Articles by Doug Stolhand

OTTAWA – Mike Comrie is headed back to the Ottawa Senators and he’s bringing a puck-moving defenceman with him.The Sens acquired Comrie and Chris Campoli from the New York Islanders on Friday in exchange for Dean McAmmond and a first-round draft pick.

BROSSARD, Que. – Montreal Canadiens GM Bob Gainey turned up at the team’s practice Friday to voice concern over a published report that some of his players have been hanging out with a man who has been arrested on criminal charges.

Sources say the Ontario League’s Windsor Spitfires will soon receive commitments from elite prospects Cam Fowler and Richard Panik, giving an already loaded team two more dangerous weapons for the 2009-10 season.

Newspaper La Presse is reporting that Andrei and Sergei Kostitsyn of the Canadiens have a relationship with Mangiola Pasquale, who was arrested on charges of drug trafficking Feb.

Results Thursday:AHL Houston 4 Iowa 3Rockford 4 Milwaukee 1ECHL Charlotte 6 Florida 5 (SO)IHL No Games Scheduled.Central No Games Scheduled.QMJHL Shawinigan 4 Cape Breton 3 (OT)Val-d’Or 2 Drummondville 1OHL Barrie 4 Mississauga 2Belleville 4 Niagara 1Brampton 5 London 1Kingston 4 Oshawa 2Peterborough 3 Ottawa 2 (OT)Windsor 8 Erie 2WHL No Games Scheduled.

Scoring summaries from Thursday’s NHL games:Canucks 5 at Senators 2First Period1. Vancouver, Burrows 14 (H. Sedin) 3:142. Vancouver, H. Sedin 12 (D.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Patrick Marleau scored his 33rd goal and Joe Thornton had two assists as the San Jose Sharks earned their NHL-best 25th home victory, 4-2 over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.

Movements in the world of hockey Thursday:National Hockey LeagueANAHEIM DUCKS-Recalled D Brian Salcido from Iowa (AHL). Reassigned D Brett Festerling to Iowa.

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Daniel Carcillo wiped the smiles off the Atlanta Thrashers’ faces.Carcillo scored in the eighth round of the shootout and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Thrashers 4-3 on Thursday night to snap a six-game home losing streak.

TORONTO – Justin Pogge suffered another loss in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ goal, but he still did enough to impress his coach.”He played very well, he was solid in goal,” Toronto coach Ron Wilson said after the rookie goaltender stopped 31 shots in a 4-3 shootout loss to the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets.

DALLAS – Raymond Sawada scored his first NHL goal on his 24th birthday, and Fabian Brunnstrom had a goal and an assist to lead the Dallas Stars past the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on Thursday night.

DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche recalled defenceman Darcy Campbell from Lake Erie of the American Hockey League on Thursday, and placed defenceman John-Michael Liles on injured reserve because of a wrist injury.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Adrian Aucoin scored with 1:10 left in overtime to give the Calgary Flames a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.

TORONTO – Their bodies tired and legs heavy from a brutal stretch of five games in seven nights, the Columbus Blue Jackets and captain Rick Nash found enough energy to keep their playoff push going in the right direction.

TAMPA, Fla. – The New Jersey Devils are simply finding ways to win. The same can’t be said about the Tampa Bay Lightning.Zach Parise tied the game in regulation and had one of two New Jersey goals in the shootout to help the Devils beat the Lightning 3-2 on Thursday night.

SUNRISE, Fla. – With his fellow Chicago netminder stuck on injured reserve, Cristobal Huet is making the most of his starts in goal for the Blackhawks.

OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators looked tired after their recent successful road trip, and the surging Vancouver Canucks took full advantage.Vancouver’s deadly line of Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin and Alex Burrows had nine points, six in the first period alone, as the Canucks downed the Senators 5-2 on Thursday.

PHILADELPHIA – Mike Richards and the Philadelphia Flyers’ top line had a lot of fun at the Buffalo Sabres’ expense.Richards had two goals and three assists for a career-high five points, and Mike Knuble broke a third-period tie to help the Flyers win their third straight game, 6-3 over Buffalo on Thursday night.

PITTSBURGH – Dan Bylsma promised the Pittsburgh Penguins were going to return to their aggressive style of play, with plenty of speed and an up-and-down game that played to their strengths.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – NHL commissioner Gary Bettman downplayed speculation about the Nashville Predators possibly moving to another city.”There is a lot of media speculation from other places about the future of this franchise,” Bettman said Thursday night before the Predators’ game against St.