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xiaoweiwei 发表于 2013/1/23 20:08:00 |
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WASHINGTON -- Stephen Weiss has waited a long time to make the playoffs, longer than every active NHL player except one. Anthony Allen Super Bowl Jersey
. Now that hes finally made it, he doesnt care that he got there after a
loss.
Alex Ovechkin fully expected to be in the playoffs. The fact that it
took until the waning days of the regular season to earn a spot is more
of a cause for relief than celebration.
Weiss and the Florida Panthers ended one of the longest playoff droughts
in major North American sports Thursday night, backing into a berth
despite a 4-2 loss to Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, who overcame
an injury to goaltender Michal Neuvirth to also earn a post-season bid
and complete the eight-team field for the Eastern Conference.
"Its been a long 10 years," said Weiss, who has been with the Panthers
since he was drafted No. 4 overall as a teenager in 2001. "You wonder if
youre doing the right thing. At the end of the day, it was worth
staying."
Both teams qualified after the Buffalo Sabres were eliminated with a 2-1
loss to the Philadelphia Flyers, a game that ended at roughly the same
time. It led to a rare scene in which both Verizon Center locker rooms
had something to celebrate, although the feelings on both sides were a
bit tempered because the Panthers had just lost a game and the Capitals
were ruminating on a season during which they fired their coach and
vastly underperformed.
"This year it was kind of a struggling season," said Ovechkin, who
scored his 37th goal but will finish the regular season with a
career-low in points. "Nobody knows whos going to be in playoffs, us or
Buffalo. Buffalo was fighting a lot and today when we see the score
sheet -- Philly help us a lot and give us a break."
Still to be determined is whether Florida will take the Southeast
Division crown from four-time defending champion Washington. The
Panthers are in the playoffs for the first time in a dozen years, but
they also will win their first division title in franchise history if
they gain at least a point at home against Carolina or if the Capitals
lose to the New York Rangers on Saturday, the final day of the regular
season.
Either way, the Panthers will play their first playoff game since 2000.
Only six franchises from the four major U.S. sports leagues have gone
longer without a post-season appearance: the Buffalo Bills (NFL),
Baltimore Orioles (MLB), Toronto Blue Jays (MLB), Kansas City Royals
(MLB), Washington Nationals (MLB) and Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB).
And Weiss, who just turned 29, will end his dubious run of a career
without playoff hockey. Only former Florida teammate Jay Bouwmeester,
now with Calgary, has been in more NHL regular-season games without a
post-season appearance.
"Its been tough," Weiss said. "You go home early in the summer and you
wonder if youre doing the right thing for yourself, for your career. You
want to be loyal, but at the same time you only get so many years to
play, and you want to try and play playoff hockey and win Stanley Cups.
Im excited to get my first taste."
Florida enters the post-season despite dropping five straight and eight
of its last nine, relying heavily on the losing in overtime and
shootouts to gain standings points. The Panthers have 18 overtime and
shootout losses, tying an NHL record.
"Sometimes you have to take a look at the big picture," Florida coach
Kevin Dineen said. "And overall the big picture has been a hard-fought
and enjoyable year."
In a wacky game that included three goalie changes in a 6-minute stretch
in the second period, the Capitals raced to a 3-0 lead with goals from
Jay Beagle, Ovechkin and Brooks Laich. Of significant concern for
Washington is the injury to Neuvirth, leaving Braden Holtby as the only
healthy netminder on the roster.
Neuvirth was hurt in the second period, with the Capitals leading 1-0,
when Panthers left wing Marco Strum stumbled in front of the Capitals
net and fell on the goalies left leg. Neuvirth couldnt put any weight on
his left skate as teammates Ovechkin and Karl Alzner helped him to the
bench.
With Tomas Vokoun out indefinitely with a groin injury, the Capitals
were forced to go with youngster Holtby, playing only his sixth game of
the season. Coach Dale Hunter would only say afterward that Neuvirth is
"day-to-day."
There was also goalie drama for Florida. After Washingtons third goal,
Dineen replaced Jose Theodore for Scott Clemmensen and then went back to
Theodore just 91 seconds later.
"Hes not getting off the hook. Hes been my go-to guy, and hes got to go
get it done," Dineen said. "More than anything, I wanted to have a quick
little chat with him on the bench and then send his butt back in
there."
Mikael Samuelson and Ed Jovanovski scored to start the comeback that
fell short for the Panthers, and Alexander Semin scored an insurance
goal for the Capitals with 1:02 left in the game.
Notes: The Capitals shut out the Panthers in the teams two previous
meetings in Washington this season. ... The only season in which the
Panthers have won a playoff series was 1995-96, when they went to the
Stanley Cup finals and were swept by Colorado.
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Flanked by superstars Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, NHLPA executive
director Donald Fehr said Tuesday the unions offer includes a smaller
percentage of revenues for players and an expanded revenue sharing
program to help struggling teams. Joe Flacco Pink Jersey
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The club issued its statement a few hours before the third-seeded Lakers
hosted the Nuggets in the series finale.
Johnson spoke Friday night on ESPN, where he serves as an analyst. The
Hall of Famer sold his minority ownership stake in the Lakers, but is
still a club vice-president and a close friend of the Buss family, which
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Goalkeeper Bandura, defender Mandziuk and midfielder Stepanenko were the
final players trimmed ahead of the finals, which start June 8 and are
co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine.
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at winning was over.WARSAW, Poland -- Andrei Arshavin said as the
European Championship began that Russia could beat any team. He added
they could also lose to anybody.
The enigmatic Russians lived up to their captains word. With a team
built around 11 players who ended third at Euro 2008 and another Dutch
coach, Dick Advocaat, Russia was tipped early to be a dark horse at the
tournament in Poland and Ukraine.
When it thrashed the Czech Republic 4-1 in its opening Group A match,
Russia was touted as tournament favourites. But it turned out the big
win in Wroclaw was the high water mark, not the start of something big.
The Russians were eliminated Saturday after losing 1-0 to Greece at the
National Stadium in Warsaw.
Ultimately, Russia was undone by its insistence on attacking.
When veteran Greece coach Fernando Santos studied video of the Russians
he saw that the teams attacking strength could also be its weakness.
"When we had the ball, we tried to exploit gaps in their defence," he
said. "Because they were pushing forward, that gave us space."
The Czech Republic never had a chance to use the space as Arshavin
orchestrated a thrilling lesson in Dutch-style attacking football. And
while the Russia team was one of the tournaments oldest, it showed in
Wroclaw that it had one of Euro 2012s young stars -- 21-year-old Alan
Dzagoyev, who scored a goal in each half against the Czechs, and went on
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The CSKA Moscow attacking midfielders name has been linked with major
European clubs and he said he would make a decision about his future
only after the tournament.
The future is less clear for other stars. Arshavin spent the second half
of last season on loan to Zenit St. Petersburg after Arsenal manager
Arsene Wenger said he needed more playing time, which he was not getting
in north London. The 31-year old star of Russias campaign at Euro 2008
started with an inspired performance against the Czechs and provided the
inviting cross for Dzagoyevs goal against Poland, but could not find a
way through the stifling Greek defence when it mattered most.
It is unclear where Arshavin will be playing next season.
"A number of players didnt have the sharpness to score," Advocaat said.
He was talking about the Greece loss, but could also have been
describing the draw with Poland, in which his team also dominated but
failed only scored once.
Saturdays Euro 2012 exit also marked the end of Advocaats Russia reign.
He joins Dutch club PSV Eindhoven next season.
As Russias players trudged dejectedly to their team bus Saturday night,
the countrys football federation chief, Sergei Fursenko, hinted that the
post-Advocaat era could begin with a clean-out of the old guard.
"We have one of the oldest teams in the competition, and I think some of
the younger players didnt get a proper chance to play," he said.
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