Bobby Ryan's wife is on the verge of giving birth, and he appears to be having fun with it.
The Ottawa Senators forward has been sharing updates since Sunday morning.
Suns risin over the Grand! From the hospital waiting room! Baby Ryan has us on her time already. 3am wake up call. pic.twitter.com/rOD57Wug00
— Bobby Ryan (@b_ryan9) June 5, 2016
Walk for 40, lay down 20, walk 40, lay down 20. This is the real training camp.
— Bobby Ryan (@b_ryan9) June 5, 2016
Thanks for all the kind words. She isn't here yet though! Just testing daddy's patience bright and early!
— Bobby Ryan (@b_ryan9) June 5, 2016
About 12 hours later, Ryan was ready to have a cry in the shower.
Baby watch is going to last well into tomorrow I'm told. And I'm also thinking about A/C, bed, and possibly crying in the shower. So tired!
— Bobby Ryan (@b_ryan9) June 5, 2016
Later on Sunday night, it appeared as though he was asked to leave the hospital to get some sleep, but he had the perfect analogy for the situation.
I got cut like Sochi 2014. Sent to recover at the hotel till 5am. Headed back to get the party started then! #itsforthekid
— Bobby Ryan (@b_ryan9) June 6, 2016
Ryan was infamously snubbed from the U.S. Olympic team for the Sochi Games in 2014, and when Brian Burke said Ryan "can't spell intense", the winger fired back by calling Burke's comments "gutless".
It's good to see Ryan is able to joke about it now.
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The San Jose Sharks have made a fan out of Marreese Speights.
After soaking in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday in San Jose, the Golden State Warriors reserve big man arrived for Game 2 of the NBA Finals sporting some new duds.
.@Mospeights16 arriving in style 😎 #BayAreaUnite @SanJoseSharks pic.twitter.com/zlgwm9BAbT
— GoldenStateWarriors (@warriors) June 5, 2016
There's never been a Stanley Cup champion and NBA Finals winner from the same region, in the same season, in seven previous opportunities across all sports markets, according to CSN.
Reppin'. #BayAreaUnite pic.twitter.com/L0HNorPmaC
— GoldenStateWarriors (@warriors) June 5, 2016
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The father of Vancouver Canucks forward Linden Vey and Angela Nicholson were found guilty on Sunday of plotting to kill their spouses.
A jury found Nicholson and Curtis Vey guilty on two counts each of conspiracy to commit murder, according to CTV Saskatoon.
The couple planned to kill Linden's mother, Brigitte, in a house fire and plotted to drug Nicholson's husband, Jim Taylor.
Brigitte testified that she secretly recorded the pair making the plans in July 2013.
Curtis and Nicholson will be sentenced on Sept. 2.
Linden opened up about the case and its effect on him earlier this month, admitting that it's been difficult to focus on hockey.
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With the San Jose Sharks gaining last change as the Stanley Cup Final shifted to Northern California over the weekend, Pete DeBoer in essence dared Evgeni Malkin to be the difference-maker.
With Marc-Edouard Vlasic shadowing Sidney Crosby and Brent Burns' unit drawing the "HBK line" in Game 3, Malkin - one of the game's most dangerous attacking weapons - primarily received the favorable matchup of third-pairing defenders Brenden Dillon and Roman Polak.
DeBoer's hunch paid off. Malkin was largely ineffective, failing to generate meaningful attacking pressure with Chris Kunitz and Bryan Rust, and was eventually bumped up to the top line as Pittsburgh was forced to shorten its bench.
So on Sunday, and in response, it was DeBoer's counterpart who issued a challenge of his own.
"He's been a big part of our playoff success, but I know there's another level that he has to help us win," Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said, via the team's official Twitter page.
Malkin has yet to record a point in the Stanley Cup Final, registering eight shots on goal, but his lack of production is not unlike most stars being featured in the NHL's terminating series. Crosby, Joe Thornton, Kris Letang, Brent Burns, and Logan Couture haven't scored, while Joe Pavelski - like Malkin - is still looking for his first point.
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San Jose Sharks head coach Pete DeBoer isn't as bothered over the shot count in the Stanley Cup Final as one might think.
After the Pittsburgh Penguins came out on top in that category in all three games of the series so far, DeBoer admitted at a press conference Sunday his team could probably do a better job of getting in the shooting lanes to block some shots on net, but overall he's not worried about it.
"They shoot from everywhere, they slam the pucks from everywhere. So I think you do have to look at quality versus quantity," he told reporters. "I don't think it's as easy as looking at the shot clock and saying, 'You're getting dominated because they have 40 shots and you have 26.' I don't think the game's that simple."
While there does exist a wide gap in total shots over three games, the total attempts are much closer, as is the goal margin.
| Team | Shots | Attempts | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penguins | 113 | 202 | 7 |
| Sharks | 74 | 186 | 6 |
(Courtesy: HockeyStats.ca)
And while the Penguins did have a 42-26 advantage on Game 3, San Jose had the edge in attempts (79-76), which speaks to DeBoer's call for his team to jam up the shooting lines in the way Pittsburgh was able to do Saturday.
Finally, DeBoer added the shot difference may be more about storyline than anything else.
DeBoer: "Does the fact that they have 30 more shots than us in the series bother me? Probably not as much as it bothers you guys."
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) June 5, 2016
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Jaromir Jagr is heading back to the Czech Republic, but not before bidding farewell to Florida with a strange Facebook video with the help of Snapchat.
The translated caption reads:
Here is a small sample of what it looked like our last day in Florida :) And now let's go to the Czech Republic. I have to start training, you can see that I gained : )))
Life seems OK for the aging Panthers forward.
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