Articles by Doug Stolhand

CALGARY – Having achieved sobriety, Theoren Fleury wants to play in the NHL again after a six-year absence.The 41-year-old from Oxbow, Sask., is preparing for an NHL training camp next month

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Sharks have signed a pair of goalies, agreeing to a deal with free agent Henrik Karlsson of Sweden and re-signing Thomas Greiss

EDMONTON – The Edmonton Oilers signed defenceman Ladislav Smid to a two-year contract Wednesday and handed one-year, two-way deals to forwards Gilbert Brule and Ryan Stone

NEW YORK – The Vancouver Canucks and New York Islanders open the NHL pre-season in Terrace, B.C., on Sept. 14, part of an 109-game exhibition schedule announced Wednesday

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:

 

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS-Signed D Danny Syvret, D David Sloane, and G Nicola Riopel to one-year contracts and C Zac Rinaldo to a three-year contract

PHOENIX – Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie’s bid to buy the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes and move them to southern Ontario suffered a setback Tuesday when a rival group reached an agreement in principal with the franchise’s largest secured creditor

CALGARY – Jason Spezza will take part in the national men’s Olympic team orientation camp, Hockey Canada announced Tuesday.The Ottawa Senators sniper will replace Anaheim Ducks forward Ryan Getzlaf, who is recovering from off-season surgery

According to a report on RDS.ca, free agent Nikolai Zherdev is set to sign a deal with Salavatovo Yuleav Ufa of the Kontinental League.

Last week, the New York Rangers opted to walk away from the salary arbitration ruling to Zherdev, making the Russian an unrestricted free agent

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Veteran forward Mike Grier has agreed to a one-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres, the club announced Monday.The deal brings Grier back to the team he played with from 2004-06

Movements in the world of hockey Monday:

 

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BUFFALO SABRES-Agreed to terms with F Mike Grier on a one-year contract

PHOENIX – Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie wants the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to allow him to probe the rationale behind the NHL owners’ overwhelming rejection of him as a potential owner of the Phoenix Coyotes

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Nashville Predators have signed restricted free agent forward Ryan Jones.The team said in a news release Monday that Jones has signed a two-year, US$975,000 contract

TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs traded goaltender Justin Pogge to the Anaheim Ducks on Monday for a conditional draft pick in 2011.Pogge had one win in seven appearances and a 4

CHICAGO – It’s been one thing after another for the Chicago Blackhawks this off-season after a trip to the Western Conference finals. They signed one star forward in Marian Hossa, only to lose another one in Martin Havlat

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Carolina Hurricanes have sued a Raleigh hip-hop artist who produced a song promoting the franchise, saying the man has violated team trademarks

MOSCOW – Prosecutors will reopen the investigation into the death of New York Rangers draft pick Alexei Cherepanov, who collapsed during a Continental Hockey League game last year in Russia

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane was charged with attacking a cab driver in his home town Sunday, a beating police said was triggered when the driver did not have 20 cents in change to give the player and his cousin

PHOENIX – The NHL has asked a bankruptcy judge to throw out Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie’s bid to buy the Phoenix Coyotes based on the league’s overwhelming rejection of him as a potential owner