SubscribeJews on ice? Nice.
You’ve probably gleaned my baseball bias within this blog, but — credit where credit is due — five of the eight Jews in the NHL will see their season continue, atvleast for a little while.
Mike Brown (Anaheim Ducks); Mike Cammalleri and Eric Nystrom (Calgary Flames); Eric Fehr (Washington Capitals); and Mathie Schneider (Montreal Canadiens) have made it into the opening round of the (seemingly endless) playoffs.
Cammalleri (left) finished in the top twenty corers with 82 points (39 goals/43 assists). Weiss finished among the leaders in plus/minus rating with 18 (Plus-minus rating: A skater gets a plus-1 if he is on the ice when his team scores an even-strength or short-handed goal. He gets a minus-1 if he is on the ice when his team allows an even-strength or short-handed goal. This does not apply to goalies.).
Those who didn’t make the cut: Jeff Halpern (Tampa Bay Lightning), Josh Tordjman (Phoenix Coyotes), and Stephen Weiss (Florida Panthers).
Thanks to KK reader Dov Ivry for the list.
Don’t believe Fehr is Jewish. Nice blog by the way.