Month: May 2009

Pierre McGuire has become a prominent voice in hockey through years of blunt analysis from the broadcast booth.Now he’s interested in running a team himself

PHOENIX – Jim Balsillie isn’t the only potential bidder eyeing the Phoenix Coyotes.A group headed by Coyotes minority partner John Breslow also has interest in trying to purchase the team, his lawyer Scott Cohen confirmed to a handful of media outlets

PITTSBURGH – No team in the Eastern Conference playoffs has found a Crosby stopper, a defensively skilled forward who is effective game after game in slowing Sidney Crosby

CHICAGO – A stinging overtime loss still fresh on their minds less than 24 hours later, the Chicago Blackhawks were hoping to rest and regroup Wednesday

PHILADELPHIA – Flyers captain Mike Richards has started using small weights as he recovers from surgery on both shoulders, and centre Danny Briere’s eyes are still sensitive to light a day after having corrective eye surgery

ZURICH, Switzerland – The Chicago Blackhawks will play Swiss champion Davos to begin its first European visit in 17 years, the International Ice Hockey Federation said Wednesday

Blackhawks 2 at Red Wings 3 (OT)First Period1. Chicago, Toews 5 (Havlat, Barker) 12:49 (pp)2. Detroit, Rafalski 2 (Lidstrom, Datsyuk) 16:43 (pp)Penalties – Chicago bench (too many men; served by Versteeg) 7:14, Samuelsson Det (cross-checking) 10:33, Stuart Det (tripping) 11:34, Holmstrom Det (goaltender interference) 13:41, Toews Chi (tripping) 15:26

Results Tuesday:AHL PlayoffsNo Games Scheduled.ECHL PlayoffsNo Games Scheduled.Memorial CupCanadian Major Junior Hockey Championship At Rimouski, Que

DETROIT – Mikael Samuelsson scored 5:14 into overtime, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night and a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals

PITTSBURGH – The Carolina Hurricanes are never one and done.Lose the first game of a playoff series? No big deal to the Hurricanes, who usually play their best when challenged

PHOENIX – A bankruptcy hearing that could determine the fate of the Phoenix Coyotes is underway.But there won’t be a decision Tuesday, according to Judge Redfield T

RIMOUSKI, Que. – Count ex-teammate Warren Rychel as one who thinks Patrick Roy would make an excellent NHL coach.Rychel, now general manager and co-owner of the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires, said Tuesday that Roy’s fiery nature and will to win could help make the Colorado Avalanche a league power again

According to a report in the Toronto Sun a condition in Chicago Bulls and White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf’s bid to buy the Phoenix Coyotes is that coach Wayne Gretzky leaves the team

Results Monday:Memorial CupCanadian Major Junior Hockey Championship At Rimouski, Que.Round Robin Kelowna 6 Drummondville 4AHL PlayoffsConference Finals(Best-of-7)Western Conference Manitoba 4 Houston 3(Manitoba leads series 3-0) ECHL PlayoffsNo Games Scheduled

Scoring summary from Monday’s NHL playoff game:Hurricanes 2 at Penguins 3First Period1. Pittsburgh, Satan 1 (Cooke, Gill) 9:172. Pittsburgh, Malkin 7 (Boucher) 10:41Penalties – E

PITTSBURGH – Philippe Boucher and Miroslav Satan were missing when the Pittsburgh Penguins made the late-season surge that carried them from 10th place in the Eastern Conference to a third consecutive trip to the playoffs

PHOENIX – The immediate future of the Phoenix Coyotes should become a little clearer on Tuesday.That’s when Judge Redfield Baum will preside over an afternoon bankruptcy hearing and determine who controls the Coyotes

BOSTON – Zdeno Chara slung the big black equipment bag over his back and walked down the hall outside the Bruins locker room and into an off-season of healing

DETROIT – Patrick Kane glanced at the scoresheet and noticed he was one of three Chicago Blackhawks held without a shot by the Detroit Red Wings after Game 1 of the Western Conference finals

PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia Flyers centre Danny Briere will have corrective eye surgery Tuesday.General manager Paul Holmgren says Briere will have a procedure called photorefractive keratectomy