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MONTREAL 3, BUFFALO 2
MONTREAL Carey Price helped make sure the Montreal Canadiens opened a key early-season homestand in winning fashion.
Price made 26 saves and three different players scored second-period goals as the Canadiens defeated the Buffalo Sabres, 3-2.
Andrei Kostitsyn, Steve Begin and defenseman Andrei Markov each beat Buffalo goaltender Patrick Lalime in the second session [...]
Josh Bailey, the No. 9 pick in this year’s NHL draft, will remain with the New York Islanders for the entire season instead of returning to his junior team.
A decision had to be made before the Islanders faced the Ottawa Senators at home on Saturday night.
Once a junior eligible player appears in nine games, he [...]
The Colorado Avalanche placed defenseman Adam Foote on the injured list Saturday due to injuries to his lower back and knee, and recalled defenseman Aaron MacKenzie from Lake Erie of the AHL.
Foote, 37, was injured in the second period of Colorado’s game against Los Angeles on Nov. 22 and didn’t return. He has already missed [...]
10. Jose Theodore, Washington Capitals
The Quebec native stopped all 28 shots he faced Friday to pace the Washington Capitals to a 3-0 triumph over his former team, the Montreal Canadiens. Theodore turned aside six shots in the first, 13 in the second and nine in the third en route to his first shutout of the [...]
Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody is out indefinitely with pneumonia.
Harangody, the Big East player of the year last season, became ill after scoring 29 points and grabbing 13 rebounds in No. 8 Notre Dame’s 81-80 victory over No. 6 Texas on Tuesday in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational.
Despite feeling ill, he had 13 points [...]
(2) CONNECTICUT 88, BRYANT 58
HARTFORD, Connecticut Leaving Paradise did not slow down second-ranked Connecticut.
Hasheem Thabeet led five players in double figures with 16 points and 12 rebounds to help the Huskies to an 88-58 romp over Bryant University.
UConn (6-0), which is coming off a victory in the Paradise Jam tournament, continued its scorching start against [...]
When Thurman Thomas chose the Bedlam rivalry game as his chance to be honored on Oklahoma State’s campus for his upcoming induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, he had no idea what he was getting into.
Not only was the annual game between the Cowboys and rival Oklahoma the biggest game in the state, [...]
(2) OKLAHOMA 61, (12) OKLAHOMA STATE 41
STILLWATER, Oklahoma Bedlam turned into mayhem, and it resulted in bedlam for the Big 12 Conferences South Division.
Second-ranked Oklahoma downed No. 12 Oklahoma State, 61-41, in The Bedlam game on Saturday to create a three-way tie in the Big 12 South.
Sam Bradford threw for 370 yards and four touchdowns [...]
Florida could be without leading receiver Percy Harvin for the Southeastern Conference championship game against top-ranked Alabama.
Harvin sprained his right ankle Saturday against Florida State, and coach Urban Meyer called him questionable for the title game.
Harvin, who leads the Gators with 35 receptions for 595 yards and seven touchdowns, twisted his ankle on a 5-yard [...]
Houston guard Tracy McGrady missed the Rockets’ game Saturday night against San Antonio because of a sore left knee.
McGrady also sat out Wednesday night against Indiana, and will miss the Rockets’ game Sunday in Denver. He played Houston’s first 15 games, but said before training camp that his knee hurt and needed time to heal [...]