ice?
Or is he serving for someone else?
Boogaard is still in from the fight with Cowan.
Did Butch get an assist tonight?? If he did he just got a GHHT!
Glad to see Burrows got a game misconduct. Why is PMB getting sent?
Aha- yeah, that would make sense. Seems like it was half an hour ago…
Sorry Austin…no assist for PMB..
What?! They get a 4 PP?
Dman that’s too bad. Would have liked to see that.
Nice make-up call there.
Burrows should get an intent to injure from the league for the spear and the high stick. Say goodbye to the season. What a worthless pile of crap.
What’s the over/under on Koivu dropping em’?
once boogies 5 are up i say we send simon after a few nucks
That would have been hilarious if Butch had gotten a Gordie.
I would love to see Koivu take on Kesler or one of the Brain Twins…
Let’s wait until the PK is over to discuss whether or not Koivu should drop.
Oh man, you guys are right, that’s two Wild players who lost their chance at the GH hat trick thanks to the fight. I guess that leaves Koivu as our best hope for it now.
Never thought I’d see Butch go off for fighting.
Burnsie was an assist from a Gordie as well.
I wonder what Butch and Burnzie are talking about back in the room.
Games like this are hy I love TiVo.
Seeing Butch drop his purse was beautiful.
Alex Burrows is a dick.
Gabby and Demitra are just itching to light the lamp.
I guess Burrows wanted to work on taking over the Public Enemy #1 status.
Dammit Gabby…at least he hit the net and made the goalie save it that time.
Didn’t seem like Gabby got 100% on that shot. A wee bit faster and that would have gone through the 5 hole easy.
Would have loved to see Simon get a hold of Burrows. Hatred level for the Canucks creeping back up to Bert, Cooke, Ruutu days.
Besides Burrows, will anyone else expect to be suspended from the league for Canucks or Wild?
Didn’t see it, but it sounds like PMB retaliated with a slash on Burrows…who knows?
I hope borrows get’s suspended. It speared Butch!
It holds true that there is not team that I like to beat more than then Canucks.
BTW, looking at Yahoo’s live boxscore, Burrows was called for “intent to injure” rather than high-sticking as called by Terhaar/Greenlay. That’s an automatic suspension, correct?
Could anyone tell if Burnsie was giggling when they pulled him off that guy? It kind of looked like he was.
I just hope the Wild can skate this good in the playoffs. I really don’t want to see Calgary in the first round, but if they play like they did tonite, the playoffs will be a lot of fun.
C’mon Gabby- Pop that jerk Kesler! Way to send Fridge out there JL!! We willnot be bitch-slapped anymore.
All this makes me sooooo grateful McGeough wasn’t reffing this game.
I bet there is more fun when the horn goes..
Glad I was wrong. Best game,most complete I have seen, this year-period. Lets keep it goin.. Way to go boys!
What a bunch of losers. Vancouver has no class. None.
I’m so glad to see the Wild clobber those crybaby hacks tonight! I’m almost giddy!
So did that little display put us over 100 PIM for the game? Wow! Great play by the Boys tonight. I
It turned out to be a good thing the Wild dressed the whole Goon Squad tonight.
If we get three more games with that kind of effort I’ll very good about the playoffs.
That was a highly entertaining game. Fantastic!
Lapanta just said 99 PIM
111 PIM
99 PIM, one shy.
87 in the 3rd is a pretty good total, though.
You and me both Wallshot, giddy doesn’t begin to describe how I feel right now.
Grease up 4-3 on the Avs. NICE!
Scratch that, the scoreboard was just updated. 113 total. 49 Van, 64 Min
My respect for the Wild has been greatly, greatly increased, as has my hate of the Canucks (and mainly just the guys like Burrows and Kesler).
This was a nice, complete game, and this is the kind of hockey we need to be playing right now. I’m stoked.
I just rewinded the game back to the Buth ‘fight’. That was awesome. I love seeing Butch get so fired up! I love him!
See what happens when we match other teams physical play?
I just saw the 3rd period. I wish we could play these dorks in SCP. Burrows and Kessler are both 1st class A-holes that need to see the fury of Crash, Kill, Destroy.
This games reminds me of the old Chicago -No Stars games.
Please pass the kool-aid down here I need to guzzle some
That’s what I like to hear Big D! How about a round of spiked Kool-Aid on me guys!?
I replayed that slash of Butch on Burrows, and I’m not seeing that as being worth a major. It was two-handed, but he didn’t get a lot of mustard on it.
So,is Burrows out for a few games, I hope?
VoR, I didn’t even see the chop. I loved this game. It was a great all around effort, and Bobby Lou is our b!tch. I kinda wish we played these clowns one more time this year.
Darn good game by all tonight. Butch with his first fight, cool.
Just plain Kool-aid for me Austin, I had a bad experience with the spiked variety one spring break, I never thought a person could puke that much.
Knight - Match Penalty carries an automatic suspension review, and I can’t see how Burrows gets away without a suspension of some sort. Spearing + Cross-check to the face is not a combination.
You know the first time next season that he plays against the Wild that DB is going to beat him like a rented mule.
How many shots did we put on Sanford? He seems to do very well against us.
Burrows speared then two fisted chop to the face, then PMB hacked back. Burrows should get 3 games for the spear alone.
Who was that at the end that hacked Gabby and Crash came to settle the score?
Great work by the boys backing each other up. Games like this can set the tempo for the playoffs.
I’ll take another round
Thanks Austin !!!
It’s still intent to injure. I looked at it 3 times. And then the follow-up? And it’s against the smallest guy on the other team? Suspension is what he’s going to get.
Hey Nucks! Peters has a message for you:
That was MacIver that was hacking on Gabby.
That would be sooooo sweet the Nucks drop out of the playoffs.
I am really starting to HATE them. I think I am going to go to Vancouver just to shoot that whale they have floating around their rink.
Next round put a little more rum in mine…. I need the juice!!
Maclver -he is now on the Sh!t list
Move over Burrows and Kessler we now have another nuck dumb a$$ that is looking for pain.
Douhhh on the second entry
How does that happen?
Must be the rum
VOR- They better give Burrows more than a slap on the wrist. Grease up 4-3 12 minutes left..
You have to think Burrows gets a suspension, but what about Fridge. I thought getting an instigator inside 2 mins or something was an auto? I making that up?
btw, JL had a great line in the post-game. In response to a question about whether he considered putting the Hanson Bros. out there on a line together, he deadpanned: “Who would play center?” LOL
also, to be fair, I thought PMB slashed first, after the spear?
Well, I certanly was dissappointed when we didn’t trade for a center, but holy crap. Even the pussys from Vancouver aren’t real interested in pushing us around. I think I am going to sew #11 on my jersey with the name “phsycho” on it. I was just ecstatic to see Fedoruk, Simon and Boogie come to support our guys. Check out Hill. He was a killer out there. OK Ca_ucks (f), I hope you had a good time!!!
HD - check the box score.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/scores/boxscore/?id=2008032830
Fridge didn’t get called for fighting or instigating for that matter, just roughing and a misconduct.
THATS IT…the hansons. We have our first line name (although JL is not going to put them together)
Night all!! This is one happy Bandgeek going to have sweet dreams.
HD - Nope. Burrows speared him, then the cross-check to the face, THEN Butch slashed him.
That Peters video is funny, but I wonder how long ago he did that. Buffalo is looking like they’ll be playing some golf soon too (~4 points out of 8th in the East). Maybe he’s just working on his swing. 
Sounds like I missed quite a few fireworks which I could’ve watched if I was at home. Bloody work. Gah. I need to quit. Austin, find me a sugar mama lawyer wife too.
Good job Burns and Backs! Woo!
Thanks, VoR.
Now, I hope the Nucks get it together a little bit because they have the Cows at home 2x more.
first question. when the PMB incident happened, how did simon avoid the box? he was right there and if it weren’t for ibister, i think burrows would be done for the year for a different reason. it was strange watching him do broten’s job of picking up gloves.
the PP was working tonight. not just because we scored but had great puck control and movement.
I wish someone would fedoruk mitchell. i don’t give a bertuzzi that he played here. i have grown to dislike him this past year for some reason.
back to back solid games all around. perhaps the team getting fedoruked in edmonton was the catalyst they boys needed.
fedoruk re-eraned my respect when he came out of nowhere to jump on whoever that punk gabby was tangled with at the end of the game. 20 games ago that wouldn’t have happened.
i can’t believe i am saying this but i liked hill’s game tonight.
surprised that PMB got 5 for his slash. the spear wasn’t called. don’t matter since vancouver’s season is over.
colorado just tied it up, futz
Two important milestones out of the way but there is still two damn tough games coming up.
The Ave’s and Flames are no pushovers as we know.
I like the Wild’s chances however. They are getting it together, if they can hold it together.
The loss in Edmonton was a really important lesson. I think they will not forget that quickly.
Frickin’ Sakic again. Ties it with 5 tics left in regulation. 4-4 now, Cmon Rollie
sakic just scoreed
wow, that would have been a hug 0 pts for the Avs. Damn!
wow, that would have been a huge 0 pts for the Avs. Damn!
Oh, and by the way, now that everyone has had an opportunity to think of it maybe the Simon acquisition is paying dividends already!
Mybe it is not so necessary to fire DR or JL afterall?
Should be lots of folks thinking about getting a nice dish of crow ready about now?
Green*, Simon avoided the box, but not for a lack of effort. Isbister was holding on for dear life - a good move on his part or burrows would have sprinted to the bench
Hello everybody, I’ve been away awhile. Glad to see all is well in Russoville.
I was at the game with my relative who is also a Russotan. Great game! The only negative I can think of is that some dumb kids actually managed to get a wave started… It still steams me. What exactly are ushers for? First wave I have ever seen at a Wild game and I have been to alot of them. Makes me fear for the future of mankind.
Butch was into it with Kessler at first. Kessler did something to Butch and Butch retaliated with a slash. The Refs arm went up and then Burroughs cross checked Butch in the back of the head. Didn’t see the spear. Wish I would have taped the game. Too cheap for Tivo…
Burnsie pretty much grabbed the first guy he saw and looked like a long lost cousin of the Hanson brothers. It was #45, McIver. I don’t even think he got a penalty. He just got beat up. I love it when Burnsie snaps.
I’m still not sure why Butch got a 10 min misconduct. But it’s pretty bush for the Canucks to go after him. Pussies. Old time hockey!
The funniest part was Simon on the ice with all the sticks and gloves picking them up after all the others got sent… That is what Neal Broten used to do. Not too long ago Simon was trying to snap Jarko’s leg in half. Now he’s clearing up the gear.
It was awesome when JL was putting a tough guy out there for every shift.
Let em know you’re there!
Great game!
simon got a glove on burrows when he wrapped up PMB but isbister earned his keep.
i have tivo, directv DVR, but too stupid to set it to record.
i wonder if burnsie knew who he snapped on.
the aves are controlling OT but no goals
Hey, DD - long time
I’m just glad it wasn’t the Ref who was next the Burnsie when he snapped. It would suck to lose him to suspension for that.
Unless it was McGough(sp?), then it’d be worth it.
it was nice to see luongo chased…again. for all the positive press he gets, he sure has been closer to average this year.
Bleed all over ‘em!
I must be a “reverse troll” Hockey Dad. I’m all about the good times in Russoville.
I’m so happy!!!
OT over yet?
from the vancouver sun blog:
Minimal in Minny
At best, the Vancouver Canucks are an average hockey team with an above average goaltender. At their worst — which is now — the Canucks are a small, slow team exhibiting little appetite for the heavy lifting needed to earn a playoff position. Their injuries have been catastrophic, no doubt, but the players in the lineup Friday didn’t seem to have any urgency or ability to raise their game. It’s their legacy and they will have to live with the fact they folded down the stretch and squandered another opportunity to do something in the playoffs, however far-fetched that appears right now. They have four games left to avoid the choker label. Can they do something about it?
subaru shootout
wolski, sakic, heyduke
for the aves, didn’t catch the slick shooters
The Nuks can’t even beat up Butch. Butch could walk under my car without bending over.
keep feeding me, Green*
wolski scores koivu style
nelson scores burns style, stop and start
sakic scores koivu style. looks like a pattern forming
gagner misses. jose got the paddle down. 2 - 1 aves
heyduke just fires a wrister by roli. aves win
roloson, you seive
6 seconds from 0 points and the end up with 2. suck
big comeback for the Avs, to be sure.
Gonna need a big effort again from the Boys on Sunday
“I’m still not sure why Butch got a 10 min misconduct.”
I think him and Burrows got the game misconducts for secondary altercations, because it happened after the Burns/McIver fight. Apparently the officials changed their mind, though, since the box scores don’t show the game misconducts any more.
Love this weekend for Sports. Dickie Dunn is also a Kansas Jayhawk fan and anti- anything Wisconsin guy. And at the risk of setting off a firestorm, I’m a Gopher Hockey fan. But I don’t think the Cloud fans will be very active now so I think I’m safe.
I thought Burrows got a match for trying to remove Butchs head with a cross check?
But I did check the box score because I have Burnsie in my fantasy leagues and saw my opponent crying about the “1000 pims Burnsie racked up in one scrum”(boo hoo) and Butch had less than Burnsie in pims.
What gives?
I’m sure you’re all happy to know all my goalies won and the two I started had the best performances. Thank you thank you.
Also, playoff tix arrived today. Whee.
Suddenly the Cows remaining schedule looks easy, even if the last 4 are roadies. Despite being the Nucks, we kinda need that team to get it together. They look like they’d rather go golfing immediately
You are right Hockey Dad, they phoned it in and then started getting cheap at the end tonight. I didn’t see the Nucks in golf spikes tonight but they might as well been.
I bet Ohlund is their long driver. The guy has a hell of a 2 handed swing.
You think the Wild game got rough tonight, check out the last seven minutes of the Aeros 1-5 loss tonight:
3rd V T. Strachan 5.00 Fighting 12:55
3rd H J. Ward 5.00 Fighting 12:55
3rd V C. Porter 2.00 Roughing 13:00
3rd V T. Whitfield 5.00 Fighting 13:00
3rd H S. Belle 2.00 Roughing 13:00
3rd H S. Belle 5.00 Fighting 13:00
3rd H J. Scott 2.00 Roughing 13:00
3rd H J. Scott 10.00 Misconduct - Unsportsmanlike conduct (75.4) 13:00
3rd V D. Martin 5.00 Fighting 16:08
3rd H S. Payer 5.00 Fighting 16:08
3rd V N. Drazenovic 2.00 Roughing 17:24
3rd V J. Talbot 2.00 Charging 17:24
3rd H J. Awe 2.00 Roughing 17:24
3rd H J. Awe 2.00 Roughing 17:24
3rd V R. Reaves 5.00 Fighting 17:27
3rd H C. Stoner 5.00 Fighting 17:27
Colton Gillies did play tonight. He was quickly a minus 2 in the first period. The Aeros are very system oriented and Gillies needs time to learn his responsibilities. That aside, he is a strong skater and is pretty good with the puck, you can see the raw talent. He still needs to fill out his frame. He likes to get to the front of the net but surprisingly he isn’t overly physical. I guess I just expected him to finish more checks based on his 90 or so PIM in 50 some junior games this season.
I got a couple pictures and videos I’ll try to post somewhere.
Helluva game, huh, AiH? Never seen anything like that.
Nice call on the fight, Don.
If you can’t score goals I guess you crack skulls?
“The Wild had a season-high 54 penalty minutes and the teams combined for 93. Brent Burns wiped the ice with Nathan McIver, while Derek Boogaard fought Brent Burns.”
Something here doesn’t seem right. I thought it was 113 PIM total.
Well, I think there was a bit more to it than that, don’t you? That ref needs to go back to refereeing squirts games. I think KC was making a statement.
MNWildFan13 says:
March 28th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
“The Wild had a season-high 54 penalty minutes and the teams combined for 93. Brent Burns wiped the ice with Nathan McIver, while Derek Boogaard fought Brent Burns.”
Something here doesn’t seem right. I thought it was 113 PIM total.
What I thought was weird was the fact that it says “Derek Boogard fought Brent Burns” It’s nice that Brent is getting tougher and more confident, but he needs to choose his opponent smore wisely - like maybe an opponent.
I must have missed something… Or else people are talking about irrelevant or imaginary stuff…
Could go either way I guess.
Or else I’ve been away too long…
Or else MNWildFan 13 “If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour… you’re gonna see some serious shit.”
Just home from the X, and it doesn’t get any more fun than that. There must have been three dozen Canuck fans over in section C28, and they were taking piles of crap from everyone from the start of the 3rd period on. The Sedin sisters will be playing for Sweden in the world championships in a couple weeks, because they’ll be no playoffs for the Casucks.
You have to love the way everybody stood up for teammates tonight. Nobody backed down, Fridge, Boogie and Simon had everyone’s back. Really starting to feel like a team.
Boogaard fought Burns?I thought it was Cowan that got wiped up by Boogy.
As much as I rip on Gabby, he played a very good game tonight. (but he still is totally worthless on breakaways!)
I agree it was great to see the Wild stick up for their teammates. I loved seeing Burnsie go apesh*t after PMB was blindsided.
Keep up the aggressiveness and strong play boys!!
COngrats to Backs for his 31st win!
Oh yeah …… I can’t believe how scared Cowan looked before Boogie punched him. He KNEW he was going to get destroyed! LOL!
boyh Simon and Boogy had great chances at scoring tonite.It was Simon in front Louie that franchise used as a decoy to score,damn sweet.
Oh,btw,it was cowan that got blasted into yhe bench twice by hill
Goalie Guy
Casucks-I like … better than the nucks
Well I better put my head down before i finsih this bottle of Appleton
Well spoken blog tonight…Its fun when we win one like this…
“Lemaire on why he didn’t skate Fedoruk, Simon and Boogaard on the same line: “Who’s going to play center? And how big is the puck?””
That literally made me laugh out loud.
I gotta give it to the Wild, they are a good team. Sorry for my vulgar rants. I am bipolar and I go off sometimes, I promise to never come back here again.
Ok, I think I’m on hockey overload. Last night was the second night in a row I dreamed about hockey or hockey players, really weird. I’m in a good mood this morning after last nights game and I’m really not a morning person so that’s saying something. As to JL asking “Who’d play center?” didn’t Fridge once say something about centering a line of the three of them?
Sorry for the late post but where the heck has that team been all season?
What else can I add? We played well–we won the fights–importantly we were not intimidated–but we played good, solid hockey. I am hoarse from yelling. The X was pretty fired up last night. I did figure out why the seats next to me are sometimes unoccupied. They are owned by Northwest Airlines. Last night’s ticket recipients were good hockey fans–I remember the guy because he was a youth hockey coach. But, I also remember the recent game where 2 couples were focused on just drinking beer, leaving at odd times during the game and then walking out of a tie game with 2 minutes left! Go Oil.
Love this weekend for Sports. Dickie Dunn is also a Kansas Jayhawk fan and anti- anything Wisconsin guy. And at the risk of setting off a firestorm, I’m a Gopher Hockey fan. But I don’t think the Cloud fans will be very active now so I think I’m safe.
Dickie Dunn you captured the spirit of the weekend for me there. However, my fandom for Kansas is mostly bracket related. Speaking of brackets, Colorado College, UNH and St. Cloud dropped a nuclear bomb on my hockey picks last night!
“Something here doesn’t seem right. I thought it was 113 PIM total.”
It looks like they removed the game misconducts that Burrows and Bouchard originally were credited with (my guess was rescinded secondary altercation penalties). Bouchard now has only a double-major, and Burrows has a major and match penalty.
Watching “on the Fly” on the NHL channel. Have I ever said how much I hate the play by play guy for Buffalo? I do, really, makes Dumb and Dumber seem like top quality guys.
Band: I agree about the Buffalo guy; same thing for the Pittsburgh guy. I hate the guys who think they need a schtick. Just call the game for Christ sake. Anyone ever heard of a buy by the name of Al Shaver? I also like the Chicago and Washington play-by-play guys.
One more thing: I think it is more than appropriate for Burns’ new nickname to be “Englewood Jack”. Watching from section 220 last night, I almost p!ssed myself from laughing so hard when he went “Englewood Jack” all over that guy. Vancouver looked REAL, REAL bad last night.
So Jim comes back on at 4:05 a.m. and apologizes for all the abuse yesterday afternoon? If that’s not the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen, it’s in the top two.
Hey Kevin, looks like Price and Ellis worked out pretty well for you last night. Sometimes the best lineup changes are the ones you don’t make, huh?
Solid effort by the boys. I recorded it, and I can’t wait to watch it. Too bad the BJ didn’t come through last night.
No, Dave, glad they lost. I want the Preds to beat out the Canucks, a bunch of cheap losers.
What a game. Good crowd, could have been a little louder but good crowd. The ‘Nucks fans in the row in front of us, not much to say.
Bobby Lu gets chased, BURNSIE whoppin’ some ‘Nucks butt, Hill with 2 big hits on Cowan. They played really well as a team. Really fun game to watch too.
And I did not get sucked into Jim’s crap and I felt pretty good about not feeding the trolls. It’s gonna be a great weekend!!!!:)
SS6: I agree, the crowd could have been louder but I felt that everybody was happy to see the Wild score. In between the goals, it was a little quiet. The brawl changed all that.
It was a great game to see and be at last night.
Who’s “Englewood Jack”?
The Englewood jack at about 1:20 in the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4wi9nh-hOE
Its a good nickname
I think JL may have taken care of what to call a Simon/Boogie/Fedoruk line. He called them the “Equiptment”. I’ll have to think about it for a little longer, but I think I like it….it’s original that’s for sure.
LMAO BurningBush - That should be one of the commercials on the NHL channel. That was awesome.!!!!!
It is gr8 to see the upbeat attitudes all have after a game like this. NO we should not forget that DR didnt get what we needed from the time walzie said bye-bye…however as was said in blogs after the simon deal that yes we would embrace him into the fold. I guess the thing i got the most enjoyment out of last nites game was how the wild stood up to the casucks and stepped in to aid teammates..the biggest i think was MR SIMON who was being held up and still almost got ahold of burrows that to me was total teammates
Equipment … I like that
What a hilarious video - thanks, Burning Bush.
Yes, from here and after, #8 shall be “Englewood Jack” (or EJ for short).
Thsanks Burning Bush, that was awesome.
That IS hilarious! A minor point, though. Jules is from Inglewood, CA in “Pulp Fiction”, not Englewood, N.J. So, the proper nickname for Burnsie based on this should be “Inglewood Jack”, not “Englewood Jack.”
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=233035&hubname=nhl
Some interesting names in that list:
Marian Hossa
Kristian Huselius
Ryan Malone
Jason Williams
Brooks Orpik (You know I love him)
Michael Ryder
Andrew Brunette (BTDT, but still worth it)
Miroslav Satan
Niklas Hagman
Jay Pandolfo
Mike Commodore
Sergei Fedorov
I figure we’ll need a pair of defensemen and a couple forwards.
VoR - thanks for that link. Reading the list and you sort of feel like a kid in the candy store. Uhm, I wounder what player XYZ would do in a Wild jersey?
For D I really like, Commondore and maybe Finger that is playing much more and better in Col lately. As far as forwards I really would enjoy Langkow in a Wild jersey next season.
The big issue before we can go on a “shopping spree” is what do we do with our own free agents?
I wouldn’t mind seeing Bruno again, perhaps Orpik could be had as well. Commodore, Finger, Ron Hainsey, Jan Hejda, and Niklas Hagman all look pretty attractive also.
Nice win last night.
I missed most of the game but see that the Nuks were…well…the Nuks.
Burrows has been exposed to the NHL as a cheap shot girly man. Has he fought anyone over 6 ft tall? First it was that noted pugilist Rolson and now ‘Kid’ PMB.
Hopefully the Oil will douse the Flamers tonight. Make it a perfect weekend…
A win tomorrow over the Avs would have me feeling really good about our chances to get the division.
Great game for the boys last night, I hope they don’t get too confident about it though because the canucks were not playing well, truthfully they seem to have lost their grit without that mo’fo Cooke…. never the less stomping on them sure felt good.
That “Inglewood Jack” was sure funny, I like Samuel L.! And Chelios was a good foil.
Tonight I’m an Oil fan!
I really like how the guys have accepted and started playing physical-it is one of the keys to success. You could just see how it opened up plays and space for them last night and the Nucks had no answer for it. Having said that, I am still concerned if we end up playing the Flamers in the the 1st rd. They have our # big-time and we don’t seem to have any answer how to stop Iginla and Co. Your thoughts?
Knight, I think if we have home ice we beat the Flames 4-3 in the series, if no home ice, we better be able to pull a rabbit out of a hat
the flames aren’t that great without iginla,but I also think theres abetter way to match up with them. Inglewood jack ,ha, great name for burnsie!
Dallas has been in free-fall for a week. If that keeps up we could face the South Stars in a series of cosmic proportions!
Good vs evil.
Nothing would be sweeter (ok, maybe the Nuks not making the playoffs would be as good) than bouncing our old favorite club from SCP 08.
Sweet, I just realized that tomorrow’s Nucks-Flames game is on the NHL-Net. I hope the Nucks find their game on the way back to VAN and help us out a bit.
I really like the way JL rotated the big guys through the lines, I think we just got a good look as to how the playoff lineups are going to look like.
Inglewood Jack!
Man that is too funny…
SAY WHAT AGAIN
From the game story on the Nuk’s website.
“In the third period, all 10 skaters on the ice wound up dropping their gloves and sticks in a wild melee after Alex Burrows and Bouchard started mixing it up. Nine penalties were issued.”
Typical they don’t mention where the whole thing started.
Kirk -that’s because they don’t want to admit to anything
I know Blake. I’m surprised they didn’t say “What the hell is Bouchard’s mid-section doing getting in they way of Burrow’s stick there”.
BTW…that bit came from the 2002 ESPY awards show.
From Canada.com:
“I was pretty surprised to get a match,” Burrows said. “Pretty disappointed. I think they [referees] knew we were frustrated and just didn’t want anything to get out of hand, so that’s why they made that call.”
Canuck boss Alain Vigneault said: “I looked at the incident. It was a bad call. I’m sure the league is going to review it … and just take it away.”
The Vancouver Sun, however, pointed out that Burrows speared Bouchard. They were honest and quite critical of the Canucks, particularly Mitchell.
A minor point, though. Jules is from Inglewood, CA in “Pulp Fiction”, not Englewood, N.J. So, the proper nickname for Burnsie based on this should be “Inglewood Jack”, not “Englewood Jack.”
Hmm, that’s too bad because EJ has a much better ring to it than IJ. I guess I-Jack would work, too. Either way, Inglewood Jack needs to be added to the official Russoville Dictionary - got that NiNY?
I was just reading that too KJ. I’ll have to check out the Sun article.
IJack? Are you sure about that HockeyDad?
Inglewood Jack; Inglewood Jack. I don’t want to be one to slap nicknames on players, but when I saw Burnsie’s arm swinging back and forth 4 or 5 good times, the first thing that popped into my head was Inglewood Jack. I think it fits. Reminds of the time in the playoffs last year when the Ducks’ lpayer grabbed his hair and Burnsie just snapped. Went Ingelwood Jack all over him too 
little too NBA-ish, SS6?
Well HockeyDad it’s just sounds a little too much like something you do in the privacy of your own home, if you catch my meaning.
Deep - Kinda like getting “Fedorucked”. I like it.
Do you think at anytime last night Simon or Boogie said to Bouchard, “Be a bad MF’er”. That would have been hilarious to hear. They need to mike-up Boogie for a game.
lol, now I got ya’. Well, Burns does live alone…. So, I guess we’ll just have to go with the full length name.
VoR, I noticed Campbell was left off your list above. We could use his skill at the blue line, to be sure. Unfortunately, all that $ tied up with Kimmy probably makes that way too unrealistic.
Dallas has been in free-fall for a week.
What? CCO’s Steve Thompson told me Dallas already had clinched a playoff spot. I need to listen to more music in the car.
One day after my critique of Rolston, I’m sitting at the game last night, astounded at the little things he was doing all night. It was like we were witnessing the Rolston of 2 years ago, actually forechecking, finishing his hits, hitting for real, and making smart plays and backchecking. It was a joy to watch last night, and I sure hope this trend continues. Just wanted to give credit where it’s due.
The other mention would be for Fridge. It’s amazing the transition he’s made from thug to power forward. Here’s a guy who’s career was over last Nov when Dallas placed him on waivers. No one wanted to touch him, and now he’s playing on the top line, making good plays, and gets in on the scoring. He’s reminding me of Bob Probert (sans all the coke) from the early 90’s, for those of you who remember him - he was an enforcer with decent hands and a good work ethic, and it paid off well.
All in all good effort last night, even from Skoula
DR and the Wild are getting lots of kudos from readers in tsn.ca about the decision to offer Fozzie a contract. Deservedly so, as it really is a classy move. Kinda like something the Vikings would do, huh?
btw, since a couple of folks have wondered aloud here the last couple of days about the liklihood of JL’s tactics scaring away free agents. Well, I would bet that the move to offer Foster a contract would be a loud message to players thinking of coming here - an organization that takes care of its players.
That Foster move really means a lot.
I have been as critical as anyone regarding the club’s managemnent but doing that for a player injured in the final year of a contract shows a LOT of compassion.
The Wild management took a lot of crap from local uninformed media types for the acquision of Simon. I wonder if the organEYEzation’s pledge to take care of Foster through his rehab will get any attention.
Mr. Reusse? Mr. Souhan?
“Just because you look like the gimp doesn’t mean you play like a gimp” HAHAHAH. Funny stuff.
One day later, still basking in the satisfaction of the game last night, still pi$$ed off I witnessed the wave at a Wild game.
Is the melee anywhere on the internet yet? I would like to see it again. I’ll check out that TSN link.
Not only was there a wave, it went around the arena like 5 times.
I was surprised.
Cell phone video of the brawwl on you tube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=A7siJekqeLE
VoR, I noticed Campbell was left off your list above. We could use his skill at the blue line, to be sure. Unfortunately, all that $ tied up with Kimmy probably makes that way too unrealistic.
I think a top 4 of KimmyJ, Schultz, Burns and Campbell would be awesome, and one of the best defensive corps in the league, but it would severely inhibit our ability to get top-tier forwards, which will be needed to keep Gabs happy.
Food
Not only was there a wave, it went around the arena like 5 times.
I declined to participate on the grounds that it was stupid.
However it’s amazing how easily amused the fans get. That was embarrassing for the State of Hockey, especially if that game was shown on CBC in Canada. They must really think we’re idiots now.
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