Articles by Doug Stolhand

Movements in the world of hockey Friday:National Hockey LeagueNHL-Suspended Colorado F Cody McCormick for two games for a high sticking incident in a March 12 game against Minnesota

Kings 2 at Canucks 4 First Period1. Vancouver, Burrows 21 (Pyatt, Mitchell) 10:392. Vancouver, Sundin 8 (Bieksa, H.Sedin) 17:58 (pp)Penalties – Westgarth LA (high-sticking) 7:49, Kopitar LA (holding) 13:36, Bernier Vcr (elbowing) 14:50, Harrold LA (hooking) 16:53, Doughty LA (hooking) 17:14, Bernier Vcr (tripping) 19:56

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Henrik Sedin’s 100th NHL career goal could not have come at a better time Friday night – and his 101st was pretty timely, too

CHICAGO – Antoine Vermette is fitting in perfectly with the Blue Jackets.Vermette scored two goals to help Columbus beat Chicago 5-3 on Friday night for its fourth straight victory since he joined the team in a trade with Ottawa

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Glen Sather, the president and general manager of the New York Rangers, posted US$1 million bail for Peter Pocklington in a California courtroom Friday

ATLANTA – Thrashers captain Ilya Kovalchuk will not play Saturday at Buffalo after aggravating an upper-body injury during an overtime victory against Edmonton

EDMONTON – It took almost 800 NHL games and an incident that could have cost him the vision in his right eye to convince Edmonton Oilers captain Ethan Moreau to put the visor he took off 14 years ago back on

TORONTO – Colorado Avalanche forward Cody McCormick was suspended for two games by the National Hockey League on Friday for a high-sticking incident during a game against Minnesota

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Hockey fans heading to Friday night’s NHL contest between the Vancouver Canucks and Los Angeles Kings at General Motors Place will have to stickhandle around a picket line

For the first time in five years, 51-year-old former New York Rangers great Ron Duguay, is set to strap on the skates professionally, signing a two day contract with the Eastern Professional League

Senators 3 at Bruins 5First Period1. Boston, Ward 3 (Bergeron, Chara) 3:17 (sh)2. Boston, Axelsson 6 (Krejci) 6:523. Boston, Kobasew 17 (Ryder, Savard) 10:24 (pp)4

AHL No Games Scheduled.ECHL No Games Scheduled.IHL No Games Scheduled.Central Odessa 7 Corpus Christi 5QMJHL No Games Scheduled.OHL Barrie 2 Niagara 0Peterborough 5 Kingston 3Saginaw 6 Owen Sound 3Windsor 5 Plymouth 1WHL No Games Scheduled

EDMONTON – Marty Reasoner came back to haunt his old club with a breakaway goal 4:10 into overtime as the Atlanta Thrashers won their fourth game in a row, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Thursday night

DENVER – Milan Hejduk and Wojtek Wolski scored shootout goals, and Peter Budaj stopped both of Minnesota’s attempts in the tiebreaker in the Colorado Avalanche’s 2-1 victory over the Wild on Thursday night

TORONTO – At a time when the merits of fighting in hockey are under scrutiny, Ben Ondrus made his position crystal clear.During the last minute of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay on Thursday night, Ondrus was involved in an incident with the Lightning’s Evgeny Artyukhin

ST. LOUIS – If the St. Louis Blues find their way into the playoffs, goalie Chris Mason says they should be plenty tested.”We’ve been doing this for two months trying to get back in it

DALLAS – With top scoring threats Brenden Morrow, Brad Richards and Jere Lehtinen out with injuries, the Dallas Stars need a lift from other sources

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The turning point for the New York Rangers took place behind closed doors.After watching his team fall behind during a tentative and shy first period, new Rangers coach John Tortorella let the club know that enough was enough

MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens gained a little ground on their Eastern Conference playoff rivals Thursday night, but there wasn’t much celebrating going on at the Bell Centre

TORONTO – The Tampa Bay Lightning might not be 29th in the 30-team NHL if they got to play the Maple Leafs more often.A 4-1 victory Thursday night improved their record against Toronto this season to 3-0