Most Beautiful Hockey Photo Ever

It's not a goalie photo but it is the most beautiful hockey scene I've ever encountered. Well, excpet for the ads on an outdoor rink!

Camouflaged Goalie Deceiving Shooters

Trevor Leahy is looking for every advantage in the net, including designing his own camouflaged equipment. Photo by Christopher Muise

Trevor Leahy looks and sounds like a pretty unassuming high school kid, and as of last week you’d probably never heard of him.   Even now you might not recognize his name or face but you’ve probably read about him in the news this week… he’s the high school kid who designed goalie gloves and pads to look just like the net he’s guarding.  It seems like such a simple idea that you can’t help but ask yourself “why didn’t someone think of that before?”.  Others have thought about how the color of goalie equipment affects where the shooter looks but nobody thought of pure camouflage before this teenager started thinking about what his new pads should look like.  Trevor took some time to talk with TendersLounge after his practice this afternoon.

TendersLounge:  It’s been quite a week for you!

Trevor Leahy:  Yeah, it’s been pretty crazy.  It just kind of blew up and took me by surprise!

Future Price or Mason in ‘09 World Juniors?

Two years ago Canada beat Patrick Kane and the USA in the gold medal game of the IIHF World Junior Championship in a dramatic shootout. The game winning save was made by Carey Price.  Three years ago Steve Mason led Canada to the gold. In 1999 Roberto Luogno carried the Canadian team on his back (sign of things to come?) but fell just short of the gold.  In 2002 Henrik Lundqvist carried a weak Swedish team.  Was there a Luongo, Lundqvist, Price or Mason in this year’s tournament?

Dustin Tokarski and Jacob Markstrom, top two goalies of this year's tournament

The two choices to potentially appear on the distinguished alumni list one day appear to be Canadian Dustin Tovarski and Swede Jacob Markstrom.  Tovarski won MVP in the finals and Markstrom won MVG for the tournament.

Ty Conklin Needs Potty Break but Still Wins Another Outdoor Game

In the spirit of the Winter Classic played outdoors today in Wrigley Field, I figured if Ty Conklin and Cristobal Huet could play in the freezing cold of Chicago I could at least write outside in the (relative) winter cold of northern California.

It wasn’t exactly the type of New Years classic put on by the Montreal Canadiens and Moscow Red Army in 1975 and it might take some time for it to become a warm memory for Huet but it was a lot of fun to watch.

Conklin makes a save with Wrigley's ivy-covered walls as a backdrop.