Month: February 2010

By Josh Ferguson

Loui Eriksson scored a pair of power play goals and Henrik Lundqvist was perfect in goal for the Swedes to clinch top spot in Group C with a 3-0 victory over Finland

Team USA claimed Group A supremacy from the Canadians and collect a bye to the quarterfinals with a 5-3 victory at Canada Hockey Place on Sunday night

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Recent call-up Shawn Weller scored twice, including the game-winner as the Abbotsford Heat defeated the Providence Bruins 5-2 Sunday afternoon in the American Hockey League

MONTREAL – Brock Trotter and Tom Pyatt each scored twice and Cedrick Desjardins made 16 saves for his sixth shutout of the season as the Hamilton Bulldogs downed the Adirondack Phantoms 5-0 in American Hockey League action Sunday afternoon

Russia got a pair of goals from Evgeni Malkin to take a 4-2 win over the Czech Republic in their final preliminary game at Canada Hockey Place on Sunday

MONTREAL – Cedrick Desjardins couldn’t have asked for a better Bell Centre debut and he’s hoping it’s the first of many more games to come in front of Montreal fans

By Robin Short

Vancouver – Before Canada dashes to the ice for the start of the big Olympic men’s hockey game with the United States tonight, don’t expect captain Scott Niedermayer to deliver a stirring address that would leave Knute Rockne smiling

By Josh Ferguson

Ruslan Salei capped off a frenetic closing frame by burying a power play marker with five minutes left in the third to give Belarus a 5-3 victory over Germany at Canada Hockey Place on Saturday

By Josh Ferguson

Six different players scored in a 6-0 Slovak shellacking of the Latvians in Group B action at Canada Hockey Place on Saturday

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Keith Seabrook helped the Abbotsford Heat steal one on the road in a 1-0 win against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in American Hockey League play Saturday

According to Canadian sports network TSN, Toronto Maple Leafs center Mikhail Grabovski was taken into custody Friday night in Vancouver, following an altercation in a bar

TORONTO – In a game that featured lots of spirit on both sides, the Toronto Marlies did all the scoring and James Reimer made all the saves.The Marlies earned a 2-0 victory over the Manitoba Moose in American Hockey League action Saturday afternoon

By Josh Ferguson

Romano Lemm buried the overtime winner as the Swiss narrowly escaped being upset by the Norwegians with a 5-4 win at Canada Hockey Place on Saturday

A crowd of 21,508 fans – the largest gathering in the 74-year history of the American League – packed the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse on Saturday afternoon for the Mirabito Outdoor Classic and watched the hometown Crunch hold on for a 2-1 victory over the Binghamton Senators in the league’ first outdoor game

Finnish sensation Teemu Selanne became the all-time leading scorer in Olympic history in a 5-0 victory over Germany in Group C play at Canada Hockey Place on Friday night

Movements in the world of hockey Friday:National Hockey LeagueATLANTA THRASHERS-Re-assigned LW Michael Forney from the Gwinnett (ECHL) to Chicago (AHL)

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – David Desharnais scored a hat trick as the Hamilton Bulldogs beat the Grand Rapids Griffins 4-3 in American Hockey League play Friday

TORONTO – The Toronto Marlies are getting some bodies back in the lineup and the results are starting to follow.The Marlies gave up a late goal to the visiting Texas Stars, but were able to hang on for a 2-1 win in American Hockey League action on Friday night

By Josh Ferguson

The Czech Republic punished the Latvians in the 5:07, scoring three goals in an eventual 5-2 victory at Canada Hockey Place on Friday night