Sergei Fedorov - Greatest Russian Goal Scorer

NHL

Sergei Fedorov is now officially the highest scoring Russian hockey player of all
time.  He scored his 474th career goal in Saturday's (October 25th) game
versus the Dallas Stars.  He then followed that up by scoring his 475th career
goal (7th highest among all active NHL players) halfway through the second
period.   

Fedorov has been in the NHL since the 1990-1991, playing thirteen seasons and
winning numerous accolades as well as three Stanley Cups with the Detroit Red
Wings.  After leaving the Red Wings, he spent parts of four seasons with the
Anaheim Mighty Ducks and the Columbus Blue Jackets, before heading to 
Washington D.C. to play with fellow countrymen Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander 
Semin, and Victor Kozlov.

Fedorov has 7 points in 8 games so far this season, and looks to have regained much of his star status that appeared lost since leaving Detroit.  He also leads all Russian players in games played, assists, and points.

When asked about his recent achievement, Fedorov was humble as always, prefering instead to talk about fellow countryman Alex Mogilny.  “It’s just a record,” Fedorov said. “I’d rather talk about Alex [Mogilny] than the record. I know his career was shortened by injury. I didn’t expect to ever get it. He had a great shot and amazing hands. Realistically, if he’d played more he’d have a lot more stats. He was a powerful forward, a scoring machine.”

Great player; great scorer; classy guy.

Sergei Fedorov - Greatest Russian Goal Scorer

Kevin Bieksa wrecking ball

NHL

In Vancouver's October 21st game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, defenseman Kevin Bieksa completely obliterates Russian rookie Nikita Filatov with an amazing (but clean) hit.  All I can say is it looked like Filatov skated into a truck.



Following the hit, Alexandre Picard picks a fight with Bieksa and loses miserably.

Now I love the hit, but since when did starting fights as the result of a CLEAN hit become necessary?  I'm all for standing up for your team mates when they taken out by a dirty, cheap hit... but come on, Bieksa was basically just skating back on defense and Filatov skated into him.

At least it's good to see that the intensity is still in the sport... You gotta love it when a guy smashes a member of the other team with a clean hit (that doesn't result in an injury), and then takes out an aggressor in a fight moments later.  Classic.

Kevin Bieksa wrecking ball

Friendly Roto League

Below is my current roster in my 2008-09 Yahoo! Roto League with friends. This league is a one year, 12 team Roto style league with weekly lineup changes.

Roster:
C - Toews, Carter, Brassard, Dubinsky, Hanzal
LW - Ovechkin, Vanek, Sturm, Clowe
RW - Kessel, Boyes, Mueller (C/RW), Cheechoo, Park
D - Phaneuf, Green, Zidlicky, Barker, Goligoski, Letang, Enstrom, Van Ryn
G - Fleury, Luongo, S. Mason, Ersberg

League scoring stats:
Skaters - G, A, Pts, PIM, PPG, PPA, GWG, SOG, FOW
Goalies - W, GAA, Saves, Shutouts

Active Roster Positions:
Skaters - 3Center, 3Left Wing, 3Right Wing, 1Wing, 1Forward, 6Defender
Goalies - 2Goalie

Dobber "Experts" League Roster

Below is my current roster in the 2008-09 Dobber "Experts" League. This league is a one year, 12 team Roto style league with weekly lineup changes.

Roster:
C - Backstrom, Plekanec, Brind'Amour, Zubrus, S. Fedorov
LW - Ovechkin, Tanguay, Clowe, Hagman
RW - Sykora, Ryder, Mueller (C/RW), Justin Williams
D - Phaneuf, Jovanovski, Chara, Enstrom, Picard, Eminger, Ian White (RW/D)
G - Fleury, Ellis, Ersberg, Rinne
IR - K. Lehtonen, Sturm, Erik Johnson, Beauchemin

League scoring stats:
Skaters - G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SOG
Goalies - W, GAA, Saves

Active Roster Positions:
Skaters - 4Center, 4Left Wing, 4Right Wing, 6Defender
Goalies - 2Goalie

CBS Sportsline League Roster

Below is my current roster for my 2008-09 CBS Sportsline League.  This league is a 10 team dynasty league that uses NHL cap numbers for all players.

Roster:
Centers - Crosby, Toews, Carter, Weight, Little, Dubinsky
Wings - Ovechkin, Kane, Doan, Parise, Slava Kozlov, Perron, Grabovski,
            Higgins
Defenders - Phaneuf, T. Kaberle, Streit, Corvo, Letang, Doughty
Goalies - Backstrom, Bryzgalov, Anderson, Huet

League scoring stats:
Skaters - G, A, PIM, PPG, PPA, SHG, SHA, SOG, FOW, GWG, Hat Tricks
Goalies - W, L, Saves, GA, Shutouts

Active Roster Positions:
Skaters - 3Center, 4Wing, 4Defender
Goalies - 2Goalie

NCAA Football officials want to get more involved

NCAA Football

Apparently, the NCAA has instructed it's officials to become a little more involved during games this season.  Recently, when LSU played South Carolina, one of the officials on the field (it appears to be the umpire) assists with a tackle on the scrambling South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia.



Now I'm not going to scream foul (as many people have the past couple of days).  I'm not going to cry for this official to be fired.  The officials are part of the game, and it does appear (from other angles) that he tries to get out of the way of the play.  The fact that there is an angle available that shows what appears to be the official stalking the quarterback like Brian Urlacher, and then leaning into him as they collide is just great comedy.  

Feel bad for the ref.  He was most likely trying to escape involvement, but was unable to.  He has since been ridiculed online by angry fans calling for his head.  Treat this situation as it should be treated: it's an unfortunate event (for one team), that made for an absolutely hilarious viral video.

NCAA Football officials want to get more involved