After 16 years, Selanne still scoring but with eyes on a Cup

He's been doing it since the 1992-93 season and now as we approach the 2006-07 playoff season, Teemu "The Finnish Flash" Selanne is still scoring at a remarkable pace. But one thing is different this year. He is the leader of the Anaheim Ducks, one of the league's elite teams this season. Selanne has never reached the Stanley Cup Finals but the Ducks recent play signals a possible long playoff run.

Teemu currently tops the league in power-play goals, is second in game-winning goals and fourth in OT goals. Two very telling statistics. With 41 goals thus far, third best in the league, he can make a run at the 50 for the fourth time in his career. I can only hope that the player I have watched and admired since I first put on skates accomplishes the ultimate goal this season.


These old jerseys bring back fond memories of that record-setting rookie season and a team that never should have left Winnipeg.

The Bruins are not in action tonight but have plenty of hockey to watch on T.V. Ottawa is at the Rangers, Florida at Carolina, Tampa Bay at Toronto and the Islanders are at Montreal. Let's sit back and root for the away team.

Back home in Boston over at UMass Boston's Clark Athletic Center, a power outage caused the zamboni to fall through the ice, creating a large hole and ultimately canceling our 10:30 make-up game last night. I didn't see the hole but one man inside the rink did not sound optimistic about the accident. Unfortunately, I had driven all the way there and was ready to play a late game for once, but obviously, it wasn't meant to be.