The Green Monster, white snowflakes and red cheeks. Fenway Park was all decked out for the Winter Classic, the NHL's New Year's Day skate down memory lane, a journey back to those iced-over ponds where many of today's stars played for hours and hours when they were kids. "I grew up in Ottawa.
Simon Gagne scored three goals and added an assist, and the surging Philadelphia Flyers stretched their winning streak to four games by handing the New York Rangers their worst loss of the season, 6-0 on Wednesday night. Former Rangers forward Blair Betts scored 54 seconds into his return to Madison Square Garden, and Danny Briere [...]
Martin Brodeur made 32 saves for his second straight shutout against the Pittsburgh Penguins and record 105th overall, leading the New Jersey Devils to a 2-0 victory Wednesday night. Selected to the Canadian Olympic team Wednesday, Brodeur broke a tie with Terry Sawchuk for the NHL shutout record in his previous start against the Penguins, [...]
Left wing Kyle Calder has cleared waivers and been assigned to the Anaheim Ducks' minor league affiliate in Toronto. The Ducks hoped for a scoring boost from Calder when they signed the nine-year NHL veteran to a one-year contract in late October, but he hasn't scored a goal in 14 games with Anaheim, managing just [...]
Rick Nash smiled as he discussed his selection Wednesday to Team Canada for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, the thrill of playing alongside Sidney Crosby or Joe Thornton, and even the pressures applied on a young superstar by his hockey-mad homeland. Then the topic shifted to the troubles surrounding Nash's NHL team, the Columbus Blue [...]
Jason LaBarbera made 28 saves and was perfect in the shootout to help the Phoenix Coyotes set a franchise record by winning their 10th straight home game, 3-2 over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night. Ed Jovanovski and Petr Prucha scored in regulation and Lauri Korpikoski had the lone goal of the shootout for the [...]
Rob Schremp had just one goal in his 18 games with the New York Islanders this season. Even so, Islanders coach Scott Gordon called for Schremp when their game against Columbus went to a shootout, and the 23-year-old responded by scoring the extra session's only goal to give New York a 2-1 win over the [...]
From spectator to contributor, Sabres forward Drew Stafford quickly put his benching behind him with an impressive response. Two days after he was banished to watch in the press box as a healthy scratch, Stafford rebounded by scoring twice, including once on a penalty shot, and added an assist to help Buffalo overcome a three-goal [...]
Fredrik Modin backhanded in a rebound of his own shot 3:12 into overtime to give Columbus a 1-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night, ending the Blue Jackets' franchise-tying nine-game losing skid. Steve Mason had 34 saves for his second shutout of the year. Modin carried the puck into the offensive zone [...]
Eric Staal had two goals and three assists to help the Carolina Hurricanes end a three-game losing streak with a 6-3 victory over the Washington Capitals on Monday night. Jussi Jokinen added a goal and two assists. Tuomo Ruutu also had a goal and an assist while Matt Cullen added two assists as Carolina stopped [...]
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