The Anchorage Wolverines

[onlybygrace]

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Pretender To Contender; Wolves Land Malkin


The 1-2 Punch of Sydney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin is over in Pittsburgh.


Stephen Holley, NHL Beat Writer
Anchorage Daily News

Last night around midnight, the Anchorage Wolverines went from Pretender to Contender as they landed superstar forward Evgeni Malkin from the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Wolverines paid a heavy price to land Malkin, sending Mikkel Boedker, Kyle Turris and a 1st round pick to the Penguins. Both Boedker and Turris have highly projected offensive upside and will almost surely be stars in this league...

but those days are far off.

The Wolverines like the reality of having Malkin and Forsberg in the #1 and #2 center positions.

"It gives us a real good base of attack...The addition of Malkin really gives us a boost"--Wolves CEO, Dave Swansen

Malkin could not yet be reached for comment.

Word out of Pittsburgh is that Crosby is 'relieved' to have the situation come to an end.

New Forward Lines

Prucha-Malkin-Meuller

Doan-Forsberg-Lombardi

Fedoruk-Hanzel-Upshall

Dawes-Fiddler-Lisin

[PennStatePeter]

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Nice trade. I have never been able to land Malkin.

[mikko1995]

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Great trade.

[bthomp05]

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Nice trade, good work on getting Malkin.. I hope in the end it wasn't to expensive

[SENS_AK27]

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Let me echo what everyone else is saying...good job picking up Malkin.

[matt314hew]

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Nice pick up with Malkin. Sucks that you had to give up so much, but you gotta do what you gotta do to get what you want.

[GoldenJet]

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It was expected seeing as you were picking up a gem like Geno. Good luck.

[onlybygrace]

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Malkin and Co. Defeat Struggling Wings


New addition, Evgeni Malkin, scored the game-winning goal and added an assist in his Wolverines debut. Malkin played 22:57 and was +2 with 2 shots on net.

DET 0 (2-6-0)
AK 3 (4-4-0)

Shots
DET 23
AK 17

PP
DET 0/2
AK 1/3

Key Stats
Malkin G (3) Assist, 22:57 TOI, +2, 2 SOG
Forsberg ENG (1), 3 SOG
Meuller 2 Assists
Prucha G (3)
Bryzgalov 23 Saves, SO (1)

Draper/Franzen 3 SOG
Larsson 14 saves on 16 shots

[onlybygrace]

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Bryzgalov Posts 2nd Straight Shutout; Wolves Win 3-0


Newcomer Evgeni Malkin was injured on a high-stick by Sean O'Donnell midway through the 2nd period. Malkin would not return and O'Donnell was assessed a 5 minute major and a Game Misconduct on the play.


Ilya Bryzgalov posted his 2nd straight shutout. Ilya has posted a 2.12 GAA and .922 SV% in 538 minutes of play this season. Jason Labarbera has yet to play in light of Ilya's hot play.

LA 0 (4-7-0)
AK 3 (5-4-0)

Shots
LA 24
AK 35

PP
LA 0/1
AK 2/10

Key Stats

Jovanovski 2 Assists, 22:06 TOI, 4 SOG
Malkin Injured in 2nd, 4 SOG, 11:50 TOI
Prucha G (4)
Lombardi G (1), 1st goal on 24 shots this season
Doan G (4)
Bryzgalov 24 Saves, SO (2)

Brown 4 SOG
Quick 32/35

[onlybygrace]

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Wolves Road Woes Continue


Donald Brashear scored his 1st and 2nd goals of the season in NY's 4-2 win over the Wolverines.

AK 2 (5-5-0)
NY 4 (5-4-3)

Shots
AK 31
NY 27

PP
AK 0/8
NY 0/3

Key Stats

Bryzgalov 0 goals allowed in 150 minutes of play, then allows 3 goals in less than 2 minutes
Hale G (1) Assist
Dawes G (1), 1st point of season

Brashear 2 G (2)
Avery 2 Assists
Dubinsky G (3) Assist
Drury G (4)
Lundqvist 29/31

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Forsberg Failing; Pollock Gets Call Up



10 GP
1 Goal
3 Assists
4 Points
-7 +/-
28 SOG
42.6 FO Winning %
18:50 Avg. TOI
10 PIM

"Its a long season...I'm still squeezing my stick a bit. Things will turn around. I feel positive about that"--Peter Forsberg

The Wolverines AHL affiliate will be sending Trevor Pollock up to make his NHL debut. Pollock was drafted in the 1st round (6th Overall) this year.

He will be centering the 4th line as Vernon Fiddler will be a healthy scratch.

[onlybygrace]

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Columbus Squeezes Past Wolverines In OT



Petr Prucha scored his team leading 5th goal in a 3-2 OT loss to Columbus.

AK 2 (5-5-1)
CLB 3 (6-4-1)

Shots
AK 24
CLB 31

PP
AK 0/6
CLB 0/4

Key Stats
Prucha G (5)
Upshall G (1)
Doan Assist
Bryzgalov 28/31

Filatov G (5)
Pahlsson G (5)
Umberger G (1)
Nash Assist, Game Misconduct
Mason 22/24

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Boyes Leads Blues In Blowout of Wolves
Wolves fall to 1-5-1 on the road




Jason Labarbera gave up 6 goals on 43 shots in his 2009-2010 debut for Anchorage.

AK 3 (5-6-1)
STL 6 (5-4-2)

Shots
AK 23
STL 43

PP
AK 2/4
STL 1/3

Key Stats
Doan G (5) Assist
Mueller G (2) Assist
Fedoruk G (1)
Forsberg/Doan/Upshall -4
Labarbera 37/43

Boyes 2 G (7) 2 Assists
Perron/Jackman 2 Assists
McDonald G (6) Assist
Oshie G (3)
Backes G (3)
Mason 20/23

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-11

Peter Forsberg's +/- after 12 games.

[mikko1995]

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Tough losses, man

[bpete07]

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Wolves Road Woes Continue


Donald Brashear scored his 1st and 2nd goals of the season in NY's 4-2 win over the Wolverines.

AK 2 (5-5-0)
NY 4 (5-4-3)

Shots
AK 31
NY 27

PP
AK 0/8
NY 0/3

Key Stats

Bryzgalov 0 goals allowed in 150 minutes of play, then allows 3 goals in less than 2 minutes
Hale G (1) Assist
Dawes G (1), 1st point of season

Brashear 2 G (2)
Avery 2 Assists
Dubinsky G (3) Assist
Drury G (4)
Lundqvist 29/31

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Forsberg Failing; Pollock Gets Call Up



10 GP
1 Goal
3 Assists
4 Points
-7 +/-
28 SOG
42.6 FO Winning %
18:50 Avg. TOI
10 PIM

"Its a long season...I'm still squeezing my stick a bit. Things will turn around. I feel positive about that"--Peter Forsberg

The Wolverines AHL affiliate will be sending Trevor Pollock up to make his NHL debut. Pollock was drafted in the 1st round (6th Overall) this year.

He will be centering the 4th line as Vernon Fiddler will be a healthy scratch.

I picked up Pollack as a free agent undrafted rookie he's going to be a stud

[SENS_AK27]

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Ha Ha those long road trips from Alaska are brutal no doubt.

[onlybygrace]

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Ha Ha those long road trips from Alaska are brutal no doubt.

...yeah...tell me about it.