Month: November 2009

WASHINGTON – Just as Alex Ovechkin is about to return, Mike Knuble breaks a finger and will be sidelined three to four weeks.Time for a pity party for the Washington Capitals? Of course not

TORONTO – Mike Murphy, the NHL’s vice-president of operations, revealed Friday he has cancer.The 59-year-old told a Toronto sports radio station he was diagnosed six weeks ago with Hodgkin’s lymphoma

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated forward Kristian Huselius and placed forward Raffi Torres on the injured list.General manager Scott Howson announced the moves on Friday

OTTAWA – It just wouldn’t be a season for the Ottawa Senators without the requisite questions being raised over the reliability of the team’s goaltending

GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Phoenix Coyotes are still here.

Not only that, they got off to the third-best start in franchise history.

So where have all the fans gone? The players are beginning to wonder

DENVER – Joe Sakic and Mike Shanahan are among a half dozen sports personalities selected for the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame.Sakic, the recently retired Colorado Avalanche captain, will be among the inductees at a banquet on April 20

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Stephane Robidas was surprised when Dallas coach Marc Crawford called his name for the shootout. The defenceman had never attempted a penalty shot during the regular season

GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Montreal Canadiens finally got their power play rolling.

Marc-Andre Bergeron and Glen Metropolit scored 1:02 apart in the third period, the second goal on the power play, and Carey Price made 18 saves in the Canadiens’ 4-2 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday night

MILWAUKEE – Triston Grant scored and goal and an assist and Mark Dekanich made 22 saves as the Milwaukee Admirals downed the Abbotsford Heat 4-1 in AHL action Thursday night

GLENDALE, Ariz. – NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy Bill Daly will meet with Glendale officials Monday to discuss the Phoenix Coyotes’ arena lease and other issues related to the sale of the team

TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Bay coach Rick Tocchet hopes his team learned an important lesson.Ryan Malone tied it with 14.7 seconds left in regulation, and Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos scored in the shootout to give the Lightning a 4-3 comeback win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night

ST. LOUIS – Jordin Tootoo never saw his winning goal go in. His Nashville teammates’ reaction told the story.Tootoo scored on a wrist shot with 3:43 left to give the Predators a 3-1 victory over the St

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings are counting on Jimmy Howard to be their backup goalie.So far, so good. Howard made 31 saves, Henrik Zetterberg scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and Detroit beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Thursday night

PITTSBURGH – The New Jersey Devils’ road winning streak keeps going on and on. Or exactly how an unaccustomed run of losing feels to the beaten-up Pittsburgh Penguins

PHILADELPHIA – Ray Emery admitted that it was a special night – and that he was relieved when it was over.Emery made 22 saves in his first start against his former team, and Danny Briere scored two goals to help the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory

BOSTON – The Florida Panthers were content to take the game into a shootout. At least that way they knew they’d get off three more shots.Tomas Vokoun stopped 40 shots for his third shutout in four games, and Cory Stillman scored in the fourth round of the shootout to give the Panthers a 1-0 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night

NEW YORK – A bit of bad weather was all Ilya Kovalchuk needed to make a quicker return to the Atlanta Thrashers.Out since Oct. 24 when the Thrashers captain broke his right foot when struck by a puck, Kovalchuk came back Thursday night and led the Thrashers to a 5-3 victory over the New York Rangers

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings scratched goalies Chris Osgood and forward Kirk Maltby against the Vancouver Canucks because they were feeling ill

ATLANTA – One day after Ilya Kovalchuk was ruled out of the Atlanta Thrashers’ game against the New York Rangers, the star forward was back in the lineup after a lengthy absence

TORONTO – Anaheim Ducks goaltending prospect Igor Bobkov and New York Islanders draft pick Kirill Petrov headline the Russian roster chosen to face Canada’s top junior players in an annual six-game series starting Monday