Archive for February, 2010

Red Wings-Avalanche Preview

Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock will have a gold medal in tow as he arrives in Denver following the NHL’s Olympic break.

Flames brace for border war

Robyn Regehr, left, and Eric Nystrom will agree to disagree on this one. Regehr is rooting for Team Canada in today’s gold-medal game, while Nystrom is supporting his fellow Americans.

River Rats lose Peters (again) to Carolina

As expected , Albany River Rats goaltender Justin Peters has been recalled to the NHL.

U.S. scores last-minute goal to force overtime with Canada in Olympic gold medal hockey game

Zach Parise scored with 24 seconds left as Team USA tied Canada 2-2 to force overtime in the Olympic men’s hockey gold medal game, the final event Sunday at the Olympics.

U.S. scores last-minute goal to force overtime with Canada in Olympic gold medal hockey game

Zach Parise scored with 24 seconds left as Team USA tied Canada 2-2 to force overtime in the Olympic men’s hockey gold medal game, the final event Sunday at the Olympics.

NHL;Jackets primed to resume seller role

A year ago, Blue Jackets fans enjoyed the rare treat of seeing their club enter the NHL trade deadline as buyers rather than sellers.

Florida Panthers: USA (Booth) vs. Canada (DeBoer) - bring it on

If you’re like me, you’re psyched about the USA-Canada gold medal hockey game this afternoon .

Thrashers to hold skills competition in Duluth; Mannino recalled from Chicago

A skills competition is finally coming to Blueland. The Atlanta Thrashers are adopting a format that has become a tradition to our neighbors to the North and will be hosting the skills competition at their Duluth, Georgia practice facility on Friday night.

Canada defeats Slovakia, sets up rematch with U.S.

Reporting from Vancouver, Canada - Team Canada sweated through some first-round stumbles in the Olympic hockey tournament and experienced many anxious moments in its semifinal game against Slovakia on Friday, but the host nation held on to earn a shot at a gold medal Sunday against the U.S. After coming perilously close to squandering a […]

Slovakian Hockey Player Reprimanded For Doping

A Slovakian hockey player for the Edmonton Oilers has been reprimanded for a minor doping violation at the Vancouver Olympics.

Detroit Red Wings’ Jimmy Howard Has Shot To Capture Calder Trophy

When the medals are handed out and the Olympic hockey tournament comes to an end, the race for the NHL playoffs will be just getting started.

Monarchs stumble, fall to Lowell, 3-2

Friday, Feb. 26, 2010 MANCHESTER The Manchester Monarchs did everything right Friday night except win the game.

Stars ground Aeros 5-2

Five different players lit the lamp as the Texas Stars defeated the Houston Aeros 5-2 in front of 8,711 fans at the Toyota Center Saturday.

Edmonton Oilers Trade Deadline Wishlist

In the photo above, some of Ethan Moreau’s fine handiwork is on display. Moreau upends Mike Weaver behind the Blues net.

NHL teams ready to deal

Let the wheeling and dealing begin. The NHL trade freeze for the Olympic break will be lifted Sunday at midnight, which means teams that want to bulk up for the playoffs will finally be able to make moves again in advance of Wednesday’s deadline.

NHL can’t cherry pick when it participates in Olympics

Sometimes — OK, a lot of times — Gary Bettman doesn’t think things all the way through before he talks.

U.S. goalie Miller one win away from being a household name

Pretty good American goalie, eh? This Ryan Miller, eh? He plays for the Buffalo Sabres, so right there, he’s off the radar screen of millions of puck-challenged fellow USA citizens, who couldn’t describe icing if they had all month.

Defence scores points with play

Team Canada will get a medal Sunday, the colour is yet to be determined. It is far from the seventh-place finish in Italy four years ago, and a big reason why has been the play of the defence.

Consensus among Red Wings: Canada will beat U.S. for gold

There are mixed feelings because Detroit defenseman Brian Rafalski is starring for Team USA, but goalie Chris Osgood said of the Canadians: ‘They’ve just been getting better and better every game.

Texas Stars goalie sticking with dream despite long odds

Game night, and the goalie paused in his doorway - 6 feet 4 inches, 212 pounds and a faithless left knee backlit against the amber glow of a townhouse leased for seven months to last the hockey season.

Jim Kelley - Reviews Team USA Hockey Victory

According to — ten — also rematch with Switzerland and the US is already beaten Switzerland.

Babcock wants win, not miracles

Sidney Crosby, left, and Dany Heatley horse around at Canada’s practice on Saturday.

Wild holding the line on season-ticket prices

After 399 consecutive sold-out games, the Wild are taking steps to extend their streak into next season by limiting hikes in the prices of season tickets.

In Afghanistan: Yanks talking tough, Canucks have gold in their sights

A friendly rivalry is brewing between Canadians and Americans stationed at Kandahar Airfield.

Cullen finds his place with Sens

Ottawa Senators Matt Cullen, Mike Fisher and Alex Kovalev skate hard during practice at the Sensplex on Friday.

Tanguay leads Lightning past Canadiens

Goaltending has been a problem for Tampa Bay since the club let Nikolai Khabibulin walk after the Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2004.

Vermette, Jackets a good fit;Year after trade, center on course for career highs

A year ago, Antoine Vermette was an Ottawa Senator, a third-line winger about to miss the postseason for the first time since he began playing junior hockey.

Talent, not DeBoer, is Panthers’ problem

If only all of his players shot so straight. “We’re not where we want to be,” Pete DeBoer said Thursday.

Canada takes its anger out on Russia

Reporting from Vancouver, Canada - Pushed to the brink of Olympic elimination Wednesday for the second day in a row, Team Canada pushed back.

Red Wings-related digs, odds, and ends

As the Americans prepare for the third period of what is currently a 6-0 rout of the Finnish Olympic team… The return of NHL hockey must be near, because the, ” Red Wings are so old ” motif has popped up on both individual and team-wide bases, with The Sporting News’s “The Grinder” taking a […]