Month: June 2008

The NHL announced the order of selection for the NHL Entry Draft June 20 and 21 in Ottawa. Round 1 will take place Saturday and Rounds 2-7 go Sunday.

OTTAWA – Peter DeBoer met with Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk on Tuesday but the NHL club wasn’t ready to announce his hiring Wednesday.

DETROIT – Mike Babcock helped bring the Stanley Cup back to Detroit.In turn, Red Wings ownership is bringing Babcock back for three more years.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Michael Leighton has made his way back to the NHL.The Carolina Hurricanes signed the veteran goaltender to a US$1.2-million, two-year contract on Wednesday.

Detroit Red Wings defenceman Nicklas Lidstrom and goalie Chris Osgood did a little musical number with the Stanley Cup in tow as guests on NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:National Hockey LeagueDALLAS STARS-Acquired a 2009 conditional seventh-round draft pick from Colorado for C Marty Sertich.

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Chicago Wolves have brought the Calder Cup back to the Windy City.Jason Krog scored a hat trick to lift the Wolves to a 5-2 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in Game 6 of the American Hockey League championship series on Tuesday.

DETROIT – Mike Babcock is returning to the bench for the Detroit Red Wings.Babcock and the Stanley Cup-winning team agreed to a three-year contract, a league source told The Associated Press on Tuesday night.

DETROIT – An NHL source tells The Associated Press that Mike Babcock and the Detroit Red Wings have agreed to a three-year contract for the Stanley Cup-winning coach.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Wild have acquired defenceman Marc-Andre Bergeron from the Anaheim Ducks for a third-round pick in this year’s NHL draft.

VANCOUVER – Trevor Linden, who led the Vancouver Canucks to Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup final and helped guide the NHL Players’ Association through a one-year lockout, has decided to retire after 19 seasons.

VANCOUVER – Vancouver Canucks forward Trevor Linden has decided to call it a career after 21 seasons in the NHL.Linden, 38, will make the announcement Wednesday at a news conference, a source told The Canadian Press.

TORONTO – A month ago Cliff Fletcher fired Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Paul Maurice, saying he wanted to clear the decks for the team’s incoming general manager.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Buffalo Sabres have a new American Hockey League affiliate after signing a three-year deal with Maine’s Portland Pirates on Tuesday.

TORONTO – Toronto Maple Leafs interim GM Cliff Fletcher plans to speak again soon with impending unrestricted free agent Mats Sundin.”We will be hearing or communicating with him in the next week to 10 days, well ahead of the July 1 free agency date,” Fletcher told reporters Tuesday after the unveiling of Ron Wilson as head coach.

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Kings have fired coach Marc Crawford after two losing seasons.Crawford had one year remaining on his contract. The Kings were 59-84-21 since Crawford was hired in May 2006.

Dallas Stars defenceman Mattias Norstrom is retiring.
"Dallas wanted to keep me, but it is over now," the 36-year old Swede was quoted as saying on Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet’s website Tuesday.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Dallas Stars defenceman Mattias Norstrom is retiring, Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet reported Tuesday.”Dallas wanted to keep me, but it is over now,” the 36-year old Swede was quoted as saying on the newspaper’s website.

TORONTO – Ron Wilson has already seen the kind of stress the comes with coaching the Toronto Maple Leafs.He was taking a walk along Santana Row in San Jose earlier this year when the struggling Leafs were in town and happened to spot Toronto coach Paul Maurice across the street.

TORONTO – Ron Wilson is the new head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs.The NHL team made it official today when the 53-year-old was introduced at a news conference at the Air Canada Centre.