Month: November 2009

PHILADELPHIA – Tyler Ennis described his first game in the NHL as an awesome experience.Ennis scored his first NHL goal and Ryan Miller stopped 29 shots to help the Buffalo Sabres snap the Philadelphia Flyers’ five game winning streak, 3-2 on Saturday night

ROCKFORD, Ill. – Rockford scored four times in the first period Saturday as the IceHogs went on to beat the Abbotsford Heat 6-3 in American Hockey League action

NASHVILLE – A record-breaking night for the Nashville Predators left them victorious, while a record-tying night for Carey Price left him with a loss

TAMPA, Fla. – Jonathan Quick and the Los Angeles Kings rebounded quickly from a one-sided loss.Anze Kopitar scored the lone shootout goal as the Kings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Saturday night

The New Jersey Devils are playing so well that even an early two-goal deficit is no sweat.Zach Parise’s breakaway highlighted a three-goal second period, and the Devils won their eighth straight game with a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night

TORONTO – Everything about Brent Sutter’s body language suggested he was discussing a Calgary Flames loss.Shoulders slightly slumped, the coach carefully chose his words while summing up the end of the team’s successful three game road trip through Eastern Canada

ST. LOUIS – Blues president John Davidson was honoured again less than a week after receiving the Foster Hewitt Award for broadcasting during the Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony

OTTAWA – Jason Spezza’s appreciation of the shootout is better some days than others. Saturday was not one of the days he’s a fan.”When you win them, they’re fine,” the Senators centre said after Ottawa fell 2-1 in shootout to the New York Rangers before a crowd of 17,561 at Scotiabank Place

Scoring summaries from Friday’s NHL games:Flames 1 at Sabres 2 (SO)First Period1. Calgary, Langkow 6 (Dawes, Bourque) 1:042. Buffalo, Roy 4 (MacArthur, Vanek) 16:54 (pp)Penalties – Prust Cal, Mair Buf (fighting) 5:02, Pardy Cal (hooking) 9:14, Iginla Cal, Kaleta Buf (unsportsmanlike conduct) 11:54, Prust Cal (holding stick) 16:36

Results Saturday:AHL Hamilton 5 Syracuse 1Manitoba 2 Toronto 1 (SO)Rockford 6 Abbotsford 3Adirondack 3 Bridgeport 2 (SO)Albany 2 Norfolk 1 (OT)Chicago 4 Texas 3 (OT)Hartford 4 Worcester 0Hershey 3 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 1Lake Erie 3 Houston 1Lowell 5 Providence 3Manchester 6 Binghamton 5 (SO)Peoria 5 Milwaukee 4Rochester 3 Grand Rapids 1ECHLVictoria 4 Ontario 0Alaska 7 Bakersfield 1Elmira 11 Gwinnett 3Florida 5 Toledo 4 (OT)Idaho 4 Stockton 2Johnstown 6 Wheeling 5 (OT)Kalamazoo 3 Cincinnati 2Reading 4 Trenton 3 (SO)South Carolina 3 Charlotte 2 (SO)Utah 8 Las Vegas 3IHLBloomington 5 Quad City 2Fort Wayne 2 Dayton 1 (OT)Port Huron 5 Flint 1CentralBossier-Shreveport 3 Rapid City 2 (SO)Colorado 3 Allen 2Corpus Christi 6 Arizona 4Missouri 4 Wichita 2Odessa 5 Amarillo 2Rio Grande Valley 5 Texas 2Tulsa 4 Mississippi 1QMJHLChicoutimi 4 Lewiston 3 (SO)Halifax 4 Baie-Comeau 1 Quebec 6 Rimouski 3 Rouyn-Noranda 2 Cape Breton 1 Saint John 8 Acadie-Bathurst 2 Val-d’Or 3 Montreal 1 Shawinigan at P

Movements in the world of hockey Friday:National Hockey LeagueATLANTA THRASHERS-Reassigned RW Spencer Machacek to Chicago (AHL).COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Activated F Kristian Huselius from injured reserve

CHICAGO – No breather for the Chicago Blackhawks, just another home victory.Chicago got an unassisted goal from Patrick Kane early in the game, built a three-goal lead and held to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Friday night

BUFFALO, N.Y. – In a matchup between two of the best goalies in the NHL, Ryan Miller didn’t blink.Jason Pominville scored the winner in the fourth round of the shootout, and Miller made 25 saves to help the Buffalo Sabres beat Calgary 2-1 on Friday night, snapping the Flames’ winning streak at four games

WINNIPEG – Manitoba Moose head coach Scott Arniel was happy to see his team do some rare moves Friday night – like raising their arms after a goal

PEORIA, Ill. – Jason Jaffray scored twice as the Abbotsford Heat hammered the Peoria Rivermen 6-0 in American Hockey League action Friday.Peter Vandermeer, David Van der Gulik, Colin Stuart and John Negrin also scored for the Heat who improved to 9-6-3 despite only going 1-for-9 with the man advantage

ATLANTA – If Ilya Kovalchuk plays this well with a gimpy right foot, how much better will he perform when he’s 100 per cent?Kovalchuk hardly seems to care

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Rick Nash and the Columbus Blue Jackets put a blowout loss behind them in a hurry.Nash scored the winning shootout goal and also had a goal in regulation, and Mathieu Garon stopped both Anaheim shooters in the tiebreaker to give Columbus a 3-2 victory Friday night

WASHINGTON – Washington Capitals right wing Mike Knuble has a broken finger and will be sidelined three to four weeks.Knuble was injured on a power play in the first period of Friday night’s 3-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild

RALEIGH, N.C. – Questionable before the game because of swine flu, Kyle Okposo felt just fine afterward.The New York winger snapped a shot past Carolina netminder Manny Legace at 4:45 of overtime to give the Islanders a 4-3 victory over the Hurricanes on Friday night