Month: December 2009

Hockey Canada is considering changing its New Year’s Eve plans.The organization is thinking of changing date of the unveiling of Canada’s men’s Olympic hockey team to Dec

PITTSBURGH – Kris Versteeg’s timely goal gave Antti Niemi a well-deserved win.Versteeg scored 2:38 into overtime, Niemi stopped 32 of 33 shots, and the Chicago Blackhawks snapped the Pittsburgh Penguins’ five-game home winning streak with a 2-1 victory Saturday night

TAMPA, Fla. – A failed first-period power play hurt the New York Islanders.Rookie defenceman Victor Hedman scored his first NHL goal and Mike Smith made 30 saves to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning past the Islanders 4-0 on Saturday night

SUNRISE, Fla. – Tomas Vokoun was enjoying a brilliant return from a bizarre injury on Saturday night until Ilya Kovalchuk found a way to spoil it

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Wojtek Wolski and the Colorado Avalanche escaped with a road win Saturday night, thanks to some help from a timely replay reversal

NEWARK, N.J. – The New Jersey Devils honoured their 1995 team that swept Detroit to claim the franchise’s first Stanley Cup championship. Then they went out and beat the Red Wings again

BOSTON – The Boston Bruins and their fans showed they didn’t miss Phil Kessel.Marc Savard scored three goals and the raucous crowd helped ruin the return of Boston’s top goal scorer last season, cheering the Bruins to a 7-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night

PHILADELPHIA – New coach, same result for the Philadelphia Flyers.With Peter Laviolette making his Flyers debut behind the bench, Tomas Fleischmann and Mike Green scored two goals apiece, and Nicklas Backstrom added a goal and four assists, leading the streaking Washington Capitals to a 8-2 win over Philadelphia on Saturday night

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Henrik Lundqvist just needed a matchup with the NHL’s top goalie to get back on track.Lundqvist outduelled Buffalo’s Ryan Miller, and the New York Rangers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over the Sabres on Saturday night

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – New York Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro is back in action for the first time in nearly a year.The oft-injured DiPietro began a two-week conditioning assignment with Bridgeport of the AHL on Saturday night and allowed three goals on 13 shots in a 7-3 win against Springfield

TORONTO – After worrying he might witness the overtime winner from the penalty box, Viktor Stalberg ended up scoring it himself.Stalberg scored his second goal of the game late in overtime as the Toronto Marlies downed the Hamilton Bulldogs 6-5 in American Hockey League action Saturday afternoon

LOS ANGELES – Paul Kariya shook off an embarrassing play that led to an early short-handed goal, then did what he does best – score.Kariya found the net twice in the final nine minutes of the third period and the St

PITTSBURGH – Sidney Crosby has been ruled out of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ game against the Chicago Blackhawks with a sore groin, a recurring problem during his five-season career

RALEIGH, N.C. – At least for a game, Erik Cole and the Carolina Hurricanes played like contenders again.Cole scored three goals and the Hurricanes held off the Vancouver Canucks for a 5-3 victory Saturday, ending their five-game skid

DALLAS – Shawn Horcoff implored his coach to give him a turn in the shootout.He didn’t disappoint. Horcoff scored in the fifth round and Jeff Deslauriers denied four of five Dallas shooters to give the Edmonton Oilers a rare win in Texas, 3-2 over the Stars on Saturday

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated centre Andrew Murray off injured reserve and assigned forward Alexandre Picard to the club’s AHL affiliate in Syracuse

MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens assigned forward Ryan White to AHL Hamilton on Saturday.The 21-year-old has been with the NHL team since Nov

Scoring summaries from Friday’s NHL games:Bruins 1 at Canadiens 5First Period1. Montreal, Spacek 3 (Gomez, Metropolit) 8:30Penalties – Krejci Bos (hooking) 6:26, O’Byrne Mtl (interference) 15:10, Wheeler Bos (tripping) 17:13

Movements in the world of hockey Friday:National Hockey LeagueANAHEIM DUCKS-Recalled F Dan Sexton from Manitoba (AHL).FLORIDA PANTHERS-Reassigned G Alexander Salak to the Rochester (AHL)