Articles by Doug Stolhand

MIAMI – Jacques Martin will not serve as the Florida Panthers coach next season, the Miami Herald reported early Friday.
Martin has been Florida’s general manager and its coach, but the Herald reported on its website that team owner Alan Cohen told season ticket holders Thursday night that Martin’s duties would be split.

MIAMI – Jacques Martin will not serve as the Florida Panthers coach next season, the Miami Herald reported early Friday.Martin has been Florida’s general manager and its coach, but the Herald reported on its website that team owner Alan Cohen told season ticket holders Thursday night that Martin’s duties would be split.

Scoring summaries from Thursday’s NHL playoff games:Bruins 1 at Canadiens 4 First Period1. Montreal, S.Kostitsyn 1 (Brisebois) 0:342. Montreal, A.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – When Evgeni Nabokov and Miikka Kiprusoff both wore teal, they pushed themselves to elite goaltending status with their friendly rivalry.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Evgeni Nabokov made sure the Sharks left San Jose with something to show for all those shots in their first two playoff games.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Evgeni Nabokov made sure the Sharks left San Jose with something to show for all those shots in their first two playoff games.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Marty Turco put on an acrobatic show in goal and the Dallas Stars’ power play provided more than enough offence to put the defending Stanley Cup Champions in an early playoff hole.

Movements in the world of hockey Thursday:National Hockey LeagueLOS ANGELES KINGS-Signed G Jeff Zatkoff to three-year contract.American Hockey LeagueAHL-Suspended Syracuse F Zenon Konopka and F Derek Dorsett and Lake Erie D Mitch Love for one game each for their actions in a game between their teams on April 8 and San Antonio D Keith Yandle for two games for his actions in a game on April 8.

MONTREAL – Two of the primary reasons the Boston Bruins lost all eight of their regular season encounters with the Montreal Canadiens this season was the dominance of Alex Kovalev and some porous penalty killing.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Keeping tabs on Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, Paul Stastny and Milan Hejduk is tough enough with a full stable of defencemen.With Nick Schultz on the shelf after a surprise appendectomy, and Kurtis Foster lost to a broken leg near the end of the regular season, the Minnesota Wild are short-handed on the blue-line, and it cost them in Game 1 of the playoffs against Colorado.

MONTREAL – Brothers Sergei and Andrei Kostitsyn scored in the opening 2:02 of their first career playoff games and the Montreal Canadiens continued their mastery of the Boston Bruins with a series-opening 4-1 victory on Thursday night.

DETROIT – Henrik Zetterberg broke a tie at 6:54 of the third period and added an empty-net goal, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night in the post-season opener for both teams.

NEWARK, N.J. – The New Jersey Devils’ worst enemy right now is not the New York Rangers.It’s themselves. The Devils outplayed their longtime rivals and had more quality scoring chances in the series-opener on Wednesday, but they still find themselves down 1-0 in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final series heading into Game 2 on Friday night.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Craig Leipold officially took over as owner of the Minnesota Wild on Thursday, completing the purchase of the team from Bob Naegele in the middle of the first-round playoff series against Colorado.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Not enough leadership on a Sabres team with too young of a lineup was blamed as the key reason Buffalo failed to make the playoffs this season.

MONTREAL – The city’s mayor is seeing red – and white and blue – after firefighters painted several fire stations to show their support for the Montreal Canadiens.

PITTSBURGH – Bryan Murray shook his head and yelled his disapproval.”Hit the net! Hit the net!,” the Ottawa Senators head coach said after one of his players blew a shot wide of the cage during a drill in practice Thursday.

ARLINGTON, Va. – When the Washington Capitals were introduced immediately following their playoff-clinching win last weekend, the fans roared loudest for a player who didn’t play.

MONTREAL – Win or lose his first round series against the Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien has a right to feel vindicated.

WASHINGTON – The Washington Capitals took the long road, suffering through three last-place finishes while assembling a team good enough to get back to the playoffs.