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TORONTO – Marc Denis made 36 saves and the Hamilton Bulldogs scored three unanswered goals to beat the Toronto Marlies 4-3 in AHL action Friday.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Joe Corvo scored two 5-on-3 goals 39 seconds apart, Jussi Jokinen scored the go-ahead goal against his former team and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Friday night.

WASHINGTON – Ryan Smyth had a goal and two assists, and Andrew Raycroft made 28 saves in the Colorado Avalanche’s 4-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Friday night.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild left wing Andrew Brunette’s streak of consecutive games played is in jeopardy again.Brunette was hurt Thursday night in the first period of Minnesota’s overtime loss to Calgary.

RALEIGH, N.C. – NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said the Carolina Hurricanes will host the all-star game. He just isn’t ready to say when.Speaking Friday before the Hurricanes faced Tampa Bay, Bettman offered his words as “a renewal of the commitment.

TORONTO – As Mats Sundin prepares to make his first ever appearance at Air Canada Centre with a visiting team, it’s worth remembering that he never wanted to make such a return in the first place.

OTTAWA – Mike Comrie is headed back to the Ottawa Senators and he’s bringing a puck-moving defenceman with him.The Sens acquired Comrie and Chris Campoli from the New York Islanders on Friday in exchange for Dean McAmmond and a first-round draft pick.

BROSSARD, Que. – Montreal Canadiens GM Bob Gainey turned up at the team’s practice Friday to voice concern over a published report that some of his players have been hanging out with a man who has been arrested on criminal charges.

Sources say the Ontario League’s Windsor Spitfires will soon receive commitments from elite prospects Cam Fowler and Richard Panik, giving an already loaded team two more dangerous weapons for the 2009-10 season.

Newspaper La Presse is reporting that Andrei and Sergei Kostitsyn of the Canadiens have a relationship with Mangiola Pasquale, who was arrested on charges of drug trafficking Feb.

Results Thursday:AHL Houston 4 Iowa 3Rockford 4 Milwaukee 1ECHL Charlotte 6 Florida 5 (SO)IHL No Games Scheduled.Central No Games Scheduled.QMJHL Shawinigan 4 Cape Breton 3 (OT)Val-d’Or 2 Drummondville 1OHL Barrie 4 Mississauga 2Belleville 4 Niagara 1Brampton 5 London 1Kingston 4 Oshawa 2Peterborough 3 Ottawa 2 (OT)Windsor 8 Erie 2WHL No Games Scheduled.

Scoring summaries from Thursday’s NHL games:Canucks 5 at Senators 2First Period1. Vancouver, Burrows 14 (H. Sedin) 3:142. Vancouver, H. Sedin 12 (D.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Patrick Marleau scored his 33rd goal and Joe Thornton had two assists as the San Jose Sharks earned their NHL-best 25th home victory, 4-2 over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.

Movements in the world of hockey Thursday:National Hockey LeagueANAHEIM DUCKS-Recalled D Brian Salcido from Iowa (AHL). Reassigned D Brett Festerling to Iowa.

TORONTO – Justin Pogge suffered another loss in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ goal, but he still did enough to impress his coach.”He played very well, he was solid in goal,” Toronto coach Ron Wilson said after the rookie goaltender stopped 31 shots in a 4-3 shootout loss to the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets.

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Daniel Carcillo wiped the smiles off the Atlanta Thrashers’ faces.Carcillo scored in the eighth round of the shootout and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Thrashers 4-3 on Thursday night to snap a six-game home losing streak.

DALLAS – Raymond Sawada scored his first NHL goal on his 24th birthday, and Fabian Brunnstrom had a goal and an assist to lead the Dallas Stars past the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on Thursday night.

DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche recalled defenceman Darcy Campbell from Lake Erie of the American Hockey League on Thursday, and placed defenceman John-Michael Liles on injured reserve because of a wrist injury.

TORONTO – Their bodies tired and legs heavy from a brutal stretch of five games in seven nights, the Columbus Blue Jackets and captain Rick Nash found enough energy to keep their playoff push going in the right direction.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Adrian Aucoin scored with 1:10 left in overtime to give the Calgary Flames a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.