Month: September 2009

There’s no imminent danger of Pittsburgh Penguins brass, including owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle, giving up their day jobs, but they have a jump start on new careers

WASHINGTON – Who would ever have imagined it? The Capitals are the “it” team in Washington.They have the most popular athlete in the city – sorry, Redskins – and expect to sell out every game

He helped his country win an Olympic gold medal, and is considered by many the greatest Swedish hockey player ever, but one of the things Mats Sundin is most proud of during his career is being a Toronto Maple Leaf

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:National Hockey LeagueATLANTA THRASHERS-Agreed to terms with D Mark Popovic and F Maxim Afinogenov.COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Placed F Fredrik Modin on injured reserve

PHILADELPHIA – Antti Miettinen scored the deciding goal in a shootout to give the Minnesota Wild a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in the final pre-season game for both teams on Tuesday

NEWARK, N.J. – Zach Parise and Travis Zajac each had a goal and an assist and the New Jersey Devils defeated the New York Islanders 4-2 in the pre-season finale for both teams Tuesday night

Pity Adam Foote.Even though the veteran defenceman has accomplished just about everything imaginable during his NHL career, a small cloth letter has given him some seriously big skates to fill this season

ATLANTA – Forward Maxim Afinogenov and defenceman Mark Popovic, who played in the pre-season with the Atlanta Thrashers on pro tryouts, have signed with the team

GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Phoenix signed veteran centre Robert Lang to a one-year contract Tuesday.Terms of the contract were not disclosed. “We are very pleased to have signed Robert Lang,” Coyotes general manager Don Maloney said in a statement

ZURICH – ZSC Lions beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 Tuesday in an exhibition game to win the Victoria Cup trophy, marking the Zurich club’s biggest success against an NHL team

TORONTO – Former NHL goaltender Kevin Weekes says he always knew he was going to become a broadcaster once his hockey career ended, it just came down to timing

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Wild have reduced their active roster to the regular season limit of 23 players.They assigned right-winger Craig Weller to Houston of the American Hockey League

CHICAGO – The short off-season was an eventful one for the Chicago Blackhawks. Four months after they skated off after a loss in the Western Conference final, they’re ready to make another run at the Stanley Cup

LINKOPING, Sweden – Paul Kariya scored twice in the second period to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 6-0 victory over Swedish Elite League club Linkoping in a pre-season game Tuesday

How about a Stanley Cup parade down Robson St.? Or maybe a championship celebration on the Red Mile?The Canadian Press’ hockey writers have pulled out a crystal ball to make some predictions about the upcoming NHL season and see Vancouver and Calgary as the teams most likely to end the country’s 17-year Stanley Cup drought

EDMONTON – Dr. Quinn is in – just in time for the team everyone agrees needs a heart transplant.The Edmonton Oilers and new head coach Pat Quinn open their NHL regular season Saturday against the Calgary Flames in what they hope will be a new beginning for a lurching franchise

TORONTO – “Hockey Night in Canada” loudmouth Don Cherry will be among the celebrity judges assessing the axel jumps and death spirals that former figure skaters and NHL players plan to unleash on the reality series, “Battle of the Blades,” says “Blades” co-host Ron MacLean

OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators assigned defencemen Christoph Schubert and Brian Lee to Binghamton of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.Schubert had six points (3-3) in 50 games for Ottawa last season

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed forward Fredrik Modin on injured reserve and made several other moves to reduce their roster to 23 players heading into Saturday’s opener against Minnesota