Month: February 2009

Former Ottawa goalie Ray Emery has – for the time being – left his team in Russia in protest.

The 26-year-old oft-troubled netminder didn’t report back to Mytishchi Atlant following the end of the Kontinental League’s mid-season break and according to ESPN, Emery is citing salary-related issues as his reason for staying away.

EDMONTON – Edmonton Oilers defenceman Lubomir Visnovsky will undergo shoulder surgery this week and miss the rest of the season.Doctors will repair the labrum in his right shoulder on Thursday, a team spokesman said Tuesday.

The Kontinental League has announced the results from their recently held, quarterly Board of Directors meetings.

Among the decisions reached at the meeting is that the KHL has approved the establishment of a youth hockey league, starting in the 2009-10 season, in order to allow each team to grow and develop young prospects from the ages of 17-21 within their own system.

BOSTON – The Boston Bruins will be without forward Michael Ryder for up to three weeks as he recovers from surgery to repair a broken facial bone.

BOSTON – The Boston Bruins will be without forward Michael Ryder for up to three weeks as he recovers from surgery to repair a broken facial bone.

DALLAS – Sean Avery’s hockey career is about to resume in Hartford.The Dallas Stars have assigned him to the American Hockey League’s Hartford Wolf Pack.

Scoring summaries from Monday’s NHL games:Canadiens 2 at Flames 6First Period1. Montreal, D’Agostini 10 (Higgins, Hamrlik) 10:172. Calgary, Cammalleri 28 (Pardy, Lombardi) 12:553.

CALGARY – The Calgary Flames ended a four-game losing streak by beating up on a team mired in a deep slump of its own.Matthew Lombardi and Dustin Boyd scored short-handed goals in a three-goal second period as the Flames overcame a 2-1 first-period deficit and beat the struggling Montreal Canadiens 6-2 Monday.

LONDON, Ont. – Fighting should be eliminated from hockey at all levels of the game, according to recommendations released Tuesday from an expert panel dealing with concussions in hockey.

Movements in the world of hockey Monday:National Hockey LeagueCAROLINA HURRICANES-Sent F Jakub Petruzalek and F Michael Ryan to Albany (AHL).

NEWARK, N.J. – Scott Clemmensen made 27 saves in posting his first NHL shutout in nearly five years, and Zach Parise scored twice to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 3-0 victory Monday night over the skidding New York Rangers.

TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Mike Smith, who has missed the past three games, is suffering from post-concussion syndrome. The team said Monday he may be able to return to the ice within a week.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Blue Jackets are hoping rookie goaltender Steve Mason will return to the lineup Friday night.Mason, who has missed the last two games while battling mononucleosis, has been on injured reserve while trying to rest and regain his strength.

CALGARY – Canada’s western NHL clubs were long overdue for a visit from the Montreal Canadiens.The Habs are in Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver this week for the first time in over three years.

There may never have been more believers in the NHL’s Western Conference. At least not in February.Even though the season is nearly two-thirds done, every team in the West still thinks it has a chance to play into the spring.

DALLAS – Sean Avery cleared waivers Monday and the next step for the Dallas Stars is to find a team for the controversial left-winger to resume playing again with.

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Blues have locked up a key member of their franchise.Andy McDonald has signed a four-year contract extension with the NHL team.

NEW YORK – Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick was named National Hockey League first star of the week Monday.Quick recorded three consecutive road victories last week.

Canadian sports network TSN reported Monday afternoon that forward Sean Avery has cleared waivers.

The New York Rangers’ American League affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack, is a likely destination for Avery’s return to professional hockey due to the fact that Dallas currently does not have its own AHL team.