Since I live in Pittsburgh...I went to the Game.
Malkin looks like he'll fit right in with the young pens team. Im not sure how often the glass behing the net breaks in the NHL, but in the 3rd he took a one-timer from the blueline and shattered the top of the glass. He should only get better and is going to be fun to watch! People are pumped about this young team in general.
But more interesting to this board...Zajak, Parise, and Hale, who was in the game program but I don't think I saw him (Eric Rasmussen, Paul Martin, Brian Gionta too) were representing UND and the WCHA (i may have missed another college player or two as well) with the Devils. Ya gotta love the college hockey connection the Devils have going.
Zajak and Parise were out together on the second power-play unit together...good stuff. No points, but they looked solid.
I was really hoping Pittsburgh would take Toews in the draft, as a result Ive been paying attention to Staal. A few days ago I read that Pittsburgh was probably going to be sending him back to juniors before he gets to 10 games...I hope he sticks. He's getting plenty of playing time and penalty-kill time too.
The Igloo was sold out tonight "officially" and was "unofficially" pretty close. This is good to see as they push to get a new rink and stay in town.
Go Sioux!
