Month: December 2008

CHICAGO – Adam Burish was dressed in layers nearly two years ago, ready for any type of cold when he took the ice in a U.S. college hockey game at Green Bay’s Lambeau Field.

TORONTO – A sickness forced Nik Antropov to skip practice Monday but Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Ron Wilson wonders if his Kazakhstani forward was ill over something else.

MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens say former star Jean Beliveau has been taken to hospital with an undisclosed illness.A spokesman for the National Hockey League team did not want to say where the 77-year-old Beliveau was taken.

DENVER – Colorado Avalanche centre Paul Stastny will have surgery Tuesday to repair his right forearm fractured in last week’s game against Phoenix.

DAVOS, Switzerland – Jeff Toms scored two goals in a 5-2 victory over ERC Ingolstadt on Monday to keep alive Canada’s hopes of playing in the Spengler Cup final.

BY NATE GOSSE

Edmonton – Everything about goaltender Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers’ development has come along in line with Edmonton’s hopes and expectations.

MOSCOW – Blood and urine samples show hockey star Alexei Cherepanov engaged in blood doping, Russian investigators said in a statement Monday.

Scoring summaries from Sunday’s NHL games:Maple Leafs 1 at Capitals 4First Period1. Toronto, Hagman 11 (Grabovski, Frogren) 14:23Penalties – Stempniak Tor (tripping), Theodore Wash (diving; served by Kozlov) 14:37.

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Henrik Sedin and Pavol Demitra each scored and added an assist to snap their scoring droughts and lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-0 victory over the road-weary Ottawa Senators on Sunday.

Movements in the world of hockey:National Hockey LeagueBUFFALO SABRES-Placed C Paul Gaustad on injured reserve. Recalled LW Tim Kennedy from Portland (AHL).

WASHINGTON – The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without forward Matt Stajan for at least a week after he was struck in the right eye with a soccer ball during a pre-practice warmup.

EDMONTON – It has taken 34 games for the Edmonton Oilers to look the way head coach Craig MacTavish thought they would look at the beginning of the season.

OTTAWA – University of Minnesota freshman Jordan Schroeder scored a pair of goals and also had an assist for the United States in a 4-3 win over the Czech Republic at the world junior championship Sunday.

OTTAWA – It was only a matter of time before Russian sniper Nikita Filatov started filling the net at the world junior hockey championship.
Filatov scored his first two goals of the tournament Sunday as Russia stayed undefeated with a 5-2 win over Finland.

WASHINGTON – Alex Ovechkin keeps right on scoring, and his Washington Capitals keep right on winning at home.Ovechkin scored two goals, including the tiebreaker with 10 seconds left in the second period, Brooks Laich also scored twice, and the Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 to improve their home record to an Eastern Conference-best 15-1-1.

WASHINGTON – Hall of Famer Mike Gartner’s No. 11 was retired by the Washington Capitals on Sunday night before their game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, another of his former NHL teams.

ST. LOUIS – Bobby Ryan scored on a power play with 7:11 to play, Scott Niedermayer had a goal and an assist, and the Anaheim Ducks snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the St.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Dustin Byfuglien led Chicago to its franchise-record ninth straight victory, scoring two goals and adding an assist in the Blackhawks’ 4-1 decision over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night.

ATLANTA – It was business as usual for Michael Ryder and the Boston Bruins.Ryder broke a tie with 6:04 left, and the Bruins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 2-1 on Sunday to extend their wining streak to eight games and tie San Jose for the overall NHL lead with 58 points.

HAMILTON – David Desharnais scored in regulation and added the shootout winner as the Hamilton Bulldogs rallied to beat the Rochester Americans 4-3 in American Hockey League action Sunday.