Tag: surprises

Chris Kreider’s lacrosse-style shot surprises even Gerard Gallant

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GREENBURGH, NY – Chris Kreider would likely have hit any top 10 highlight show if he had been able to hit with that lacrosse shot he blasted Boston Bruins goalkeeper Jeremy Swayman at 5-2 on Friday -The Rangers won against the Bruins.

Replay confirmed the puck hadn’t gone into the net, but the fact that Kreider was trying to pull such a cheeky game surprised some.

“I had no idea,” said coach Gerard Gallant on Monday when asked if he knew Kreider had this move available. “It’s the first time I’ve seen it. But that was pretty close. Really nice action.”

Kreider said he was practicing moving. It is sometimes called “the Michigan Gate” because it was first seen in a college game in 1996. Michigan’s striker Mike Legg picked up the puck, came around the gate and put it in the net against Minnesota.

“You can play around with that occasionally,” said Kreider. “I had a little breakup [from the defender]. The puck wasn’t completely flat [on the ice]. So I thought I’ll give it a try. ”

Kreider insisted he didn’t try to make the move just because his confidence is sky high. He has scored 15 goals in the Rangers’ first 20 games which ties him

with Calgary’s Andrew Mangiapane for third place in the league behind Leon Draisaitl (20) and Alexander Ovechkin (19) who come into play on Monday.

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But Kreider doesn’t like to talk about his own success. He prefers to rave about how well his teammates – linemate Mika Zibanejad and powerplay linemates Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox and Ryan Strome – put him on his feet.

His nine power play goals on Monday were second in the NHL after Draisaitl’s 10. He said his teammates are so good at blocking defenders and sending him spot-on passes to fend off goalkeepers.

He recalled talking to former Boston College teammate Cam Atkinson about what it’s like to play in line with Panarin. Atkinson’s best season, 2018-19, came when he played with Panarin for Columbus. The Rangers signed Panarin as a free agent in the summer of 2019.

“He’s been talking a bit about … being ready for the puck, although he didn’t necessarily think he’d get the puck,” said Kreider. “I mean … [Panarin’s] so good at meeting you with misdirections. There have been many times in the past few years that I somehow stand up straight and suddenly [the pass is] right between my legs. If I had been ready, I probably would have had a better opportunity. ”

 

Blue lines

Striker Greg McKegg didn’t train because he was on COVID-19 log, the team said, but Gallant said he wasn’t worried about more players joining him. “I hope not,” he said. “I’m not worried today. I mean everyone else tested negative.” He said that while everyone on the team was fully vaccinated, he didn’t know if any of the players had a booster.

Colin Stephenson reports on the Rangers for Newsday. He has spent more than two decades covering the NHL and almost all sports teams in the New York area.

President Biden Surprises 4-Yr-Previous Twins With Cash For Ice Cream

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There were some memorable quotes from President Biden’s Tulsa speech, but for two little girls the memorable moment was just before he spoke.

Lots of people came to Greenwood hoping to spend a moment with President Biden – but only two little girls left with money for ice cream.

The moment came just after the President’s introduction when he – surely – caught sight of the youngest members of the audience. The President stepped off the podium and walked over to a woman with two little girls for a brief interaction that briefly confused the crowd.

Back on the podium, the President declared, “I had to make sure these little girls got an ice cream.”

As the girls and their mother Lisa Madden emerged from the speech, she explained what had happened.

“He came over and gave them something discreetly and I didn’t even see what he gave them and he told them to get some ice cream,” Madden said.

The twins are four and a half and are called Nola and Indie. Madden is on the board of directors at the Greenwood Cultural Center, so they had a front row seat.

The President said the ice cream was their payment.

“My lord, I have to sit out a speech from the president. In my faith we call it purgatory, ”said Biden.

The girls came out with a plan and hit the streets and quickly returned with the ice cream – courtesy of the President – that was worth the day for these two little girls.

Put together for each surprises, predictability in Golden Globe races | Leisure

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The Golden Globe Awards, which will air on Sunday at 7 p.m. on NBC, will be unique in the 78 years of Hollywood Foreign Press Association history.

While I can predict who I think should win, who knows exactly what will happen at the hybrid awards show that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host the event on two coastlines.

Starting from the top, the best motion picture drama “Nomadlands” is to be lost. While “The Father” (opening March 12 in the Houston area) is usually the kind of contender the HFPA leans towards, the lack of a nomination for the film is an indication that it did not appeal to everyone. “Nomadland” enchants almost every viewer and has won countless previous awards.

With the Globes being the first major televised awards show of the season, this is where some films will gain or maintain momentum and others will lose it. Netflix’s racist courtroom drama “The Trial of the Chicago 7” appears to be in second place, while “Promising Young Woman” and “Mank” are the controversial third choice.

The second most important award of the night is given to the best director. With three record breaking women in this category, the undisputed front runner Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”) is another sure bet. It’s true that the globes love Aaron Sorkin (“The Chicago 7 Trial”) and David Fincher (“Mank”), but Zhao’s popularity for her work on “Nomadland” has nearly dwarfed the recognition for the film itself .

In a normal year, the award for Best Musical or Comedy will have at least one nominee, who will likely later be nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture. This year the five competitors reflect a real “scraping of the barrel bottom”. The likely winner, “Hamilton”, isn’t even a movie – it’s a recorded play.

The winner here doesn’t usually matter to the entire prize race, and while “Palm Springs” is the most creative of the five, ironically, it’s the sequel to “Borat” (another entry I’d say isn’t a real movie is), this is the only real competition to “Hamilton”.

Best Actress in a Cinema Musical or Comedy will likely go to Maria Bakalova to see Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, the obscure, head-scratching critic’s favorite. Still, I think if the globes decide to take a higher position here, they could give Rosamund Pike that accolade for her diabolical twist on “I Care a Lot,” which hit Netflix last weekend and got everyone talking. Michelle Pfeiffer is also out of the question, the Globes prefer megastars and comeback kids.

Best actor in a film musical or comedy is again between “Borat” and “Hamilton”. So here the optics could influence the winner. Sacha Baron Cohen is also nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for “The Trial of the Chicago 7”. If he wins there, Lin-Manuel Miranda will likely win the best actor for “Hamilton” (again not a film, just a video play). If anyone other than Baron Cohen wins the supporting actor, they will likely win the best actor for “Borat”. It is doubtful that he will win both of them.

Best Actress in Film Drama is probably the most anticipated award of the evening because it’s everyone’s game. In my opinion, Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”) is the most impressive performance, but the film didn’t do well among critics. Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”) starred in the top film, but the fact that she recently won for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” in 2018 may hurt her chances.

Andra Day (“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”) is, like Kirby, a newcomer. Their film debuted late and hasn’t been able to build up much momentum, but the Globes pride themselves on sparking momentum. Viola Davis takes second place for her larger than life performance in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”.

The likely winner, however, is Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”). Not only is your film nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, the recent widespread controversy over a certain derogatory film critic and the fandom surrounding the film have driven her to the liveliest performance in the group.

The best actor in a drama movie might as well have just two nominees. It’s Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Butt”) or Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”). I think it’s Boseman to lose here, and so every award in that category this year will go up to an Oscar.

Best Supporting Actress is a rematch between Glenn Close (“Hillbilly Elegy”) and Olivia Colman (“The Father”), whom Close defeated with a real shock at the Oscars two years ago. However, that year’s Globes honored both women who competed in separate categories (meaning that unlike the Oscars, the Globes don’t have an IOU for Close). “The Father” is the acclaimed film, but a win for Close in the more transformative role in the critically planned Hillbilly Elegy (I loved it, by the way) would get the most publicity. I predict Close.

The best supporting actor will be Baron Cohen for “The Trial of the Chicago 7”. The best foreign film will be “Minari”. The best script is a real problem, but I’m going with The Trial of the Chicago 7. The best result could go to “Mank” just to win something. The same goes for Best Original Song. “One Night in Miami” could win just so they don’t send it home empty-handed.

Dustin Chase is a film critic and associate editor for Texas Art & Film, based in Galveston. visit texasartfilm.com.