Month: November 2009

TORONTO – The NHL Players’ Association is preparing to launch a search for a new executive director while examining its own constitution, and outgoing Major League Baseball Players Association head Donald Fehr will help on both fronts

NEW YORK – NHL commissioner Gary Bettman reinstated Henry Samueli as owner of the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday, lifting a ban imposed two summers ago after the billionaire philanthropist’s guilty plea to a felony count of lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission

TORONTO – The NHL handed down an automatic one-game suspension to Vancouver Canucks forward Darcy Hordichuk and fined head coach Alain Vigneault US$10,000 on Thursday

TORONTO – Rob Zamuner and P.J. Stock are heading out on a road trip unlike any they ever experienced during their NHL careers.Starting Friday in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden, the former Boston Bruins teammates will visit 10 countries in as many days to hand out hockey equipment on behalf of the NHL Players’ Association Goals & Dreams fund

TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs expect to be without hard-hitting defenceman Mike Komisarek for three weeks after placing him on injured reserve Thursday with a quadriceps injury

CHICAGO – Even though more than 15 minutes remained in regulation when Chicago’s Cam Barker scored the tying goal, there was little doubt where the game was headed

Edmonton left wing Liam Reddox was knocked out of the Oilers’ 3-1 loss at Buffalo when he was rammed headfirst into the boards by Clarke MacArthur late in the third period

WASHINGTON – The Washington Capitals keep finding different ways to win without top scorer Alex Ovechkin.Chris Clark scored the deciding goal in the 11th round of the shootout, and backup goalie Semyon Varlamov came on in relief and carried the Washington Capitals to a 5-4 comeback victory over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Blue Jackets were supposed to have learned something from their first playoff experience – a first-round sweep at the hands of the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings

BUFFALO, N.Y. – With the game on the line, the Buffalo penalty killers came up big.Ryan Miller made 28 saves, and the Sabres killed off a late five-minute penalty to snap a two-game losing streak in a 3-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night

Jamie Langenbrunner and the New Jersey Devils keep finding ways to win despite an injury list that grows longer every day.Langenbrunner and Zach Parise each had a goal and an assist, and Martin Brodeur made 31 saves as the Devils extended their winning streak to six games with a 3-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night

Leave it to the new guy to show the Los Angeles Kings how to finish.Randy Jones had a goal and an assist in his debut with the Kings, and Los Angeles beat Carolina 5-2 on Wednesday night to extend the Hurricanes’ winless streak to 13

NEW YORK – For the fourth straight year, the Toronto Maple Leafs are the NHL’s most valuable team, according to Forbes magazine’s annual survey

DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche have activated forward Darcy Tucker from the injured reserve list.He was activated in time for Wednesday night’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks

The struggling Carolina Hurricanes have placed goalie Cam Ward on injured reserve with a left leg injury.The Hurricanes made a pair of moves before Wednesday night’s game against Los Angeles

TORONTO – The NHL’s general managers are getting closer to making a recommendation about how to curb headshots.The league’s 30 GMs and their assistants wrapped up meetings with a discussion of the issue Wednesday and decided to formulate a small committee to take a closer look at it before they get together again in March

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings have claimed forward Drew Miller off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning.The 25-year-old native of Dover, N

ATLANTA – Atlanta Thrashers star Ilya Kovalchuk will be with the team for Thursday night’s game at the New York Rangers after all.Hours after team spokesman Rob Koch said Kovalchuk did not accompany the Thrashers to New York on Wednesday, Koch said late Wednesday night a weather delay before the flight changed the plan

Results Tuesday:AHL Rochester 4 Hamilton 1Binghamton 5 Norfolk 3ECHLBakersfield 3 Stockton 2South Carolina 4 Elmira 3 (SO)Utah 3 Las Vegas 2IHLNo Games Scheduled

Scoring summaries from Tuesday’s NHL games:Wild 5 at Maple Leafs 2First Period1. Minnesota, Havlat 2 (Hnidy) 17:42 (pp)2. Toronto, Ponikarovsky 7 (White, Kaberle) 18:08Penalties – Ponikarovsky Tor (boarding) 4:52, Wallin Tor (holding the stick) 16:07