Month: November 2009

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Scott Nichol took care of the small details that led to a big victory for the San Jose Sharks.Dan Boyle scored with a minute left in the third period to lift the Sharks to a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:National Hockey LeagueMONTREAL CANADIENS-Reassigned G Robert Mayer from Cincinnati (ECHL) to Hamilton (AHL)

TORONTO – Chris Chelios could find his way back to the NHL this season.

Phoenix Coyotes GM Don Maloney is badly in need of a defenceman and plans to travel to San Antonio to scout the 47-year-old defenceman in person on Friday night

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Blues believed they were due for a breakout game at home. Andy McDonald, Brad Boyes and David Perron paved the way for an offensive outburst

MONTREAL – A physical game between Canadian rivals turned into a goaltending duel and it was Calgary’s Miikka Kiprusoff who got the better of Montreal’s Jaroslav Halak

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Alexander Salak made 38 saves for Rochester as the Americans beat the Hamilton Bulldogs 4-1 in American Hockey League action Tuesday

OTTAWA – Jason Spezza may have scored the deciding goal in the shootout, but Pascal Leclaire won the game for the Ottawa Senators.Leclaire made 31 saves and the Senators twice came from behind for a 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night

TORONTO – The work-in-progress Toronto Maple Leafs took a big step backwards Tuesday night after two weeks of steady gains, following up one of their best performances of the season with one of their worst

BOSTON – Ex-Penguin Mark Recchi knows Sidney Crosby too well to think that his current slump might be a long-term condition.”It’s just one of those things where he’s in a rut right now,” Recchi said after tallying his 900th career assist in the Boston Bruins’ 3-0 victory over Pittsburgh

TORONTO – Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Mike Komisarek left Tuesday night’s game versus the Minnesota Wild with a lower-body injury.It’s unclear when he was injured

TORONTO – The NHL is thinking about trying to renegotiate the contentions lease agreement between the Phoenix Coyotes and the city of Glendale

TORONTO – The first day of GM meetings didn’t produce many fireworks – although the group decided not to recommend a change to the trapezoid rule that limits where goalies can play the puck behind their net

Veteran Sabres forward Adam Mair has cleared waivers and will be staying in Buffalo.Coach Lindy Ruff said Tuesday he’s electing to keep Mair in Buffalo as an extra forward rather than send him to Portland, Maine, the Sabres’ American Hockey League affiliate

According to the Los Angeles Daily News, Anaheim goalie J-S Giguere would rather call it a career than be a backup in the NHL.

Giguere hasn’t played since Oct

ST. LOUIS – Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo is back in the Canucks’ net after missing two weeks because of a broken rib.Luongo, who hadn’t played since he was injured on Oct

OTTAWA – Sergei Kostitsyn scored the lone goal as the Hamilton Bulldogs beat the Binghamton Senators 1-0 in American Hockey League play Sunday

Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward remained in an Ohio hospital after his leg was cut by a skate, and general manager Jim Rutherford says he could miss up to four weeks

TORONTO – In a salary cap system, it’s hard to imagine there’ll be another NHL team as powerful as the 2002 Detroit Red Wings.There are as many as 10 players from that group that could one day be enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame – not to mention coach Scotty Bowman, who was inducted back in 1991

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Joe Pavelski’s return from a broken foot provided a jolt to the San Jose Sharks and helped deliver a convincing victory over the Stanley Cup champions

CALGARY – In his first meeting against the team that drafted him, Nigel Dawes had a career night.Dawes assisted on all three Calgary goals and Miikka Kiprusoff had 32 saves as the Flames beat the New York Rangers 3-1 Saturday night for their third win in a row