Articles by Doug Stolhand

GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Phoenix Coyotes assigned 19-year-old center Kyle Turris to the San Antonio Rampage on Thursday, and recalled defenceman David Schlemko from the American Hockey League affiliate.

Brian Burke has never been so happy to have a headache.The general manager of the U.S. Olympic team anticipates having several difficult choices ahead of the 2010 Games in Vancouver.

Steve Yzerman is watching. And he’s revising.The executive director of Canada’s Olympic men’s hockey team is already working off a fairly short list of players to consider for 2010, but it’s certainly not written in stone.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – During a memorable debut week in the NHL, Columbus goaltender Dan LaCosta’s mind strayed back to his hockey beginnings in Newfoundland and Labrador.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – The New York Islanders will be without centre Doug Weight for six weeks the result of a knee injury.The Islanders placed Weight on the injured reserve list retroactive to Wednesday, when he suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament after colliding with New Jersey’s Brian Gionta in the second period of the Devils’ 4-2 win.

TORONTO – The NHL suspended Montreal Canadiens forward Tomas Plekanec two games Thursday for taking down Edmonton Oilers defenceman Denis Grebeshkov from behind.

Phoenix Coyotes rookie Kyle Turris has been demoted to the San Antonio rampage of the American League.
The third overall pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, Turris has notched six goals and 16 points in 50 games for Phoenix this season.

STOCKHOLM – Peter Forsberg returned to pro hockey Thursday night, scoring the opening goal in a 4-1 win for hometown club Modo against Skelleftea in the Swedish Elite League.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Blue Jackets placed defenceman Rostislav Klesla on injured reserve Thursday and activated forward Jiri Novotny.

Scoring summaries from Wednesday’s NHL games:Canadiens 2 at Oilers 7First Period1. Edmonton, Gagner 6 (Nilsson, Cogliano) 5:41 (pp)2. Edmonton, Stortini 3 (Gilbert) 13:313.

EDMONTON – Ales Hemsky, Dustin Penner, Andrew Cogliano and Kyle Brodziak each had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers extended Montreal’s road losing streak to seven games, pounding the Canadiens 7-2 on Wednesday night.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Scott Niedermayer scored his second goal of the game 55 seconds into overtime, Brendan Morrison got the tying goal early in the third period, and the Anaheim Ducks rallied twice to beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Wednesday night.

Movements in the world of hockey Wednesday:National Hockey LeagueATLANTA THRASHERS-Assigned RW Matt Siddall from Gwinnett (ECHL) to Chicago (AHL).

NEW YORK – Mike Green of the Washington Capitals scored for a seventh straight game, tying the NHL record for defencemen Wednesday night.Green added another later in the second period against the New York Rangers, giving him two consecutive two-goal games and six multipoint games in a row.

DALLAS – Ilya Bryzgalov cooled off the Dallas Stars.Bryzgalov stopped 33 shots for his eighth career shutout, Russian countryman Enver Lisin scored early in the second period, and the Phoenix Coyotes ended a six-game losing streak with a 1-0 victory over the streaking Stars on Wednesday night.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Antti Miettinen made up for an accident in practice the day before – and saved Minnesota from a night of mistakes in the process.

PITTSBURGH – Almost nothing works for Sidney Crosby in shootouts, so he tried something new. For Marc-Andre Fleury, it was simply a matter of going back to what he did so well in the past.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Daniel Alfredsson had a goal and assist and the Ottawa Senators won consecutive games for only the sixth time this season, beating the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Wednesday night.

ATLANTA – Patrick Sharp and Jonathan Toews scored power-play goals, and Nikolai Khabibulin made 36 saves to help the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Atlanta Thrashers 3-1 on Wednesday night.

NEWARK, N.J. – Zach Parise had two goals, including the winner, and added two assists to help the New Jersey Devils win for the 11th time in 13 games, 4-2 over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night.