From Yesterday

Just to warn you, I'm probably going to blog quite a bit today to make up for lost time (mostly yesterday).

First of all, the league announced the weekly honors yesterday, handing them out to Oklahoma City Blazers forward Bill Vandermeer and Colorado Eagles netminder Andrew Penner.

Vandermeer, the Player of the Week, had four goals and two assists in the Blazers' three wins last week and leads the team this season with 16 points on seven goals and nine assists.

Penner made two starts last week and won both, saving 47 of the 49 shots he faced to improve to 7-1-0 on the season.

In other hockey news yesterday, legendary goalie Patrick Roy had to deal with a bit of an issue just a few days after he was honored by having the Canadiens retire his number on Saturday, as his son Frederick, a forward for the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL, was suspended 15 games for hitting another player in the face with his stick during a timeout.

This suspension comes just eight months after Patrick's other son Jonathan was suspended for seven games for a fight that also earned Patrick, the team's coach, a 5-game suspension. The most interesting part of that one was that Jonathan is a goalie, too, while Frederick's suspension is a bit worrisome based on the cruelty displayed by his actions.

Meanwhile, Claude Lemieux's comeback tour has finally brought him back to the NHL...at least on a tryout basis, as he signed a deal with the Western Conference leading San Jose Sharks yesterday.

To close out this "yesterday" post, I leave you with Bob Hoffman's Monday "Shots from the Point."

UPDATE: I wasn't going to talk about this because the Pens did something not quite as horrifying but bad enough last week, but I can't help myself. Montreal Canadiens defenseman Matt O'Byrne scored a goal against his own team last night during the delay for a penalty call against the New York Islanders. Watch below:




Ouch. As Pensblog (Possibly my favorite Web site on earth but not good for kids or those easily offended by rude comments about everyone who isn't a Penguin.) points out, this isn't O'Byrne's first embarrassment, as he was arrested for stealing a woman's purse in February. Whoops.