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DALLAS — Mike Modano of the Dallas Stars is out indefinitely after the star centre underwent surgery to remove his appendix.
The 39-year-old Modano, who holds the NHL career scoring record for U.S.-born players, underwent the surgery on Monday.
Modano has appeared in 54 of the Stars’ 68 games this season, scoring 13 goals and 13 assists for 26 points.
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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Kings have reassigned goalie Jonathan Bernier to their AHL affiliate after the 21-year-old prospect impressively won a fill-in start in Dallas.
The Kings announced the move during Sunday’s game against the Nashville Predators.
Los Angeles recalled Bernier from Manchester last Thursday when NHL victories leader Jonathan Quick left the Kings to attend the birth of his Continue reading ‘After big win, Kings send Bernier down’
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OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators appear to have cooled off during the Olympic break and their recent performance has made goaltending a hot topic of discussion in the Canadian capital once again.
The Senators, who won 14-of-16 games prior to the Olympics, returned with consecutive losses and have now dropped three of their past four games. But it’s the most-recent defeat that has fans and the media talking.
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CALGARY — Back from a 10-day vacation, the Calgary Flames hit the ice on Wednesday afternoon for the first time since beating the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 at home on Feb. 13.
National Hockey League teams were allowed to hold organized practices once again for the first time since the men’s hockey competition began at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.
“Every team’s doing the same thing,” said Calgary Continue reading ‘Flames back on ice after 10-day vacation’
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Schneider, 40, spent the 2008-09 season spilt between the Atlanta Thrashers and Montreal Canadiens. In 67 games with Atlanta and Montreal, Schneider recorded 32 points (9-23-32) and 64 penalty minutes.
The 19-year NHL veteran has recorded 734 points (221-513-734) and 1229 penalty minutes in 1264 career games with eight NHL teams. He has also recorded 53 points (10-43-53) and 155 penalty minutes Continue reading ‘After trade, ‘Nucks ink Schneider’
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WOODRIDGE, Ill. — Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane made a public apology Monday for an incident in which he and a cousin reportedly assaulted a Buffalo, N.Y., taxi driver, but said he cannot discuss the incident because it’s still before the courts.
“I know everyone wants to talk about what happened in Buffalo,” the 20-year-old said at the opening of the three-day orientation camp for Continue reading ‘Kane apologizes after cab incident’
BOSTON — Phil Kessel has been cleared to rejoin Boston after missing six games with a case of mononucleosis, giving the Bruins another key offensive player back on the ice.
Bruins coach Claude Julien said Kessel would be available for Thursday night’s game against the New Jersey Devils. Kessel is Boston’s leading scorer with 24 goals this season.
Forwards Patrice Bergeron and Milan Lucic returned to the ice Tuesday for the Continue reading ‘Kessel cleared after bout with mono’
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PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia Flyers minor-league enforcer was being released from hospital Saturday after suffering a seizure following a bloody fight.
The injury came just weeks after the death of a Canadian senior amateur player who hit his head on the ice while fighting.
Garrett Klotz, a hulking 20-year-old right-winger in his first season with the American Hockey League’s Continue reading ‘AHL: Klotz out of hospital after fight’
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres defenceman Teppo Numminen is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery Sunday to repair a fractured bone in his face.
Numminen was struck in the face Saturday by a second-period shot from Carolina defenceman Tom Gleason. The shot appeared to be deflected. Numminen was able to skate off under his own power.
He played eight more shifts, but didn’t return for the third period.
“He feels Continue reading ‘Numminen out after face surgery’
ST. LOUIS — Blues left wing Paul Kariya had left hip surgery on Monday and could miss the rest of the regular season.
“We haven’t ruled him out, but what’s the sense of rushing something as serious as this?” team president John Davidson said Tuesday. “I think he’ll be back to 110 per cent, whether it’s late this season or next season. Probably next season.”
Kariya had two goals and 13 points in the Blues’ first Continue reading ‘Kariya out after hip surgery’
