Puck Podcast

PITTSBURGH – Sidney Crosby found a lot of ways to score in his 300th career NHL regular-season game.Crosby had a power-play goal and a short-handed score in the third period, and had the only goal in a shootout to help the Pittsburgh Penguins win their seventh straight game, 3-2 over the Florida Panthers on Friday night

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Kris Newbury scored a tiebreaking game-winner with just over a minute to play as the Grand Rapids Griffins beat the Abbotsford Heat 5-3 Friday night in AHL action

VANCOUVER, B.C. – One Vancouver Canuck recovering from shoulder surgery could be in the lineup this weekend but another has had a major setback

TORONTO – The NHL Players’ Association announced Friday it intends to form a committee to review and evaluate the union’s internal operations

VANCOUVER, B.C. – It doesn’t matter to Kevin Bieksa that the Toronto Maple Leafs remain winless this NHL season.The Vancouver Canucks defenceman just wants to see them lose again on Saturday

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Despite facing an uncertain future, hockey fans in the Phoenix area have high hopes that their beloved Coyotes will remain in the desert

EDMONTON – If Dustin Penner hadn’t already put two difficult seasons behind him in his first eight games with the Edmonton Oilers this season, he did it in Thursday’s 6-4 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets

OTTAWA – It’s been a few years since Jonathan Cheechoo topped the 50-goal mark. It must seem even longer after games like the Ottawa Senators’ last one

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Kings signed goaltender Jonathan Quick and defenceman Davis Drewiske to three-year contract extensions Friday.Quick’s deal is worth US$5

BROSSARD, Que. – As Scott Gomez sees it, Montreal Canadiens teammate Andrei Markov didn’t suffer the severed tendon in his foot in a cut from goaltender Carey Price’s skate

CHICAGO – Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews, still recovering after taking a thunderous hit two days ago, missed his second straight practice Friday

OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators sent forward Jesse Winchester to the team’s AHL affiliate in Binghamton on Friday for a two-week conditioning assignment

ST-GEORGES, Que. – Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he’d like to see more National Hockey League teams in Canada.The first question Harper faced during a news conference in Quebec’s Beauce region Friday was about a plan to bring back the defunct Quebec Nordiques

LOS ANGELES – Michal Handzus made sure Kings teammate Anze Kopitar’s first career hat trick wasn’t wasted after a third-period meltdown.Handzus scored at 55 seconds of overtime, and Kopitar had his first three-goal game in the NHL in the Kings’ 5-4 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night

STRATHMORE, Alta. – George Merik made 34 saves as the UFA Bisons of the Alberta Midget Hockey League downed Canada’s national women’s hockey team 6-0 Thursday

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Adrian Aucoin is fitting in quite nicely in his first season with the resurgent Phoenix Coyotes.Aucoin scored at 1:57 of overtime to give the Coyotes a 3-2 comeback victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night for their best start in eight years

EDMONTON – The Edmonton Oilers have to be glad they didn’t let Dustin Penner get away.Penner had two goals and three assists as the Oilers came from behind to win their third straight, defeating the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-4 on Thursday night

OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators didn’t find losing to the Nashville Predators all that hard to take Thursday night.After all, they’d rallied from a three-goal deficit in the third period to at least salvage a point

TAMPA, Fla. – Mike Smith won for the first time in nine months, James Wright scored his first NHL goal and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Thursday night

PHILADELPHIA – Claude Giroux scored on a backhand-to-forehand move in a shootout, then Michael Ryder’s wrist shot hit the post on Boston’s final attempt, giving the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 victory over the Bruins on Thursday night