Month: February 2010

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Patrick Kane is OK and so are the rest of the Chicago Blackhawks.Kane had a goal in regulation and bounced back from a jarring knee-on-knee hit to score again in the shootout, and Troy Brouwer’s goal in the fourth round of the tiebreaker gave the Blackhawks a 5-4 victory over Columbus on Sunday

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Alex Kovalev, Jason Spezza and Mike Fisher scored in a 6:59 span of the third period to propel the Ottawa Senators to a 4-3 comeback victory over the New York Islanders on Sunday

By Josh Ferguson

The American national team opened up Group B round robin action with a convincing 12-1 victory over China at UBC Thunderbird Arena on Sunday afternoon

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Vancouver Canucks were tired and a little testy, perhaps prematurely looking ahead to the Olympic break.Given seven power-play opportunities against their division rival, the Minnesota Wild took full advantage of the rough stuff with one of their best all-around games of the season

The Carolina Hurricanes have sent forwards Zach Boychuk and Steven Goertzen along with goaltender Justin Peters to Albany of the American Hockey league

PITTSBURGH – Cal O’Reilly and Martin Erat scored in the shootout and the Nashville Predators beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Sunday – a game in which Penguins and Team Canada star Sidney Crosby was seen wincing shortly after blocking a shot

NEW YORK – Erik Christensen scored two goals and added an assist to lead the New York Rangers to a 5-2 win over the Tampa Lightning on Sunday

DALLAS – The Dallas Stars have sent forward Francis Wathier to Texas of the AHL.Wathier was recalled a week ago and appeared in three games for Dallas before Sunday’s move

PITTSBURGH – A scary moment for Team Canada on Sunday afternoon when Sidney Crosby took a slapshot off the shin just hours before heading to Vancouver for the Olympics

MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens have assigned forward David Desharnais and Tom Pyatt along with defenceman P.K. Subban to Hamilton in the American Hockey League

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have assigned defencemen Karl Alzner and John Carlson and goaltender Michael Neuvirth to Hershey of the American Hockey League

Scoring summaries from Saturday’s NHL games:Flyers 6 at Canadiens 2First Period1. Philadelphia, Briere 19 (Bartulis, Hartnell) 4:37 2. Philadelphia, Richards 24 (Gagne) 11:10 (pp) 3

LOS ANGELES – Jack Johnson’s excellent adventure to Vancouver and back didn’t take too much out of him. He still had enough energy at both ends of the ice to help the Los Angeles Kings go into the Olympic break with a victory

CALGARY – Jarome Iginla is catching fire at just the right time for Canada’s Olympic hockey team.Iginla scored twice Saturday night to lead the Calgary Flames to a much needed 3-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks

CHICAGO – Jonathan Toews wasn’t about to let yet another shaky second period by his Chicago Blackhawks cost them the game.Toews scored the lone shootout goal to give the Blackhawks their third straight victory, 5-4 over the Atlanta Thrashers on Saturday night

WINNIPEG – Goalie James Reimer hadn’t played for more than two months, but he showed little rust in backstopping the Toronto Marlies to a 2-1 win over the Manitoba Moose on Saturday

ST. LOUIS – David Perron scored the lone goal in the shootout to help the St. Louis Blues to a 4-3 victory over Washington on Saturday night, sending the Capitals into the Olympic break on a down note

By Josh Ferguson

The Canadian women’s team kicked off their run for a third straight Olympic gold medal with an 18-0 drubbing of the Slovaks in Group A action at Canada Hockey Place on Sunday night

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Marty Turco made 40 saves for his fourth shutout of the season and 40th overall, and Brandon Segal and rookie Jamie Benn scored second-period goals in the Dallas Stars’ 3-0 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night

BUFFALO, N.Y. – In the final minute of a big win for the Buffalo Sabres, Ryan Miller heard his hometown crowd chant: “USA! USA!”At that point, Miller knew it was time to focus on the Olympics