Month: December 2009

Wednesday’s Grouped Hockey Results:AHL Hamilton 5 Abbotsford 1 Grand Rapids 4 San Antonio 2Peoria 5 Texas 1Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 6 Syracuse 0 ECHLFlorida 4 Charlotte 3 (OT)Kalamazoo 4 Reading 3 (SO)Ontario 3 Idaho 2 (SO)Trenton 4 Gwinnett 3Wheeling 7 Toledo 3IHLPort Huron 4 Fort Wayne 2 CentralTexas 5 Allen 2QMJHLDrummondville 5 Lewiston 1 Gatineau 7 Baie-Comeau 1 Montreal 3 Chicoutimi 2 Val-d’Or 4 Acadie-Bathurst 3 (SO)OHLBarrie 5 Owen Sound 4 (OT)Peterborough 3 Belleville 2 (SO)Sault Ste

Scoring summaries from Wednesday’s games in the NHL:Islanders 2 at Maple Leafs 3 First Period1. Toronto, Beauchemin 3 (Kaberle, Stempniak) 6:03 (pp)2

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar and Teddy Purcell picked the perfect time to end their long goal droughts.Brown scored for the first time in more than a month 1:16 into overtime, Kopitar and Purcell ended their own droughts in regulation, and the Los Angeles Kings overcame a blown third-period lead to beat the San Jose Sharks 5-4 on Wednesday night

CALGARY – The way Miikka Kiprusoff has been playing of late. three goals was more than enough support.Olli Jokinen scored the eventual winner and Kiprusoff kept up his red-hot play with 24 saves as the Calgary Flames won 3-1 over the Atlanta Thrashers on Wednesday night

DENVER – The Minnesota Wild got just enough offence and great goaltending to keep up their mastery of the Colorado Avalanche.Niklas Backstrom made 22 saves for his first shutout of the season, Antti Miettinen scored, and the Wild beat Colorado 1-0 on Wednesday night

TORONTO – The New York Islanders finally reached the end of a long road.Wednesday night’s 3-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs was the conclusion of a five-game road trip for New York, which has played 14 of its last 17 games as visitors

CHICAGO – Once Dustin Byfuglien started up ice, the six-foot-four, 257-pound Chicago Blackhawks’ winger kept accelerating. He raced past defenceman Matt Gilroy, got an angle to the net and then beat goalie Henrik Lundqvist

TAMPA, Fla. – Zack Stortini did a little bit of everything and helped the Edmonton Oilers win again on the road.Stortini scored his third goal of the season, added his fourth assist and had two fights as the Oilers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Wednesday night

DETROIT – Ty Conklin took advantage of a rare chance to spell Chris Mason.As a bonus, he beat his former team. Brad Boyes scored early and Conklin held on late for a shutout, leading the St

HAMILTON, Ont. – Cedrick Desjardins saw his franchise-record shutout streak come to an end, but still finished with 28 saves as the Hamilton Bulldogs cruised past the Abbotsford Heat 5-1 in American Hockey League action on Wednesday night

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Ryan Miller didn’t want to take all the credit for shutting down Alex Ovechkin and the high-octane Washington Capitals.Miller made 35 saves for his 16th career shutout, Nathan Gerbe scored his first NHL goal, and the Buffalo Sabres halted Washington’s six-game winning streak with a 3-0 victory over the league-leading Capitals on Wednesday night

NEWARK, N.J. – When defenceman Andy Greene played his first professional game with Lowell of the American Hockey League in 2006, he scored two goals – and hadn’t accomplished the feat since

TORONTO – Now that the Toronto Maple Leafs have exorcised some demons with Dwayne Roloson and the New York Islanders, they’re hoping to do the same with the Boston Bruins

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Blue Jackets have been waiting and waiting for goalie Steve Mason to look remotely like the player he was last season

OTTAWA – Alex Kovalev says his lack of production doesn’t bother him, but it appears to be hampering the Ottawa Senators.The enigmatic right-winger has scored just four times in 26 games so far this season and has gone 15 straight without finding the back of the net, not including the three contests he missed last month to attend the funeral of his mother-in-law in Russia

WINNIPEG – Sitting in the basement of his suburban home, amid a smattering of Winnipeg Jets memorabilia, Darren Ford gives voice to the hope felt by many hockey fans across Canada

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have recalled goaltender Michal Neuvirth from the Hershey Bears of the AHL.

The team announced the move on Wednesday, saying that goalie Semyon Varlamov is day-to-day with a lower-body injury

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated forward Derek Dorsett off injured reserve and he is expected to play in the club’s game on Wednesday night at home against Florida

TORONTO – The NHL has suspended Phoenix Coyotes defenceman Ed Jovanovski two games for a forearm to the head of Minnesota Wild centre Andrew Ebbett

TORONTO – Mark Messier is on board. And he hopes to bring Wayne Gretzky with him.The new general manager of Canada’s entry at the 2010 IIHF World Hockey Championship would like to have The Great One coach the team in Germany