1921: Toronto purchased Harry Cameron from the Montreal Canadiens.
1926: Rangers rookie Lorne Chabot became the second goaltender in NHL history to record a shutout in his first career game as New York won 2-0 over the Canadiens, in the Rangers' first visit to Montreal.
1931: Toronto Maple Leafs fired coach Art Duncan, and named Dick Irvin as his replacement. Irvin went on to coach the Leafs for the next eight years.
1941: Boston Bruins tied an NHL record by scoring four goals in the 10-minute overtime period, to beat the New York Americans 6-2. Overtime was a mandatory 10 minute period before it was discontinued in November 1942
1943: Bob Davidson scored his first career hat trick and Lorne Carr had a goal and four assists as the Toronto Maple Leafs won 7-4 over the Boston Bruins. Don Gallinger scored a hat trick for the losing Bruins.....Montreal's rookie goalie Bill Durnan improved his career record to 10-0-1, with a 6-3 win over the visiting New York Rangers. Durnan set an NHL record for rookie goalies by going 12-0-2 in his first 14 games.
1946: Boston's assistant coach Dit Clapper came out of retirement to help the Bruins' on defense, replacing the injured Jack Crawford. He got a standing ovation from 14,000 fans and inspired the Bruins to a 5-2 win against the NY Rangers.
1948: Chicago's Bill Mosienko scored four goals and added an assist to lead the Black Hawks to a 5-3 win against the Red Wings, at Detroit.
1960: Rod Gilbert played in his first NHL game, a 3-3 NY Rangers' tie against the Chicago Black Hawks, in New York.....Terry Sawchuk got his 83rd career shutout as the Red Wings beat the Maple Leafs 2-0 at the Olympia in Detroit.
1963: Rod Gilbert beat Terry Sawchuk on a penalty shot when the Rangers beat Detroit 3-2 at MSG.
1965: Detroit's Gordie Howe scored his 600th NHL goal. It came in a 6-2 Red Wings loss to Montreal. Howe also got a major penalty that night for elbowing J.C. Tremblay. Howe became the first NHL player to get 600 career goals.
1969: Detroit's Gordie Howe became the first player in NHL history to score 1,700 career points, when he picked up two assists in a 5-1 win against Los Angeles. Howe reached 1,700 points in 1,567 NHL games.
1974: Montreal Canadiens began an NHL-record 23 game road undefeated streak (14-0-9), with a 3-2 win at Pittsburgh.....Jean Ratelle became the second player to score 300 goals as a member of the NY Rangers. The milestone came in a 4-1 win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.
1976: Roland Eriksson scored his first career NHL hat trick, with three power play goals in one period to lead the Minnesota North Stars to a 6-1 win against the Washington Capitals, at the Met Center.
1981: Minnesota's Dino Ciccarelli scored three goals (for his third career hat trick) to lead the North Stars to a 5-5 tie with the Jets, at Winnipeg.
1984: Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky scored his 30th career hat trick and added two assists, and Mike Krushelnyski had two goals and two assists in the Oilers' 7-1 win at Toronto.
1985: New York's Mike Bossy scored his 34th career hat trick, with three straight goals in the third period as the Islanders tied the North Stars 4-4 at Minnesota.....Washington's Bengt Gustafsson set a new club record with an assist in his ninth straight game, as the Capitals beat Montreal 5-3.
1988: New York's Bryan Trottier picked up two assists to become the 8th player in NHL history to score 1,300 career points, as the Islanders lost 5-3 to the Rangers at MSG.
1991: Penguins defeated the Devils 8-4 at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, following a 10 minute candlelight ceremony paying tribute to Bob Johnson, who had passed away one day earlier.
1992: Steve Larmer, in his 824th consecutive game, scored two goals and four assists, and Jeremy Roenick had four assists to lead the Blackhawks to an 8-1 win against the Oilers, at Edmonton.
1993: Pittsburgh Penguins' defenseman Larry Murphy picked up his 646th career assist in a 2-2 tie against Ottawa to move ahead of Bobby Orr into sixth place on the all time assist list for defensemen.
1995: Daren Puppa set a club mark with 45 saves in his 13th career shutout, and Alexander Selivanov scored both goals as Tampa Bay won 2-0 over the visiting L.A. Kings. The Lightning set a franchise-record with their fifth consecutive win.
1996: St. Louis Blues obtained Pavol Demitra from the Ottawa Senators, in exchange for Christer Olsson.
1999: Al MacInnis scored once to tie Jeff Brown as the highest goal scoring defenseman in St. Louis team history. His 80th goal with the Blues (along with two assists) came in an 8-3 win over the visiting Chicago Blackhawks.....Toronto's Mats Sundin scored twice, including his 400th point as a Maple Leaf, in a 5-2 win against the visiting Edmonton Oilers.
2001: Rookie goalie Johan Hedberg made 39 saves to record his 3rd career shutout, and Robert Lang scored a goal and added three assists in the Penguins 6-0 win over the visiting New Jersey Devils.....Colorado's Joe Sakic scored a goal and added an assist to become the 34th NHL player to record 1,200 career points as the Avalanche won 4-1 against the visiting Florida Panthers.
2002: Andreas Johansson scored his first career hat trick (including two power play goals) in the Predators 4-2 win over the visiting San Jose Sharks.
2003: Despite being outshot 43-23 by the visiting Los Angeles Kings, Sean Burke made 39 saves, and Ladislav Nagy scored his first career hat trick (with a goal in each period) and added an assist in the Coyotes 6-4 victory. Also in that game Luc Robitaille of the Kings became the second left wing in NHL history to record 700 career assists.....Dan Cloutier recorded his 100th NHL victory, and Markus Naslund scored with 46.2 seconds remaining in overtime and added an assist to give the Canucks a 3-2 win against the Senators at Ottawa.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
November 26, Part V
The Professor
At the Stitch, Pete Waggoner and myself have nicknamed Oilers Head Coach Craig McTavish "The Professor", with his square glasses and tight hairdo. After recently coming across a picture of "The Great One" I think we might have a new professor, but you be the judge.
At the Stitch, Pete Waggoner and myself have nicknamed Oilers Head Coach Craig McTavish "The Professor", with his square glasses and tight hairdo. After recently coming across a picture of "The Great One" I think we might have a new professor, but you be the judge.
November 26, Part IV
A new addition to the Crease, be sure to check out "On This Day in Hockey History". I waited till today to debut this feature as back in 1917 on this date the National Hockey League was officially founded, and what better day then this to start, so be sure to check back everyday for look back at Hockey's History.
On This Day in Hockey History, November 26th
1917: The National Hockey League was founded. The original teams were the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Arenas, and Quebec Bulldogs (which announced that they would not operate during the inaugural season).
1925: Pittsburgh Pirates and NY Americans franchises were officially acccepted into the NHL. The Americans purchased the Hamilton Tigers roster to fill its lineup, while the Pirates purchased the USHL's Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets.
1927: Detroit goalie Hap Holmes and Black Hawks' Chuck Gardiner dueled to a 0-0 tie at Chicago. It was the 8th scoreless tie in NHL history, the first of Gardiner's NHL career and the 8th career shutout for Holmes.
1944: Montreal's Maurice Richard scored his 5th career hat trick as the Canadiens won 4-1 against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.
1953: Goaltender Terry Sawchuk recorded his 36th career shutout and Marcel Pronovost scored a goal and an assist in the Red Wings' 2-0 win over the Maple Leafs at Toronto.
1961: Detroit's Gordie Howe became the first player in NHL history to play in 1,000 career regular season games, when the Red Wings lost 4-1 at Chicago.
1975: Pittsburgh's Jean Pronovost picked up an assist to become the first player to score 400 points in a Penguins' uniform as Pittsburgh won 5-2 over the visiting Detroit Red Wings.
1976: Flyers' Bernie Parent became the 20th NHL goaltender to record 200 career victories when Philadelphia won 4-2 against the Rockies, at Colorado. Bobby Clarke led the scoring with a goal and two assists.
1980: Edmonton rookie Jari Kurri got his first NHL hat trick and added an assist, and Wayne Gretzky scored a goal and picked up four assists to lead the Oilers to a 10-3 win over the Black Hawks.
1983: Neal Broten scored a "natural" hat trick, including the OT winning goal (for his second career hat trick) in the Minnesota North Stars' 7-6 win at Toronto.....Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky began an NHL-record 17 consecutive game assist streak, at St. Louis. It came in the midst of his NHL record 51-game point scoring streak (during which he scored 153 points). Oilers lost 8-6 to Blues.....Hartford's Blaine Stoughton scored the winning goal at 4:52 of overtime to lead the Whalers to a 4-3 win over the Rangers. It was the Whalers' first NHL overtime game.
1986: Peter Zezel scored his seventh game winning goal just 21 games into the schedule, as the Flyers beat Montreal 4-2 at the Spectrum. Their record at the Spectrum was 13-1.....Petri Skriko scored his 3rd hat trick in 8 days (4th of his career) as Vancouver won 5-3, at Los Angeles. Skriko had the hottest scoring period of any player in Canucks history, scoring 12 goals and 2 assists for 14 points in a span of five games.
1989: In his 11th NHL season, Rangers' Lindy Ruff was awarded his first penalty shot, and he scored in a 3-1 win over the Quebec Nordiques.
1991: Defenseman Randy Ladouceur was named the Hartford Whalers' 10th Team Captain in their 20-year history.
1992: Owen Nolan scored his 4th career hat trick, including the game winner :23 into overtime, to lead the Quebec Nordiques to a 5-4 win at Toronto.
1996: Rangers' Mark Messier scored his 18th career hat trick, and Mike Richter extended his unbeaten streak to 14-0-2, as New York won 3-1 at Phoenix.
1999: Steve Yzerman scored his 600th NHL goal in the Red Wings 4-2 win against the visiting Edmonton Oilers. Yzerman joined Gretzky, Howe, Dionne and Messier as the only NHL players with 600 goals and 900 assists
2000: Antti Laaksonen scored his first career hat trick (and the first in Minnesota Wild history) and added an assist in a 4-2 win against the visiting Vancouver Canucks.
On This Day in Hockey History, November 26th
1917: The National Hockey League was founded. The original teams were the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Arenas, and Quebec Bulldogs (which announced that they would not operate during the inaugural season).
1925: Pittsburgh Pirates and NY Americans franchises were officially acccepted into the NHL. The Americans purchased the Hamilton Tigers roster to fill its lineup, while the Pirates purchased the USHL's Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets.
1927: Detroit goalie Hap Holmes and Black Hawks' Chuck Gardiner dueled to a 0-0 tie at Chicago. It was the 8th scoreless tie in NHL history, the first of Gardiner's NHL career and the 8th career shutout for Holmes.
1944: Montreal's Maurice Richard scored his 5th career hat trick as the Canadiens won 4-1 against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.
1953: Goaltender Terry Sawchuk recorded his 36th career shutout and Marcel Pronovost scored a goal and an assist in the Red Wings' 2-0 win over the Maple Leafs at Toronto.
1961: Detroit's Gordie Howe became the first player in NHL history to play in 1,000 career regular season games, when the Red Wings lost 4-1 at Chicago.
1975: Pittsburgh's Jean Pronovost picked up an assist to become the first player to score 400 points in a Penguins' uniform as Pittsburgh won 5-2 over the visiting Detroit Red Wings.
1976: Flyers' Bernie Parent became the 20th NHL goaltender to record 200 career victories when Philadelphia won 4-2 against the Rockies, at Colorado. Bobby Clarke led the scoring with a goal and two assists.
1980: Edmonton rookie Jari Kurri got his first NHL hat trick and added an assist, and Wayne Gretzky scored a goal and picked up four assists to lead the Oilers to a 10-3 win over the Black Hawks.
1983: Neal Broten scored a "natural" hat trick, including the OT winning goal (for his second career hat trick) in the Minnesota North Stars' 7-6 win at Toronto.....Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky began an NHL-record 17 consecutive game assist streak, at St. Louis. It came in the midst of his NHL record 51-game point scoring streak (during which he scored 153 points). Oilers lost 8-6 to Blues.....Hartford's Blaine Stoughton scored the winning goal at 4:52 of overtime to lead the Whalers to a 4-3 win over the Rangers. It was the Whalers' first NHL overtime game.
1986: Peter Zezel scored his seventh game winning goal just 21 games into the schedule, as the Flyers beat Montreal 4-2 at the Spectrum. Their record at the Spectrum was 13-1.....Petri Skriko scored his 3rd hat trick in 8 days (4th of his career) as Vancouver won 5-3, at Los Angeles. Skriko had the hottest scoring period of any player in Canucks history, scoring 12 goals and 2 assists for 14 points in a span of five games.
1989: In his 11th NHL season, Rangers' Lindy Ruff was awarded his first penalty shot, and he scored in a 3-1 win over the Quebec Nordiques.
1991: Defenseman Randy Ladouceur was named the Hartford Whalers' 10th Team Captain in their 20-year history.
1992: Owen Nolan scored his 4th career hat trick, including the game winner :23 into overtime, to lead the Quebec Nordiques to a 5-4 win at Toronto.
1996: Rangers' Mark Messier scored his 18th career hat trick, and Mike Richter extended his unbeaten streak to 14-0-2, as New York won 3-1 at Phoenix.
1999: Steve Yzerman scored his 600th NHL goal in the Red Wings 4-2 win against the visiting Edmonton Oilers. Yzerman joined Gretzky, Howe, Dionne and Messier as the only NHL players with 600 goals and 900 assists
2000: Antti Laaksonen scored his first career hat trick (and the first in Minnesota Wild history) and added an assist in a 4-2 win against the visiting Vancouver Canucks.
November 26, Part III
Around The NHL
Tonight will be the Bruins' first game against the Flyers since defenseman Randy Jones slammed Patrice Bergeron into the TD Banknorth Garden end boards, putting the alternate captain's career at risk with a Grade 3 concussion and a broken nose.
Flames head coach Mike Keenan wants the NHL to suspend Avlanche forward Scott Parker for his cross-check against Dion Phaneuf in Saturdays game at Pepsi Center. Keenan told Calgary reporters, "This should be a major suspension to this guy".
The Stars power play has gone 10-for-21 in the last seven games.
Red Wings injured winger Tomas Kopecky is hoping to return to practice today, while Matt Ellis sat out Saturday night's game with a head injury.
Despite sitting out the second half of the Rangers Friday game at Florida, Martin Straka played yesterday with no apparent difficulty, and logged 20:35 of ice time.
Even with a right knee devoid of noticable cartilage, the Flyers Darian Hatcher probably will be back on the ice this week, possibily for tonight's game against the Bruins.
Blues left winger Martin Rucinsky sat out Sunday with a bruised right hand, which he injured blocking a shot in Friday's win over the Canucks.
The Lightning will have an update today on forward Ryan Craig, who left Saturday's game with a left knee injury and was scheduled for an MRI Sunday.
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Tonight will be the Bruins' first game against the Flyers since defenseman Randy Jones slammed Patrice Bergeron into the TD Banknorth Garden end boards, putting the alternate captain's career at risk with a Grade 3 concussion and a broken nose.
Flames head coach Mike Keenan wants the NHL to suspend Avlanche forward Scott Parker for his cross-check against Dion Phaneuf in Saturdays game at Pepsi Center. Keenan told Calgary reporters, "This should be a major suspension to this guy".
The Stars power play has gone 10-for-21 in the last seven games.
Red Wings injured winger Tomas Kopecky is hoping to return to practice today, while Matt Ellis sat out Saturday night's game with a head injury.
Despite sitting out the second half of the Rangers Friday game at Florida, Martin Straka played yesterday with no apparent difficulty, and logged 20:35 of ice time.
Even with a right knee devoid of noticable cartilage, the Flyers Darian Hatcher probably will be back on the ice this week, possibily for tonight's game against the Bruins.
Blues left winger Martin Rucinsky sat out Sunday with a bruised right hand, which he injured blocking a shot in Friday's win over the Canucks.
The Lightning will have an update today on forward Ryan Craig, who left Saturday's game with a left knee injury and was scheduled for an MRI Sunday.
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November 26, Part II
Yanks/A-Rod Marketing Pact
Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees agreed to a $30 million marketing agreement that according to multiple published reports could raise the total value of his contract to $305 million over 10 years. The agreement would pay A-Rod an additional $6 million over his contract base for matching Willie Mays with 660 career home runs, Babe Ruth with 714, Hank Aaron with 755 and Barry Bonds mark (currently at 762), and then an additional $6 million for passing Bonds to become baseball's all-time home run king. The agreement has not yet been finalized, but both sides have reportedly agreed to its terms.
Two weeks ago both parties agreed to the basic framework of a 10-year, $275 million contract.
Rodriguez will enter next season with 518 career home runs and is on pace to break the all-time record sometime around 2013. Major League Baseball doesn't usually endorse bonuses tied to home run totals, but the Commissioner's Office approved this arrangement because A-Rod would need to make additional personal appearances and memorabilia signings to collect all its benefits, according to the Associated Press.
What will be interesting to see is how other contracts are effected by this agreement, not only in baseball but the other professional sports. As much as I hate to say it, there is that chance that A-Rod suffers a career ending injury before he ever gets to 660 or 714 and this agreement is for not, but should he surpass Barry Bonds and hit 850 or 900 home runs how many other players would have clauses like this one built into their contracts, and would it start to become the norm? While we may not see the career home run record broken in our lifetime, what about the all-time hit record, or doubles record, or stolen base record?, etc... What might start to come from this is bonuses added to players contracts if single season records are broken too. Some players have certain performance clauses added such as if they win the MVP or win 20 games or play in "X" number of games, etc... but that usually pays them several thousand/hundred thousand dollars and nowhere in the neighborhood of $6 million. While it is early to speculate, as Rodriguez's clauses haven't been finalized yet, this could be the start of possibility new clauses being added in contracts and endorsed by the Commissioner's Office.
Kennedy May Have Had Enlarged Heart
The agent for Joe Kennedy said Sunday the family has been told by doctors the pitcher's death might have been the result of an enlarged heart. Agent Damon Lapa said it will take 6-to-8 weeks for the results of Kennedy's autopsy, pending the completion of toxicology tests. Kennedy, a journeyman who pitched for three major-league teams in 2007, finishing up the season with Toronto, died at his in-laws' home Friday at age 28. Kennedy woke up at about 1:15 a.m. Friday and collapsed as he was leaving a bedroom at the home of his wife's parents, Hillsborough County sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue took Kennedy to Brandon Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Kennedy spent seven years in the majors, playing last season with Oakland, Arizona and Toronto. He also spent time with Tampa Bay and Colorado and had a 43-61 career record with a 4.79 ERA in 222 appearances.
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Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees agreed to a $30 million marketing agreement that according to multiple published reports could raise the total value of his contract to $305 million over 10 years. The agreement would pay A-Rod an additional $6 million over his contract base for matching Willie Mays with 660 career home runs, Babe Ruth with 714, Hank Aaron with 755 and Barry Bonds mark (currently at 762), and then an additional $6 million for passing Bonds to become baseball's all-time home run king. The agreement has not yet been finalized, but both sides have reportedly agreed to its terms.
Two weeks ago both parties agreed to the basic framework of a 10-year, $275 million contract.
Rodriguez will enter next season with 518 career home runs and is on pace to break the all-time record sometime around 2013. Major League Baseball doesn't usually endorse bonuses tied to home run totals, but the Commissioner's Office approved this arrangement because A-Rod would need to make additional personal appearances and memorabilia signings to collect all its benefits, according to the Associated Press.
What will be interesting to see is how other contracts are effected by this agreement, not only in baseball but the other professional sports. As much as I hate to say it, there is that chance that A-Rod suffers a career ending injury before he ever gets to 660 or 714 and this agreement is for not, but should he surpass Barry Bonds and hit 850 or 900 home runs how many other players would have clauses like this one built into their contracts, and would it start to become the norm? While we may not see the career home run record broken in our lifetime, what about the all-time hit record, or doubles record, or stolen base record?, etc... What might start to come from this is bonuses added to players contracts if single season records are broken too. Some players have certain performance clauses added such as if they win the MVP or win 20 games or play in "X" number of games, etc... but that usually pays them several thousand/hundred thousand dollars and nowhere in the neighborhood of $6 million. While it is early to speculate, as Rodriguez's clauses haven't been finalized yet, this could be the start of possibility new clauses being added in contracts and endorsed by the Commissioner's Office.
Kennedy May Have Had Enlarged Heart
The agent for Joe Kennedy said Sunday the family has been told by doctors the pitcher's death might have been the result of an enlarged heart. Agent Damon Lapa said it will take 6-to-8 weeks for the results of Kennedy's autopsy, pending the completion of toxicology tests. Kennedy, a journeyman who pitched for three major-league teams in 2007, finishing up the season with Toronto, died at his in-laws' home Friday at age 28. Kennedy woke up at about 1:15 a.m. Friday and collapsed as he was leaving a bedroom at the home of his wife's parents, Hillsborough County sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue took Kennedy to Brandon Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Kennedy spent seven years in the majors, playing last season with Oakland, Arizona and Toronto. He also spent time with Tampa Bay and Colorado and had a 43-61 career record with a 4.79 ERA in 222 appearances.
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November 26
Wild Injury Update
Defenseman Kurtis Foster sustained a hairline fraction in his face, and he'll be out three to five days.
According to head coach Jacques Lemaire, Pavol Demitra will probably be back for the Wilds next game on Wednesday against the Phoenix Coyotes. Demitra has missed 13 of the last 15 games, and Minnesota is 5-9-1 in those contests.
Mikko Koivu doesn't appear ready to return. After sustaining a crack in his left fibula a week ago in Vancouver courtesy of Mattias Ohlund, he was originally expected to miss a week but it now appears as though it will take longer for his injury to heal.
Kings Call Up Klemm
The Los Angeles Kings recalled defenceman Jon Klemm from AHL Manchester on Sunday prior to their game against the Anaheim (LA) Ducks. Klemm, a 14-year NHL veteran, hasn't played for the KIngs this season, but in 17 games with Manchester, where he served as captain, had no points and 16 penalty minutes.
Lehtinen Out Indefinitely
Dallas Stars right wing Jere Lehtinen will be out indefinitely with an abdominal strain, but might not need surgery as the team originally thought, according to head coach Dave Tippett. Lehtinen led the stars with 26 goals last season, and the 13-year NHL veteran has six goals and 13 assists in 21 games this season
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Defenseman Kurtis Foster sustained a hairline fraction in his face, and he'll be out three to five days.
According to head coach Jacques Lemaire, Pavol Demitra will probably be back for the Wilds next game on Wednesday against the Phoenix Coyotes. Demitra has missed 13 of the last 15 games, and Minnesota is 5-9-1 in those contests.
Mikko Koivu doesn't appear ready to return. After sustaining a crack in his left fibula a week ago in Vancouver courtesy of Mattias Ohlund, he was originally expected to miss a week but it now appears as though it will take longer for his injury to heal.
Kings Call Up Klemm
The Los Angeles Kings recalled defenceman Jon Klemm from AHL Manchester on Sunday prior to their game against the Anaheim (LA) Ducks. Klemm, a 14-year NHL veteran, hasn't played for the KIngs this season, but in 17 games with Manchester, where he served as captain, had no points and 16 penalty minutes.
Lehtinen Out Indefinitely
Dallas Stars right wing Jere Lehtinen will be out indefinitely with an abdominal strain, but might not need surgery as the team originally thought, according to head coach Dave Tippett. Lehtinen led the stars with 26 goals last season, and the 13-year NHL veteran has six goals and 13 assists in 21 games this season
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Sunday, November 25, 2007
November 25
Around the NHL
ANAHEIM (LA DUCKS): Winger Drew Miller left Friday's game with a strained left knee in the second period and didn't return. Head Coach Randy Carlyle indicated that he will be assessed over the weekend, perhapds needing an MRI test to check for any damage.
ATLANTA: Injured Thrashers goalie Kari Lehtonen will be sent to Chicago today for a conditioning assignment with the AHL's Wolves. Lehtonen has been out since injuring his groin against the NY Rangers on October 18.
FLORDIA: Cory Murphy's bruised shoulder was only supposed to keep him out of a few games, but he hasn't played in more then a week and his return is not known. Coach Jacques Martin says he cannot count on Murphy returning Wednesday at Washington until he gets some real practice time.
LOS ANGELES: Leading scorer Alexander Frolov (4 goals, 20 points) will miss at least 1-2 games, possibly more, because of an injured right groin.
NEW JERSEY: Pat Burns who's a Devils scout in Florida, brushed aside rumors out of Toronto that the Leafs were going to fire Paul Maurice and bring him back as coach telling the Toronto Star, "Nobody's talked to me about it. And they couldn't anyway. That would be tampering. They'd need to get permission from Lou. As far as I know, nobody's asked".
NEW YORK RANGERS: After missing 15 games with a broken finger, Martin Straka is out again after suffering a Hamstring pull in Friday's 3-2 shoot-out loss at Florida.
OTTAWA: Daniel Alfredsson missed Saturdays game against Philadelphia and is listed as day-to-day. The Senators leading scorer says his groin tightened up in the third period Thursday against Pittsburgh.
PHOENIX: The Coyotes have loaned goaile David Aebischer to HC Lugano of the Swiss Elite League. Aebischer was assigned to the AHL's San Antonio Rampage on October 24. The move was to make room in San Antonio for Alex Auld, who was sent down eariler this week after the team claimed Ilya Bryzgalov off waivers last weekend. Aebischer appeared in one game for the Coyotes this season after signing a one year $600,000 deal on July 19, and Lugano will pick up the rest of his NHL salary.
WASHINGTON: Alexander Semin left practice early Thursday, after playing in the last two games, and didn't make the Caps road trip and missed his 16th game of the season Saturday with a sprained right ankle. Semin originally injured his ankle when his stake got caught in the netting behind the goal in the second to last exhibition game. He has now returned and reinjured that ankle three times.
Lidstrom, Zetterberg Top West
Nicklas Lidstrom and Henrik Zetterberg of the Detroit Red Wings lead all Western Conference All-Star vote-getters. Lidstorm's 80,903 votes top the west, followed by Zetterberg with 58,074 and Calgary Flames defenseman Dion Phaneup is third with 56,664 votes.
Zetterberg, Calgary Flames right wing Jarome Iginla (42,552) and Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk (39,041) lead all forwards in votes. Lidstrom and Phaneuf are the front-runners among defensemen. Pascal Leclair of the Columbus Blue Jackets tops all Western Conference goaltenders with 37,574 votes.
For the Minnesota Wild, Marian Gaborik is 10th among forwards with 20,539 votes, and Brian Rolston 22nd with 6,774, while Niklas Backstrom is 4th among goaltenders (19,756). The voting runs through January 2.
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ANAHEIM (LA DUCKS): Winger Drew Miller left Friday's game with a strained left knee in the second period and didn't return. Head Coach Randy Carlyle indicated that he will be assessed over the weekend, perhapds needing an MRI test to check for any damage.
ATLANTA: Injured Thrashers goalie Kari Lehtonen will be sent to Chicago today for a conditioning assignment with the AHL's Wolves. Lehtonen has been out since injuring his groin against the NY Rangers on October 18.
FLORDIA: Cory Murphy's bruised shoulder was only supposed to keep him out of a few games, but he hasn't played in more then a week and his return is not known. Coach Jacques Martin says he cannot count on Murphy returning Wednesday at Washington until he gets some real practice time.
LOS ANGELES: Leading scorer Alexander Frolov (4 goals, 20 points) will miss at least 1-2 games, possibly more, because of an injured right groin.
NEW JERSEY: Pat Burns who's a Devils scout in Florida, brushed aside rumors out of Toronto that the Leafs were going to fire Paul Maurice and bring him back as coach telling the Toronto Star, "Nobody's talked to me about it. And they couldn't anyway. That would be tampering. They'd need to get permission from Lou. As far as I know, nobody's asked".
NEW YORK RANGERS: After missing 15 games with a broken finger, Martin Straka is out again after suffering a Hamstring pull in Friday's 3-2 shoot-out loss at Florida.
OTTAWA: Daniel Alfredsson missed Saturdays game against Philadelphia and is listed as day-to-day. The Senators leading scorer says his groin tightened up in the third period Thursday against Pittsburgh.
PHOENIX: The Coyotes have loaned goaile David Aebischer to HC Lugano of the Swiss Elite League. Aebischer was assigned to the AHL's San Antonio Rampage on October 24. The move was to make room in San Antonio for Alex Auld, who was sent down eariler this week after the team claimed Ilya Bryzgalov off waivers last weekend. Aebischer appeared in one game for the Coyotes this season after signing a one year $600,000 deal on July 19, and Lugano will pick up the rest of his NHL salary.
WASHINGTON: Alexander Semin left practice early Thursday, after playing in the last two games, and didn't make the Caps road trip and missed his 16th game of the season Saturday with a sprained right ankle. Semin originally injured his ankle when his stake got caught in the netting behind the goal in the second to last exhibition game. He has now returned and reinjured that ankle three times.
Lidstrom, Zetterberg Top West
Nicklas Lidstrom and Henrik Zetterberg of the Detroit Red Wings lead all Western Conference All-Star vote-getters. Lidstorm's 80,903 votes top the west, followed by Zetterberg with 58,074 and Calgary Flames defenseman Dion Phaneup is third with 56,664 votes.
Zetterberg, Calgary Flames right wing Jarome Iginla (42,552) and Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk (39,041) lead all forwards in votes. Lidstrom and Phaneuf are the front-runners among defensemen. Pascal Leclair of the Columbus Blue Jackets tops all Western Conference goaltenders with 37,574 votes.
For the Minnesota Wild, Marian Gaborik is 10th among forwards with 20,539 votes, and Brian Rolston 22nd with 6,774, while Niklas Backstrom is 4th among goaltenders (19,756). The voting runs through January 2.
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