College Hockey Alum of the Day
Wednesday, May 16
Ryan Carter
New Jersey Devils | Minnesota State University - Mankato
- Scored the game-tying goal that led to a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers.
- Finished the game with a +1 rating.
- The Eastern Conference Finals are now tied at 1 game apiece.
Quotable: "Your fourth line gets out there and crashes and bangs and creates some momentum and scores a big goal for us. It's been the story of the playoffs -- we've had somebody different every night." Said Devils’ Coach Peter DeBoer about Carter’s line.
Game Recap | Carter's Highlight Reel
Tuesday, May 15
Jonathan Quick
Los Angeles Kings | U. of Massachusetts
- Made 24 saves to lead the Kings to a 4-0 shutout and a 2-0 lead in their series with Phoenix
- Shutout is the second of the postseason for Quick
- Quick leads the NHL in playoff goals-against average (1.45) and save percentage (.951)
Quotable: "Quickie is probably the one guy that does it every night for us and you've got guys on different nights, doing different thing for us." – Kings captain Dustin Brown
Game Recap | Quick's Highlight Reel
Monday, May 14
Chris Kreider
New York Rangers | Boston College
- Scored 1 goal and added 1 assist to help the Rangers beat the Devils 3-0 and take a 1-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals.
- Kreider assisted on the game winning goal and scored the second goal of the game.
- Since winning an NCAA National Championship in April and joining the Rangers, Kreider has 5 points in 13 playoff games.
Quotable: "(Chris Kreider) played hard, and he’s a young guy who’s trying to do everything right for the team. Obviously he’s making great plays offensively. Tonight he made a couple big plays for goals, and I think he’s playing with some confidence now” – Dan Girardi.
Game Recap | Kreider's Highlight Reel
Sunday, May 13
Max Pacioretty
Team USA | U. of Michigan
- Scored 1 goal and added 1 assist as USA shut out the IIHF World Championship host, Finland, 5-0.
- Pacioretty is now the tournament’s third leading scorer with 10 points in 6 games.
Quotable: "It was a pretty physical game. Playing in front of their home fans, we knew it would be emotional, but we didn't lose our focus. No matter what they threw at us, we had an answer" – said Pacioretty’s USA teammate and Notre Dame Alum Kyle Palmieri.
Wednesday, May 9
Viktor Stalberg
Team Sweden | U. of Vermont
- Scored one goal in a 5-2 Sweden victory over Germany in the IIHF World Championship.
- Sweden’s victory keeps them at a perfect 4-0 in the tournament thus far.
- Stalberg now has 3 goals in 4 games at the World Championship.
Quotable: "I think this was one of our better games. We played solid and didn't give up too much. There were a couple of turnovers, but other than that, I think we are playing good hockey" – Stalberg.
Tuesday, May 8
Zach Parise
New Jersey Devils | U. of North Dakota
- Captained the Devils to a 3-1 victory that eliminated the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 5 and allowed the Devils to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.
- Registered 5 shots on goal in the game. Parise now leads all players in the post-season with 51 shots on goal.
- Parise logged almost 20 minutes of ice time in the elimination game.
Quotable: “It means a lot for everybody. We’re all in this together. We’re playing together and we’re having fun doing it. So I think everyone’s excited to be in this situation” – Parise on advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals.
Game Recap | Parise's Highlight Reel
Monday, May 7
Patrick Sharp
Team Canada | U. of Vermont
- Registered 5 points (1 goal and 4 assists) in Canada’s 7-2 victory over France in the IIHF World Championship.
- Sharp started off the scoring for Canada with an assist at 1:59 in the first period and then a goal just half way through the same period.
Quotable: "Our focus wasn't trying to fill the net but to play well defensively, play the way the coaches want us to in our own end. I think we did that, and it resulted in a lot of offence the other way” – Sharp.
Sunday, May 6
Jonathan Quick
Los Angeles Kings | U. of Massachusetts
- Made 23 saves on 24 shots to lead the Kings to a 3-1 win to sweep the St. Louis Blues out of the playoffs.
- Quick only let in 6 goals in the entire playoff series with the Blues.
- Quick now has the lowest post-season goals against average (1.55) and the highest post-season save percentage (.949) of the seven remaining goaltenders.
Quotable: "It's the time of the year when you have to enjoy hockey. It's the time of the year when you don't know if you are going to have another game, so you just try to enjoy every day and try to enjoy the game as much as you can" – Quick.
Game Recap | Quick's Highlight Reel
Thursday, May 3
Matt Greene
Los Angeles Kings | U. of North Dakota
- Helped LA take a 3-0 series lead with an assist on his team’s second goal.
- Greene found Dwight King on a long pass to send him in alone for the goal.
- Greene now has a point in each game this series (1 goal, 2 assists in 3 games).
Quotable: "We’re confident that we have a really good team in here, all the forwards, all the goalies, all the D. At the same time, we can’t get too high on ourselves. It’s three-nothing right now, but the fourth game is going to be the hardest, to close out, and we’ve got to make sure it’s our best game of the series, and it’s going to be the toughest one to win’’ said Greene’s teammate Drew Doughty.
