Month: September 2009

BUFFALO, N.Y. – First-round pick Zack Kassian is one of six Buffalo Sabres prospects returned to their respective Canadian junior clubs.A gritty forward who was selected 13th overall in the NHL draft in June, Kassian was returned to Peterborough of the Ontario Hockey League

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Forward Jared Staal was one of three players re-assigned to junior by the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday.The 19-year-old is the younger brother of Eric (Carolina), Marc (N

MONTREAL – With Jay Bouwmeester gone, the Florida Panthers hope their new-look defence includes a fully healthy Bryan Allen.The 29-year-old played only two games last season before he had to go for microfracture surgery on a knee, which caused him to miss the rest of the 2008-09 campaign

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Wild have signed right-winger Petr Sykora to a one-year contract.Sykora skated with the team on a tryout basis for two practices

TORONTO – Former Toronto Maple Leafs captain Rick Vaive is scheduled to appear in court next week to face impaired driving charges.Vaive was arrested in Vaughan, Ont

Results Wednesday:QMJHLVictoriaville 2 Baie-Comeau 1Maritime Jr. ANo Games Scheduled.AJHLBrooks 4 Drumheller 0Spruce Grove 4 Lloydminster 1B

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Bobby Ryan scored twice in regulation and again leading off the shootout, helping the Anaheim Ducks beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 in their pre-season opener on Wednesday night

EDMONTON – Sheldon Souray scored the game-winner with just 2:15 to play giving the Edmonton Oilers a 3-2 pre-season victory over New York Wednesday night and spoiling John Tavares’s debut with the Islanders

DALLAS – Brad Richards converted in the third round of the shootout after scoring a goal in regulation to lift the Dallas Stars to a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night in the pre-season opener for both teams

Movements in the world of hockey Wednesday:National Hockey LeagueATLANTA THRASHERS-Assigned F Michael Forney, F Tomas Pospisil, F Matt Siddall and D Scott Lehman to Chicago (AHL)

NEWARK, N.J. – New Devils coach Jacques Lemaire smiled and shrugged when asked why Brendan Shanahan sported the captain’s ‘C’ in the absence of Jamie Langenbrunner

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings and the Philadelphia Flyers were rusty in the pre-season opener for both teams. The Red Wings fans, though, seem to be in mid-season form

OTTAWA – Even though pre-season records don’t mean that much, the Ottawa Senators were clearly frustrated after dropping their second straight to Florida

TORONTO – These certainly look like Brian Burke’s Toronto Maple Leafs.As the puck dropped on another pre-season, there were fists and bodies flying all over the Air Canada Centre ice – examples of the “truculence” the team’s general manager is so fond of

MONTREAL – The NHL job offers never materialized for Guy Carbonneau this off-season, so the former Habs coach figured he’d spruce up his hockey resume

TORONTO – Forget Bourne and Kraatz, Sale and Pelletier, Underhill and Martini. The new ice dance pairs to watch are Bourne and Lemieux, Sale and Simpson, Underhill and Duguay

PITTSBURGH – Marc-Andre Fleury spent the summer of 2008 being constantly reminded about the save he didn’t make.With the Pittsburgh Penguins desperate to win Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final against Detroit and force a Game 7, Fleury deflected a Henrik Zetterberg shot 7 1/2 minutes into the third period

GLENDALE, Ariz. – With only a couple thousand on hand, if that, the Phoenix Coyotes began an uncertain pre-season with a 4-2 split-squad win over the Los Angeles Kings

CALGARY – It’s early in the pre-season but new Edmonton linemates Patrick O’Sullivan and Mike Comrie are already looking comfortable as linemates

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:National Hockey LeagueCOLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Signed C Antoine Vermette to a five-year contract extension through the 2014-15 season