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And the Devils' All-Star representative is . . . not Zach Parise. Guess he'll get that vacation after all. Also, everybody's favorite trade rumor monger Eklund is reporting talk of a trade between NJ and CAL with Phaneuf coming over for a package centered around Parise (e-567833563)

Devils will have an all-star . . . from one of the Devils' beat writers . . . It was posted after the article you linked to was posted for what it's worth. I hope they send Zach, he deserves it.

A lot of the articles on tonight's game mentioned Zajac crediting his scoring streak to Hatcher biting him . . . The Devils joked that they'd ask Hatcher to bite them if it would get them to score more . . . Maybe Travis bit Zach?

The Devils must select another player to represent them in the All Star Game as Brodeur decided not to attend . . . . everyone thinks it'll be Parise . . . official announcement to be made by the end of tonight. And Parise scores . . . 5 PPG for the Devils tonight, Zach breaks a 10 game goal drought. Way to go Phailures.

Yeah, except for that one interview where he was asked to describe the Devils' play in a certain period and all he did was make a funny face then say "We played gross." I've been waiting to see this, and someone finally put it on youtube: Zach's segment from last years NHL All Access: Sophomore Sensations.

Zajac with another goal tonight as well as an assist. Parise with two assists . . . and rumor is he maybe possibly was selected for the All Star game; the Devs radio guy mentioned it in his post-game interview, rosters officially announced tomorrow.

Yes, at Agganis . . . it's no palace on the prairie, but we like it just fine. It's also fog-free since 2005 (Seeing as how that's a problem when the Sioux come to town) And we serve beer

Yes, I've been told the same thing. The first round pairings are BU vs. UND and UMass vs. Michigan St.

Zajac with another goal tonight against da B's . . . No one's tried to bite him tonight . . . yet.

Zajac scored an unassisted goal tonight for the Devils. Derian Hatcher also attempted to bite his finger off but only succeeded in splitting the finger. Travis missed the remainder of the 2nd period and needed stitches.

Wilson was born in Greenwich, CT while his Dad was still playing for the NYR I believe . . . He did grow up in Canada, Manitoba I think, but he has always considered himself American despite holding dual citizenship.

Assuming you mean the IIHF WJC Canada - US game (I'm too lazy to look back), check http://channelsurfing.net/ tomorrow for a link . . . they had the TSN feed for the quarterfinal games the other day so I was able to watch from work.

Drew Stafford (and Ryan Miller) made special appearances at the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra's concert on Sunday. They joined Tenor Ronan Tynan in playing traditional Irish music. Here are some pictures:

Wow, long time no see/posting Sioux fans . . . some stuff of interest . . . I saw Brandon Bochenski and his wife in the Boston Common earlier this week, uh, yeah . . . Karl Goehring was released by Norfolk then picked up by Syracuse of the AHL And Zach Parise claims there was no Minnesota brainwashing in his family (article from ESPN, who knew they knew what hockey was)

Cause he enjoys teaching hockey . . . and he's only like 63 I think. But seriously can't hang all this on him . . . some of the guys are just incapable of being motivated; they don't want to work for it. There's like 5 of them that give it their all every night and they've called out the people who obviously don't, but still we have this present situation. Even in his heyday, Parker couldn't fix these guys. Thank god I root for two teams.

Pfft . . . don't even get me started on my alma mater . . . I would tell you what the suspensions are for, but the boy isn't talking and I'm not really one to press for information.

That's some serious man-on-man hugging going on there . . . Patty's wife better watch out . . . But seriously . . . Parise's last 7 games . . . 17 points. Amazing.

In honor of Parise's 3 + 1 night (highlights here), youtube presents you with . . . A Parise family fishing trip in Canada with random children . . . Enjoy Also some post-game quotes from/about ZPar: Stan Fischler: "That's one good looking man there." Parise: "Yeah, I know." Stan Fishler: 3 goals and one assist, that's a "Sombrero Trick." Parise: You just made that up.

Goehring signed a PTO with the AHL's Norfolk Admirals having been released from his PTO with the WBS Penguins. Press Release

The Devils channel on the NHL video portal has a short video of Devils players talking about their favorite Halloween costumes. Of course Zach's answer has to involve him and Travis . . . is there anything those two don't do together? But I can totally picture Travis as a ninja turtle. Watch here Oh, and JPar dropped a decision against Hartford 3-2. . . Baby Devs gave him little to no offensive support though, don't think they even got more than 20 shots on goal.

Karl Goehring was released from his PTO with the WBS Penguins. Sorry guys, but Curry's back. I'm sure someone will pick him up though. Link

I can tell you firsthand that the former Sioux on the Devils have been very frustrated, so it's about time they had a good night. Parise even cursed while being interviewed by the media after the last game; he dropped an f-bomb, he was so pissed. Plus Travis is a Penguin-killer.

JPar returned to game action tonight beating Manchester 5 - 3. He made 36 saves and stopped a penalty shot for his second win of the season.

JPar back in the lineup for the Baby Devs tonight for the first time in almost a month. He's the backup.

You've got to be kidding me . . . you're not serious right? Don't hockey players/men think before they whip it out? No girl is worth your spot on the Fighting Sioux hockey team. Time for one of the boys to find a new girlfriend, although I still hold that pretty much all girls are evil *******; I would know, takes one to know one. And, end rant.