Patrick Marleau
The greatness that is Patrick Marleau…
Monday, February 1st, 2010Per Battle of California:
-The first time Patrick Marleau met Owen Nolan, Nolan called him “Pete.” Marleau was too embarrassed to correct him, and so it continued for six years. Marleau eventually orchestrated Nolan’s trade to Toronto just to end the humiliation.
-Patrick Marleau recently discovered Kanye West and won’t stop telling people how great he is.
-Patrick [...]
Patrick Marleau demoted from being Sharks Captain
Monday, August 17th, 2009Per Working the Corners:
Patrick Marleau’s jersey no longer has a C on it.
“As of now,” Coach Todd McLellan said Monday, “nobody’s our captain.”
I had a little work to do on a Hockey News assignment so I headed out to Sharks Ice today for a quick interview or two. I knew some players would be around [...]
Random Goal of the Day: 7/18/09 Patrick Marleau
Friday, July 17th, 2009Recap of the 2009 NHL All-Star Game
Monday, January 26th, 2009Goal # 1 - Keith Tkachuk
Goal # 2 - Alexander Ovechkin
Goal # 3 - Eric Staal
Goal # 4 - Alexei Kovalev
Goal # 5 - Andrei Markov
Goal # 6 - Patrick Marleau
Goal # 7 - Martin St. Louis
Goal # 8 - Zach Parise
Goal # 9 - Sheldon Souray
Goal # 10 - Dan Boyle
Goal # 11 - [...]
NHL All-Star Super Skills Highlights
Sunday, January 25th, 2009Super Skills Highlights
1. Fastest Skater - Finally this competition was back to normal. Last years method was brutal.
2. Breakaway Challenge - Better, but still not great. They should have had each player go after one another in rapid fire. Having only 1 minute was 1. not enough and 2. too slow in the time it [...]
Snipes of the Week: 12/31/08
Thursday, January 1st, 2009Here are the Snipes of the Week for the week ending 12/31/08
1. Eric Staal Goal 12-26-08 vs. Atlanta Thrashers
2. Daniel Cleary Goal vs Nashville Predators
3. Eric Staal Goal vs Atlanta Thrashers
4. Alexander Ovechkin Goal vs Buffalo Sabres
(would be # 1, but it is not really a “snipe”)
5. John Tavares Goal at World Juniors
6. Andrian Aucoin Goal [...]