Month: December 2009

TORONTO – Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is the winner of the 2009 Lou Marsh Award.The honour – decided by a panel of sports editors, reporters and broadcasters – is given annually to Canada’s outstanding athlete by the Toronto Star

TORONTO – Brian Burke is taking a break from running the Toronto Maple Leafs to carry the Olympic flame.The Maple Leafs general manager was among a number of runners selected Tuesday to carry the Olympic torch through the Toronto area

Scoring summaries from Monday’s NHL games:Sabres 4 at Canadiens 3 First Period1. Montreal, A.Kostitsyn 7 (Plekanec, Bergeron) 16:03 (pp) Penalties – O’Byrne Mtl (hooking) 3:18, Rivet Bif (roughing) 15:44, Metropolit Mtl (holding) 18:03

VANCOUVER, B.C. – After a lengthy and frustrating offensive drought, hockey is becoming fun again for Ryan Kesler.The Vancouver centre scored and set up the insurance goal as the Canucks beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 on Monday night

Movements in the world of hockey Monday:National Hockey LeagueCOLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Placed RW Derek Dorsett on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec

DETROIT – Jonathan Ericsson might be joining a long list of sidelined Red Wings.The Detroit defenceman injured his left knee late in the first period of the Red Wings’ 3-2 win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Monday night

MONTREAL – Costly penalties came back to bite the Montreal Canadiens once again.Clarke MacArthur’s power play goal in the third period was the winner as the streaking Buffalo Sabres survived a furious comeback attempt by the Canadiens to finally prevail 4-3 on Monday night

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Florida Panthers coach Peter DeBoer was hoping Nathan Horton would sometimes be more selfish and shoot instead of pass.Horton acted out his coach’s wish, scoring three times on a game-high five shots for his second career hat trick as the Panthers routed the New York Islanders 7-1 on Monday night

NEW YORK – Johan Hedberg was so busy during the game, he deserved the break he got in the shootout.Hedberg made a career-best 46 saves and then was perfect in two shootout rounds to lift the Atlanta Thrashers to a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Monday night

TORONTO – The struggling Toronto Marlies felt cheated after their latest loss thanks to a questionable penalty call late in the game.Centre Mike Santorelli scored a power play goal 46 seconds into overtime to give the Milwaukee Admirals a 4-3 victory over the Marlies in American Hockey League action Monday night

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – The men in charge of selecting the U.S. Olympic team are going to need more time to make their final decisions.Brian Burke had hoped his management group might come to a consensus this week in California, but acknowledged after a four-hour meeting on Monday that it wasn’t likely to happen

TORONTO – With better goaltending and a true top forward, the Toronto Maple Leafs are starting to turn their season around.Looking like a team that’s growing more confident with each game, the Maple Leafs edged the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Monday night, earning their first win in three attempts this season over their provincial rivals

BOSTON – The Boston Bruins were already looking forward to playing Philadelphia in the Winter Classic, a nationally televised game on New Year’s Day in historic Fenway Park

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Longtime Columbus Blue Jackets nemesis Steve Sullivan was up to his old tricks.Sullivan had three goals for the seventh time in his career, leading the Nashville Predators past the Blue Jackets 5-3 on Monday night

RALEIGH, N.C. – Matt Cullen greeted the all-too-familiar question with an uncomfortable chuckle clearly rooted in disappointment: How have things gone this wrong this quickly for the Carolina Hurricanes?”I have no idea,” the centre said Monday

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed right wing Derek Dorsett on injured reserve with a broken hand retroactive to Dec. 12

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Wild have placed centre Andrew Ebbett on injured reserve because of a concussion.Ebbett was injured last week in Phoenix against the Coyotes

ST. LOUIS – Brett Hull won Stanley Cups with the Stars and Red Wings. No doubt that helps lessen the disappointment that his biggest seasons with the St

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – Another year, another ritzy resort and another round of discussion on how the economy is impacting the business of professional hockey

Movements in the world of hockey Sunday:National Hockey LeagueCAROLINA HURRICANES-Assigned F Patrick Dwyer and F Jiri Tlusty to Albany (AHL)