30 Results for tomas kopecky

Weak finish

Jesse Rogers

...it's starting to jell with Andrew Ebbett as their center. He lasted four shifts before Tomas Kopecky took over there. Quenneville juggled the lines more later on, and as he put it after...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 14, 2009

Superstitious? So are the Hawks

Jesse Rogers, ESPNChicago.com

Most people know that professional athletes are creatures of habit, ritual and, yes, even superstition. Hockey players are especially notorious for k...

Story | Conversation | November 12, 2009

Kings got energized Hawks

Jesse Rogers

...to have some combinations he can stick with, including Dustin Byfuglien on the point with Toews, Tomas Kopecky and Troy Brouwer down low near the goaltender. That last guy is starting to come into...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009

Getting their head into the game

Jesse Rogers

...s decision on the power play to move Dustin Byfuglien back to the point and put Tomas Kopecky into Byfuglien's old role in the slot paid off with Buff's team leading sixth...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009

Family fun with the Hawks

Jesse Rogers

...in it. Dustin Byfuglien was taken out of the slot and put back on the point. Tomas Kopecky seems to be the main guy in the middle now. It has already paid dividends as...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 31, 2009

Patience, not panic, is Detroit's mantra

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

Detroit's slow start has led some critics to ask whether this is the beginning of a Red Wings decline. But the team is banking on its methodology of patience before panic to save the day again.

Story | Conversation | October 29, 2009

No change

Jesse Rogers

...with Kris Versteeg and Andrew Ladd. John Madden with Dustin Byfuglien and Kane. Colin Fraser with Tomas Kopecky and Rockford call-up

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 23, 2009

Ducks' Ebbett joins Hawks

Jesse Rogers

...excited." A true center, Ebbett played the left wing on the line with Colin Fraser and Tomas Kopecky at practice. "Watching him at practice today, he can help us in a lot of ways...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 19, 2009

Chasing the champs

Jesse Rogers

Patrick Sharp wouldn't bite. He wouldn't bite on the Detroit question, and he wouldn't bite on the goal-scoring question. He wasn't alone, as the Haw...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 07, 2009

Front Line: Semin on the rise

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean Allen's news, notes and rankings of fantasy hockey forwards focuses on the rise of Alexander Semin to the Washington Capitals' top line.

Story | Conversation | October 06, 2009

Blackhawks' offense so far? Scary

Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.com

In two games, the Hawks have already shown explosive offensive power, without Mr. Hossa. Watch out, Western Conference.

Story | Conversation | October 03, 2009

Numbers game

Jesse Rogers

...are the following: Forwards: Troy Brouwer, Dustin Byfuglien, Dave Bolland, Ben Eager, Colin Fraser, Patrick Kane, Tomas Kopecky, Andrew Ladd, John Madden, Patrick Sharp, Smolenak, Jonathan Toews and Kris Versteeg Defense: Cam Barker, Brian...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 30, 2009

Central Division preview

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean Allen looks at every Central Division team from the fantasy hockey perspective for the 2009-10 season.

Story | Conversation | September 23, 2009

Winded city?

Lindsay Berra, ESPN The Magazine

The Hawks were last spring's talk of the league. But after a summer of discontent, puckheads are wondering if they can get up for the fall.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 21, 2009

No jetlag

Jesse Rogers

Get some sun. That's sun as in sunlight, not go get a tan. It was one of the things, according to John Madden, team doctors advised the players to ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 18, 2009