Month: April 2009

THE CANADIAN PRESSFlames 1 at Oilers 5 First PeriodNo Scoring.Penalties – Jokinen Cal (high-sticking) 7:52, Souray Edm (hooking) 11:02, MacIntyre Edm (hooking) 20:00

IIHF Women’s World Championship At Hameenlinna, FinlandChampionship Bracket Canada 2 U.S. 1 Sweden 8 Russia 0Relegation Bracket Japan 2 China 1 IIHF Men’s Under-18 World Championship Prelimary Round At Fargo, N

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Last summer, the Minnesota Wild talked Jacques Lemaire into returning as coach. This time, they might have to be more persuasive

ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Dallas Stars couldn’t end the Anaheim Ducks’ playoff hopes this time.Jonas Hiller made 42 saves, Teemu Selanne scored the deciding goal with a unique move in the shootout, and the Ducks wrapped up a playoff spot with a 4-3 victory over the Stars on Friday night

EDMONTON – Shawn Horcoff and Sheldon Souray each had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers threw a wrench into Calgary’s hopes to finish first in the Northwest Division with a 5-1 victory over the shorthanded Flames on Friday night

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – David Desharnais’s third-period goal helped the Hamilton Bulldogs edge the Grand Rapids Griffins 3-2 in AHL action Friday

ST. LOUIS – Keith Tkachuk scored twice for the first time since opening night and added an assist, helping the St. Louis Blues clinch their first playoff berth in four seasons with a 3-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Marc-Andre Bergeron scored twice and the Minnesota Wild set a season high for goals Friday night in an 8-4 victory over the Nashville Predators, eliminated from playoff contention a few minutes after the game

TORONTO – If Friday’s game was any indication, the first-round American Hockey League playoff series between Manitoba and Toronto is going to be a war

Northeastern University senior forward Missy Elumba is the 2009 recipient of the BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award.

Elumba, a native of Cottage Grove, Min

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Left-winger Alexandre Giroux of the Hershey Bears was named the American Hockey League’s MVP on Friday.Giroux has a club-record 57 goals this season, which is the sixth-highest total in league history

PITTSBURGH – There was palatable disappointment in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ front office five years ago when they lost the draft lottery and missed out on Alex Ovechkin, one of the NHL’s most promising prospects in a quarter-century

Ak Bars Kazan won a back and forth battle over Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 3-2 in overtime Friday to force Game 7 of the inaugural KHL Gagarin Cup final

VANCOUVER, B.C. – University of Minnesota-Duluth defenceman Evan Oberg signed with the Vancouver Canucks on Friday.Oberg, a 21-year-old free agent from Camrose, Alta

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled forward Miroslav Satan from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League on Friday

Scoring summaries from Thursday’s NHL games:Canadiens 4 at Bruins 5 (OT)First Period1. Boston, Bergeron 8 (Hunwick, Recchi) 17:58Penalties – Stuart Bos (tripping) 2:45, Stuart Bos (holding) 9:55, Komisarek Mtl, Lucic Bos (roughing) 13:45, Gorges Mtl (roughing) 17:58, Hamrlik Mtl (cross-checking) 19:13, Komisarek Mtl (roughing), Chara Bos (double roughing) 20:00

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Al Montoya and the Phoenix Coyotes ruined what was supposed to be the biggest celebration in San Jose hockey history.Montoya made 40 saves in the rookie goalie’s third NHL victory as last-place Phoenix prevented the league-leading Sharks from clinching the Presidents’ Trophy with an improbable 4-1 victory Thursday night

DENVER – Mike Ribeiro’s dazzling new backward spin move was going so well in practice, he decided to debut it in a game.The flamboyant manoeuvre worked there, too

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Roberto Luongo made Ryan Kesler’s lone power-play goal stand up Thursday as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Los Angeles Kings 1-0

Movements in the world of hockey Thursday:National Hockey LeagueBOSTON BRUINS-Recalled F Vladimir Sobotka from Providence (AHL).CALGARY FLAMES-Re-signed F David Moss