Month: October 2009

Don Maloney has plenty of on-the-job experience when it comes to evaluating whether a teenager belongs in the NHL.Over the past two seasons, Peter Mueller, Kyle Turris, Viktor Tikhonov and Mikkel Boedker have all spent significant time with his Phoenix Coyotes prior to celebrating their 20th birthday

NASHVILLE – The Nashville Predators have placed captain Jason Arnott on injured reserve and recalled two players from Milwaukee in the AHL.Arnott hurt his left arm in the third period Saturday night in a shootout loss at Washington

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild centre Mikko Koivu has been chosen as team captain for the season.The 26-year-old Koivu has become arguably the Wild’s best all-around player

OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators signed defenceman Matt Carkner to a US$1.4-million, two-year contract extension Tuesday.The 28-year-old native of Winchester, Ont

ATLANTA – Atlanta centre Rich Peverley, who has seven points in the Thrashers’ first five games, has signed a two-year contract extension.Thrashers general manager Don Waddell did not disclose terms of the deal on Tuesday

CHICAGO – Chris Chelios will make his debut with the Chicago Wolves on Friday night after signing with the American Hockey League club on Tuesday

DALLAS – The Dallas Stars placed centre Mike Modano and winger Jere Lehtinen on injured reserve Tuesday.For Modano, the move is retroactive to Oct

PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Flyers acquired forward Stefan Legein from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday in exchange for defenceman Michael Ratchuk

Scoring summaries from Monday’s NHL games:Canucks 1 at Oilers 2First Period1. Vancouver, Bernier 2 (Wellwood) 6:32Penalties – Rypien Vcr, Stortini Edm (fighting) 2:50, Burrows Vcr (elbowing) 10:41, Comrie Edm (holding) 16:18

EDMONTON – Nikolai Khabibulin made 39 saves as the Edmonton Oilers held on for a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday.Sam Gagner scored the third period winner for the Oilers (5-2-1) who have won four of their last five outings

Movements in the world of hockey:National Hockey LeagueNEW JERSEY DEVILS-Placed D Cory Murphy on waivers.NEW YORK RANGERS-Reassigned F Ryan Hillier to Hartford (AHL)

DALLAS – Ryan Smyth had a power-play goal and two assists, Justin Williams added a goal and an assist, and the road-weary Los Angeles Kings snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Monday night

HAMILTON, Ont. – Defenceman Nolan Baumgartner scored in overtime as the Manitoba Moose overcame a slow start to beat the Hamilton Bulldogs 2-1 in American Hockey League action on Monday night

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Providence Bruins centre Vladimir Sobotka is the American Hockey League’s player of the week after recording three goals, three assists and a plus-4 rating in two games

NEW YORK – Devin Setoguchi scored two of San Jose’s six consecutive goals and the Sharks took advantage of New York backup goalie Steve Valiquette in a 7-3 comeback victory Monday night that snapped the Rangers’ seven-game winning streak

BOSTON – Rugged Boston Bruins winger Milan Lucic underwent successful surgery over the weekend to repair his broken right index finger.Lucic was injured during Friday’s 3-0 win over Dallas when he threw a hit on Stephane Robidas in the corner

MONTREAL – Marc-Andre Bergeron spent the summer waiting for a call at home in Trois-Rivieres, Que., but the phone didn’t ring until nearly a week into the NHL regular season

PITTSBURGH – There’s been no post-Stanley Cup slump yet for the champion Pittsburgh Penguins.More like a Stanley Cup surge.They are 7-1 with no losses yet in five road games

CALGARY – One week after losing 2-1 to the Blue Jackets in Columbus, the Calgary Flames have revenge on their minds.On Tuesday, the Flames (5-2-1) will welcome the Jackets (5-1-0) to the Pengrowth Saddledome, where they’ve compiled a 3-1 record

NEW YORK – A pair of goaltenders for upstart teams and a familiar face fill out the NHL’s three stars of the week.Ilya Bryzgalov of the Phoenix Coyotes was named the top star after posting a 3-0-0 record