Month: November 2009

DALLAS – The Columbus Blue Jackets didn’t back down in a fight-filled first period, using a pair of special-teams goals to maintain the best start in franchise history

NASHVILLE – After coming within one game of setting an NHL record for road wins to start the season, the New Jersey Devils have dropped two consecutive games away from the Garden State

ST. LOUIS – Erik Johnson showed why the St. Louis Blues took him with the first pick in the 2006 NHL entry draft.The defenceman finished off the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday night with an end-to-end rush that ended with Johnson firing a wrist shot past goalie Ilya Bryzgalov from the high slot 17 seconds into overtime for a 3-2 victory

OTTAWA – The 800-game mark will only come along once in Chris Phillips’ career.Scoring two goals in the same game has arrived with only slightly more frequency for the Ottawa Senators defenceman

ATLANTA – The Boston Bruins finally figured out how to win a game after 60 minutes were up.Patrice Bergeron had the only goal of the shootout after Michael Ryder scored twice in regulation, lifting Boston to a 4-3 victory over Atlanta that snapped the Thrashers’ four-game winning streak Thursday night

Rallying from big deficits, scoring timely goals with the clock winding down. These are the kinds of dramatics that helped the Carolina Hurricanes reach the Eastern Conference finals last season

MONTREAL – Canada’s synchronized swimming team didn’t have to think long about a theme that represents their country for one of the top acts at the upcoming FINA World Trophy competition – hockey

VANCOUVER, B.C. – While the focus at Vancouver Canucks practice Thursday was supposed to be on the impending return of sniper Daniel Sedin, much of the attention instead centred around a shot that had nothing to do with pucks

Team Canada’s management group continues to traverse the continent with an eye on assembling a squad capable of winning Olympic gold in Vancouver

EDMONTON – With the puck nestled in the net and the crowd at Rexall Place roaring, Patrick O’Sullivan threw his arms in the air and looked skyward in a goal celebration that seemed equal parts relief and elation

DALLAS – The Dallas Stars have placed winger Fabian Brunnstrom on the injured list with a shoulder injury.The move Thursday was retroactive to Nov

The Carolina Hurricanes have placed goalie Cam Ward and All-star centre Eric Staal on the injured list.The team said Thursday that Ward was put on the long-term injured list, while Staal was placed on injured list

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated forward Raffi Torres off injured reserve, and he is expected to play in the club’s game on Thursday night in Dallas

AHL Hamilton 2 Abbotsford 1Adirondack 2 Toronto 0Albany 5 Syracuse 2 Binghamton 2 Hartford 1 (SO)Houston 1 Peoria 0Norfolk 2 Manchester 1 (SO)Portland 5 Worcester 3 Springfield 4 Lowell 3Texas 3 Rockford 1ECHLVictoria 5 Idaho 3Bakersfield 4 Ontario 3 (SO)Charlotte 7 South Carolina 0Reading 5 Florida 3Trenton 4 Cincinnati 2IHLMuskegon 5 Port Huron 3 CentralNo Games Scheduled

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – The Hamilton Bulldogs picked up a 2-1 win over the Abbotsford Heat in American Hockey League action Wednesday night.Hamilton (10-3-4) took a 2-0 lead early in the second when David Desharnais completed a 2-on-1 with Mike Glumac, beating Heat netminder Matt Keetley

Scoring summaries from Wednesday’s games in the NHL:Avalanche 4 at Oilers 6First Period1. Colorado, Hejduk 9 (Preissing, Duchene) 8:262. Edmonton, Horcoff 4 (Hemsky, Visnovsky) 16:393

Movements in the world of hockey Friday:National Hockey LeagueANAHEIM DUCKS-Reassigned LW Matt Beleskey, RW Troy Bodie and D Brett Festerling to Toronto (AHL) and LW Ryan Donally to Bakersfield (ECHL)

LOS ANGELES – Mika Pyorala scored his first NHL goal and backup goalie Brian Boucher made 37 saves as the Philadelphia Flyers opened a trip with their seventh victory in eight games, 3-2 over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night

EDMONTON – Gilbert Brule, Ales Hemsky and Sam Gagner each had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers came from behind to halt a four-game losing streak, defeating the Colorado Avalanche 6-4 on Wednesday night

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – Johan Backlund stopped all 25 shots he faced Wednesday as the Adironack Phantoms shut out the Toronto Marlies 2-0 in American Hockey League action