TORONTO – Toronto Marlies coach Greg Gilbert was pleased with his team’s effort in its first game of the American Hockey League season – though he would have been happier with a win.
RALEIGH, N.C. – Joni Pitkanen and Dan LaCouture found the perfect way to fit in with their new Carolina teammates: Lead them to a season-opening victory over the team that kept them out of the playoffs.
NEW YORK – Tom Renney’s night started with a rousing ovation at Madison Square Garden and ended with him standing at his post-game news conference after he couldn’t get his chair untangled from the table.
NEWARK, N.J. – No matter what the New Jersey Devils do to change the team in the off-season, the face of the franchise remains Martin Brodeur.
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Tim Connolly missed the Sabres’ season-opener against the Montreal Canadiens on Friday because of a back injury, opening this season where the injury-plagued centre ended the last.
RENO, Nev. – An investigation into the shooting of former NHL goalie Clint Malarchuk concluded it was “accidental under suspicious circumstances.
TORONTO – Anyone who played in the NHL last season can expect to receive a nice little bonus by the end of the month.A source tells The Canadian Press that the players will be given back all of the money they paid into escrow last season.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – On the eve of the season opener, the Minnesota Wild were all but certain to miss their first goal. Marian Gaborik has begun the final year of his contract without an extension in place, a potential distraction both sides vowed to avoid.
PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Flyers’ pre-season was one extended celebration of their glory days.They held emotional tributes to their soon-to-be demolished former arena, the Spectrum.
CALGARY – The Calgary Flames have no where to go but up in their home opener after a 6-0 thrashing by the Vancouver Canucks to start the season.
NEWARK, N.J. – The New Jersey Devils’ home opener was set to go on as scheduled Friday night despite a construction code dispute that closed the Prudential Center down this summer.
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks signed defenceman Alex Edler to a four-year contract extension Friday.The deal will keep Edler under contract through the 2012-’13 season.
TORONTO – Thirteen-year-old Robert Fraser Burke is being hailed as a prodigy by many who’ve admired his “Sticks to the Ice” tune that beat out thousands to make it to the Top 2 in CBC-TV’s “Hockey Night in Canada” anthem challenge.
By Patrick Williams
One year prior, a long-serving hockey guy is contending with media hordes and high-pressure atmosphere that accompany a head-coaching job in a Canadian NHL city that plays host to a deep club coming off a Stanley Cup run.
OTTAWA – Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson was scheduled to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery Friday.The NHL team said doctors will remove a bone chip that was dislodged from his right knee during a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins last Sunday.
Results Thursday:AHL No Games Scheduled.QMJHLHalifax 4 Victoriaville 2OHLKitchener 5 Niagara 3 Peterborough 4 Erie 2 Windsor 5 Brampton 3WHLNo Games Scheduled.
VANCOUVER – Alex Burrows scored two goals and goaltender Roberto Luongo stopped 25 shots for the shutout as the Vancouver Canucks opened their NHL season with a 6-0 win over the Calgary Flames Thursday night.
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Jonathan Cheechoo scored two goals, Evgeni Nabokov took a shutout into the final minutes and Todd McLellan won his NHL head coaching debut in the San Jose Sharks’ 4-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night.
DENVER – David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:36 remaining and added an assist, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche in the season opener for both teams Thursday night.
VANCOUVER – Flames defenceman Robyn Regehr left the team before its season-opening game in Vancouver on Thursday night after his wife went into labour back in Calgary.
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