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WINNIPEG – As he watched his team struggle against the Manitoba Moose, Toronto Marlies head coach Dallas Eakins shrugged off the bad feeling in his belly and left his forward line combination unchanged

CLEVELAND – Brock Bradford scored the shootout winner as the Lake Erie Monsters overcame the Hamilton Bulldogs 5-4 in American Hockey League play Friday

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – David Shantz held off a late rally as the Abbotsford Heat edged the Rochester Americans 3-2 in American Hockey League play Friday

ST. LOUIS – Chris Mason made the difference in the NHL’s worst home team’s victory over the league’s worst road club.Mason made 30 saves for his second shutout of the season, and T

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Atlanta Thrashers knew they were giving up plenty of scoring when they traded Ilya Kovalchuk to New Jersey.One of the players they got in return hasn’t been too shabby himself

PITTSBURGH – Olli Jokinen’s first game-winner with the New York Rangers wasn’t exactly what he planned.Jokinen scored at 1:02 of overtime to give the Rangers – who played the final 45 minutes down two players due to injury – a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night

COLUMBUS, Ohio – On the TV in the Vancouver dressing room, the opening ceremonies of their hometown Olympics were taking place.Mikael Samuelsson glanced occasionally at the images as he tried to explain one of the weirdest goals imaginable

ST. LOUIS – Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke made his first public comments Friday about son Brendan’s death last week in a car accident

NEWARK, N.J. – Ilya Kovalchuk’s first goal with the New Jersey Devils was big enough to rate a celebration usually reserved for a hat trick.After pressing for a week following a blockbuster trade, Kovalchuk lived up to his reputation as one of the NHL’s big goal scorers by snapping a third-period tie in the Devils’ 5-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night

PHILADELPHIA – Jeff Carter and the Philadelphia Flyers left the Montreal Canadiens behind.Carter scored his 25th and 26th goals, and Michael Leighton made 31 saves in the Flyers’ 3-2 victory Friday night

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The New York Rangers have acquired enforcer Jody Shelley from the San Jose Sharks for a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2011 draft

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Wild announced Friday defenceman Clayton Stoner has undergone successful hernia surgery.General Manager Chuck Fletcher says Stoner had the surgery in Munich, Germany

CHICAGO – The Chicago Blackhawks added some depth to their blue-line before the NHL-mandated trade freeze.The Blackhawks acquired defencemen Kim Johnsson and prospect Nick Leddy from the Minnesota Wild in exchange for defenceman Cam Barker

OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators like the position they’re in heading into the final weekend of play before the NHL’s Olympic break, so much so that they made several moves Friday to help keep them there afterward

MONTREAL – Hockey tough guy Georges Laraque has a history of pummelling opponents until they’re black and blue.Now the longtime NHL enforcer is going Green

Adding to what had already been a busy morning, the Ottawa Senators have acquired centre Matt Cullen in a trade with the Carolina Hurricanes, sending defenceman Alexandre Picard and a second-round draft pick to North Carolina in exchange

OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators signed general manager Bryan Murray to a one-year contract extension Friday.

Murray joined the Senators in June 2004 and spent three years as the team’s head coach before being named general manager on June 18, 2007

THE CANADIAN PRESSAHL No Games Scheduled.ECHLVictoria 6 Alaska 2IHLNo Games Scheduled.CentralAllen 2 Tulsa 1 (OT) Bossier-Shreveport 3 Missouri 1QMJHLNo Games Scheduled

Capitals 5 at Senators 6First Period1. Ottawa, Spezza 14 (Kuba, Picard) 6:032. Ottawa, Michalek 20 (Spezza) 10:093. Washington, Fleischmann 18 (Semin, Green) 17:004

Movements in the world of hockey Thursday:National Hockey LeagueATLANTA THRASHERS-Recalled D Arturs Kulda from Chicago (AHL).DALLAS STARS-Claimed F Brandon Segal off waivers from Los Angeles