Luongo With Serious Injury

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo is out with a fractured rib. When the Canucks were playing the Leafs, Roberto Luongo took a puck in the ribs the wrong way. He ended up finishing the game and recording his first shutout this year with 35 saves. He says "It kind of hurt, but the adrenaline was going so I finished the game."

He played the next game against the Red Wings not knowing his rib was fractured. They were up on them going into the third and then just lost it. The final score was 5-4. It's too bad it had to happen at just the time when he was getting back into his groove. "It's frustrating because I was really starting to feel good about my game and how the team was playing."

Luongo, Starting to Pick Things Up

Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks was headed off to a rough start this season. He was 0-3 with a bad save percentage and a very high goals against average. His very own fans were even booing him after a bad goal or bad play. He has since then began to pick things up a a lot. He is now 6-5 with one shutout. His goals against average is now down to 2.57 and his save percentage is up to 0.905. It's a good thing that he is now starting to play good because he is still trying to make team Canada for this years Olympics. He is up against some very good goalies like Cam Ward, Marc-Andre Fleury, and Martin Brodeur. It looks like he still has a chance to represent Canada.

Craig Anderson's Avalanche Surprise

New this year to the Colorado Avalanche line-up is goaltender Craig Anderson, formerly playing with the Florida Panthers. He may be new, but he is playing like he has been on the Avalanche for years. He has played a solid total of 11 games. He has 8 wins and only 1 loss and 2 overtime losses. He has already beat teams like last years Stanley Cup finalists the Detroit Red Wings twice, and shutout last years Stanley Cup champs the Pittsburgh Penguins. He has a 2.14 goals against average and a 0.936 save percentage. If he keeps this up, he could take them a long way in the playoffs.

The Bulin Wall, Standing Tall

New to the Edmonton Oilers is Nikolai Khabibulin who signed a 4 year $15 million dollar contract on July 1st 2009, replacing Dwayne Roloson. This means he will not retire until he is 40 years old. Khabibulin has made an impressive start to this years season, helping the Oilers to a total of 5 wins and only 2 losses. He has posted a 2.96 goals against average and a 0.907 save percentage. If he can keep this performance up, I think the Oilers would be very pleased with this.

Carey Price's Quick Start Won't Last

Montreal Canadians goaltender Carey Price was off to a great start this season. The only thing is, it didn't last. In His first couple of games he was on top of his game and the club was happy with him. Now he is not even the starting goalie right now. Cristobal Huet took over that position. His save percentage has now dropped down to a not so nice .886 sv% and 3.36 goals against average. Price is known for bouncing back so I believe he will come back to his original good style of play.

Illya Bryzgalov, First Star of the Week

29 year old Illya Bryzgalov of the Phoenix Coyotes was named the first star of the week in the NHL. The Coyotes were not expected to have a good season but Bryzgalov is proving the exact opposite of what the media was saying. He has posted a 5 win, 1 loss record with an amazing 1.14 goals against average, a .953 save percentage, and 2 shutouts. The Coyotes might end up having a better season than expected thanks to star goalie Illya Bryzgalov.

Brodeur Playing Well After Rocky Start

To start this season off, Martin Brodeur was off to a bad start. He had among the lowest save percentage in the league and not a very good goals against average. After a few bad games he has now regained confidence and has found his groove. He now has a 2.68 goals against average and a .903 save percentage. If he continues to keep up this style of play he is sure to shatter some more records. A part of the reason I believe he had a slow start was because he is now using sher-wood equipment instead of RBK. He probably just needed to get used to the new gear.