| Stars' Avery apologizes for comments (AP) |
| Suspended Dallas Stars agitator Sean Avery flew to New York on Wednesday for a meeting with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, and gave a likely sample of what he'll say by apologizing for comments about his former girlfriends. 'I would like to sincerely apologize for my off-color remarks to the press yesterday from Calgary,' Avery said. |
| 'Canes fire Laviolette, rehire Maurice (AP) |
| Peter Laviolette won more games than any American-born coach in NHL history. But he didn't win enough of them lately to keep his job with the Carolina Hurricanes, so they replaced him with their winningest coach -- the same one Laviolette himself replaced five years earlier. The Hurricanes fired Laviolette on Wednesday, brought back Paul Maurice to take over for him and moved Hall of Fame player... |
| Flyers C Briere sidelined 4-to-5 weeks (AP) |
| Flyers center Danny Briere will be sidelined four to five weeks with a severe groin strain. Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said on Wednesday the injury was significant and was expected to miss at least a month. Briere left Tuesday night's win over Tampa Bay after the second period after missing the previous nine games with a groin strain. |
| Avalanche C Sakic out at least 6 weeks (AP) |
| Joe Sakic thought long and hard about returning for a 20th NHL season after missing 38 games following hernia surgery last year. In late August, he declared his mind and body were ready for him to lace up his skates again, but this season hasn't gone as planned for the Colorado Avalanche's 39-year-old captain. |
| Brunnstrom lifts Avery-less Stars to win (AP) |
| The Dallas Stars benefited from a little addition by subtraction. Rookie Fabian Brunnstrom scored the winning goal and Marty Turco made 36 saves as Dallas beat the Calgary Flames 3-1, capping an emotional day in which the NHL suspended Stars forward Sean Avery indefinitely for inappropriate comments made hours before the game. |
| Sharks spoil Wilson's return, beat Leafs (AP) |
| Devin Setoguchi instinctively snapped to attention whenever he heard Ron Wilson's familiar bark across the ice. The San Jose forward even caught himself glancing to the Toronto bench for instructions from his former coach, who laughed at the eye contact. Although the Sharks still love Wilson several months after his firing, they sure didn't give any of that love to his new team. |
| Habs blow 3-goal lead, defeat Thrashers (AP) |
| The Atlanta Thrashers broke records with three goals in less than a minute, but they couldn't keep the Montreal Canadiens from scoring just enough to beat them anyway. Andrei Kostitsyn scored with 5:11 remaining and Montreal recovered from blowing a three-goal lead earlier in the third period to beat Atlanta 5-4 on Tuesday night. |
| Divers find body of ex-All-Star Martin (AP) |
| Police divers recovered the body of Hubert 'Pit' Martin, a four-time NHL All-Star in the 1960s and '70s, who drowned after the snowmobile he was driving plunged into an icy lake near his home. Divers found Martin's body Tuesday afternoon, Quebec provincial police said. Const. Marie-Josee Ouellet said Martin was driving the vehicle on Lake Kanasuta in northwestern Quebec on Sunday when the ice... |
| Panthers score 3 in 2nd, top Caps 5-3 (AP) |
| The Florida Panthers' luck finally changed for the better. Florida was credited with a pair of goals that deflected in off Washington players and the Panthers earned their second straight victory by beating the Washington Capitals 5-3 on Tuesday night. Radek Dvorak, Ville Peltonen and Gregory Campbell all had a goal and an assist each in the win. |
| Lisin's 2 goals in 3rd help Coyotes win (AP) |
| Enver Lisin's 11-game banishment to the minors is fading into memory. Lisin scored twice in a four-minute span of the third period to lift the Phoenix Coyotes over the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 on Tuesday night. 'For sure, when you get sent down it's not the greatest thing in your life,' said Lisin, who went to San Antonio of the AHL at the end of October and was recalled on Nov. |
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