Month: September 2009

PHILADELPHIA – James van Riemsdyk, vying for a roster spot at left wing, scored two goals to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to their first pre-season win, 5-2 over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night

TORONTO – The kid sure is stubborn.Nazem Kadri knows that his chances of playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season are extremely slim, but that hasn’t kept him from showing a real sense of occasion during training camp

DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche will be without Tom Preissing for four to six weeks after the defenceman had a scope done on his right knee.The Avalanche acquired Preissing, along with defenceman Kyle Quincey, in a deal that sent Ryan Smyth to the Los Angeles Kings during the off-season

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Buffalo Sabres have assigned former first-round draft pick Tyler Ennis and 13 other players to the minors.Ennis’ demotion to AHL Portland was announced Tuesday, a week after the forward signed a three-year contract

Even though Joel Quenneville knows that business trips in Europe were tough on NHL coaches last season, he has no qualms about heading there with his Chicago Blackhawks

EDMONTON – The first cuts might be the deepest, but now is when the trimming gets tough as Edmonton Oilers coach Pat Quinn and his staff pare down the roster in preparation for the start of the season

OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators returned defenceman Jared Cowen to the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League on Tuesday.The 18-year-old Saskatoon native was selected by the Senators with the ninth overall pick in the 2009 NHL entry draft

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Wild have assigned defenceman Tyler Cuma to Ottawa of the Ontario Hockey League.The 19-year-old was Minnesota’s first-round pick in 2008 and is coming off a left knee injury in February

CHICAGO – Chicago Blackhawks right-winger Adam Burish will be out for six months after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during a pre-season game against Minnesota on Sunday

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Theoren Fleury passed another test along his improbable comeback trail Monday night.Fleury showed that he could withstand the rigours of back-to-back games after being away from the NHL for six years as his Calgary Flames dropped a 5-4 shootout decision to the Vancouver Canucks

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Corey Perry and Teemu Selanne each scored their first goal of the pre-season to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Monday night

Movements in the world of hockey Monday:National Hockey LeagueNHL-Suspended N.Y. Islanders F Pascal Morency for the remainder of the preseason and five regular-season games for as the result of a game misconduct penalty in a preseason game against Calgary on Sept

REGINA – Jason Spezza and Mike Fisher each had a goal and an assist to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in pre-season NHL action Monday night

Less than a year after the death of Alexei Cherepanov, the Kontinental League finds itself again at the center of a medical controversy, this one involving the younger brother of St

MONTREAL – When the Montreal Canadiens acquired Brian Gionta and Scott Gomez in the off-season, it was partly because of the success they had together with the New Jersey Devils a few years ago

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Derick Brassard had a goal and two assists to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 5-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Monday night

ATLANTA – Bryan Little scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, Nik Antropov had three assists in his first home game with Atlanta and the Thrashers took a 4-2 pre-season win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night

WASHINGTON – Drew Stafford and Patrick Kaleta scored 11 seconds apart to lift the Buffalo Sabres to a 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Monday night in a pre-season game

NEW YORK – Marian Gaborik was nervous.Already facing the pressure of coming to the New York Rangers to be the centrepiece of an offence that has struggled in recent years, Gaborik took to the ice at Madison Square Garden for the first time since signing a big deal

NEW YORK – Sean Avery has been sidelined by a sprained right knee, an injury sustained in the morning skate before the New York Rangers faced the Detroit Red Wings