Month: March 2009

Movements in the world of hockey Wednesday:National Hockey LeagueNHL-Suspended Toronto G Martin Gerber for three games, without pay, for abuse of an official during a game on March 24

DENVER – Corey Perry scored two goals, Andrew Ebbett had a goal and two assists and the Anaheim Ducks tightened their hold on a playoff spot with a 7-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night

CHICAGO – No quibbling from the Chicago Blackhawks. They’ll take a victory over one of the best teams in the NHL this season, even if they had to go to a shootout to get it

PITTSBURGH – The Penguins and Flames treated their rare meeting as a playoff game. Marc-Andre Fleury certainly played as if the stakes were that high

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Their character questioned, their playoff hopes dwindling and facing a two-goal deficit, Jason Pominville and the Buffalo Sabres showed they’ve still got some fight left in them

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Marian Gaborik had two goals and two assists, Andrew Brunette and Owen Nolan each scored once and set up two others, and the Minnesota Wild beat the New York Islanders 6-2 on Wednesday night to snap a five-game road losing streak

RALEIGH, N.C. – Anton Babchuk scored with 6:01 remaining and the Carolina Hurricanes won their season-high fifth straight game, beating the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Wednesday night in a matchup of two of the NHL’s hottest teams

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller is scheduled to play against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday, marking his first start after missing a month with a sprained left ankle

Playoff fever has finally hit Columbus and no one is happier than Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock.”We’ve been in playoff fever for a month now and the fans have come out in droves,” Hitchcock said Wednesday on a conference call

It has been three weeks since the NHL trade deadline and so far, the winners look to be the Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers, Calgary Flames and Carolina Hurricanes

TORONTO – Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Martin Gerber received an automatic three-game suspension from the NHL on Wednesday for abusing referee Mike Leggo

DENVER – Colorado Avalanche centre Paul Stastny is out for at least two weeks and could miss the rest of the season with a broken foot.Stastny was injured while blocking a shot at Minnesota on March 17 and will be out two-to-four weeks, the team said Wednesday

BUDAPEST, Hungary – Gabor Ocskay, three times Hungary’s hockey player of the year, has died of a heart attack, his team said Wednesday. He was 33

Scoring summaries from Tuesday’s NHL games: Thrashers 3 at Canadiens 6 First Period1. Montreal, Tanguay 13 (Kovalev, Schneider) 7:212. Atlanta, Crabb 4 (Peverley, Exelby) 14:02Penalties – Plekanec Mtl (holding) 10:28, Komisarek Mtl (interference) 17:52

EDMONTON – Valtteri Filppula’s goal with 1:26 to play in the third stood up as the winner as the Detroit Red Wings surged back to first place overall in the NHL with a 3-2 comeback victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night

DALLAS – Daniel Sedin scored the go-ahead goal moments after taking a stick in the mouth, Ryan Kesler and Henrik Sedin each had two goals, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the fading Dallas Stars 5-2 Tuesday night

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:National Hockey LeagueWASHINGTON CAPITALS-Recalled G Daren Machesney and F Steve Pinizzotto from Hershey (AHL)

ST. LOUIS – Rookie Patrik Berglund scored twice in the third period, Chris Mason made 22 saves for his fifth shutout of the season and the St

WINNIPEG – Maksim Mayorov scored twice as the Syracuse Crunch beat the Manitoba Moose 2-1 in American Hockey League action Tuesday.Dusty Collins replied for the Moose

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Teemu Selanne scored the only shootout goal and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Nashville Predators 2-1 on Tuesday to move into a position for a post-season berth