Nouvelles LPHL Saison 3

30-12-2016 Media glorifies the Tampa Bay Lightning
The media is impressed by the team's 5 game winning streak. Much of the credit is granted to the good work of general manager Dg_Tampabay and headcoach Steve Ludzik

2-1-2017 World Junior Championships 2017
Icehockey World Junior Championships (U-20) 2017 in Other start in just two days. There are 16 nations battling for the championship in the following two weeks. Many believe that the team of Canada will make a good run for the gold.

Here are the starting groups:
Group A Group B
USA
Slovakia
Poland
Slovenia
Russia
Finland
Italy
Austria

Group C Group D
Sweden
Canada
Norway
Latvia
Czech
Switzerland
France
Belarussia

3-1-2017 Duncan Keith reaches a milestone !
Duncan Keith() notched the 400th assist of his career in tonight's game against the Calgary Flames on a goal by Andrew Shaw. Hey, I'm just happy it went in the net. Wins are more important than assist records for us right now, he commented during a post game radio interview..

A native of Canada, Duncan Keith was originally drafted to the NHL by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2nd round of the 2002 entry draft. He has appeared in 890 NHL games during his career, notching 96 goals and adding 400 assists along with 477 penalty minutes. The 33 year old defenseman has played 40 games with the Chicago Blackhawks this season, totalling 6+18=24 with 8 PIM.

3-1-2017 Sidney Crosby reaches a milestone !
Sidney Crosby() scored the 1000th point of his career in tonight's game against the Washington Capitals on a feed by Chris Kunitz. In a game like this, it was nice to set that milestone, he commented and was all smiles.

A native of Canada, Sidney Crosby was originally drafted to the NHL by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1st round of the 2005 entry draft. He has appeared in 752 NHL games during his career, notching 386 goals and adding 614 assists along with 515 penalty minutes. The 29 year old center has played 38 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins this season, totalling 23+23=46 with 10 PIM.


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4-1-2017 Alexander Semin reaches a milestone !
Alexander Semin() scored the 300th goal of his career in tonight's game against the Philadelphia Flyers on a feed by Oliver Kylington. I just try and give it my best out there. This one was special though, he said to the press.

A native of Russia, Alexander Semin was originally drafted to the NHL by the Washington Capitals in the 1st round of the 2002 entry draft. He has appeared in 779 NHL games during his career, notching 300 goals and adding 346 assists along with 790 penalty minutes. The 32 year old right wing has played 38 games with the New York Islanders this season, totalling 16+16=32 with 52 PIM.

8-1-2017 Martin Havlat reaches a milestone !
Martin Havlat() notched the 400th assist of his career in tonight's game against the St. Louis Blues on a goal by Ryane Clowe. Whatever I can do to help the team is okay by me. As long as we get the 2 points that's the main thing, he read from a prepared speech..

A native of Czech, Martin Havlat was originally drafted to the NHL by the Ottawa Senators in the 1st round of the 1999 entry draft. He has appeared in 930 NHL games during his career, notching 282 goals and adding 400 assists along with 424 penalty minutes. The 35 year old right wing has played 41 games with the New Jersey Devils this season, totalling 11+14=25 with 4 PIM.

10-1-2017 Duncan Keith reaches a milestone !
Duncan Keith() scored the 500th point of his career in tonight's game against the Colorado Avalanche on a goal by Tomas Hertl. Yes, it's nice to break records but that's not the idea of this game, were his words after the game..

A native of Canada, Duncan Keith was originally drafted to the NHL by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2nd round of the 2002 entry draft. He has appeared in 893 NHL games during his career, notching 97 goals and adding 403 assists along with 477 penalty minutes. The 33 year old defenseman has played 43 games with the Chicago Blackhawks this season, totalling 7+21=28 with 8 PIM.

10-1-2017 Media criticises the Washington Capitals
It isn't the happiest time for the Washington Capitals as they are on a 6 game winless streak. Washington Capitals coach Ron Wilson had little to say about the way things are going: I don't know. Nothing seems to work...

12-1-2017 World Junior Championships semifinals
World Junior Championships have reached semifinal stage. In the first semifinal on January 14th, Team USA will meet Team Finland . In the second clash, Team Russia will challenge Team Czech. Winners from both games will meet on January 16th in the final game to decide the 2017 World Champion of icehockey.

14-1-2017 World Junior Championships finalists ready
Team USA will meet Team Russia in the final of the 2017 World Championships. Both teams will make a good run for the championship in this exciting game.

In the game for the bronze medal, Team Finland meets Team Czech.

15-1-2017 Jason Pominville reaches a milestone !
Jason Pominville() scored the 300th goal of his career in tonight's game against the Chicago Blackhawks on a feed by Mikael Granlund. As long as the team wins I'm happy. The personal records don't mean anything to me if they aren't a part of winning the Cup, the player said in an interview.

A native of USA, Jason Pominville was originally drafted to the NHL by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2nd round of the 2001 entry draft. He has appeared in 878 NHL games during his career, notching 300 goals and adding 390 assists along with 202 penalty minutes. The 34 year old right wing has played 44 games with the Minnesota Wild this season, totalling 20+18=38 with 21 PIM

15-1-2017 Antoine Vermette reaches a milestone !
Antoine Vermette() notched the 300th assist of his career in tonight's game against the St. Louis Blues on a goal by Oliver Ekman-Larsson. My kids attended this game so it is extra special for me, he said after the game in the dressing room..

A native of Canada, Antoine Vermette was originally drafted to the NHL by the Ottawa Senators in the 2nd round of the 2000 entry draft. He has appeared in 959 NHL games during his career, notching 232 goals and adding 300 assists along with 556 penalty minutes. The 34 year old center has played 43 games with the Phoenix Coyotes this season, totalling 8+16=24 with 20 PIM

16-1-2017 Team Russia wins World Junior Championship
Team Russia has beaten Team USA in the final of the 2017 World Junior Championships.

In the game for bronze medal, Team Czech has beaten Team Finland.

Leading scorers in the tournament:
1. Vladimir Karataev (RUS) 4+9=13
2. William Pogorelskaya (USA) 8+3=11
3. Pavel Zacha (CZE) 4+7=11
4. Cameron Askew (USA) 1+10=11
5. Nikita Korostelev (RUS) 5+5=10
6. Dakota Joshua (USA) 3+7=10
7. Aki Markula (FIN) 6+3=9
8. Mikko Rantanen (FIN) 2+7=9
9. Lubos Modry (CZE) 2+7=9
10. John Vanbeek (USA) 5+3=8

17-1-2017 Daniel Sedin reaches a milestone !
Daniel Sedin() notched the 600th assist of his career in tonight's game against the Anaheim Mighty Ducks on a goal by Shawn Matthias. I just come to the rink ready to play and give it 110%, the happy player commented..

A native of Sweden, Daniel Sedin was originally drafted to the NHL by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1st round of the 1999 entry draft. He has appeared in 1188 NHL games during his career, notching 379 goals and adding 600 assists along with 512 penalty minutes. The 36 year old left wing has played 45 games with the Vancouver Canucks this season, totalling 16+25=41 with 12 PIM.

18-1-2017 All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2017 All-Star Game have been decided according to votes given by hockey fans around the world. The fans voted the starting lineup consisting of 1 goaltender, 2 defenseman, 1 left wing, 1 center and 1 right wing for both North America All-Stars and World All-Stars. Here are the final results of the voting:

North America World
R Max Pacioretty R Vladimir Tarasenko
C Sidney Crosby C Mikael Granlund
L Brett Connolly L Patrik Berglund
D Kris Letang D Erik Karlsson
D Alex Pietrangelo D Victor Hedman
G Alex Nedeljkovic G Philipp Grubauer

Traditionally, the coaching staff of the two All-Star teams will selected rest of the players to participate in this most profilic annual sports event. The following players have been selected to the All-Star teams by the coaching staff.
North America World
Right wings Right wings
R Corey Perry
R Jordan Eberle
R Kyle Okposo
R Nino Niederreiter
R Evgeni Malkin
R Alex Ovechkin

Centers Centers
C Jonathan Toews
C Steven Stamkos
C Phil Kessel
C Pavel Datsyuk
C Anze Kopitar
C Henrik Sedin

Left wings Left wings
L Milan Lucic
L Taylor Hall
L Joe Thornton
L Thomas Vanek
L Gustav Nyquist
L Ilya Kovalchuk

Defensemen Defensemen
D Justin Schultz
D P.K. Subban
D Dustin Byfuglien
D Jacob Trouba
D Christian Ehrhoff
D Andrej Sekera
D Roman Josi
D Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Goalies Goalies
G Corey Crawford
G Troy Grosenick
G Semyon Varlamov
G Juho Olkinuora


This years All-Star weekend starts Saturday February 11 with the Super Skills competition and continues on Sunday February 12 with the clash between the North America All-Stars and the World All-Stars.


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21-1-2017 Dustin Brown reaches a milestone !
Dustin Brown() scored the 600th point of his career in tonight's game against the Colorado Avalanche on a feed by Jeff Carter. The puck has been bouncing for me lately, he replied before ducking into the dressing room.

A native of USA, Dustin Brown was originally drafted to the NHL by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1st round of the 2003 entry draft. He has appeared in 933 NHL games during his career, notching 281 goals and adding 319 assists along with 619 penalty minutes. The 32 year old right wing has played 49 games with the Los Angeles Kings this season, totalling 18+25=43 with 29 PIM.

24-1-2017 Ales Hemsky reaches a milestone !
Ales Hemsky() scored the 600th point of his career in tonight's game against the Dallas Stars on a feed by Matt Donovan. Wow, I feel good about it...I guess, he said after signing autographs for some kids.

A native of Czech, Ales Hemsky was originally drafted to the NHL by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1st round of the 2001 entry draft. He has appeared in 882 NHL games during his career, notching 202 goals and adding 398 assists along with 502 penalty minutes. The 33 year old left wing has played 46 games with the New York Islanders this season, totalling 9+6=15 with 38 PIM.

27-1-2017 Mike Richards reaches a milestone !
Mike Richards() notched the 400th assist of his career in tonight's game against the Chicago Blackhawks on a goal by Anze Kopitar. Awesome, even more so because the game was televised, he said after the game in the dressing room..

A native of Canada, Mike Richards was originally drafted to the NHL by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1st round of the 2003 entry draft. He has appeared in 873 NHL games during his career, notching 245 goals and adding 400 assists along with 554 penalty minutes. The 31 year old left wing has played 52 games with the Los Angeles Kings this season, totalling 15+27=42 with 0 PIM.

31-1-2017 Media glorifies the Chicago Blackhawks
The media is impressed by the team's 5 game winning streak. Much of the credit is granted to the good work of general manager Dg_Chi and headcoach Alpo Suhonen

1-2-2017 Media praises the Nashville Predators
The Nashville Predators are flying high with a 5 game undefeated streak. Nashville Predators defenseman Seth Jones commented about their recent success: We're playing like a team out there. The whole team has really bought into our system and not one player is slacking off.

3-2-2017 Mike Cammalleri reaches a milestone !
Mike Cammalleri() scored the 600th point of his career in tonight's game against the Philadelphia Flyers on a feed by Jon Merrill. That's one for the books, he said after the game.

A native of Canada, Mike Cammalleri was originally drafted to the NHL by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2nd round of the 2001 entry draft. He has appeared in 886 NHL games during his career, notching 279 goals and adding 321 assists along with 458 penalty minutes. The 34 year old left wing has played 53 games with the New Jersey Devils this season, totalling 10+19=29 with 28 PIM.

3-2-2017 Patrice Bergeron reaches a milestone !
Patrice Bergeron() scored the 600th point of his career in tonight's game against the Winnipeg Jets on a goal by Mikhail Grigorenko. All of them are special, but I'm going to remember this one the most, was the comment released to the press after the game..

A native of Canada, Patrice Bergeron was originally drafted to the NHL by the Boston Bruins in the 2nd round of the 2003 entry draft. He has appeared in 876 NHL games during his career, notching 219 goals and adding 381 assists along with 339 penalty minutes. The 31 year old center has played 53 games with the Boston Bruins this season, totalling 14+24=38 with 37 PIM.

4-2-2017 Ryan Getzlaf reaches a milestone !
Ryan Getzlaf() scored the 800th point of his career in tonight's game against the Nashville Predators on a goal by Cam Fowler. My parents came to see this game so I just had to deliver, he commented to the media..

A native of Canada, Ryan Getzlaf was originally drafted to the NHL by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the 1st round of the 2003 entry draft. He has appeared in 849 NHL games during his career, notching 268 goals and adding 532 assists along with 608 penalty minutes. The 31 year old center has played 52 games with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks this season, totalling 22+29=51 with 8 PIM.