Month: December 2008

NEW YORK – Rangers defenceman Michal Rozsival sat out Saturday night against the New Jersey Devils due to family issues, but is expected to return for New York’s next game.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The New York Islanders recalled centre Jeremy Colliton from Bridgeport of the AHL on Saturday, a day after left wing Andy Hilbert sustained a hairline fracture in his left foot in a victory over Toronto.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Buffalo Sabres placed centre Paul Gaustad on injured reserve Saturday because of an upper-body injury and recalled left wing Tim Kennedy from Portland of the American Hockey League.

DAVOS, Switzerland – Canada’s margin for error at the Spengler Cup just got smaller.Former Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Pohl scored the shootout winner to lead host HC Davos to a 6-5 win over Canada in a wild game on Saturday.

OTTAWA – Pat Quinn stepped on the ice for Saturday’s practice ready to be stern and demanding of Canada’s junior hockey team.
But the players didn’t give their coach a chance to furrow his brow and bark because they skated and competed hard.

DAVOS, Switzerland – Canada’s margin for error at the Spengler Cup just got smaller.
Former Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Pohl scored the shootout winner to lead host HC Davos to a 6-5 win over Canada in a wild game on Saturday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Blue Jackets recalled forward Craig MacDonald from the club’s American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse on Saturday.

LOS ANGELES – Peter Mueller ended a 21-game goal drought, and Shane Doan scored on a power play, leading the Phoenix Coyotes to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night.

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Sheldon Souray’s late second-period goal stood up as the winner as the Edmonton Oilers edged the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Friday night.

CHICAGO – Another huge crowd. Another big victory for the Chicago Blackhawks.Patrick Sharp scored his team-leading 19th goal of the season and the Chicago Blackhawks won their eighth straight to match the franchise record, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 5-1 on Friday night.

SUNRISE, Fla. – Ryan Malone beat backup goalie Craig Anderson with a wrist shot to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 shootout victory over the Florida Panthers on Friday night in the first game of a home-and-home series.

CLEVELAND – Staffan Kronwall scored the eventual winner and Adam Munro made 31 saves as the Toronto Marlies won 3-1 over the Lake Erie Monsters on Friday in the AHL.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Defenceman Kevin Klein scored a power-play goal, Vern Fiddler added a goal late in the second period, and the Nashville Predators held off the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Friday night in their first meeting of the season.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Rochester goaltender Mike Brodeur turned away 36 of 37 shots as the Americans beat the Hamilton Bulldogs 2-1 on Friday night in American Hockey League action.

ATLANTA – Eric Staal scored three goals in 4:31 span of the third period to overshadow Bryan Little’s first career hat trick in the Carolina Hurricanes’ 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Friday night.

OTTAWA – John Tavares of the Oshawa Generals paced Canada to an 8-1 win over the Czech Republic with two goals and an assist Friday at the world junior hockey championship.

WASHINGTON – Alex Ovechkin, Viktor Kozlov and Boyd Gordon scored goals, and Jose Theodore made 22 saves in the Washington Capitals’ 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.

NEWARK, N.J. – Marc-Andre Fleury made 37 saves for Pittsburgh’s first shutout of the season, and Ruslan Fedotenko scored midway through the second period in the Penguins’ 1-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday night.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Bill Guerin scored twice to reach 400 goals, Rick DiPietro made 28 saves in his first game since late October, and the New York Islanders snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over Toronto on Friday night.

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Contract talks between veteran defenceman Mattias Ohlund and the Vancouver Canucks have stalled.”I don’t think there’s too much going on at the moment, but we’ll see what happens,” Ohlund said Friday after the Canucks’ morning skate in advance of a game against the Edmonton Oilers.