In last night's game between Minnesota & Anaheim I saw one of the strangest goals I have ever seen.
Mikko Koivu lost his stick in Minnesota's zone. With the puck in the zone Koivu grabbed the 1st stick he could get his hands on which happened to belong to Anaheim's Bobby Ryan.
Ryan tried a couple times to get his stick back from Koivu to no avail. Ryan then picked up Koivu's stick which was laying off to the right side of Wild goaltender Niklas Backstrom.
About five seconds later Ryan took a pass from Toni Lydman and beat Backstrom with Koivu's stick to give Anaheim a 5-2 lead in the game.
I have attached a video so take a look when you can. In the meantime here is the Power Poll for Week 9.
1. (2) Pittsburgh 21 8 2 44 points
Penguins are white hot as they have won 12 in a row
2. (3) Philadelphia 19 7 5 43 points
Will try to stop Pittsburgh's winning streak in Philadelphia tomorrow night.
3. (4) Detroit 19 6 3 41 points
You won't find many skaters playing better hockey right now than Pavel Datsyuk.
4. (1) Washington 18 11 3 39 points
Rough stretch for the Capitals who have lost five out of six games
5. (5) Montreal 18 10 2 38 points
Lost back-to-back games to Original 6 foes Detroit & Toronto to close out the week.
6. (8) N.Y. Rangers 18 13 1 37 points
Impressive 7-0 win over Washington on Sunday
7. (11) Vancouver 16 8 4 36 points
On top in the Northwest but have yet to pull away
8. (12) Boston 16 8 4 36 points
Marco Sturm is sent to Los Angeles to give the Bruins cap relief
9. (6) Tampa Bay 16 10 4 36 points
Steven Stamkos gets back on the scoresheet with two goals on Saturday.
10. (7) Dallas 17 10 2 36 points
I can't decide if I'm more surprised that Dallas leads the Pacific...
11. (18) Anaheim 16 13 4 36 points
or that the Ducks are right behind them
12. (9) Chicago 16 12 3 35 points
Has faced Antti Niemi twice & lost both times
13. (13) Atlanta 16 11 3 35 points
Craig Ramsey should be the front runner for coach of the year.
14. (20) San Jose 15 10 4 34 points
Sharks are getting in position to take control of the Pacific Division.
15. (10) Phoenix 14 8 6 34 points
But the Coyotes are hanging around near the top as well.
16. (19) Nashville 14 8 6 34 points
Four games this week give the Preds a chance to separate themselves from other teams.
17. (17) Colorado 15 10 4 34 points
Forward Matt Duchene has scored in five of his last six games.
18. (14) Los Angeles 16 10 1 33 points
Hopefully Marco Sturm can provide a spark the Kings desperately need.
19. (15) St. Louis 14 9 5 33 points
Head to Head win over Columbus put the Blues ahead of the Blue Jackets this week.
20. (16) Columbus 16 11 1 33 points
See above.
21. (21) Minnesota 13 12 4 30 points
Earned five out of eight points on recent four game road trip.
22. (23) Buffalo 12 14 4 28 points
Playoff berth not out of the question despite rough start to season.
23. (22) Ottawa 13 16 2 28 points
A win tonight over Atlanta could mean the difference between making & missing the post-season.
24. (24) Carolina 12 12 4 28 points
Cam Ward playing well in net as team struggles to score goals.
25. (25) Edmonton 11 13 5 27 points
I see nothing wrong with Linus Omark's shootout goal.
26. (26) Calgary 12 15 3 27 points
The longer the Flames struggle the greater the possibility of Jarome Iginla being traded.
27. (27) Florida 13 15 0 26 points
Only team without a loss in overtime or the shootout.
28. (28) Toronto 11 14 4 26 points
Dion Phaneuf makes his return to Calgary Thursday night.
29. (29) New Jersey 8 19 2 18 points
The losing streak is at five games.
30. (30) N.Y. Islanders 5 17 5 15 points
Also have lost five in a row.
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