jeff friesen Stories - Japers' Rink
Eight Years Ago, The New Jersey Devils Won Their Third Stanley Cup
Eight years ago, the New Jersey Devils accomplished what many franchises are still attempting to do year after year: win the Stanley Cup. In fact, this would be the third Stanley Cup victory for the Devils. Only nine franchises in the post-NHL era have won more than 3 Stanley Cups: both New York...
Scorned Lovers: The Ballad of Former Sharks
"All the old knives that have rusted in my back, I drive in yours" - Phaedrus A common belief held amongst Sharks fans (and sports fans in general) is that a player will haunt his former team in every game he plays against them after leaving. A crucial goal, a crucial play-- all of these are...
Monday Caps Clips
Let's hit the links: WaPo recap and blog; WaTimes recap and blog. GDub on "Today in Sidney Crosby bashing." [Puck Daddy] Is Ted Leonsis talking about corporate America or Michael Nylander's contract? [Ted's Take] For some there's "Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica." For others, there's Habs...
Greatest Sharks: Forward Thinking
So excited about induction, they just cant hide it. Well folks, we did it. After weeks of voting, we have finally completed the forward lines for Fear the Fin's "Greatest Sharks" team. Upon the induction of Ray Whitney (51% of the vote) Mr. Plank, Mr. K & I sat down (over the internet) to...
Greatest Sharks: Mr. Freeze
No, not that guy... this guy... As was the theme of the two other rounds of voting, the first pick in the LW category was chosen in a landslide. You selected Jeff Friesen, awarding him with 55% of the overall vote. I'm going to save the analysis for the Left Wing voting wrap-up....
Greatest Sharks: All that is "Left"
picture courtesy of Tom Burns "How much more "Left" can you get? Party Time!" I guess communism doesn't really go hand in hand with our theme of democracy lately, but we're talking leftism here, people. Well, left wings. Close enough. As you may have noticed, FTF set out on a pretty ambitious...
The Selanne-Friesen trade, a Duck's perspective
On March 5, 2001, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim traded favorite Teemu Selanne to the San Jose Sharks for Jeff Friesen and Steve Shields. This perhaps is the biggest shared moment of these two franchises (we don't care that they have Ron Wilson and they don't care that we have Jason Marshall), and it...
A Farewell to the Never-Unmighty
Sorry, stupid title. Any way, here's a little advanced scouting for four lucky teams, who happened to acquire parts of our previous roster during the offseason. This also will serve as a fond farewell to those who played in the Mighty Ducks’ last days.---------------------------------- Jeff...
Ducks Gameday—Two-for-one special, eh?
Thursday: Anaheim Ducks (11-0-4, 1st in west) at Vancouver Canucks (8-7-1, 7th in west)Friday: Anaheim Ducks (12-0-4, 1st in west) at Calgary Flames (5-7-2, 11th in west)The Ducks are off to Western Canada, to face Vancouver (the only Northwest Division team Anaheim has never faced in the...
Sharks All-Time Players: Mike's Take, Part 1
Gee, that subject is kinda grand in a Star Wars: Episode 5, The Empire Strikes Back kind of way.I'm taking RudyKelly's challenge of coming up with a "Best Of" team (plus, there's not much to talk about right now and my own blog and business are waiting for server repair). I'm doing something...
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