Month: October 2008

TORONTO – Andy McDonald and Brad Boyes scored in a shootout to give the St. Louis Blues a 5-4 comeback win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday afternoon.

WASHINGTON – Alexander Semin scored twice, Michael Nylander added another goal on a penalty shot, and the Washington Capitals limited Vancouver to only 10 shots on goal Monday night in a 5-1 victory over the Canucks.

CHICAGO – Rich Peverley and J.P. Dumont scored in a shootout to lift the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night.

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins don’t expect to go much longer with minimal output from stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. For now, they’re getting by with goals from players whose scoring for a season sometimes doesn’t match a week of Crosby’s.

LOS ANGELES – Now that he’s back on the ice, Patrick O’Sullivan’s only concern is trying to get the Los Angeles Kings back into the playoffs after a five-year drought.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Patrick Marleau isn’t waiting until after the trade deadline this time to play his best hockey for the unbeaten San Jose Sharks.

CALGARY – Todd Bertuzzi scored twice Tuesday night as the Calgary Flames collected their first win of the season, hanging on for a 5-4 victory over the still winless Colorado Avalanche.

Hockey Canada will name Steve Yzerman as executive director for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver within the next 10 days, TSN is reporting.

PITTSBURGH (AP) -The Pittsburgh Penguins don’t expect to go much longer with minimal output from stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. For now, they’re getting by with goals from players whose scoring for a season sometimes doesn’t match a week of Crosby’s.

ATLANTA (AP) -Antti Miettinen hasn’t taken long to impress his new team.
"He’s a guy that I don’t have to say anything except in meetings how to play," Minnesota coach Jacques Lemaire said.

Marek Malik has come to terms with the Tampa Bay Lightning on a one-year contract reportedly worth a pro-rated $1.2 million.
The 6-foot-6, 240 pound Malik has played 649 career NHL games and was last with the New york Rangers.

WASHINGTON – U.S. President George W. Bush welcomed the Detroit Red Wings to the White House Tuesday, celebrating a Stanley Cup championship team that overcame odds and age and even had one player who scored a goal with his teeth.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Sabres forward Jochen Hecht will miss at least two weeks after having surgery to repair an injured finger on Tuesday.
General manager Darcy Regier announced the news after Hecht returned to Buffalo while the Sabres practised in New York to prepare for a game against the Rangers on Wednesday.

Daniel Alfredsson could return from injury sooner than expected and be in the lineup this weekend.
The captain skated Tuesday and coach Craig Harstburg isn’t ruling out an early return.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – With the NHL and Russia’s new Continental Hockey League in a dispute over Alexander Radulov, the forward says he wants to stay home and help grow the sport of hockey in his own country.

TORONTO – Toronto Maple Leafs left-winger Ryan Hollweg was given an automatic three-game suspension by the National Hockey League on Wednesday.

MOSCOW – A Russian lawmaker said Tuesday that rising hockey star Alexei Cherepanov, a first-round draft pick of the New York Rangers, may have died due to negligence on the part of paramedics who responded to an emergency call.

CHICAGO (AP) -Rich Peverley and J.P. Dumont scored scored in the shootout to lift the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night.

WASHINGTON – The NHL is "still in growth mode" despite the economic downturn, commissioner Gary Bettman said Monday, noting that ticket sales have increased this season.