| Toronto Maple Leafs Making Pitch For 2012 Or 2013 All-star Weekends 2010-03-11 14:10:00 TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs are bidding for either the 2012 or 2013 NHL all-star festivities. The club has also applied to host the 2011 NHL Entry Draft at Air Canada... | |
| After Solid Performance Against Rangers, Devils Look To String Wins Together 2010-03-11 14:10:00 With a month left in the regular season, the New Jersey Devils are somewhat of a question mark.There is little doubt Jacques Lemaire's team is going to the post-season for the... |
| Despite Scoring Slump, Tavares Building Foundation By Pat Martin, Contributing NHL Editor (Sports Network) - Rookie forwards usually take at least a season to develop into consistent performers at the NHL level. Even in the case of No. 1 overall... |
| Guerin: Nhl Should Outlaw Hits Like Cooke's David Booth this season.NHL general managers recommended during their meeting Wednesday that a blind-side hit to the head -- or the kind Cooke inflicted upon Savard -- should not be permitted.Guerin... |
| Nhl Stars Coming To T.o.? Ten years after they hosted a successful NHL all-star game -- and floated the idea of making Toronto its permanent home -- the Maple Leafs are re-launching a strong bid. The Leafs hope to land... |
| Guerin Sees Bigger Picture PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bill Guerin says the NHL must outlaw hits to the head. That includes the kind of hit levelled by Guerin's teammate, Matt Cooke, against the Boston... |
| Guerin: Nhl Should Outlaw Hits To Head NHL enforcement chief Colin Campbell said precedent was set when the Flyers' Mike Richards wasn't suspended for a similar hit on Florida's David Booth this... |
| Oilers Rookie Goalie Devan Dubnyk After First Nhl Victory In Game Versus Habs 2010-03-11 12:50:00 MONTREAL - Rookie goalie Devan Dubnyk will go for his first NHL win when the Edmonton Oilers face the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.Dubnyk is 0-7-1 with a 4.26... |
| Guerin Says Nhl Should Ban Hits To Head Like Teammate Cooke's On Bruins' Savard 2010-03-11 12:50:00 PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bill Guerin says the NHL must outlaw hits to the head.That includes the kind of hit levelled by Guerin's teammate, Matt Cooke, against... |
| Bill Guerin Of Pittsburgh Penguins: Hits To Head Should Result In Suspensions -- Including Matt Cooke Savard is out indefinitely with a Grade 2 concussion sustained during a shoulder-to-head hit by Cooke on Sunday, but Cooke was not suspended.NHL enforcement chief Colin Campbell said precedent was... |
| Canucks' Sedins Give $1.5 Million To Children's Hospital Vancouver Canucks stars Daniel and Henrik Sedin have donated $1.5 million to help build a new BC Children's Hospital. The Swedish twins, who've played for the NHL club for a decade, made their gift... |
| Vonn Crashes, Will Still Ski For Overall Title GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) -- Lindsey Vonn crashed and bruised her right knee during the World Cup giant slalom Thursday, but is expected to compete Friday in the super-G in an attempt to... |
| Panthers Try To Keep Rolling In Visit To Avalanche (Sports Network) - The Florida Panthers will try to win four straight games for the first time this season when they visit the Colorado Avalanche tonight at the Pepsi Center. The Panthers come into... |
| Sharks Continue Homestand With Battle Against Predators (Sports Network) - Having rallied in the third period in each of its last two victories, the San Jose Sharks wrap their season series with the Nashville Predators this evening at HP Pavilion. Even... |
| Senators Resume Western Swing With Stop In Calgary (Sports Network) - Having just picked up their first win since the Winter Olympics break, the Ottawa Senators will now try to pick up their first victory in Calgary since 2003 when they visit the... |
| Penguins Aim For Fifth Straight Win In Clash With Hosting 'canes (Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Penguins will try to stay perfect since returning from the Olympic break when they visit the Carolina Hurricanes tonight at RBC Center. The Penguins are 4-0 since... |
| Red Wings, Wild Meet For Key Battle In Motown (Sports Network) - A pair of teams fighting for a playoff berth in the Western Conference get together tonight at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena, where the hometown Red Wings take on the Minnesota... |
| Surging Flyers Host Bruins In Winter Classic Rematch (Sports Network) - The Philadelphia Flyers will try to continue their surge in the right direction when they host the Boston Bruins tonight at Wachovia Center. The Flyers are 7-1-1 in their last nine... |
| Blues Visit Islanders At Nassau Coliseum (Sports Network) - The St. Louis Blues will try to get back on track tonight when they visit the New York Islanders for an interconference clash at Nassau Coliseum. The Blues pushed their winning... |
| Lightning Hope To Get On Track Versus Maple Leafs (Sports Network) - The Tampa Bay Lightning will aim for just their second win in eight games when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight at Air Canada Centre. The Lightning are only five points... |
| Habs Hope To Stay Hot Against Oilers (Sports Network) - The Montreal Canadiens continue their push for a postseason berth when the surging club continues its current homestand with tonight's bout against the Edmonton Oilers from the... |
| Thrashers Try To End Slide In Columbus (Sports Network) - The Atlanta Thrashers will be out to halt a poorly-timed three-game losing streak in tonight's matchup with the Columbus Blue Jackets from Nationwide Arena. Atlanta had put... |
| Gilbert Filling Some Big Skates Tom Gilbert better get used to the workload. From now until the end of the season, the Edmonton Oilers defenceman is expected to play on the top pairing, kill penalties and man the point on the... |
| Fronts D-man Pays Price For Cross-check The Kingston Frontenacs finish off their Ontario Hockey League regular season knowing the team's first playoff series in three years will start next week. However, they'll have to open the... |
| Guay Of Canada Wins Super-g World Cup Title GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) -- Erik Guay of Canada produced a daring run to win the final race of the season Thursday and claim a World Cup title in the... |
| Nhl Lets Cooke Off Hook The poor, tortured NHL can't seem to ever get it right. On a day when it should have been celebrated for bringing forth a thought-provoking rule change regarding hits to the head, it instead stomps... |
| Rafael Nadal To Prep For Wimbledon At Queen's In 2008, Nadal was the first man to win at the French Open, Queen's Club and Wimbledon in the same year, but his persistent knee problems prevented him from defending his titles on grass at Queen's... |
| Lindsey Vonn Falls In Giant Slalom GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) -- Lindsey Vonn fell in the first leg of the season's final giant slalom and Maria Riesch was able to make up ground on Vonn's overall World Cup... |
| Ice Hockey: Cardiff Devils Beaten By Edinburgh Capitals WELSH teenager Michael Crisp was promoted to starting goalie as Cardiff Devils slumped to an 8-3 defeat in their Elite League match against Edinburgh Capitals last night. Devils travelled on from... |
| Marion Jones Signs With Wnba's Tulsa Shock The disgraced sprinter once called the world's fastest woman was introduced Wednesday as the newest member of the WNBA's Tulsa Shock and she offered no apologies for her steroids use or her time in... |
| Westwood Leading An English Charge DORAL, Fla. (AP) -- Lee Westwood is the leader of an English revolution in the world of golf as the highest-ranked player at No. 4 in the world and a two-time winner of the European Tour money... |
| Wednesday's Grouped Hockey Results 2010-03-11 03:50:00 AHL Binghamton 5 Manchester 3Milwaukee 5 Lake Erie 1Texas 3 Peoria 2Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4 Albany 3 (SO)Worcester 6 Hartford 4ECHLIdaho 5 Victoria 2Las Vegas 3 Bakersfield... |
| Coyotes Nip Canucks In Shootout Glendale, AZ (Sports Network) - Coyotes defenseman Adrian Aucoin scored the decisive goal in the sixth round of the shootout, as Phoenix edged the homeward-bound Vancouver Canucks, 4-3, at Jobing.com... |
| Michael Rosenberg: The Mysterious Struggles Of Datsyuk And Zetterberg And mostly, I remember it because it did not seem like an opinion. It seemed like a statement of extraordinary fact. Zetterberg and Datsyuk had been absolutely dominant that spring. They had owned... |
| Extra Points: The Big Winner? The Free Press! The results of the annual Associated Press Sports Editors contest -- the Olympics of contests for sports pages -- were announced Wednesday in Kissimmee, Fla. The Free Press was recognized as a top-10... |
| Red Wings Hockey: Valterri Filppula Moves To Z's Line With just 16 games left, it's about re-establishing an identity as a team that grinds out victories and doles out punishment via its offense. "I think when teams come in here, they know they've got a... |
| Ice Hockey: Cardiff Devils Geared Up For Big Run-in Not that being an NBA 'World Champion' is a bad second prize but Boston Celtics forward Glen 'Big Baby' Davis must have felt some regret when he saw Sandra Bullock collecting her Academy Award last... |
| Canucks Lose Desert Shootout Phoenix Coyotes' Adrian Aucoin scores the game-winner against Vancouver Canucks' Andrew Raycroft in a shootout in Glendale, Ariz. Wednesday. (Associcated... |
| Wednesday's Nhl Scoring Summaries 2010-03-11 02:10:00 Scoring summaries from Wednesday's games in the NHL:Canucks 3 at Coyotes 4 (SO)First Period1. Phoenix, Stempniak 16 (Yandle) 10:162. Vancouver, H.Sedin 27 (Samuelsson, D.Sedin)... |
| Adrian Aucoin Scores Shootout Winner, Coyotes Beat Canucks 4-3 Phoenix Coyotes' Ilya Bryzgalov (30), of Russia, makes a game-winning save against Vancouver Canucks' Mason Raymond (21) in a shootout of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 10, 2010, in Glendale,... |
| Aucoin's So Goal Leads Coyotes Past Canucks Mason Raymond 's final attempt for Vancouver high over the net to give the Coyotes a 4-3 victory over the Canucks on Wednesday night."I got a little information from LaBarbera," said Aucoin, who... |
| Fleischmann Lifts Caps In Ot On Monday night, Tomas Fleischmann was a healthy scratch for the first time all season. On Wednesday night, he scored in overtime for the Washington Capitals.Proving a point, Tomas?``It's a little... |
| Coyotes 4, Canucks 3, So Mason Raymond 's final attempt for Vancouver high over the net to give the Coyotes a 4-3 victory over the Canucks on Wednesday night."I got a little information from LaBarbera," said Aucoin, who... |
| Aucoin Lifts Coyotes Past Canucks Aucoin scored in the sixth round of a shootout, and Ilya Bryzgalov deflected Mason Raymond's final attempt for Vancouver high over the net to give the Coyotes a 4-3 victory over the Canucks on... |
| Ex-spurs Player Alvin Robertson Returns To Jail SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Former NBA All-Star Alvin Robertson, facing sexual assault of a child and sex trafficking charges, is back in jail in San Antonio after a judge increased his... |
| National Hockey League Game Capsules (Wednesday, March 10th) Final Score: Washington 4, Carolina 3 (OT) Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Tomas Fleischmann scored with 1:40 remaining in overtime to lift the Washington Capitals to a 4-3... |
| Sabres Continue Winning Ways Against Stars Buffalo, NY (Sports Network) - Thomas Vanek scored the eventual game-winner midway through the second period, as the Buffalo Sabres continued their recent dominance over the Dallas Stars with a 5-3... |
