Great game last night, with the Avs getting the win they so deserved. First game of course but things look promising in Denver. They are lightening fast in both attack and defence, when they make a 'Hawks team that has a deserved reputation for being quick look very average speed wise, its a fast team. They outshot the 'Hawks: last season the Avs were outshot in most games which in itself is an improvement but when you consider the power play time advantage the 'Hawks had (11.18 mins v 2.06 mins) it is a big improvement. Not sure if I was watching the game with my Avs glasses on but the officials seemed to be very leniant on the 'Hawks, allowing them to get away with things that when applied to the Avs resulted in a PP. Probably the advantage of being the cup holders playing the upstarts.
Before the game started there was a celebration of the first Avs cup win with nearly all of the players and coaching staff there. All came onto the ice individually, when Joe Sakic and Patrick Roy came on there were, as you would expect, huge cheers but when Peter Forseburg came on the place erupted. Forseburgs talents are still held with great affection in Colorado.

Got a link for Game Centre this side of the Atlantic?

I've not got it yet but if you go on nhl.com you can sign up for it on there.On the HF Boards forum there's a discussion about the european sign up for nhl gamecentre and some people are having problems with it so i'm waiting for the season to start before getting it so i know it works properly for us over here.

Who do you post as under HF Boards mate? I posted, then tried to re-register as my log in details didn't work and they told me I had to email so I did, never got a reply. Now I've just tried to log in and it's worked. I post under "EnglishRanger".

Not posted in a while,used to use DRG.I don't know if that still works as i just go on these days and look at what everybody else is posting.It's good that people from all over the world post on that site.I remember a couple of years ago having an argument with a frenchman about the premier league being the strongest football league in europe I might start posting again now the season has started.

Slightly off topic, anyone who bought NHL 12 played it recently since the 1.03 update? The game freezes when I try to load my season at 100% progress. Deleted the update and it works fine afterwards. Is this a common problem?