Articles by Doug Stolhand

HARTFORD, Conn. – Controversial forward Sean Avery appeared in his first competitive hockey game in two months with the American Hockey League’s Hartford Wolfpack on Saturday night.

TAMPA, Fla. – Mike Green set an NHL record for defencemen by a scoring a goal in his eighth consecutive game and the Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 on Saturday night.

TORONTO – There aren’t many better examples than this of the kind of challenge the Pittsburgh Penguins face as they try to climbing back into the playoff picture.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Kristian Huselius scored two goals, and Steve Mason made 26 saves to help the Columbus Blue Jackets win their fourth straight game, 5-1 over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night.

TAMPA, Fla. – Mike Green broke the NHL record for consecutive goal-scoring games by a defenceman, scoring on a power play at 5:33 of the second period to give the Washington Capitals a 4-0 lead over Tampa Bay on Saturday night.

TORONTO – Sergei Gonchar has finally returned to the Pittsburgh Penguins lineup.The veteran defenceman dressed for his first game of the season Saturday as the Penguins visited the Toronto Maple Leafs.

LOS ANGELES – Dwayne Roloson made 39 saves in regulation and stopped both shots he faced in the shootout, leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.

TORONTO – The red-hot Tim Stapleton scored two goals as the Toronto Marlies downed the Grand Rapids Griffins 5-4 on Saturday afternoon.Jiri Tlusty added a goal and two assists and Jeremy Williams, who’s played just one hockey game since injuring his shoulder at the end of December, contributed a goal in his first contest with the Marlies since Dec.

PHILADELPHIA – Martin Biron won his first game in more than a month and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the New York Islanders 5-1 on Saturday afternoon.

PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Philippe Boucher is out indefinitely after undergoing left foot surgery on Saturday.The Penguins acquired Boucher from Dallas for defenceman Darryl Sydor on Nov.

NEWARK, N.J. – New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur is practising for the first time since having elbow surgery in November.A four-time Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL’s top goaltender, Brodeur stepped on the ice with the team around noon Saturday.

AHL Hamilton 2 Norfolk 0Manchester 3 Manitoba 2 (SO)Albany 5 Springfield 4Binghamton 5 Hershey 1Bridgeport 4 Philadelphia 1Chicago 3 Milwaukee 2 (SO)Hartford 6 Lake Erie 2Houston 4 Iowa 2Peoria 3 Rockford 1Portland 2 Worcester 1Quad City 4 Rochester 2San Antonio 5 Providence 1Syracuse 2 Grand Rapids 1 (SO)ECHL Victoria 2 Alaska 1Johnstown 5 Reading 2Cincinnati 3 Florida 2Dayton 5 Wheeling 2Trenton 4 Elmira 3 (SO)Mississippi 5 Charlotte 4 (SO)Phoenix 3 Idaho 1Bakersfield 5 Ontario 3Stockton 2 Utah 1 (SO)IHL Bloomington 7 Muskegon 1Port Huron 8 Flint 1Kalamazoo 4 Fort Wayne 3 (SO)Central Amarillo 7 Arizona 5Bossier-Shreveport 4 Tulsa 3, SOCorpus Christi 3 Rio Grande Valley 2Texas 3 Odessa 2Rocky Mountain 3 Wichita 2Mississippi 5 Colorado 2Oklahoma City 4 Rapid City 2Laredo 3 New Mexico 1QMJHL Chicoutimi 4 Val-d’Or 2Drummondville 10 Cape Breton 2Gatineau 4 Halifax 3Quebec 2 Montreal 0Rimouski 2 Moncton 1Saint John 4 Acadie-Bathurst 3 (OT)Shawinigan 9 Lewiston 2OHL Belleville 6 Oshawa 3Guelph 4 Sarnia 2Kingston 5 Brampton 4Kitchener 6 Saginaw 2London 4 Erie 3 (SO)Mississauga 4 Barrie 2Ottawa 3 Peterborough 1Plymouth 4 Sudbury 2Windsor 5 Sault Ste.

Detailed summaries from yesterday’s games:THE CANADIAN PRESSCanadiens 4 at Avalanche 2First Period1. Montreal, Bouillon 5 (Pacioretty, D’Agostini) 17:092.

Movements in the world of hockey Friday:National Hockey LeagueCOLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Activated G Steve Mason from injured reserve. Assigned G Dan LaCosta to Syracuse (AHL).

DENVER – Jaroslav Halak made 46 saves and Andrei Kostitsyn scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:16 remaining to help the Montreal Canadiens snap a seven-game road losing skid with a 4-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night.

ST. LOUIS – Brad Boyes scored the lone goal early in the third period, and Chris Mason made 22 saves to shut out the Chicago Blackhawks for the second straight time in the St.

DALLAS – Joel Lundqvist gave Dallas the lead for good with his first goal of the season, and Marty Turco made 32 saves in the Stars’ 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night.

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Vladimir Dravecky scored the shootout winner as the Manchester Monarchs beat the league-leading Manitoba Moose 3-2 in AHL action Friday night.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Derek Roy scored the decisive shootout goal, and had a goal and an assist in regulation in the Buffalo Sabres’ 6-5 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Friday night.