30 Nov
Nov. 29, 2010 NHL news-Spor Sidney Crosby extended his point streak to 13 games and the Pittsburgh Penguins won their seventh straight by beating the New York Rangers 3-1 on Monday night.
The Penguins, 9-0-1 in their past 10, havent lost since falling to the Rangers at home in a shootout on Nov. 15. [...]
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30 Nov
Pat Burns, who coached the New Jersey Devils to the 2003 Stanley Cup title, was remembered Monday for his booming voice, big heart and the ability to draw the most out of his players.
Players, coaches and executives from across hockey gathered for his funeral. Burns died of cancer this month at 58.
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30 Nov
The Colorado Avalanche have swapped defensemen with Boston, sending Colby Cohen to the Bruins for Matt Hunwick.
Hunwick, 25, has a goal and two assists in 22 games for the Bruins this season. A seventh-round pick by Boston in 2004, Hunwick has played in 164 games and has 45 points.
Cohen suited up [...]
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29 Nov
Nov. 28, 2010 NHL news-Spo Asked about Atlanta defenseman Dustin Byfuglien, Boston coach Claude Julien says “everything is going his way.”
Byfuglien isnt about to disagree.
“It means the teams doing something right,” Byfuglien said. “Everyones buying in. Were back-checking hard.”
Byfuglien had a goal and three assists, and Ondrej Pavelec made [...]
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29 Nov
Nov. 28, 2010 NHL news-Sports The Washington Capitals dominated early and came up big late, earning a shootout win despite giving up a last-gasp goal to allow Carolina to force overtime.
Semyon Varlamov made 26 saves and stopped all three Carolina attempts in the shootout to lead the Capitals to a 3-2 win over [...]
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29 Nov
Nov. 28, 2010 NHL news-Spo The Detroit Red Wings showed the Columbus Blue Jackets that they still have some work to do.
Niklas Kronwall, Darren Helm, Valtteri Filppula and Danny Cleary scored to lead Detroit to a 4-2 win over Columbus on Sunday.
Johan Franzen and Pavel Datsyuk each added two assists and [...]
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28 Nov
Nov. 27, 2010 NHL news-Sports A missed penalty shot prevented Sidney Crosby from accomplishing a junior version of Mario Lemieuxs most remarkable regular-season scoring feat.
Crosby scored three goals, including the 200th of his career, after Calgary goalie Miikka Kiprusoff stopped his penalty shot and the Pittsburgh Penguins won their sixth in a row, [...]
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28 Nov
Detroit Red Wings center Mike Modano is out indefinitely after having surgery Saturday on his right wrist.
Detroit general manager Ken Holland says the team doesnt have a timetable for Modanos return. He had nerve damage and a sliced tendon in his wrist after getting cut by a skate blade Friday night against the [...]
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28 Nov
Nov. 27, 2010 NHL news-Sp Mike Fisher scored twice and Brian Elliott made 29 saves for his second shutout of the season in the Ottawa Senators 3-0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday.
The line of Fisher, Alex Kovalev and Milan Michalek accounted for all the scoring, with Kovalev scoring the other [...]
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25 Nov
Its virtually impossible to calculate how many times during his 21-year playing career Brendan Shanahan received that tap on the shoulder or heard a coach bark, “Change.”
Whats clear is that Shanahan has taken it to heart.
Brendan Shanahans first creative idea is changing the format of the All-Star Game. (AP) Described [...]
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