Month: January 2009

PITTSBURGH – Evgeni Malkin set up all the goals, Petr Sykora and Sidney Crosby scored them. Marc-Andre Fleury made a series of important saves in the third period.

HAMILTON – Yanick Lehoux had a goal and an assist as the Hamilton Bulldogs beat the Philadelphia Phantoms 4-2 in the American Hockey League on Tuesday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Wojtek Wolski scored both goals for the Colorado Avalanche in a 2-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.It was the fifth loss in a row for the Predators.

DETROIT – Ty Conklin made 23 saves for his eighth career shutout and Pavel Datsyuk had a goal and two assists, sending the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.

According to a report from Sportsnet.ca, the Kontinental League may ask its players to take a pay cut in light of falling commodity prices that have hurt the league’s financial backers.

TORONTO – The evening started with fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs booing former whipping boy Bryan McCabe. It wasn’t long before those taunts were turned on the home team.

WASHINGTON – In a statement game against a heated rival, the unusual happened as Washington Capitals red overcame Philadelphia Flyers orange – on the ice and in the stands.

BOSTON – Niklas Backstrom stopped 28 shots for his second straight shutout and fifth of the season to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 1-0 win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Sergei Samsonov scored his 200th career goal and the Carolina Hurricanes withstood a late rally to beat the New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Tuesday night.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Derek Roy had a goal and two assists and the Buffalo Sabres avoided blowing a three-goal lead to beat the slumping road-weary Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Tuesday night.

TORONTO – The NHL is coming to a cellphone near you.Bell Mobility has reached an agreement with the league and the NHL Players’ Association to be the exclusive carrier of NHL content.

ST. LOUIS – Blues forward Paul Kariya had left hip surgery on Tuesday and will be sidelined indefinitely.Kariya had two goals and 13 points in the Blues’ first 11 games before injuring the hip Nov.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Forward Jason Krog of the Manitoba Moose was one of 24 players named to the Canadian roster Tuesday for this month’s American Hockey League all-star classic.

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Mats Sundin was talking more like a player than a passenger when he left practice for the Vancouver Canucks’ charter flight to Wednesday’s game in Edmonton.

TORONTO – Fresh off their championship victory, members of Canada’s junior hockey team arrived at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Tuesday with gold medals around their necks and fans cheering their appearance.

One day after winning gold with the Canadian juniors, forward Chris DiDomenico has been traded to the Drummondville Voltigeurs by the Saint John Sea Dogs.

DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche have placed defenceman Adam Foote on injured reserve with a triceps injury.The move is retroactive to Sunday, when Foote left in the second period of a 2-0 loss to Minnesota.

BY NATE GOSSE
This season already seems to be producing one of the tightest Calder races in recent memory. If present trends hold, voting members of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association won’t be asked to compare apples and oranges at season’s end, they’ll be asked to compare apples and oranges and bananas.

BOUCHERVILLE, Que. – One day after winning gold with the Canadian juniors, forward Chris DiDomenico has been traded to the Drummondville Voltigeurs by the Saint John Sea Dogs.

OTTAWA – Organizers of the World Junior Hockey Championship say the economic impact of the event is expected to total about $51 million.
Canada won its fifth gold medal in a row Monday night with a 5-1 triumph over Sweden in Ottawa.