BUFFALO, N.Y. - Sabres captain Craig Rivet is ready to return after missing nearly a month with a shoulder injury, but forward Maxim Afinogenov is out indefinitely after hurting his groin last weekend. Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said after p...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Blue Jackets placed defenceman Rostislav Klesla on injured reserve due to a lower-body injury. Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock said Klesla, who was hurt Saturday at St. Louis, could be sidelined up to four w...

Montreal Canadiens General Manager Bob Gainey announced Monday the acquisition of defenseman T.J. Kemp from the Pittsburgh Penguins, in return for a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Kemp will join the AHL’s Hamilto...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -Sabres captain Craig Rivet is ready to return after missing nearly a month with a shoulder injury, but forward Maxim Afinogenov is out indefinitely after hurting his groin last weekend. Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said after prac...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - The injury-riddled Colorado Avalanche will be without forward Ian Laperriere and defenceman Adam Foote when they travel to Nashville for a game against the Predators on Tuesday night. Foote sustained a triceps injury Su...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -The Columbus Blue Jackets placed defenseman Rostislav Klesla on injured reserve due to a lower body injury. Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock said Klesla, who was hurt Saturday at St. Louis, could be sidelined up to four week...

VOORHEES, N.J. - The injury list keeps growing for the Philadelphia Flyers. Right-wing Joffrey Lupul will miss at least two weeks with a pulled abdominal muscle he sustained in Friday's win over Anaheim, and backup goaltender Antero Niitt...

ARLINGTON, Va. - All seems well and good for the Washington Capitals these days. They have the best 40-game record in franchise history. Reigning MVP Alex Ovechkin is poised again to become the league's top goal-scorer. The injury list, w...

First Star - LW Rick Nash, Columbus Second Star - D Brian Rafalski, Detroit Third Star - G Cam Ward, Carolina First Star - LW Alex Ovechkin, Washington Second Star - C Bryan Little, Atlanta Third Star - G Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles First S...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -All seems well and good for the Washington Capitals these days. They have the best 40-game record in franchise history. Reigning MVP Alex Ovechkin is poised again to become the league's top goal-scorer. The injury list, whic...

VOORHEES, N.J. (AP) -The injury list keeps growing for the Philadelphia Flyers. Right wing Joffrey Lupul will miss at least two weeks with a pulled abdominal muscle he sustained in Friday's win over Anaheim, and backup goaltender Antero Niittyma...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -The injury-riddled Colorado Avalanche will be without forward Ian Laperriere and defenseman Adam Foote when they travel to Nashville for a game against the Predators on Tuesday night. Foote sustained a triceps injury Sunda...

NEW YORK - Columbus Blue Jackets left-winger Rick Nash was named NHL first star of the week Monday. He led all NHL scorers with nine points (2-7) as the Blue Jackets won three of four road games last week. Nash had one goal and one ...

Preds forward Steve Sullivan, recovering from a back injury suffered in February 2007, indicated that he is close to making a return to NHL game action. Sullivan has been practicing regularly with the full team since mid-December and has participa...

OTTAWA - Steve Yzerman knew how Canada's junior hockey team felt heading into the gold-medal game against Sweden at the world junior hockey championship Monday. Yzerman, the executive director of the Canadian men's Olympic team for 2010, ...

PORT PERRY, Ont. - Young people in hockey jerseys are among the hundreds of mourners remembering an Ontario hockey player who died after hitting his head on the ice during a fight. Don Sanderson died Friday after he went into a coma follo...

NEW YORK -- Columbus Blue Jackets left wing Rick Nash, Detroit Red Wings defenseman Brian Rafalski and Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Cam Ward have been named the NHL's 'Three Stars' for the week ending Jan. 4. FIRST STAR -- RICK NASH,...

Jan 22-26 - All-Star break. Jan. 24 - NHL SuperSkills Competition, Montreal. Jan. 25 - NHL All-Star Game, Montreal. March 4 - Trade deadline, 3 p.m. EST. April 9-19 - IIHF Under 18 World Championship, Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn. April 1...

Results Sunday: IIHF World Junior Championship At Ottawa Medal Bracket Fifth Place U.S. 3 Czech Republic 2 (OT) Relegation Bracket Finland 3 Germany 1 Latvia 7 Kazakhstan 1 IIHF Under-1...

The Blackhawks made themselves right at home in their friendlier indoor confines. Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 34 shots, Martin Havlat, Andrew Ladd and Patrick Sharp each had a goal and an assist, and Chicago rebounded from consecutive losses to D...

Scoring summaries from Sunday's NHL games: Panthers 5 at Canadiens 6 (SO) First Period 1. Florida, McLean 3 (Matthias, Bouwmeester) 12:57 2. Florida, Booth 16 (McCabe, Weiss) 18:09 (pp) Penalties - Frolik Fla (pla...

Forward - Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Forward - Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Forward - Alexei Kovalev, Montreal Defense - Andrei Markov, Montreal Defense - Mike Komisarek, Montreal Goalie - Carey Price, Montreal --- Forward - Patrick Kane, Chic...

s-Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh, 1,713,021; s-Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh, 1,585,936; s-Alexei Kovalev, Montreal, 1,343,301; Saku Koivu, Montreal, 1,320,604; Alex Tanguay, Montreal, 1,296,701; Alex Ovechkin, Washington, 470,276; Marc Savard, Boston, 26...

VANCOUVER, B.C. - James Neal scored the decisive shootout goal Sunday as the Dallas Stars rebounded from a lacklustre effort to defeat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2. Neal beat Vancouver netminder Jason LaBarbera with a low wrist shot to the s...

Player, Team G A Pts 1. Wayne Gretzky, Edm-LA-StL-NYR 894 1963 2,857 2. Mark Messier, Edm-NYR-Van-NYR 694 1193 1,887 3. Gordie Howe, Det-Har ...

1. Wayne Gretzky, Edm-LA-StL-NYR 894 2. Gordie Howe, Det-Har 801 3. Brett Hull, Cal-StL-Dal-Det-Pho 741 4. Marcel Dionne, Det-LA-NYR 731 5. Phil Esposi...

CHICAGO (AP) -Nikolai Khabibulin made 34 saves, Martin Havlat, Andrew Ladd and Patrick Sharp each had a goal and an assist, and the Chicago Blackhawks rebounded from consecutive losses to Detroit to beat Calgary 5-2 on Sunday night. Kris Verstee...

Dallas 1 1 0 0-3 Vancouver 2 0 0 0-2 First Period-1, Vancouver, Wellwood 14 (Bernier), 2:11. 2, Vancouver, Hordichuk 4 (Jaffray, Bolduc), 15:40. 3, Dallas, Modano 13 (Neal, Eriksson), 19:50. Second Period-4, Dallas, Ribeiro 7 (Lehtine...

Movements in the world of hockey Sunday: National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES-Recalled F Jamie Lundmark from Quad City (AHL). ECHL AUBURN-Named Jay Boulware special teams coordinator. CHARLOTTE CHECKERS-Claimed F ...

MINNEAPOLIS — When all top 15 teams remain the same from one poll to the next, proffering the notion of change seems disingenuous. Looking closer, however, elicits some interesting findings. For the fifth straight poll, the still unbeaten Plattsburgh Cardinals (11-0-2) have been judged by the voters as Division IIIā??s best team. But for the third consecutive time, the number of first place ...

OTTAWA, Ont. — James van Riemsdyk (Middletown, N.J./University of New Hampshire) scored a highlight-reel goal in overtime to lift the United States to a 3-2 win over the Czech Republic Sunday in the fifth-place game at the 2009 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship. van Riemsdyk skated around a fallen defender, put the puck between his legs and scored into the upper ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota head coach Don Lucia, who missed the Gophers' game Friday due to an undetermined illness, addressed the issue of his health Saturday evening. Speaking during the Dodge Holiday Classic championship game at Mariucci Arena, Lucia said that the results of further tests were needed and that he expected to miss the Gophers' games in Grand Forks, N.D., next weekend. "I ...

OTTAWA, Ont. — The preliminaries are over, and now every game matters for the U.S. team at the World Juniors. Hurdle one in the elimination process: Slovakia. Dave Starman reports from Ottawa, Ont.

OTTAWA, Ont. — Despite outshooting Slovakia by a 47-19 count, the United States dropped a 5-3 decision Friday in the quarterfinal round of the 2009 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship. Team USA will conclude play in the event Sunday (Jan. 4) in the fifth-place game against either the Czech Republic or Russia. Faceoff is set for 7:30 p.m. (EST) at Scotiabank Place. "We ...