REGINA - Lane Scheidl and Jordan Weal each had a goal and an assist Wednesday as the Regina Pats defeated the Kootenay Ice 2-1.Matt Hewitt made 31 saves for Regina (32-23-6). Brock Montgomery had the only goal for Kootenay (33-20-8), which got 23 ...
NHL Capsules - 22 Feb 2012ST. LOUIS - Brad Marchand scored twice and Tim Thomas stopped 30 shots to lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-2 win over St. Louis on Wednesday, ending the Blues' team-record point streak at 21 home games.Chris Stewart and Ryan Reaves scored for the Blu...
Brock Sutherland leads Calgary Hitmen to 5-3 win over Medicine Hat Tigers - 22 Feb 2012CALGARY - Brock Sutherland had a goal and two assists to lead the Calgary Hitmen to a 5-3 win over the Medicine Hat Tigers in Western Hockey League action Wednesday.Danny Gayle, Collin Bowman, Alex Gogolev and Jimmy Bubnick also scored for the Hit...
Anthony Bardaro leads Prince Albert Raiders over Swift Current Broncos 3-2 in SO - 22 Feb 2012SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. - Anthony Bardaro tied the game with 11 seconds to go in regulation and scored in the shootout Wednesday to lift the Prince Albert Raiders to a 3-2 win over the Swift Current Broncos.Mark McNeill also had a goal in the shootou...
NHL Capsules - 22 Feb 2012ST. LOUIS (AP) - Brad Marchand scored twice and Tim Thomas stopped 30 shots to lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-2 win over St. Louis on Wednesday, ending the Blues' team-record point streak at 21 home games.Chris Stewart and Ryan Reaves scored for th...
Varlamov stops 32 shots and Stastny scores 2 goals, lifting Avalanche to 4-1 win over Kings - 22 Feb 2012DENVER - Paul Stastny scored two goals, Semyon Varlamov stopped 32 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles 4-1 on Wednesday night for their first season sweep of the Kings in nearly two decades.Mark Olver and Jay McClement also added goa...
Macoy Erkamps has winner as Lethbridge Hurricanes edge Saskatoon Blades 3-2 - 22 Feb 2012SASKATOON - Macoy Erkamps banged home the winner for Lethbridge as the Hurricanes defeated the Saskatoon Blades 3-2 in Western Hockey League action on Wednesday.Nick Buonassisi and Phillip Tot also scored for Lethbridge (24-36-1).Ryan Olsen scored...
Kings-Avalanche Sum - 22 Feb 2012Los Angeles 0 0 1-1Colorado 3 1 0-4First Period-1, Colorado, Olver 2 (D.Jones, Winnik), 7:04. 2, Colorado, Stastny 15, 13:04. 3, Colorado, McClement 8 (O'Reilly, Kobasew), 17:22.Second Period-4, Colorado, Stastny 16 (Landeskog, Duchene), 12:45.Thi...
NHL Capsules - 22 Feb 2012ST. LOUIS - Brad Marchand scored twice and Tim Thomas stopped 30 shots to lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-2 win over St. Louis on Wednesday, ending the Blues' team-record point streak at 21 home games.Chris Stewart and Ryan Reaves scored for the Blu...
NHL Capsules - 22 Feb 2012ST. LOUIS (AP) - Brad Marchand scored twice and Tim Thomas stopped 30 shots to lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-2 win over St. Louis on Wednesday, ending the Blues' team-record point streak at 21 home games.Chris Stewart and Ryan Reaves scored for th...
Bruins stop Blues' home streak by coming back to win 4-2; Marchand scores pair - 22 Feb 2012ST. LOUIS - Brad Marchand scored twice and Tim Thomas stopped 30 shots to lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-2 win over St. Louis on Wednesday, ending the Blues' team-record point streak at 21 home games.Chris Stewart and Ryan Reaves scored for the Blu...
Jay Gilbert scores in overtime as Owen Sound Attack down Sarnia Sting 4-3 - 22 Feb 2012OWEN SOUND, Ont. - Jay Gilbert scored at 3:38 of overtime Wednesday as the Owen Sound Attack defeated the Sarnia Sting 4-3 in the Ontario Hockey League.Artur Gavrus added two goals in regulation for the Attack (29-22-7), while Daniel Catenacci had...
QMJHL Roundup: A look at Wednesday's games - 22 Feb 2012The Blainville-Boisbriand Armada are staying well ahead of their divisional rivals.Marc-Olivier Roy had back-to-back goals to lead Blainville-Boisbriand past the P.E.I. Rocket 5-2 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League play Wednesday.The Armada are ...
Bruins-Blues Sum - 22 Feb 2012Boston 3 0 1-4St. Louis 2 0 0-2First Period-1, Boston, Marchand 20, 2:29. 2, Boston, Lucic 21 (Corvo, Kelly), 6:19. 3, St. Louis, Stewart 12 (Porter, Arnott), 7:17. 4, St. Louis, Reaves 2 (Crombeen, Shattenkirk), 12:15. 5, Boston, Kelly 15 (Lucic,...
NHL Network to televise Canucks-Wings on Thursday - 22 Feb 2012The top two teams in the Western Conference will square off on the NHL Network Thursday night. The Detroit Red Wings -- who currently sit atop the West by just two points, will face the second-place Vancouver Canucks at Joe Louis Arena. Opening f...
Senators overwhelm Caps 5-2 - 22 Feb 2012OTTAWA (AP) - Erik Karlsson and Milan Michalek each had three points Wednesday and the Ottawa Senators defeated the Washington Capitals 5-2.John Carlson and Mathieu Perreault scored for the Capitals, who have lost three straight. Alex Ovechkin mis...
Gustav Nyquist has a goal and two assists to lead Griffins over Bulldogs 4-2 - 22 Feb 2012GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Gustav Nyquist had a goal and two assists Wednesday as the Grand Rapids Griffins defeated the Hamilton Bulldogs 4-2 in the American Hockey League.Brendan Smith added a goal and an assist for the Griffins (21-21-9), while Toma...
Erik Karlsson leads the way again as Ottawa Senators rip Washington Capitals 5-2 - 22 Feb 2012OTTAWA - With each passing day, the whispers of Erik Karlsson as a Norris Trophy candidate get a little louder.The Senators defenceman was instrumental for his team again Wednesday with a goal and two assists as Ottawa jumped out to a 4-0 lead and...
Capitals-Senators Sum - 22 Feb 2012Washington 0 0 2-2Ottawa 2 2 1-5First Period-1, Ottawa, Karlsson 13 (Spezza, Michalek), 9:36. 2, Ottawa, Michalek 26 (Karlsson), 14:13.Second Period-3, Ottawa, Michalek 27 (Karlsson, Alfredsson), 3:37 (pp). 4, Ottawa, Phillips 4 (Foligno, Neil), 1...
Blue Jackets activate Sanford off injured reserve - 22 Feb 2012COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated goaltender Curtis Sanford, who had been on injured reserve following a lower body injury suffered earlier this month.The club on Wednesday also said it had assigned goaltender Allen Yo...
Blue Jackets activate goaltender Curtis Sanford off injured reserve, missed past 6 games - 22 Feb 2012COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated goaltender Curtis Sanford, who had been on injured reserve following a lower body injury suffered earlier this month.The club on Wednesday also said it had assigned goaltender Allen York to...
Columbus deals Vermette to Coyotes for goalie - 22 Feb 2012COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded center Antoine Vermette to the Phoenix Coyotes for two draft picks and goaltender Curtis McElhinney.The deal, announced on Wednesday by Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson, would gi...
Columbus deals Vermette to Coyotes for goalie - 22 Feb 2012COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded center Antoine Vermette to the Phoenix Coyotes for two draft picks and goaltender Curtis McElhinney.The deal, announced on Wednesday by Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson, would gi...
Glencross, Smith practise with Calgary Flames, who lose Butler to injury - 22 Feb 2012CALGARY - The Calgary Flames received good news and bad news on the injury front on Wednesday.The morning after Calgary suffered a humiliating 6-1 setback on home ice to the Edmonton Oilers, forward Curtis Glencross and defenceman Derek Smith suit...
Ruutu extended four years by Hurricanes - 22 Feb 2012Tuomo Ruutu is staying right where he's been since 2008 – in Carolina. The Hurricanes took the 29-year-old forward off the trade market on Wednesday by re-signing him to a four-year contract worth $19 million. The deal will pay Ruutu $4 million...
Hurricanes agree to 4-year extension with Ruutu - 22 Feb 2012RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to a four-year, $19 million contract extension with forward Tuomo Ruutu.The deal will pay Ruutu $4 million next season and $5 million in each of the next three years in a deal that runs thro...
Carolina Hurricanes agree to terms for 4-year, $19 million extension with F Tuomo Ruutu - 22 Feb 2012RALEIGH, N.C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to a four-year, $19 million contract extension with forward Tuomo Ruutu.The deal will pay Ruutu $4 million next season and $5 million in each of the next three years in a deal that runs through t...
Rogers to compete with Bell on content from sports teams they both own - 22 Feb 2012MONTREAL - Improved hockey, basketball and soccer coverage, including better access to team practices and more angles on scoring are among improvements sports fans can expect from Rogers now that it owns a big chunk of Toronto's top sports franchi...
Injured Toews to sit Thursday against Stars - 22 Feb 2012CHICAGO -- Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will miss a second straight game Thursday, when Chicago plays the Dallas Stars. Toews missed Tuesday night against the Detroit Red Wings with an upper-body injury, and after skipping practice Wednesda...
Columbus deals Vermette to Coyotes for goalie - 22 Feb 2012COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded center Antoine Vermette to the Phoenix Coyotes for two draft picks and goaltender Curtis McElhinney.The deal, announced on Wednesday by Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson, would gi...
Blue Jackets trade Antoine Vermette to Phoenix for Curtis McElhinney and 2 draft picks - 22 Feb 2012COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded centre Antoine Vermette to the Phoenix Coyotes for two draft picks and goaltender Curtis McElhinney.The deal, announced on Wednesday by Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson, would give Co...
Columbus deals Vermette to Coyotes for goalie - 22 Feb 2012COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded center Antoine Vermette to the Phoenix Coyotes for two draft picks and goaltender Curtis McElhinney.The deal, announced on Wednesday by Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson, would gi...
Blue Jackets send Antoine Vermette to Phoenix for goalie Curtis McElhinney - 22 Feb 2012PHOENIX - The Phoenix Coyotes have acquired centre Antoine Vermette from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for goaltender Curtis McElhinney plus a pair of draft picks.Vermette, 29, had eight goals and 19 assists, plus 12 penalty minutes, in 60...
Young Swede shines in goal in minors, offers Leafs organization hope for future - 22 Feb 2012TORONTO - While the Maple Leafs mull over their big league goaltending options, Mark Owuya is doing his bit to be noticed in the minors.Leafs goaltending guru Francois Allaire already likes what he sees in the young Swede."Mark is making great pro...
Blue Jackets LW Rick Nash a trade deadline target - 22 Feb 2012Rick Nash wears the "C" on his jersey as captain of Columbus. These days, the letter stands more for, coveted.The NHL trade deadline is Monday and no player has been dangled as bait like Nash, the Blue Jackets' 27-year-old star forward, and the gr...
Going Shopping: Blue Jackets LW Rick Nash the popular target as the NHL trade deadline nears - 22 Feb 2012Rick Nash wears the "C'' on his jersey as captain of Columbus. These days, the letter stands more for, coveted.The NHL trade deadline is Monday and no player has been dangled as bait like Nash, the Blue Jackets' 27-year-old star forward, and the g...
Blue Jackets LW Rick Nash a trade deadline target - 22 Feb 2012Rick Nash wears the "C" on his jersey as captain of Columbus. These days, the letter stands more for, coveted.The NHL trade deadline is Monday and no player has been dangled as bait like Nash, the Blue Jackets' 27-year-old star forward, and the gr...
Report: Bertuzzi, Wings close to two-year extension - 22 Feb 2012The Detroit Free Press is reporting the Detroit Red Wings could announce a two-year contract extension for forward Todd Bertuzzi as soon as Thursday. Bertuzzi, 37, has 12 goals, 17 assists and a plus-21 rating in 54 games this season, most of whc...
WHL Roundup: A look at Tuesday's games - 21 Feb 2012Brendan Shinnimin easily broke the 100-point barrier on Tuesday.Shinnimin — who needed four points to reach 100 going into the game versus Everett — had a six-point night with three goals and three assists to lead the Tri-City Americans to a 7-2 v...
Brendan Shinnimin's six points leads Americans past Silvertips 7-2 - 21 Feb 2012KENNEWICK, Wash. - Brendan Shinnimin easily broke the 100-point barrier on Tuesday.Shinnimin — who needed four points to reach 100 going into the game versus Everett — had a six-point night with three goals and three assists to lead the Tri-City A...