Category: John Curry (Page 2 of 5)

The Everyone’s Favorite Goalie Watch: Keep On Trucking

1 February, 2009 / Kat

It’s been a while since …On Being a Sports Girl checked in on the play of Everyone’s Favorite Goalie. No, John Curry hasn’t been called up to Pittsburgh again, but he has spent the last two weeks playing out of his mind in the AHL.

Take Friday night againist the Hershey Bears, for example. Curry stopped four shots in the shootout to lead the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 4-3 win. He made 46 saves that evening.

On Saturday night, Curry stopped 21 shots as the Penguins rolled over the Syracuse Crunch 4-1. Curry faced former Terrier teammate Brian McGuirk, who plays for the Crunch.

Trusty Baby Pens beat writer Jonathan Bombulie had this fun Curry fact on his blog after Saturday’s game:

Since being touched up for five goals in a 6-4 loss at Binghamton on Jan. 16, John Curry is 5-0 with a 1.55 GAA and .953 save percentage.

The Penguins organization has made a gesture of faith in Curry with their recent trade of Dany “Now We Don’t Have To Worry About Pronouncing His Last Name” Sabourin for former Edmonton Oiler goaltender Mathieu Garon. According to many a Penguins blogger, Garon will be a free agent after this year, leaving the Penguins with the option to bring Curry up to be Marc-Andre Fleury’s backup for good. We’ll see…

Goalies, Goalies Everywhere.

15 December, 2008 / Kat

This weekend, I posted a nice little piece at the HLOG (Hockey’s Ladies of Greatness) titled, Dear Hockey East; Thanks for the goalies. Love, The NHL. It covers the NHL callups of Maine’s Ben Bishop, Boston College’s Cory Schneider and Everyone’s Favorite Goalie, Boston University’s John Curry. In it, I actually give Schneider props (please don’t take away my Terrier Fan card!)

There are times where I write a piece and think, “Hmmm, maybe I should have kept with that Sports Information and Communication major I had early on in college.” This HLOG piece is one of those times. I hope you all enjoy it.

The Everyone’s Favorite Goalie Watch: Thanks, That Was Fun.

13 December, 2008 / Kat

The Penguin asks, "Where is Everyone's Favorite Goalie? He won us games!" (by Flickr user Alicia Rae)

All of us Everyone’s Favorite Goalie fans knew that this day would come. Pittsburgh Penguins star goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury would eventually recover from his “lower body” injury, and want his job back. And because of this, John Curry would get sent back down to Michael Scott’s favorite hockey team, the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins.

Curry didn’t leave without earning his second NHL win, stopping 24 of 26 shots in a 9-2 Penguins win against the Islanders. Pittsburgh-ians like him. For example, according to my Twitter friend @erinkpgh, a “Spicy Curry” sign seen in the crowd at the Mellon Arena. Several game accounts mentioned a few really spectacular saves that he made, and while he got lost in the shuffle after two of his teammates scored hat tricks, many in the Penguins blogosphere have expressed their hope to see him back permanently next year, after Sabourin leaves in free agency.

Pittsburgh, all BU fans would like to thank you for taking such good care of our beloved Curry. We are happy knowing he is in good hands, that he’s appreciated, and that you’ve caught on to making amusing signs using his last name.

And BU fans, here’s a fun fact to taunt your favorite Boston College Eagles fan with: Curry leaves the NHL with more wins than Cory Schneider. Take that.

The Everyone’s Favorite Goalie Watch: Groundhog Day

11 December, 2008 / Kat

According to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s Empty Netters blog, John Curry will get the start for the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight against the New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum. Isn’t this a case of deja vu? Curry’s first NHL start and win happened on November 24th against the Islanders at Nassau Coliseum.

It is hard to gather from the blogosphere if this start is more because of the two games in two nights schedule, or more because Dany Sabourin has been in net for three straight losses. While many (like The Pensblog and others) mention that while Sabourin hasn’t been awful, he hasn’t been awesome, and that him sitting a game might not be the worst idea. The general sense I’ve gotten from all that I’ve read is that the Penguins defense hasn’t been making plays when they need to, and that has been what has hurt them most, not necessarily goaltending.

Now, off to find a bar with NHL Center Ice that won’t break my holiday budget…

The Sports Funk

3 December, 2008 / Kat

I am in the midst of a heavy duty, foggy, cloudy, “I don’t know why I even pay attention to sports” sports funk. In the span of 48 hours this weekend, the following things happened:

-Everyone’s Favorite Goalie (aka John Curry) lost his first NHL start for the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday against the Buffalo Sabres. Despite the Pittsburgh announcers practically blowing out their microphones with the calls of his crazy contortionist saves in the third period, the Penguins defense neglected to play, and he was defenseless against four goals. I was able to view the FSN Pittsburgh coverage online, and on the bright side, the announcers and commentators did seem quite fond of Curry, and very pleased with his performance. It just would have been nicer if Sidney Crosby’s hat trick from Saturday had occurred one day earlier to help Curry out. Continue reading