Pity Adam Foote.Even though the veteran defenceman has accomplished just about everything imaginable during his NHL career, a small cloth letter has given him some seriously big skates to fill this season
ATLANTA – Forward Maxim Afinogenov and defenceman Mark Popovic, who played in the pre-season with the Atlanta Thrashers on pro tryouts, have signed with the team
GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Phoenix signed veteran centre Robert Lang to a one-year contract Tuesday.Terms of the contract were not disclosed. “We are very pleased to have signed Robert Lang,” Coyotes general manager Don Maloney said in a statement
ZURICH – ZSC Lions beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 Tuesday in an exhibition game to win the Victoria Cup trophy, marking the Zurich club’s biggest success against an NHL team
TORONTO – Former NHL goaltender Kevin Weekes says he always knew he was going to become a broadcaster once his hockey career ended, it just came down to timing
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Wild have reduced their active roster to the regular season limit of 23 players.They assigned right-winger Craig Weller to Houston of the American Hockey League
CHICAGO – The short off-season was an eventful one for the Chicago Blackhawks. Four months after they skated off after a loss in the Western Conference final, they’re ready to make another run at the Stanley Cup
LINKOPING, Sweden – Paul Kariya scored twice in the second period to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 6-0 victory over Swedish Elite League club Linkoping in a pre-season game Tuesday
How about a Stanley Cup parade down Robson St.? Or maybe a championship celebration on the Red Mile?The Canadian Press’ hockey writers have pulled out a crystal ball to make some predictions about the upcoming NHL season and see Vancouver and Calgary as the teams most likely to end the country’s 17-year Stanley Cup drought
EDMONTON – Dr. Quinn is in – just in time for the team everyone agrees needs a heart transplant.The Edmonton Oilers and new head coach Pat Quinn open their NHL regular season Saturday against the Calgary Flames in what they hope will be a new beginning for a lurching franchise
TORONTO – “Hockey Night in Canada” loudmouth Don Cherry will be among the celebrity judges assessing the axel jumps and death spirals that former figure skaters and NHL players plan to unleash on the reality series, “Battle of the Blades,” says “Blades” co-host Ron MacLean
OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators assigned defencemen Christoph Schubert and Brian Lee to Binghamton of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.Schubert had six points (3-3) in 50 games for Ottawa last season
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed forward Fredrik Modin on injured reserve and made several other moves to reduce their roster to 23 players heading into Saturday’s opener against Minnesota
CANONSBURG, Pa. – Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has practised for the first time since injuring his groin during a pre-season game Thursday in Columbus
VANCOUVER, B.C. – The Vancouver Canucks returned centre Cody Hodgson to the Brampton Battalion of the Ontario Hockey League on Tuesday, putting on ice the former first-round draft pick’s hopes of starting the season with the NHL club
PITTSBURGH – There were few reasons to think the Pittsburgh Penguins could recover from a stretch of 16 losses in 25 games and make the playoffs, much less win the Stanley Cup
Movements in the world of hockey Monday:National Hockey LeagueATLANTA THRASHERS-Released G Manny Legace and F Dan Fritsche.BOSTON BRUINS-Assigned F Zach Hamill and F Brad Marchand to Providence (AHL)
ZURICH, Switzerland – Radek Smolenak had a pair of goals to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 9-2 drubbing of HC Davos in NHL pre-season action Monday
CALGARY – Brent Sutter is bent on bringing change to the Calgary Flames right down to where the players sit in the dressing room.Captain Jarome Iginla now sits on the opposite side of where he was, but the more symbolic relocation is the defencemen’s corner, where Jay Bouwmeester, Cory Sarich, Robyn Regehr and Dion Phaneuf now reside side by side
ATLANTA – Veteran goalie Manny Legace was among two players released Monday by the Atlanta Thrashers.Legace, 36, appeared in one preseason game for Atlanta, stopping 25-of-27 shots against Carolina
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