Even though forward, Petr Nedved, had two goals and an assist in three pre- season games, the New York Rangers decided to go with youth, and gave the 36 year-old his official release, last week.
“This is probably it for me as far as the NHL goes,” Nedved, who scored 310 goals and 407 assists in [...]
Prior to the Calgary Flames opening of training camp last weekend, coach, Mike Keenan, decided to throw a challenge out to his big strapping forward, Todd Bertuzzi, who is about to embark on his first season in Calgary.
This former Vancouver Canucks’ superstar, who registered a career high of 46 goals in 2003, will be trying [...]
What a team! The three of us look like the Three Stooges. Marco and Christof are for me two great guys who care! Without them I would not be able to be helping to present the new song to all the fans of Hannover and help charities along the way. I am told we are [...]
Fleming flies east
CALGARY – Calgary Flames assistant coach Wayne Fleming will be the new head coach of Russian team Avangard Omsk. The NHL club accepted the resignation of the Canadian.
“We have great respect for the work Wayne did with us and appreciate his contributions,” said Flames GM Darryl Sutter. “We understand that the opportunity to [...]
Hannover Scorpions loses 6 – 3 to the Augsburg Panthers on the Road
Hannover, 21.09.08. The Hannover Scorpions, after a great home victory Friday night in Hannover over the German DEL Champions from last year, the Eisbaren Berlin, lose 6-3 (1:4, 2:1, 0:1) to the Augsburg Panthers. The 3,227 fans in the Curt-Frenzel-Stadion (Augsburg), saw the Panthers dominate the first 20 minutes. The Scorpions [...]
On Friday morning, when training camp opened up for the Anaheim Ducks, there was a prominent name missing among the players taking the ice.
With his NHL future still in limbo, veteran defenceman, Mathieu Schneider, who at 39 is coming off a standout season, which saw him score 39 points and post a +22 rating, [...]
This time around, there will be … absolutely … no goaltending controversy surrounding the Ottawa Senators.
Last year, after the Senators roared out to a 15-2 start, they quickly became unraveled and never got on track. Their injured goalie, Ray Emery, caused some friction, when he came back healthy. He acted up, and would not accept his role [...]
Roberto Luongo arrived in Vancouver this week full of questions, and some concerns, about what direction the team was heading.
During the off-season, the Canucks who saw Trevor Linden retire; also lost two well respected scoring veterans in captain Markus Naslund and Brendan Morrison. Even though rookie general manager, Mike Gilles, did pick up forwards [...]
One would have to excuse Boston Bruins’ forward, Patrice Bergeron, if next Monday night he gets a little emotional, prior to their pre-season game, against their heated rivals, the Montreal Canadiens.
While the exhibition season isn’t the most exciting time for established players, who are impatiently waiting for the regular season to begin, Bergeron is [...]
Ottawa Senators’ rookie head coach, Craig Hartsburg, is counting down the days until the official start of training camp, which opens on Tuesday morning, when players report to Scotiabank Place for their physicals.
Hartsburg, who coached Canada to a gold medal victory in the World Juniors last year, will have his work cut out for him [...]
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