Double Dose

On January 14, the Lowell Devils hosted both Red Sox Day, and the Philadelphia Phantoms. With two goals from then-Devil Aaron Voros, one each from Dan McGillis, Petr Vrana, David Clarkson and Chris Minard and 25 saves from Jordan Parise, the Devils cruised to a 6-3 win in a penalty-filled game. The win was Parise's 7th win of the season, and the Devils' 19th.


Parise is a familiar name to many hockey fans- there's the Devils' young left wing Zach, who lead the team in goals in the regular season, came second on the team in scoring and lead the league in playoff goals through the first round. There's Jean-Paul, ex-left wing, who spent 17 seasons in the NHL, with the Bruins (2), Maple Leafs (1), North Stars (9), Islanders (4), and Barons (1). There's also the less-known Jordan Parise, who had an excellent rookie season with the Lowell Devils. An attitude problem postponed his hockey career a bit, but help from his brother got him into the UND for three seasons, and signed as a free agent with the Devils.

Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 190
Position: Goalie
Birthday: September 19, 1982
Catches: Right
From: Fairbault, Minnesota

2006/07 Season:
Team: Lowell Devils
Games played: 32
Wins: 17
Loses: 19
OT Loses: 3
Points: 1
Shutouts: 2
Goals Against Average: 2.68
Save Percentage: .915

Talk About Under the Radar

How many people noticed that Sergei Brylin had 40 points last season? Not many. But you can't blame them. Sarge tends to be a quiet player, so it's not that strange that he was over shadowed by Marty and Parise.

Height: 5' 10"
Wight: 190
Position: Center
Birthday: January 13, 1974
Shoots: Left
From: Moscow, Russia

2006/07 Season:
Team: Devils
Games played: 82
Goals: 16
Assists: 24
PIMs: 35
PPG: 8
SHG: 0
GWG: 2
+/-: -5

2006/07 Playoffs:
Team: Devils
Games played: 11
Goals: 1
Assists: 2
PIMs: 6
PPG: 1
SHG: 0
GWG: 0
+/-: -8

I, personally, am glad we have him for another season. And by the way, I screwed up last week: Gionta had 25 goals, not 35.

*Excuse* me?

I'll save my ranting and raging about Crosby winning the Hart for the other blog, so here are the award winners for now:

Frank J. Selke (best defensive forward): Rod Brind' Amour (420 pts.)
Runners up: Sami Pahlsson (405), Jay Pandolfo (311)
John Madden made it into the top ten in voting, Brindy gave props to Pando.

Calder Memorial (best rookie): Evgeni Malkin (1,357)
Runners up: Paul Stastny (956), Jordan Staal (565)
Travis Zajac came in tenth, with 13 points (I knew he'd get some votes)


Lady Byng (most gentlemanly player): Pavel Datsyuk (not sure how may points, but he did have a lot more than the first runner up)
Runners up: Martin St Louis (no comment), Joe Sakic
Pandolfo came in fourth in voting.

First team all-stars: Marty Brodeur, Nicklas Lidstrom, Scotty Niedermayer, Sidney Crosby, Dany Heatley, Alex Ovechkin

Second team all-stars: Roberto Luongo, Chris Pronger, Dan Boyle, Vinnie Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis, Thomas Vanek

Jack Adams (best coach): Alain Vigneault (Canucks, 134)
Runners up: Lindy Ruff (Sabres, 126), Michel Therrien (Penguins, 91)

James Norris (best D-man): Lidstrom (1,217)
Runners up: Niedermayer (1,024), Pronger (608)

Vezina (most awesomest goalie): Marty!! (122)
Runners up: Luongo (116), Miikka Kipursoff and Henrik Lundquist (7 each)

Hart (MVP): Crosby (1,225)
Runners up: Marty (763), Luongo (801)

Tomorrow, look for a nice rant about freaking Crosby winning Marty's freaking Hart trophy in the other blog.

Crikey!

The NHL awards are tonight, and the Devils are hoping for a hat trick. Marty Brodeur and Jay Pandolfo have been nominated for the Hart, Vezina (both Brodeur) and Selke (Pando).

The Hart is for the MVP. Sidney Crosby and Roberto Luongo are also in the running. Maybe it's just because I worship him, but I think Marty deserves it. He lead the league in shutouts, was third in GAA and save percentage, and broke the 33 year old wins record. Sid the kid did lead the leauge in scoring, but he didn't play as big a part in the Pens' sucess as Marty did in the Devils. Luongo, well, I think he had a little more help from his D than Marty did, and Marty just played better.

The Vezina goes to the best goalie. Luongo, Henrik Lundqvist and Miikka Kipursoff are going against Marty. If you ask my, it's really between Marty and Luongo. Kipursoff was amazing in the playoffs, but he wasn't as good as the other two. I think breaking the wins record should have put it in the bag for Marty, but Loungo did tie it (although he tied it after Marty broke it, so he really didn't do anything too special). Not only did he actually break the record, but Marty also had him beat in GAA and SV%.

The other candidates for the Selke (best defensive forward) are Rod Brind'Amour and Sami Pahlsson. I'm not quite sure who I think should win this, but I don't think it will be Pandolfo. I didn't see either of the others play too much, but I've seen better defensive play from forwards other than Pando. Who knows. Maybe we will get that hat trick tonight.

I'll post the winners of each award after it's over. The awards start at 7:30 and will be aired on Versus and CBC.