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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Patrick Marleau isn’t waiting until after the trade deadline this time to play his best hockey for the unbeaten San Jose Sharks.

CALGARY – Todd Bertuzzi scored twice Tuesday night as the Calgary Flames collected their first win of the season, hanging on for a 5-4 victory over the still winless Colorado Avalanche.

Hockey Canada will name Steve Yzerman as executive director for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver within the next 10 days, TSN is reporting.

PITTSBURGH (AP) -The Pittsburgh Penguins don’t expect to go much longer with minimal output from stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. For now, they’re getting by with goals from players whose scoring for a season sometimes doesn’t match a week of Crosby’s.

ATLANTA (AP) -Antti Miettinen hasn’t taken long to impress his new team.
"He’s a guy that I don’t have to say anything except in meetings how to play," Minnesota coach Jacques Lemaire said.

Marek Malik has come to terms with the Tampa Bay Lightning on a one-year contract reportedly worth a pro-rated $1.2 million.
The 6-foot-6, 240 pound Malik has played 649 career NHL games and was last with the New york Rangers.

WASHINGTON – U.S. President George W. Bush welcomed the Detroit Red Wings to the White House Tuesday, celebrating a Stanley Cup championship team that overcame odds and age and even had one player who scored a goal with his teeth.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Sabres forward Jochen Hecht will miss at least two weeks after having surgery to repair an injured finger on Tuesday.
General manager Darcy Regier announced the news after Hecht returned to Buffalo while the Sabres practised in New York to prepare for a game against the Rangers on Wednesday.

Daniel Alfredsson could return from injury sooner than expected and be in the lineup this weekend.
The captain skated Tuesday and coach Craig Harstburg isn’t ruling out an early return.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – With the NHL and Russia’s new Continental Hockey League in a dispute over Alexander Radulov, the forward says he wants to stay home and help grow the sport of hockey in his own country.

TORONTO – Toronto Maple Leafs left-winger Ryan Hollweg was given an automatic three-game suspension by the National Hockey League on Wednesday.

MOSCOW – A Russian lawmaker said Tuesday that rising hockey star Alexei Cherepanov, a first-round draft pick of the New York Rangers, may have died due to negligence on the part of paramedics who responded to an emergency call.

CHICAGO (AP) -Rich Peverley and J.P. Dumont scored scored in the shootout to lift the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night.

WASHINGTON – The NHL is "still in growth mode" despite the economic downturn, commissioner Gary Bettman said Monday, noting that ticket sales have increased this season.

NEW YORK (AP) -Aaron Voros knows exactly what his job entails with the New York Rangers.
He might bug Martin Brodeur as Sean Avery did during his days on Broadway, but his game looks a whole lot like the one made famous by Detroit Red Wings big man Tomas Holmstrom.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -Tomas Holmstrom helped Ty Conklin get off to a good start with the Detroit Red Wings.
Holmstrom scored the go-ahead goal in the second period while Conklin finished with 27 saves in his debut to help the Red Wings beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 on Monday night, giving Detroit its second road win in two tries this season.

WASHINGTON – Washington Capitals goalie Brent Johnson let the Vancouver Canucks’ first shot into his net and finished with only nine saves. The Capitals’ offensive star, reigning league scoring champion Alex Ovechkin, was held without a point.

PHILADELPHIA – Scottie Upshall wanted to knock down the flying puck and clear some room in front of Philadelphia’s net.

The Flyers forward did use his stick and deflect Michael Komisarek’s shot – only the puck fell right into the net for Montreal’s go-ahead goal.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Thomas Vanek scored twice and Ales Kotalik and Jason Pominville each added a goal and two assists as the Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 7-1 on Monday afternoon.

The Philadelphia Flyers have named Bill Barber as a scouting consultant.
 
Barber, 56, had spent the previous six seasons (2002-03 through 2007-08) as director of player personnel for the Tampa Bay Lightning, including their Stanley Cup Championship season in 2003-04.