Month: June 2009

PITTSBURGH – The Stanley Cup was in the building, but the Pittsburgh Penguins made sure it was put back in its case.It won’t be handed out until Friday night at Joe Louis Arena, when the Penguins and Detroit Red Wings will play a Game 7 to determine this season’s NHL champion

HERSHEY, Pa. – Michael Grabner and Cody Hodgson scored two quick goals in the second period as the Manitoba Moose ruined the Hershey Bears’ party plans Tuesday with a 3-2 win in Game 5 of the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup final

The Philadelphia Flyers have called a news conference for Wednesday where they’re expected to announce the signing of goaltender Ray Emery, a source told The Canadian Press on Tuesday

PITTSBURGH – A year ago, Darren Helm helped the Detroit Red Wings win a Stanley Cup but then was sent back to Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League for another year of development

Dany Heatley’s tenure with the Ottawa Senators may be nearing an end.Several media outlets reported Tuesday that Heatley has asked for a trade out of Ottawa, less than two years after signing a US$45-million, six-year deal with the Senators

PHOENIX – Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie could be facing a US$100-million fee for the right to move the Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton.Balsillie’s lawyer Susan Freeman says that’s how much she expects an NHL-imposed relocation fee to be, though the amount was blacked out in court documents

PITTSBURGH – It was another whiteout at Mellon Arena for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final, but the fans outside had to deal with a blackout.NBC again refused to allow the game to be televised outside the arena, where thousands of fans came out to watch Games 3 and 4

NEWARK, N.J. – Brent Sutter has resigned as the coach of the New Jersey Devils after just two seasons.Sutter cited family reasons in making the decision Tuesday, saying the Devils’ crushing loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 7 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series had nothing to do with it

According to a report from CTV Calgary, Brent Sutter will step down as coach of the New Jersey Devils Tuesday.

It has been rumored Sutter missed his Western Canada roots and would prefer to return to his junior team, the Red Deer Rebels, and be closer to his family

Movements in the world of hockey Monday:National Hockey LeagueANAHEIM DUCKS-Signed RW Mike Brown to a two-year contract extension.ATLANTA THRASHERS-Re-signed F Marty Reasoner

HERSHEY, Pa. – Facing elimination and struggling with exhaustion, Scott Arniel decided the best place for the Manitoba Moose to be Monday was off the ice

Roy Boe, who owned both the Julius Erving-led New York Nets of the ABA and the fledgling New York Islanders of the NHL in the 1970s, has died

PHOENIX – The Detroit Red Wings can win the Stanley Cup for the second straight year on Tuesday night but their clash with the Pittsburgh Penguins may not even be the biggest game of the day in the hockey world

ATLANTA – Forward Marty Reasoner, who set a career high with 14 goals for Atlanta last season, has re-signed with the Thrashers.The 32-year-old Reasoner signed with Atlanta last year after playing with Edmonton for six seasons

LOS ANGELES – The Anaheim Ducks signed right-wing Mike Brown to a two-year contract extension on Monday, allowing the team to keep a reliable penalty killer

PITTSBURGH – This is a defining moment for the Pittsburgh Penguins.Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Marc-Andre Fleury are now the cornerstones of the franchise and a big piece of this team’s history will be written in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final on Tuesday (8 p

DETROIT – Marian Hossa finally has his chance to say I told you so to the boo-birds at Mellon Arena.The spotlight was on the big right-winger from the moment the Stanley Cup match-up was finalized – Pittsburgh, the team he left after last year’s final, against Detroit, the team that beat the Penguins to claim the Cup

TORONTO – It appears Canadian hockey fans may be losing interest in this year’s Stanley Cup rematch – at least, accoring to CBC’s television ratings

HERSHEY, Pa. – On the brink of elimination in the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup final, the Manitoba Moose face a daunting task to keep their season alive

DETROIT – With one more victory, the bruised and battered Detroit Red Wings will be Stanley Cup champions for a second year in a row.It could come exactly as it did a year ago, in Game 6 of the final at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, although Wings forward Dan Cleary warned it is no lock despite Detroit’s total domination of Game 5 – a 5-0 victory at Joe Louis Arena on Saturday night