Ethan Podolsky

By the time Merzlikens has a chance to reset himself, the puck's already halfway to the net. So I understand why that shouldn't have counted. It just doesn't look good in the moment. And good on Roy because it's bad for the Islanders.

By the time Merzlikens has a chance to reset himself, the puck's already halfway to the net. So I understand why that shouldn't have counted. It just doesn't look good in the moment. And good on Roy because it's bad for the Islanders.

My win of the week. We don't have to go too far away from South Florida to get there. Just a little bit up the coast to Tampa. It's Nikita Kucherov, who is a dark horse for the Hart Trophy this year. I don't know if he's going to get a lot of votes, but he's having an amazing season.

My win of the week. We don't have to go too far away from South Florida to get there. Just a little bit up the coast to Tampa. It's Nikita Kucherov, who is a dark horse for the Hart Trophy this year. I don't know if he's going to get a lot of votes, but he's having an amazing season.

The other night against Pittsburgh, he got checked into Alex Nedeljkovic headfirst, lost the tooth on the goalie mass, which I don't know if I've seen that happen before. That's pretty interesting. But then what does he do? He comes back. He goes out into the ice where they're scraping, you know, the commercial break thing. And he's like looking with his stick. He's looking for his tooth.

The other night against Pittsburgh, he got checked into Alex Nedeljkovic headfirst, lost the tooth on the goalie mass, which I don't know if I've seen that happen before. That's pretty interesting. But then what does he do? He comes back. He goes out into the ice where they're scraping, you know, the commercial break thing. And he's like looking with his stick. He's looking for his tooth.

That's such a sad thing when you're trying to find your own tooth in the ice. It doesn't look like he ever finds it. But what he does find about five minutes later was the back of the net when he scored a power play goal. And I think what was like a 6-1 victory or something over the Penguins as Tampa's rolling right now. But I just thought that was a cool thing all around.

That's such a sad thing when you're trying to find your own tooth in the ice. It doesn't look like he ever finds it. But what he does find about five minutes later was the back of the net when he scored a power play goal. And I think what was like a 6-1 victory or something over the Penguins as Tampa's rolling right now. But I just thought that was a cool thing all around.

He gets his tooth knocked out by the goalie helmet, goes looking for it because of course he did. And then he scores the goal because he's Nikita Kucherov. Win of the week by far. Good on Nikita.

He gets his tooth knocked out by the goalie helmet, goes looking for it because of course he did. And then he scores the goal because he's Nikita Kucherov. Win of the week by far. Good on Nikita.

The ice crew definitely got it in its pocket right now. That tooth is on eBay for sure.

The ice crew definitely got it in its pocket right now. That tooth is on eBay for sure.

My fail of the week comes from the Hughes Bowl on Monday between New Jersey and Vancouver. Jacob Markstrom, former Panthers goalie, had one of the most real reactions. He's talking about realness, Ethan. After giving up what was the game-winning goal in the shootout to Jonathan Lekermacki, Markstrom popped up

My fail of the week comes from the Hughes Bowl on Monday between New Jersey and Vancouver. Jacob Markstrom, former Panthers goalie, had one of the most real reactions. He's talking about realness, Ethan. After giving up what was the game-winning goal in the shootout to Jonathan Lekermacki, Markstrom popped up

He took his baseball, his hockey stick like he was Babe Ruth with a baseball baseball bat and just cracked it against the post. It was awesome to see to the point where they were making fun of it on the NHL on TNT broadcast. They got Darren Payne, who's famously a former NHL goalie, but he's shorter than me. He's like five, seven.

He took his baseball, his hockey stick like he was Babe Ruth with a baseball baseball bat and just cracked it against the post. It was awesome to see to the point where they were making fun of it on the NHL on TNT broadcast. They got Darren Payne, who's famously a former NHL goalie, but he's shorter than me. He's like five, seven.

They brought him like a little miniature goalie helmet, goalie stick to crack on the on the post. There we go.

They brought him like a little miniature goalie helmet, goalie stick to crack on the on the post. There we go.

Oh, my God. So credit to Markstrom for being real. Credit to Panger for getting razzed on it. Just a lot of fun all around.

Oh, my God. So credit to Markstrom for being real. Credit to Panger for getting razzed on it. Just a lot of fun all around.