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Datsyuk In The All-Star Spotlight
by Paul on 01/28/12 at 10:05 AM ET
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from Tim Wharnsby of CBC,
Datsyuk does not possess the determination of a healthy Sidney Crosby, nor the goal-scoring touch of a Steven Stamkos, nor the physical game of an Alex Ovechkin, but Datsyuk is considered the best two-way player in the game.
“He’s a great competitor and a guy who always plays hard,” Calgary Flames captain Jarome Iginla said. “He’s extremely skilled. He’s not dirty, yet he’s a fierce competitor.
“He’s one of the hardest guys to knock off the puck or knock off his skates. You wouldn’t know it when you see him in the dressing room. But he’s strong, and with all that skill, that combination makes him one of the best players.”
Another attribute his fellow all-stars admire is Datsyuk’s ability to steal the puck and his eye-hand coordination to knock down passes. When current Chicago Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa, also considered one of the game’s best two-way players, was a teammate of Datsyuk’s in Detroit, the two would often play a must-see game of keep away against one another.
“He’s just one of those players who is special, especially he is sick defensively,” Hossa said. “I think he’s the best in the world at stealing the puck. To watch him is fun. Sometimes when you have the puck and he steals it from you, you just have to laugh because of how easy he made it look.”
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Detroit vs. Montreal
by Paul on 01/25/12 at 03:05 PM ET
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Montreal, be very aware of the Pavel Datsyuk backhand.
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Video- Mike Smith Robs Pavel Datsyuk In The Shootout
by Paul on 01/20/12 at 12:24 AM ET
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I will admit, I said goal and looked again and realized Smith caught the puck with his glove hand.
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Evening Line
by Paul on 10/11/11 at 09:17 PM ET
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“It was fun game to watch, awesome. Everybody feel better, more people happy. I want to see smiles on faces.”
-Pavel Datsyuk on attending the Detroit Lions game last night. More Lions and Tigers talk from Ansar Khan of Mlive.
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Datsyuk Pays Tribute To Ruslan Salei
by Paul on 09/17/11 at 08:01 AM ET
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Pavel will wear #24 during the pre-season in honor of Ruslan Salei.
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Datsyuk In Mourning
by Paul on 09/10/11 at 10:01 AM ET
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from Dmitry Chesnokov of PuckDaddy,
The NHL Media Tour this year involved special events for non-North American media. The League cordially invited us to attend; due to previous engagements we were unable to.
However, Sovetsky Sport’s New York reporters Alexander Klamkin and Alisa Volbidakht did, and forwarded the following interview they had with Pavel Datsyuk, who was unable, quite understandably, to talk about anything but the tragedy in Russia.
Here are some excerpts from their talk with the Detroit Red Wings star about the plane crash that took the lives of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players and coaches:
Q. We were getting ready for this interview for a week now. Thanks to the NHL for organizing it. We wanted to talk about the upcoming season, about the Red Wings’ chances of winning the cup, about other teams… But none of it will happen because all of the thoughts are with Lokomotiv.
DATSYUK: “That is all correct. I am in a very bad state. I call my friends in Ekaterinburg, talk to them. Every time they tell me all the details of the Yaroslavl tragedy. They give new information… It all stacks up. It puts on a lot of pressure.
“This morning right before our meeting I watched a requiem on YouTube that was organized in Minsk in remembrance of the hockey players who died. It touched me so deep how people reacted to this tragedy, with the kind of respect they remembered [those] people. It touched my soul.
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Looking on the Left
by Ian Gooding on 09/04/11 at 11:00 AM ET
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We continue our preview of the top players at each position with a look at the left wing. In my auction league with bidding that is taking place all month, I am currently looking for a low-cost left wing option, of which there are plenty. But here are the options that you can reasonably pay top dollar for or feel comfortable drafting with an early-round pick.
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Best Hands in the NHL
by Alanah McGinley on 08/29/11 at 02:52 PM ET
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Jamie McLennan at The Hockey News talks about facing Pavel Datsyuk:
Well, obviously Datsyuk had other ideas, because as he got over the blueline, he faked to drive wide, cut hard to the top of the circle, moved laterally as fast as he was going forward, put the puck through the D-man’s stick, faked a pass to a streaking Zetterberg and, in full stride, snapped a ridiculous shot short side shelf that I was way too late to get.
Now, as a goalie, the moment a goal goes in you try to assess what you could have done better, why you didn’t prevent it and how to get better for next time. Obviously, getting beat on a short side glove shot is a no-no in Goaltending 101, but when watching the replay on the JumboTron – and then again later on video – yes, there were a few technical errors on my part. That was when I witnessed how amazing Datsyuk’s hands are. Some things stick out in a goalie’s mind over his career and that goal will be ingrained in my mind for quite some time.
This leads me to my list ranking the best hands in the NHL. There are so many guys to choose from, but that’s the beauty of opinion from experience.
Check out McLennan’s rankings of the best hands in the NHL… starting with, you guessed it, Pavel Datsyuk
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Training With Datsyuk
by Paul on 07/19/11 at 08:25 AM ET
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from Rory Boylen of The Hockey News,
As Day 1 of the PD13 Hockey School took off Monday, the 80 kids were split into two groups – one of youngsters and one of the slightly older ones.
When asked which day of the camp was his favorite, Datsyuk answered and couldn’t help but show a small piece of his always-joking personality.
“My f…? Day off,” he said with a wry smile and a brief pause. “No it’s the first day, starting day, seeing lots of new kids. It’s new for them and they’re shy, but some kids when they get to their second camp they’re really open and they like it more and more.”
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Welcome To Datsyuk’s Camp
by Paul on 07/18/11 at 08:12 AM ET
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from Rory Boylen of The Hockey News,
We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto.
Welcome to the home city of Pavel Datsyuk and, more specifically, the Kurganovo Complex, which sits about 20 minutes outside of town down an unassuming side road lined by open land and small clusters of shanties with makeshift sheet metal fences.
The area itself reminds you of cottage country, with its rough roads, lakes, pines and secluded lifestyle, but it’s a whole other world out here, a whole other continent on the eastern slope of the Ural mountain range. On the drive out from town to the complex, you pass a large marker that represents the end of Europe and the beginning of Asia.
As one of the stewards on the plane we took from Frankfurt to Ekaterinburg said when we told him why we were going to this destination: “That’s a strange place to go for a hockey camp.”
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Evening Line
by Paul on 05/15/11 at 05:04 PM ET
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“He comes to my town a few years ago. He comes to Russia. I got to spend some time with him, hung out with him. A nice guy. It’s so shocking. He come to my camp and when I meet him, he’s a real nice guy. I’m still shocked. I still can’t believe it. I don’t know what to say. He’s so young.”
-Pavel Datsyuk of the Detroit Red Wings on the death of Derek Boogaard. More On Datsyuk and the Wings from Bob Duff of Duffer’s Dabbles at the Windsor Star.
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Datsyuk Voted Top Russian In The NHL
by Paul on 04/15/11 at 10:11 AM ET
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from Dmitry Chesnokov of PuckDaddy,
The NHL Awards aren’t until June, but Pavel Datsyuk of the Detroit Red Wings has already won a significant one in hockey. It was announced today that Pavel Datsyuk is the winner of this year’s Kharlamov Trophy — awarded to the best Russian NHL player, as chosen by his peers.
It was the closest vote in quite some time. Fedor Tyutin( of the Columbus Blue Jackets was the last one to cast his vote to ensure that Datsyuk would unseat Alex Ovechkin, who won his fifth Kharlamov Trophy in a row last year.
“The level of play Pavel shows is consistently unbelievably high,” Tyutin said. “When you watch what he does on the ice you get a feeling that there is nothing that Pavel can’t do.”
Alexei Kovalev, who also voted for Datsyuk, said that “he is the most important player for Detroit. When Datsyuk comes back from injuries, the team looks very different.”
continued with a few words from Datsyuk too…
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All About Datsyuk
by Alanah McGinley on 03/26/11 at 07:33 PM ET
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Tonight on CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada, Elliotte Friedman’s segment ‘Inside Hockey” profiled Pavel Datsyuk.
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All Pavel Datsyuk
by Paul on 03/08/11 at 11:01 AM ET
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from Dmitry Chesnokov of PuckDaddy,
But what exactly is the secret that the Red Wings are amongst the favorites to win the Cup every year?
Well, if I tell you all the secrets, then it won’t be Detroit anymore. Someone else will pick them up and use them. There are secrets and they have to stay within the team.
The main reasons are the management and the atmosphere inside the team. And you also have to look at the work ethic. You can see that we have a lot of older players, but their work ethic is just perfect. You should see the way everyone works in practices, the way everyone is taking care of themselves, the shape everyone is in. Even in the past look at guys like Chris Chelios, Igor Larionov, Nicklas Lidstrom - they are living examples, the role models of what a player should be like. And you want to learn from them.
Do you think Ryan Kesler(notes) will win the Selke Trophy this year? Isn’t it your trophy?
It’s not my trophy. It’s Selke’s trophy.
I think there are quite a few players who can win it. Every player has a chance to win it. Kesler is having a great season and I wish him to continue going this way. But that doesn’t mean I have given up. I am going to keep trying to prove that I am worth it too.
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Talking Datsyuk
by Paul on 12/23/10 at 02:00 PM ET
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Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun discuss the Pavel Datsyuk injury,
Burnside: The Detroit Red Wings beat the Western Conference rival Vancouver Canucks in overtime Wednesday night, but lost Hart Trophy hopeful Pavel Datsyuk to a broken hand. Tough for the Wings, but if there’s a team that can swallow that kind of loss, it is Detroit.
LeBrun: Scotty, Datsyuk is out four weeks and that’s as big as it gets, a Hart Trophy candidate this season and a player that does it all for the Wings. Yes, they’ve got the depth and veteran experience to overcome, but let’s not sugarcoat it—you just don’t replace his minutes.
“It’s a big loss. He’s one of the premier forwards in the NHL and he was playing real well,” Wings GM Ken Holland told me this morning. “Not one player can replace him, but as a group, we need everyone to chip in and step up in their own way. I thought last night in the third period was a good example. Henrik Zetterberg was huge and other players also dug deep for us.”
more plus a look at Pens/Caps tonight…
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Datsyuk Out With Hand/Wrist Injury UPDATE Broken Hand For Datsyuk
by Paul on 12/22/10 at 09:16 PM ET
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via Ansar Khan of Mlive,
Detroit Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk appeared to injure his right hand or wrist after tripping over former teammate Mikael Samuelsson in front of the Vancouver net with about 1:30 to play in the first period.
He landed awkwardly on his hand.
The team said he will not return to the game and gave no further details. Datsyuk likely was taken for X-rays.
added 10:25pm, via Elliotte Friedman tweet,
Babcock says Datsyuk broken hand 4 weeks
added 10:31pm, video of the Datsyuk injury below…
added 10:53pm, from Bill Roose of RedWings.com,
“He’s got a broken hand or wrist, or something like that,” Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. “He’ll be out about four weeks.”
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The Best Russian Hockey Player
by Paul on 12/21/10 at 05:17 PM ET
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from Rory Boylen of The Hockey News,
The best Russian in the NHL today, clearly, is Datsyuk.
Datsyuk beat out Joe Thornton on THN’s all-decade team at the center position – and Thornton had scored the most points of anyone in that 10-year span. It’s not always about points when you’re talking best player, not that Datsyuk lacks in that department. He has been remarkably consistent with seasons of 87, 87, 97 and 97 points in the first four post-lockout seasons. Yes, he did dip to 26th in scoring with 70 points last season (which still ain’t bad), but he led the league in takeaways by an astounding 49 en route to his third straight Selke Trophy. The only other player to win three Selkes in a row is Bob Gainey, who won the first four, and he never scored more than 45 points.
While the argument can certainly be made Datsyuk has better support players than his counterparts, it should be noted the Red Wings have been through a bit of a transitional period themselves. In the past six years, with stars aging and new players coming along, the Wings haven’t missed a step thanks largely to the consistency of players such as Datsyuk.
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Video- Datsyuk With The Bullseye Backhand
by Paul on 12/10/10 at 10:42 PM ET
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I just returned from the JLA and it was a great game. The crowd was into the action and Habs fans were sprinkled throughout the rink.
Some of the hockey people I talked to during the game stated Datsyuk made this goal look easy, but in full speed, they marveled at what they witnessed.
added 10:57pm, Same goal, but with Jim Hughson and Craig Simpson of HNIC can be watched below…
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Video- D To Z
by Paul on 12/01/10 at 09:26 AM ET
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Four Sharks chase Datsyuk, who finds Zetterberg for a goal last night.
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IS Datsyuk Hart Worthy?
by Paul on 11/02/10 at 04:26 PM ET
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Pierre LeBrun of ESPN answers some rants from the fans…
My rant involves Pavel Datsyuk and why he’s not considered the most dominant player in the NHL. This past week, I attended a Caps-Canes game in Carolina to see Ovechkin. I have now seen Datsyuk, Crosby and Ovechkin all live, and neither Crosby nor Ovechkin is as dominant all over the ice as Datsyuk. Sure, Crosby and Ovechkin score more goals and points than Datsyuk, but that is only one half of the rink. Every time Datsyuk is on the ice, a buzz goes through the air. He will back-check like a dog and steal the puck away from you….
(LeBrun): I totally agree with you and have always raved about Mr. Datsyuk. Check out what I wrote in the Power Rankings this week. One of the reasons he hasn’t had the same kind of league-wide praise/buzz is because the man doesn’t talk. He’s quiet, goes about his business, and doesn’t attract media attention. I’ve tried to interview him a few times, and while you can tell he’s a very smart man, his actual quotes aren’t of much use. It’s just not this thing. But he deserves to be considered among the top players in the world ... and right now, one month into the season, I’d argue he’s in the Hart Trophy debate.
many more responses to the rants…
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Former NHLer’s in Europe Part II
by Phil Davies on 10/31/10 at 11:35 AM ET
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This week we will continue to look at former NHL players who are now playing in Europe.
Jaromir Jagr
Avangard Omsk
Jagr is clearly not the offensive force that he was in his heyday with the Pittsburgh Penguins, but he has become quite a mentor to younger KHL players, while recording 14 points in 19 games for sixth place Avangard Omsk. However, Jagr’s most impressive feat this year was leading an undermanned Czech squad to World Championship gold against a heavily favoured Russian squad that featured Ovechkin, Malkin, Datsyuk and Gonchar.
Miroslav Satan
HC Slovan Bratislava
Satan is hoping to land another midseason NHL contract as he did with the Boston Bruins last year. In the meantime, Satan registered eight points during a three game contract with Slovan Bratislava of the Slovak league. Satan can still find the back of the net and may yet have another crack at the NHL.
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JJ’s Three Cheers: 10/09/10
by Jon Jordan on 10/09/10 at 08:17 AM ET
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In the debut of the new, daily feature from yours truly, I offer a morning toast to those who deserve as much for their performances of a night ago:
***Cheers to Detroit’s Pavel Datsyuk, for stepping up to Anaheim’s Corey Perry and earning the decisive victory in a scrap last night. He may have taken himself out of the running for the Lady Byng Trophy in this season’s very first game but taking out a bullying Perry, in this instance, was well worth it.
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Datsyuk vs. Perry
by Paul on 10/08/10 at 09:12 PM ET
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Pavel Datsyuk needed a five minute major for fighting to get the Gordie Howe hat trick. He succeeded when he dropped the gloves against Corey Perry tonight.
update 10:29pm, replaced the original video with one that has better quality.
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The State of Hockey in Russia
by Phil Davies on 10/05/10 at 12:10 PM ET
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The Russian National Team has taken great strides towards regaining past international hockey glory in the last few years. Spurred on by back-to-back World Championship victories with two straight wins over Team Canada in 2008 and 2009 (including a win on Canada’s home ice in 2008), Russia had seemed to finally regain their duo-superpower status with their longtime Canadian rivals. That is until the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, where the Russians were soundly thumped 7-3 by the home side in their quarterfinal matchup. Perhaps, Team Russia goalie; Ilya Bryzgalov, summed up the debacle best by stating that Team Canada played like “gorillas coming out of a cage.”
On the heels of their defeat in Vancouver, many of Russia’s Olympic core squad vowed to gain a measure of revenge at the 2010 World Championships in Germany three months later. Although Russia defeated a relatively undermanned Canadian squad, their efforts, once again, ended in failure with an upset loss to the Czech Republic in the championship final.
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Kids Go Camping With Datsyuk
by Paul on 09/28/10 at 02:31 PM ET
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from Rory Boylen of The Hockey News,
Some guys just get it.
Pavel Datsyuk, the superstar of few words, has taken a couple weeks out of his summer for the past three years to give back to the community and provide a lucky group of kids with a unique hockey school experience.
Just outside of his hometown, Ekaterinburg, in Russia – in a setting that resembles Ontario’s Muskoka cottage country – Datsyuk ran two one-week camps that included instruction from NHL coaches, European players and a mixed martial-arts trainer.
“He continues to change my opinion of how people behave,” said Todd Woodcroft, a longtime NHL scout who has been involved with the camp since Day 1.
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Datsyuk Has No Plans To Play In The KHL
by Paul on 08/04/10 at 07:11 AM ET
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via RussiaToday,
Detroit Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk says he is not planning to return the KHL like some other Russian veteran hockey players did this summer.
“Do you think it’s time for me to quit? I turned 32 just recently, and I plan to play for five or seven more years,” Datsyuk wondered in an interview with Sportbox.ru.
The two-time Stanley Cup winner believes that the NHL is the better place for a longstanding career.
“On average, the NHL players finish their careers three or four years later than in Russia. And the reason is – I do not want to offend anybody – is that there is more one professionalism [in the NHL]. I have long realized that if you want to achieve something, you must sacrifice something,” he said.
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Ready For A Little Dangle-Dangle?
by Paul on 07/01/10 at 08:06 AM ET
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Imagine If tne NHL Draft Ended After Five Rounds
by Paul on 04/28/10 at 01:06 PM ET
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Goal Of The Night
by Paul on 04/27/10 at 10:23 PM ET
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Since there is only one game tonight, let’s award this goal by Pavel Datsyuk as goal of the night.
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Detroit Fans, Did You Look At The Ref After This Goal?
by Paul on 03/16/10 at 11:17 AM ET
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the first thing I looked for after this Datsyuk goal last night was the ref, making sure he wasn’t waving his arms and pointing at Holsmtrom.
Note that both Kipper and Homer gave a quick look too.
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Goal Of The Night?
by Paul on 03/05/10 at 10:38 PM ET
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Pavel Datsyuk with a steal and the next thing you know, the puck is in the back of the net.
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Close Only Counts In Horseshoes And Bocce Ball
by Paul on 02/14/10 at 10:24 AM ET
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Almost a dangle-dangle between-the-legs goal for Datsyuk.
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Datsyuk Talks Dangle-Dangle
by Paul on 01/20/10 at 02:58 PM ET
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from Dmitry Chesnokov at PuckDaddy,
Was this a variation of the penalty shot you scored on against the Dallas Stars?
That’s when it actually started. If the goalie guesses where I move, at least I would have a small alternative option.
It’s like you make fun of goaltenders.
Oh, no. Not at all. Everyone wants to score. And I am happy that I managed to score like that, that people talk about it a little bit. But the main goal was to score. Especially in such a game against Chicago. We already lost three games to them this year.
Was that goal your version of dangle-dangle?
There’re so many people watching you. And NBC was there. So, you try to think how to score, but there are also other things.
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Datsyuk’s Lob Shot Shootout Goal
by Paul on 01/17/10 at 03:55 PM ET
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added 4:02pm, I switched out video which now includes the Datsyuk and Bertuzzi goals in the shootout.
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“We Win, I’m More Happy”
by Paul on 11/06/09 at 08:42 AM ET
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Pavel Datsyuk talks about the victory over the Sharks last night.
added 8:49am, Elliotte Friedman was on Fan590 this morning and talked about how the Wings seem to now understand the can no longer win 5-3 games and have tightened up their defensive play.
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Morning Line
by Paul on 11/02/09 at 08:56 AM ET
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“I’m skating awesome, but I’m not fast, I’m still on the same speed, everybody’s speed (is) better.
“I feel I’m flying, but it looks like maybe the same.”
-Pavel Datsyuk of the Detroit Red Wings. More on the Wings from Ansar Khan of Mlive.
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Datsyuk Day To Day
by Paul on 10/15/09 at 11:11 AM ET
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from Ansar Khan of Mlive,
Pavel Datsyuk (upper-body injury) did not practice and will not play tonight against the Kings. He is listed as day-to-day.
“He’ll be missed, but other players will get a chance to play more, get a chance on the power play,’’ Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom said. “So someone else has to step up.’‘
more on the Wings
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Boogaard Gets Advice From Datsyuk
by Paul on 09/17/09 at 07:54 PM ET
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from Bruce Brothers of the Pioneer Press,
So, while rehabbing after shoulder surgery this summer with Jeremy Clark, whose organization in Eagan provides instruction in core strength training, judo and other martial arts, Boogaard seized the chance to go to Russia and work with Detroit Red Wings all-star forward Pavel Datsyuk.
He accompanied Clark, the strength and conditioning coach for Datsyuk’s hockey camps in Yekaterinburg, formerly known as Sverdlovsk, and spent 18 days soaking up tips from one of the NHL’s best two-way players.
“The stuff he can do is just unbelievable,” Boogaard said, noting that Datsyuk also worked with kids ages 10-12 who were able to produce what he labeled “mind-boggling” moves on the ice.
Datsyuk freely dispensed advice to Boogaard, as well, and the native of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, said the whole experience was “an eye-opener.”
Will it make him a better offensive hockey player?
Boogaard said in the understatement of the century, that he and Datsyuk “are different players.” Nevertheless, he added, “I feel really relaxed. I seem a little more confident.”
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Afternoon Line
by Paul on 07/25/09 at 03:05 PM ET
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“The idea to organize such camp was born several years ago. I remember those times when I was small and wanted real ice hockey stars to teach me some skills. We gave the information about the camp, so those children who wanted to take part came here. Of course, the parents of these kids had to pay some part of the expenses, but we paid the bulk ourselves.”
-Pavel Datsyuk of the Detroit Red Wings. More on the camp from George Malik at Snapshots. George even found a video of the camp.
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Datsyuk & Malkin Talk
by Paul on 06/10/09 at 10:03 AM ET
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from Dmitry Chesnokov at Puck Daddy,
Pavel Datsyuk(notes) of the Wings and Evgeni Malkin(notes) of the Pittsburgh Penguins spoke after the Game 6 victory for the home team about a number of subjects, including what to look for in Game 7, being so close to winning the Stanley Cup and Malkin speaking about both Marian Hossa(notes) and his plans for octopi in Detroit.
First up is Datsyuk:
Q. Did you have a gut feeling before the final that this would be a seventh game series?
DATSYUK: To be honest with you, I didn’t think about it at all. I just want to win. It is clear that the Pittsburgh Penguins are an excellent team. So, I don’t think anyone thought it would be easy.
After your comeback from the foot injury it seems you have some special attention from some Penguins’ players: Like Max Talbot(notes) slashing you on your injured foot; and tonight Matt Cooke(notes) almost having a knee on knee collision with you.
To be honest with you, it is great! It just means they don’t like me for something. On a different hand, this is the playoffs and the game is very aggressive, especially in the finals. But it is all within the rules….
Can you almost feel the Stanley Cup in your hands?
MALKIN: No. But it is a lot closer this year. We have a more even team. And we are playing awesome as a team. And now we have a Game 7. I think Detroit will also be nervous. We have our strengths. We have to play our hockey and not adjust to Detroit’s style.
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13 & 40 Noticed
by Paul on 06/10/09 at 07:50 AM ET
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from Bob McKenzie of TSN,
The plays these guys make in tight are impressive, as are the plays they make defensively to turn it into offence. These guys were unbelievable to watch all night - they had five of the 12 shots that were blocked by the Red Wings, they’re terrific when they don’t have the puck, they’re magical to watch when they do, and it’s going to be terrific to see a Game 7 showdown between the best of the Penguins and the best of the Red Wings.
Really, offensively on the night, you noticed Datsyuk and Zetterberg a lot more than you did Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin but as I said, the supporting cast ruled the day, and Pittsburgh’s was a little better.
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Mid-Morning Line
by Paul on 06/09/09 at 09:26 AM ET
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Pre-Datsyuk, the Penguins had been playing the Red Wings, and hanging in there shift for shift.
Since Saturday they’ve been playing the defending champions.
It’s going to take a lot more than slashes and elbows to survive such a daunting confrontation.
-Mike Prisuta of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. More on the problems Datsyuk creates for the Penguins…
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Lidstrom, Zetterberg, Draper & Datsyuk In Pittsburgh
by Paul on 06/08/09 at 04:44 PM ET
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Q. Can I ask you about home ice advantage in this series? The home team has obviously won all the games. Are match?ups that critical in this series, how big a part of the results that we’ve seen is that?
NICKLAS LIDSTROM: I don’t think match-ups has been the big issue. I think the team that has had home ice advantage has played really well at home. They’ve gained a lot of momentum from the crowd or what not. So I think just that in itself has helped the home team playing on their home ice.
I think match-ups in Games 3 and 4 wasn’t that big of an issue for us. Only a couple of times we didn’t have the match-up that we wanted when we started the shift. But otherwise we did a good job coming on and off the ice.
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The Real MVP
by Paul on 06/08/09 at 10:49 AM ET
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from Jamie Fitzpatrick of Jamie’s Blog at About.com,
Pavel Datsyuk can’t win the Conn Smythe Trophy as Stanley Cup MVP. His foot injury cost him too many games, and he wasn’t scoring much before he got hurt.
But in his return on Saturday night, Detroit’s finest looked like the best player in the NHL, which he might be….
He also reminded us that MVPs dominate the game at both ends of the ice.
After watching Datsyuk and company neutralize the Penguins, how could anyone consider Malkin a Conn Smythe candidate?
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“I Like To Handle Puck, Dangle, Dangle”
by Paul on 06/08/09 at 09:00 AM ET
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Luckily Datsyuk Listened To His Mom
by Paul on 06/07/09 at 02:45 PM ET
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from Larry Wigge of NHL.com,
Datsyuk always was a skinny kid. That’s part of the reason why he wasn’t picked at all in his draft year and it wasn’t until the second year that the Wings finally took a chance on his brilliant skills, reasoning he could get stronger and might someday be ready to play in the NHL.
“It’s funny,” he told me earlier this season. “My first sport wasn’t soccer or hockey. It was chess.”
Valery, Pavel’s dad, drove a van for a company near their home in Sverdlovsk, Russia. He’s the one who introduced his son to chess. Pavel’s mom, Galina, worked as a cook for a military base. She’s the one who would take him to the skating rink.
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Draper, Datsyuk & Cleary Today
by Paul on 06/07/09 at 12:29 PM ET
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Q. Can you talk about the job that led to Pav coming back? That was the story, but he played pretty well especially in the early going there?
KRIS DRAPER: He was huge for us early on. They came out with a pretty great push, and Ozzie had to make some saves early. We had good battles that we had to win around the net. But after that, once Cleary scored, the team had to settle us down a little bit, and we were able to get into the way we want to play.
But our start, wasn’t nearly as good as it should have been from our team. And you give Pittsburgh credit, because they came in good.
Q. In what ways are Babcock and Bowman similar?
KRIS DRAPER: Similar? The passion to win. You know, Scotty at this time of the year was obviously the most successful coach of all time. And he always found ways to get the match-ups that he wanted.
I think Mike the last couple of years has done a great job bench coaching. But the one thing that you know from both coaches is that we always felt that we were prepared. That’s one thing that I know. Babs takes a lot of pride in just making sure that game?in and game?out that our hockey team is prepared and there aren’t any surprises.
You know, that’s exactly what he’s going to do over the next couple of days. He’s going to go over a ton of video to make sure that if there’s anything that we haven’t seen or that we need to do, that which make those changes and be prepared for Game 6.
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Datsyuk The Difference Maker
by Paul on 06/07/09 at 07:23 AM ET
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So says Barry Melrose of ESPN in the game recap…
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Wait & See On Datsyuk
by Paul on 06/04/09 at 01:19 PM ET
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from Paul Hunter of the Toronto Star,
“I feel much better today. I’ll go for pre-game skate and then make a decision,” he said of his recovery from an injured right foot. “It’s every day better and better and better and today it’s much better. I have more smiles; more happy. It’s still a little sore but I’m happy.”
At the Red Wings’ morning skate, Datsyuk stayed on the ice for more than an hour after all the regulars had departed. He yukked it up with the healthy scratches, who always stay out for extra work, and worked on tight turns and dangling the puck.
Even though he said he felt better, to onlookers he looked like he was being more careful with his foot – which likely was fractured in Game 2 of the Western Conference final – and was skating a little more gingerly than he had at yesterday’s full practice.
Datsyuk, though, said he felt more confident about his status and he needed the extra work to really give it a test. Still, neither he, nor his coach, would commit to his being in the lineup.
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Datsyuk Tonight
by Paul on 06/04/09 at 07:29 AM ET
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