NEW YORK — Carolina Hurricanes forward Nino Niederreiter was fined $5,000 by the NHL on Wednesday for interfering with Nashville goaltender Juuse Saros, the maximum amount allowed under the collective bargaining agreement.
Niederreiter hit Saros up high in a collision behind the net five minutes into the Hurricanes-Predators game Tuesday night. He was given a two-minute minor penalty for roughing.
Saros remained in net for the rest of the first period before being replaced by Pekka Rinne to start the second. The Predators said only that Saros would be reevaluated Wednesday and provided no details about the nature of his removal from the game.
“The ref called a penalty,” Predators coach John Hynes said. “It was a hit to the head; we’ll have to see where it goes from there. There’s not much more to comment on it. What we all saw was what happened.”
Saros allowed two goals after the collision, and Nashville lost the game 4-2 after Rinne allowed one on 17 shots. Saros has started 12 of Nashville’s first 22 games, though Rinne figures to take the reins moving forward.
Kasimir Kaskisuo would then serve as the Predators’ No. 2 goaltender. Kaskisuo has one game of NHL experience, allowing six goals on 38 shots last season with Toronto.
Dolly Parton has turned down yet another accolade offered to her — this time, from her home state of Tennessee. In a statement, Parton said she asked lawmakers not to consider a bill that would allow a statue of her to be built on the grounds of the state’s Capitol. This comes just weeks after the country superstar revealed that she turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom, twice.
“I want to thank the Tennessee legislature for their consideration of a bill to erect a statue of me on the Capitol grounds,” Parton’s statement, shared on her social media pages, reads. “I am honored and humbled by their intention but I have asked the leaders of the state legislature to remove the bill from any and all consideration.”
The bill, introduced by State Representative John Mark Windle, was passed by a state House committee February 9. However, if Parton has her way, it won’t go any further.
“Given all that is going on in the world, I don’t think putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time,” Parton’s statement continued. “I hope, though, that somewhere down the road several years from now or perhaps after I’m gone if you still feel I deserve it, then I’m certain I will stand proud in our great State Capitol as a grateful Tennessean.”
The bill’s introduction comes after an online petition was created last year to urge the Tennessee State House to replace Confederate statues in the state with statues of Parton. “Aside from her beautiful music, which has touched the hearts and lives of millions of Americans, Dolly Parton’s philanthropic heart has unquestionably changed the world for the better,” the petition reads.
Parton created The Dollywood Foundation in 1988, which focuses on literacy and education in her home county of Sevier County, Tennessee. And her giving has recently gone global. In November, it was revealed that she helped fund research for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna.
The music icon and philanthropist made a $1 million contribution toward coronavirus research efforts at Vanderbilt University in April.
While Parton has done a lot for her home state — and the world — she has remained humble and has turned down accolades for her work.
During an interview with NBC’s “Today” earlier this month, Parton revealed she was offered the Presidential Medial of Freedom by the Trump administration twice. “I couldn’t accept it because my husband was ill. Then they asked me again about it and I wouldn’t travel because of the COVID.”
“Now I feel like if I take it, I’ll be doing politics, so I’m not sure,” she said, adding that she’s not even sure if she deserves it.
Parton concluded her statement about the Tennessee statue by saying she will “continue to try to do good work to make this great state proud.”
Dolly Parton has turned down yet another accolade offered to her — this time, from her home state of Tennessee. In a statement, Parton said she asked lawmakers not to consider a bill that would allow a statue of her to be built on the grounds of the state’s Capitol. This comes just weeks after the country superstar revealed that she turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom, twice.
“I want to thank the Tennessee legislature for their consideration of a bill to erect a statue of me on the Capitol grounds,” Parton’s statement, shared on her social media pages, reads. “I am honored and humbled by their intention but I have asked the leaders of the state legislature to remove the bill from any and all consideration.”
The bill, introduced by State Representative John Mark Windle, was passed by a state House committee February 9. However, if Parton has her way, it won’t go any further.
“Given all that is going on in the world, I don’t think putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time,” Parton’s statement continued. “I hope, though, that somewhere down the road several years from now or perhaps after I’m gone if you still feel I deserve it, then I’m certain I will stand proud in our great State Capitol as a grateful Tennessean.”
The bill’s introduction comes after an online petition was created last year to urge the Tennessee State House to replace Confederate statues in the state with statues of Parton. “Aside from her beautiful music, which has touched the hearts and lives of millions of Americans, Dolly Parton’s philanthropic heart has unquestionably changed the world for the better,” the petition reads.
Parton created The Dollywood Foundation in 1988, which focuses on literacy and education in her home county of Sevier County, Tennessee. And her giving has recently gone global. In November, it was revealed that she helped fund research for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna.
The music icon and philanthropist made a $1 million contribution toward coronavirus research efforts at Vanderbilt University in April.
While Parton has done a lot for her home state — and the world — she has remained humble and has turned down accolades for her work.
During an interview with NBC’s “Today” earlier this month, Parton revealed she was offered the Presidential Medial of Freedom by the Trump administration twice. “I couldn’t accept it because my husband was ill. Then they asked me again about it and I wouldn’t travel because of the COVID.”
“Now I feel like if I take it, I’ll be doing politics, so I’m not sure,” she said, adding that she’s not even sure if she deserves it.
Parton concluded her statement about the Tennessee statue by saying she will “continue to try to do good work to make this great state proud.”
Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill, Feb. 13, 2021.
Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Red Wings return home having given their confidence a much-needed shot in the arm.
They played an outstanding road game Saturday, riding topnotch individual performances to a 4-2 victory against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena.
It was the only the Wings’ second victory in 12 outings, six of which came on this trip, but they had been playing well since a blowout loss at Tampa Bay without much reward.
“It’s tough to keep coming in the room feeling like we played well and not coming away with two points,” Adam Erne said. “Hopefully we can carry it over to Monday.”
Erne contributed a goal in the first period, but it was Luke Glendening who starred. In his first game back after dealing with concussion-like symptoms, the defensive stalwart had a career night with a goal and two assists.
“It was good to have him back,” coach Jeff Blashill said. “He’s a big piece of our team. He can win big faceoffs, he’s a guy who is a heart-and-soul guys. Our guys know what he brings to the table. For him to get rewarded offensively is good, I think he has worked very hard at his skill set to make himself a better hockey player.”
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The victory bumped the Wings to 4-10-2. Four victories in 16 tries isn’t much, but the Wings had a turbulent opening month. They lost five players to COVID-19 in the opening week, Jonathan Bernier missed two weeks with an upper-body injury, and Tyler Bertuzzi hasn’t played since Jan. 30 because of an upper-body injury.
Erne and Fabbri were among those who spent two weeks quarantining after testing positive for COVID. Fabbri returned just as this trip began, and Saturday he contributed his third goal in four games, and 50th of his career.
“I thought we had a really good start to the season, and when we lost all those guys, it took a lot out of us,” Bernier said. “But our last four or five games have been pretty good. We just have to keep doing the right things.”
Bernier had a good outing in his return, robbing Matt Duchene with a sprawling glove save late in the first period and making 11 of 21 saves in the third period. But Bernier had help, too: Teammates played well defensively, and the Erne, Glendening and Valtteri Filppula contributed five points.
“I don’t think we’re a team that’s going to score a crazy amount of goals, unfortunately,” Erne said, “but some nights you are going to need guys you wouldn’t expect to score every night, to score. It feels good to get a win.”
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It’s only the third time the Wings have scored four goals. Dylan Larkin tried his best to make it five goals, tallying eight shots on net.
Though the power play fell to 4-for-51 on the season, the Wings looked dangerous, moving the puck well and creating chaos around the net and registering six shots.
After starting the trip with a 5-1 loss at Tampa Bay, including giving up three goals in the first five minutes, the Wings looked respectable in their rematch against the defending Stanley Cup champions and in the miniseries at Florida and Nashville. The first game against the Predators was tied until the final minute, when the Wings made a mistake that led to a loss. The answer was to get back up and punch back.
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“We’ve played pretty good games in a row since we got embarrassed against Tampa,” Blashill said. “I thought we could have been rewarded the last game against Nashville, the second game against Florida. So it’s good to find ways to win. We came out after what was really a gut punch and lost the other night. We talked about it as a group, that these are the moments that really show your character and you have to find a way to play great hockey.”
They begin a six-game stretch of home games Monday against the Chicago Blackhawks.
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