Month: September 2009

MONTREAL – Goalie Cedrick Desjardins, defenceman P.K. Subban and forward David Desharnais were among 17 players cut by the Montreal Canadiens on Monday

CALGARY – Part of the preparation that put the Canadian women’s hockey team light years ahead of the competition en route to Olympic gold in 2006 starts again Thursday

DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche have signed second-round draft pick Ryan O’Reilly to a three-year, entry-level contract.The 18-year-old forward has played for the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League the last two seasons

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Dave King’s path back to the NHL is taking him to the desert.The veteran coach has been hired as an assistant by the Phoenix Coyotes

TORONTO – The National Hockey League suspended New York Islanders forward Pascal Morency for five regular season games and the remainder of the pre-season Monday

There will be more arguments heard in court before Judge Redfield T. Baum decides who controls the beleaguered Phoenix Coyotes.Baum has called an emergency hearing for Wednesday to give NHL lawyers an opportunity to present arguments against Jerry Moyes’ request that the league be forced to mediate “key sale issues” in the complicated case

DENVER – Milan Hejduk scored 48 seconds into overtime to lift the Colorado Avalanche to a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues in an NHL pre-season game Sunday night

CALGARY – Theoren Fleury can still electrify the Pengrowth Saddledome.Fleury scored a breakaway goal that brought the Saddledome crowd of 19,289 to its feet, Curtis Glencross had a goal and four assists and the Calgary Flames beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 in NHL pre-season action Sunday

SASKATOON – It didn’t take long for John Tavares to produce the first point of his young professional career.The 2009 first-overall pick in the NHL Entry Draft assisted on Matt Moulson’s second period power-play goal Sunday as the New York Islanders beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 in pre-season play

QUEBEC – Michael Ryder and Chuck Kobasew scored as the Boston Bruins downed the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 in an NHL pre-season match-up Sunday night before packed grandstands at the Quebec Colisee

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Martin Havlat’s first two goals in a Minnesota uniform helped the Wild blank the Chicago Blackhawks 3-0 on Sunday.Havlat, who came to Minnesota over the summer as a free agent after spending the previous three seasons in Chicago, needed just 84 seconds to score on a tap-in after a pass from Benoit Pouliot

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Patrick Marleau scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner in overtime, and San Jose beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5-4 to win in the Sharks’ debut of Dany Heatley on Saturday night

LOS ANGELES – Brayden Schenn, Los Angeles’ No. 1 draft pick, scored his first two goals of the pre-season and Ryan Smyth also had a goal to lead the Kings to a 4-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Darcy Hordichuk’s third-period goal sparked the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in NHL pre-season action Saturday night

CHICAGO – Chicago forward Kris Versteeg suffered an upper-body injury in the Blackhawks’ 3-2 pre-season overtime loss to the Washington Capitals on Saturday night and will be day to day

SASKATOON – With only a handful of full-time NHL players dressed on both sides, the New York Islanders overcame the Calgary Flames 4-2 in pre-season action Saturday night in Saskatoon

CHICAGO – Mathieu Perreault sent a loose puck past Chicago goalie Cristobal Huet at 4:48 of overtime to lift the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 pre-season win over the Blackhawks on Saturday night

ST. LOUIS – Jamie Benn scored twice, including a breakaway goal 12:06 into the third period, and the Dallas Stars earned a 4-2 exhibition victory over the St

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Shea Weber scored a power-play goal with 29 seconds left in the third period to give the Nashville Predators a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night

TORONTO – On the day they introduced Phil Kessel, the Toronto Maple Leafs showed their newest goal-scoring sensation they know a thing or two about offensive outbursts