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NEW YORK – Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos, Philadelphia’s Michael Leighton and Dallas’ Marty Turco are the NHL Three Stars of the week.Stamkos led all scorers last week with nine points, including three goals, in four games

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Ryan Getzlaf has been cleared to play for Team Canada at the Olympics.The Anaheim Ducks centre missed a couple of NHL games this week with a sprained left ankle, but was given the thumbs-up to compete for Canada one day after scoring four points in his return to the lineup

Results Sunday:AHL Binghamton 4 Rochester 2Chicago 3 Houston 0Hershey 5 Lowell 2San Antonio 2 Milwaukee 1Springfield 4 Bridgeport 0Syracuse 7 Providence 4Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4 Adirondack 3Worcester 5 Manchester 2ECHLVictoria 5 Alaska 1Bakersfield 7 Ontario 0Cincinnati 5 Johnstown 1Gwinnett 6 Florida 3Kalamazoo 3 Toledo 0Reading 5 Wheeling 3Trenton 7 Elmira 5IHLDayton 4 Quad City 2Fort Wayne 5 Bloomington 2 CentralArizona 5 Amarillo 4 (SO)Bossier-Shreveport 4 Corpus Christi 1Colorado 7 Rapid City 6 (SO)Mississippi 4 Wichita 2Rio Grande Valley 4 Laredo 3 (SO)QMJHLCape Breton 4 Saint John 2 Lewiston 4 Quebec 2 Rimouski 2 Halifax 1 Rouyn-Noranda 4 Montreal 3 Victoriaville 7 Chicoutimi 1 OHLBrampton 4 Peterborough 0 Kitchener 6 Erie 3 London 5 Sudbury 0 Ottawa 3 Kingston 2 Saginaw 4 Sault Ste

Scoring summaries from Sunday’s NHL games:Senators 4 at Islanders 3First Period1. Ottawa, Ruutu 10 (Neil, Winchester) 6:162. N.Y. Islanders, Comeau 8 (Park, Kohn) 15:54Penalties – Spezza Ott (hooking) 8:22, Lee Ott (tripping) 19:21

Scoring summaries from Sunday’s NHL games:Senators 4 at Islanders 3First Period1. Ottawa, Ruutu 10 (Neil, Winchester) 6:162. N.Y. Islanders, Comeau 8 (Park, Kohn) 15:54Penalties – Spezza Ott (hooking) 8:22, Lee Ott (tripping) 19:21

Movements in the world of hockey Sunday:National Hockey LeagueBOSTON BRUINS-Assigned D Adam McQuaid to Providence (AHL).CAROLINA HURRICANES-Sent F Zach Boychuk, F Steven Goertzen and G Justin Peters to Albany (AHL)

EDMONTON – Ryan Getzlaf figures he did more than enough against the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday to keep his spot with Team Canada at the Vancouver Olympics

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Patrick Kane wanted to assure fans of the U.S. Olympic hockey team that he’s fine.”No, no,” he insisted Sunday when asked if he was concerned about his knee after a mid-ice hit left him sprawled in pain

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Patrick Kane is OK and so are the rest of the Chicago Blackhawks.Kane had a goal in regulation and bounced back from a jarring knee-on-knee hit to score again in the shootout, and Troy Brouwer’s goal in the fourth round of the tiebreaker gave the Blackhawks a 5-4 victory over Columbus on Sunday

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Alex Kovalev, Jason Spezza and Mike Fisher scored in a 6:59 span of the third period to propel the Ottawa Senators to a 4-3 comeback victory over the New York Islanders on Sunday

By Josh Ferguson

The American national team opened up Group B round robin action with a convincing 12-1 victory over China at UBC Thunderbird Arena on Sunday afternoon

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Vancouver Canucks were tired and a little testy, perhaps prematurely looking ahead to the Olympic break.Given seven power-play opportunities against their division rival, the Minnesota Wild took full advantage of the rough stuff with one of their best all-around games of the season

The Carolina Hurricanes have sent forwards Zach Boychuk and Steven Goertzen along with goaltender Justin Peters to Albany of the American Hockey league

PITTSBURGH – Cal O’Reilly and Martin Erat scored in the shootout and the Nashville Predators beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Sunday – a game in which Penguins and Team Canada star Sidney Crosby was seen wincing shortly after blocking a shot

NEW YORK – Erik Christensen scored two goals and added an assist to lead the New York Rangers to a 5-2 win over the Tampa Lightning on Sunday

DALLAS – The Dallas Stars have sent forward Francis Wathier to Texas of the AHL.Wathier was recalled a week ago and appeared in three games for Dallas before Sunday’s move

PITTSBURGH – A scary moment for Team Canada on Sunday afternoon when Sidney Crosby took a slapshot off the shin just hours before heading to Vancouver for the Olympics

MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens have assigned forward David Desharnais and Tom Pyatt along with defenceman P.K. Subban to Hamilton in the American Hockey League

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have assigned defencemen Karl Alzner and John Carlson and goaltender Michael Neuvirth to Hershey of the American Hockey League

Scoring summaries from Saturday’s NHL games:Flyers 6 at Canadiens 2First Period1. Philadelphia, Briere 19 (Bartulis, Hartnell) 4:37 2. Philadelphia, Richards 24 (Gagne) 11:10 (pp) 3