Articles by Doug Stolhand

TORONTO – While Toronto’s 8-6 win against the Calgary Flames on Saturday won’t do much to change the Maple Leafs’ fortunes this year, the team can be encouraged by the performance of a rookie corps expected to put up solid offensive numbers in the future

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Evgeni Nabokov returned to San Jose’s lineup and immediately made an impact, stopping 23 shots in regulation and overtime and six of seven shootout attempts

EDMONTON – Another night, another missed opportunity for the Edmonton Oilers.
John-Michael Liles scored 42 seconds into overtime as the Colorado Avalanche continued to play spoiler, defeating Edmonton 3-2 Saturday night for their second straight win

MONTREAL – Patrice Brisebois waited a long time to play in his 1,000th NHL game, but when it was over he had no problem acknowledging the real star of Saturday night

DALLAS – Defenceman Nicklas Grossman picked the right time to find the net for the Dallas Stars.Grossman scored a rare goal with 2:37 left in overtime and the Stars stretched their home winning streak over the Minnesota Wild to 10 games with a 3-2 victory Saturday night

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A distraught looking Peter Pocklington was released from a California jail early Saturday morning, just hours after New York Rangers general manager Glen Sather paid his bail of US$1 million

SUNRISE, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Lightning aren’t in the playoff picture, but they enjoyed slowing down their in-state rival’s post-season push

HAMILTON, Ont. – Mike Glumac scored twice as the Hamilton Bulldogs steamrolled the league-leading Manitoba Moose 5-1 in AHL action Saturday.Down 1-0 in the first period, Sergei Kostitsyn scored the first of five unanswered goals for the Bulldogs

WASHINGTON – With players like Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin and Mike Green, Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau never got too worried when his team slumped

TORONTO – There was no shortage of people willing to accept some blame after the Calgary Flames finished up a seven-game road trip with another disappointing result

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Brett Sterling, back in the NHL for the first time since November, became a hero for the Atlanta Thrashers on Saturday night

MONTREAL – Martin Brodeur called it a perfect day.The veteran goaltender made history in his home town by moving into a tie with Patrick Roy for the most career wins by an NHL goaltender with 551, as the New Jersey Devils downed the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 on Saturday night

TORONTO – Adam Munro stopped 28 shots and Tim Stapleton scored with 48 seconds remaining in overtime to lead the Toronto Marlies past the visiting Lake Erie Monsters 2-1 in American Hockey League action on Saturday night

TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Chris DiDomenico to a three-year entry level contract, the club announced Saturday.DiDomenico, a 20-year-old native of Toronto was selected by the Leafs in the sixth round (164th overall) in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft

PITTSBURGH – Too quick for his own good, Marc-Andre Fleury let the winning shot slowly trickle past him.Mike Comrie slid the deciding goal in the shootout past Fleury, and the Ottawa Senators beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Saturday for their fifth win in six games

ST. LOUIS – The Detroit Red Wings gave the St. Louis Blues a firsthand look at their potent, quick-strike offence.The Red Wings, who lead the NHL with 257 goals, scored on three consecutive shots in a 46-second span of a 5-2 victory over the Blues on Saturday

PHILADELPHIA – Given a chance to grab a firm hold of the starting job, Martin Biron has assured there won’t be any goalie controversy in Philadelphia

BOSTON – Bruins coach Claude Julien made it clear that he wanted young forward Phil Kessel to play hard every game.Kessel, benched by Julien during last year’s playoff series against Montreal and a subject of trade rumours at this season’s deadline, scored his 30th goal of the season in Boston’s 2-1 win over the New York Islanders on Saturday

NEWARK, N.J. – Hockey purists can debate what style Martin Brodeur employs.Is he the last of the standup goaltenders, a practitioner of the half butterfly, an athletic hybrid or simply a “fabulous freak” as one former netminder put it?It doesn’t matter on the ice