Month: May 2008

MONTREAL – Guy Carbonneau’s lucky tie is going up for auction.The Montreal Canadiens coach said the multi-coloured tie he wore when his team won key games this season will be put up for bids in the next couple of weeks, with proceeds going to children’s charities.

PHILADELPHIA – First, Philadelphia was compared to those old Broad Street Bullies. Now, the Flyers are fighting the idea they can’t beat the Penguins.

DALLAS – Throughout the shellings, blown leads and other indignations he’s endured at Joe Louis Arena, Dallas Stars goaltender Marty Turco has pacified himself with one thought: “At least it’s not the playoffs.

PITTSBURGH – If Ray Shero has displayed nothing else during his nearly two-year run as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ general manager, it’s that he is not afraid to make a potentially risky move.

HALIFAX – Canada remains unbeaten at the IIHF World Hockey Championship after a 5-4 victory over the United States.Dany Heatley scored the winning goal with 46.

HALIFAX – Canada overcame its first true challenge at the IIHF World Hockey Championship but had some worrisome flaws exposed in the process.

HALIFAX – It took almost 32 years for someone to honour the team that won the 1976 Canada Cup but Bobby Hull never doubted that it was remembered fondly.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Forward Nathan Gerbe has signed a three-year deal with the Buffalo Sabres, electing to forgo his senior year at Boston College.

QUEBEC – Jannik Hansen was quick to see the positive side of Denmark’s 4-1 loss to powerhouse Russia at the IIHF World Hockey Championship on Tuesday.

Picture mid-March in Dallas, the Stars struggling to find their game, and someone approaches head coach Dave Tippett with a scary proposition.

QUEBEC – Denmark was no match for Russia and its potent offence at the IIHF World Hockey Championship on Tuesday.The Russians dominated the Danes in a 4-1 victory to improve to 3-0 in the preliminary round.

MONTREAL – Finding help at forward and signing potential free agents are the top jobs for Montreal Canadiens management in the off-season, general manager Bob Gainey said Tuesday.

Movements in the world of hockey Monday:National Hockey LeagueCHICAGO BLACKHAWKS – Agreed to terms with G Antti Niemi.FLORIDA PANTHERS-Agreed to terms with C Kamil Kreps and RW Wade Belak on two-year contracts.

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings earned a long weekend off after sweeping Colorado, making at least one child very happy.”My eight-year-old daughter, Kennedi, told me we had to win Game 4 so that I could go to her figure-skating performances because I rarely can go,” forward Kris Draper said Monday.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – While the NHL’s top four teams began preparations for the conference finals Monday, the San Jose Sharks had the day off to get ready for one more summer they’ll spend feeling like hockey’s fifth wheel.

DALLAS – As the third overtime turned to a fourth, more than an hour after Sunday night became Monday morning, Stars goaltender Marty Turco could think back to the other two NHL playoff marathons he played and what it was like afterward.

QUEBEC – Even though Belarus added a dose of NHL-talent to their roster, the final product lacked offensive zing.Julien Sprunger scored two power-play goals to lead Switzerland to a 2-1 win over Belarus at the IIHF World Hockey Championship on Monday.

QUEBEC – No general manager at the IIHF World Hockey Championship has had as much bad luck as Sweden’s Mats Naslund.The former Montreal Canadiens star watched in disbelief as one-by-one, Sweden’s star players began to fall by the wayside leading up to the tournament.

SCRANTON, Pa. – The captain of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins hockey team was ordered to stand trial following his streaking arrest.Nathan Smith didn’t show for his preliminary hearing Monday.

MONTREAL – Carey Price is looking for peace and quiet after a pressure-packed rookie season in the Montreal Canadiens net.”It seems like I’ve been playing for two years straight,” the 20-year-old said Monday as the Canadiens got together for a last team meeting before going their separate ways for the summer.