Just in case the permanent grin plastered across his face didn’t say it already, inGoal Magazine asked Canadian goalie Roberto Luongo Thursday if this really was the most fun he’s ever had between the pipes.
“For sure, I’m having a blast,” he replied with a wider smile. “It’s kind of sad to think there’s [...]
Continue Reading →With good reason, some of the discussion about the women’s olympic hockey competition was precisely the lack of competition in the preliminary round games. As expected, Canadian and US teams decimated their adversaries by combined scores of 46-2 and 40-2 respectively through the first four games leading to the final. In spite of the football-esque scores, however, enthusiasm has not [...]
Continue Reading →The big headlines went, appropriately, to Swiss standout Jonas Hiller on Wednesday.
Which is fine by his American counterpart Ryan Miller, who has quietly – literally and figuratively – backstopped the United States into medal contention in Vancouver.
As easy as it could be to overlook Miller’s 19 saves on an afternoon when Hiller [...]
Continue Reading →Nabokov disappointed, but classy
As hard as it was to see Evgeni Nabokov on the bench, his eyes welling up as he looked distantly at nothing after getting pulled after giving up six goals on 23 shots, the like-able Russian stopper showed his class after the game.
While teammates stormed by the [...]
Continue Reading →Hockey people are, in general, pretty great. But goalie people are even a level above that in my experience. Generous with time and energy and information, and Dallas Stars goaltending coach Mike Valley is no different.
He took some time to chat with me mainly about his work with the Dallas AHL affiliate Texas Stars, [...]
Continue Reading →Roberto Luongo will be back in Canada’s goal against Russia on Wednesday.
Head coach Mike Babcock confirmed he was sticking with Luongo shortly after he stopped 21 of 23 shots in Tuesday’s 8-2 win over Germany, and took issue with a question about Luongo’s lack of big-game experience compared to Martin Brodeur.
“Didn’t he [...]
Continue Reading →Kevin Woodley is a rec-league target and former contributing editor of the Goalie News magazine. He has written about the Vancouver Canucks and NHL for The Associated Press, USA Today, Sports Illustrated and The Hockey News for the last decade, and is currently at the Olympics for AP.
By now the entire world knows Canada’s [...]
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