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Movements in the world of hockey Friday:National Hockey LeagueNHL-Suspended Dallas C Sean Avery for six games for making crude comments regarding his ex-girlfriends dating other hockey players.

SAN ANTONIO – A three-goal deficit was too much for the Manitoba Moose to overcome in a 4-3 loss to the San Antonio Rampage in AHL action Friday.

DALLAS – Mike Modano scored in the fourth round of a shootout, and Marty Turco stopped Ryan Smyth’s shot to give the Dallas Stars a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night.

ST. LOUIS – Michael Cammalleri scored in overtime as the Calgary Flames overcame a pair of two-goal deficits to defeat the St. Louis Blues 4-3 Friday night.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Kevin Bieksa’s power-play goal and an early scuffle sparked Vancouver in the first period, and goalie Cory Schneider picked up his first career victory for the Canucks in a 2-1 decision over the Minnesota Wild on a fight-filled Friday night.

Canadian sports network TSN is reporting the NHL Players’ Association is planning to file a grievance over the six-game suspension handed down to Sean Avery Friday.

Canucks GM Mike Gillis appeared on Vancouver radio TEAM 1040 Friday and said he was meeting with Mats Sundin and his agent, J.P. Barry over the next couple of days as he tries to make a pitch to sign the free agent center.

DALLAS – The Colorado Avalanche called up forward Chris Stewart from Lake Erie of the AHL for Friday night’s game against the Dallas Stars.Stewart, Colorado’s first-round draft pick in 2006, will be making his NHL debut.

It’s hard to blame Justin Williams for wondering how differently things might have turned out.After all, the Carolina Hurricanes winger had a lot of time to think about various scenarios while rehabbing a pair of serious injuries over the past 11 months.

MONTREAL – Josh Gorges takes special pleasure is proving his detractors wrong.The six-foot-one, 200-pound defenceman was considered two small for major junior hockey, let alone his current job – skating on the Montreal Canadiens top defence pair with the gifted Andrei Markov.

NEW YORK – The NHL has suspended Dallas Stars agitator Sean Avery for six games for making a crude comment deemed detrimental to the game.
The decision comes a day after Avery’s hearing in New York with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman.

Sean Avery has been suspended six gams by the NHL for inappropriate comments to the media prior to Tuesday’s game against Calgary.
The suspension is retroactive to Tuesday’s game, meaning Avery will have to sit out four more games.

Movements in the world of hockey Thursday:National Hockey LeagueBUFFALO SABRES-Placed F Patrick Kaleta on injured reserve. Recalled D Mike Weber from Portland (AHL).

Scoring summaries from Thursday’s NHL games:Rangers 2 at Canadiens 6 First Period1. Montreal, A.Kostitsyn 6 (D’Agostini, Markov) 9:522. Montreal, Begin 4 (Lapierre, Laraque) 10:473.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Joe Thornton scored the go-ahead goal with 12:19 to play, and the NHL-leading San Jose Sharks shook off a terrible start to earn their ninth straight victory, 3-2 over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Martin Hanzal had his first three-goal game in the NHL, and Steven Reinprecht added a pair of third-period goals in the Phoenix Coyotes’ 6-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.

HAMILTON – Ryan Jones’ second goal of the game came broke a third-period tie as the Milwaukee Admirals beat the Hamilton Bulldogs 5-4 in American Hockey League action.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Vernon Fiddler, Shea Weber and David Legwand scored first-period goals, and Pekka Rinne made 19 saves in the Nashville Predators’ 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.

PHILADELPHIA – Patrik Elias scored the tying and winning goals in the New Jersey Devils’ 3-2 overtime victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.

SUNRISE, Fla. – Craig Anderson made 45 saves, and Gregory Campbell and Keith Ballard scored 35 seconds apart in the second period in the Florida Panthers’ 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night.