Nhl
DALLAS - Maybe it was payback, maybe it was just good fortune. The Dallas Stars aren't going to quibble.
All that matters is Tomas Holmstrom's rear end - and possibly his reputation - cost the Detroit Red Wings a goal and the Stars took full advantage, avoiding the humiliation of getting
Results Wednesday:
IIHF Men's World Championship
Quarter-finals
At Halifax
Canada 8 Norway 2
Finland 3 U.S. 2 (OT)
At Quebec
Russia 6 Switzerland 0
Sweden 3 Czech Republic 2 (OT)
AHL
Calder Cup Playoffs
Conference
Scoring summary from Wednesday's NHL game:
Red Wings 1 at Stars 3
First Period
No Scoring.
Penalties - Kronwall Det (tripping) 6:16, Lidstrom Det (interference) 9:43, McCarty Det (holding stick) 13:12.
Second Period
1. Dallas, Eriksson 4 (Robidas, Lundqvist)
Movements in the world of hockey Wednesday:
National Hockey League
VANCOUVER CANUCKS-Named Scott Mellanby consultant to the general manager and hockey operations
QUEBEC - Russia has too good a team to hand over easy goals, but the Swiss on the other hand were in a giving mood on Wednesday night.
Swiss defencemen Raphael Diaz and Philippe Furrer put pucks into their own net past a startled Martin Gerber in the opening seven minutes to help Russia to
HALIFAX - The United States enjoyed a big high, then suffered an even bigger low.
Sami Lepisto's goal at 3:59 of overtime gave Finland a 3-2 win over the Americans in quarter-final action at the IIHF World Hockey Championship Wednesday before 9,176 fans.
Trailing 2-0 with under five
HALIFAX - Ken Hitchcock knew he was leaving Halifax. He just didn't know what mode of transportation he'd be taking.
The Canadian coach went through some nervous moments during an 8-2 quarter-final win over Norway at the IIHF World Hockey Championship on Wednesday. The victory earned his
BOSTON - Chuck Kobasew has a new three-year contract, a nearly healed leg and an optimistic outlook for the Boston Bruins next season.
Kobasew, the team's second-leading goal scorer in 2007-08, missed the playoffs with a broken left leg but thinks he could start working out again in about
QUEBEC - The no-name Swedes are starting to look familiar at the IIHF World Hockey Championships.
Mattias Weinhandl scored 3:15 into overtime Wednesday to give Sweden a 3-2 victory over the Czech Republic and a berth in the semifinals, where it will face Canada on Friday.
It is the
ST. PAUL, Minn. - New Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold held his breath while coach Jacques Lemaire weighed his hunger to return against a desire to retire.
As for Doug Risebrough? Leipold didn't sound at all worried about losing his general manager, quashing curiosity whether Risebrough
A simulation by EA Sports predicts the Chicago Wolves will beat the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in seven games to win the American Hockey League's Calder Cup.
Jason Krog's four-point performance in Game 7 helped the Wolves capture the championship and earn him the Jack A. Butterfield
PHILADELPHIA - One win away from their first Stanley Cup final berth in 16 years, the Pittsburgh Penguins are far removed from Michel Therrien's famous tirade just two and a half seasons ago.
"I think we've come a ways," Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said Wednesday. On the night of Jan.
VANCOUVER - Driving his kids to school and spending time with the family was great, but NHL veteran Scott Mellanby was anxious to get back into the game where he'd spent 20 years of his life.
That's why Mellanby was thrilled when Mike Gillis, the new general manager of the Vancouver
QUEBEC - Miracle upsets are on the minds of Norway and Switzerland going into the quarter-finals of the IIHF World Hockey Championship on Wednesday.
In Quebec City, the Swiss face Alexander Ovechkin and the powerful Russians while the Czech Republic meets Sweden. In Halifax, Norway faces
Results Tuesday:
IIHF Men's World Championship
At Quebec and Halifax
No Games Scheduled.
AHL
Calder Cup Playoffs
Division Finals
(Best-of-7)
Western Conference
West Division
Chicago 4 Rockford 1
(Chicago wins series
Scoring summary from Tuesday's NHL game:
Penguins 4 at Flyers 1
First Period
1. Pittsburgh, Whitney 1 (Crosby, Gonchar) 5:03 (pp)
2. Pittsburgh, Hossa 7 (Crosby) 7:41
3. Philadelphia, Umberger 10 (Prospal, Briere) 10:59
Penalties - Hatcher Pha (hooking) 3:33,
