Year: 2010

NHL News (Blog) “Silent Sens aving noise for playoffs” March, 8, 2010 The lack of deals Wednesday could be also be good news to the Senators when it comes to their ability to retain one of their most-prized assets in defenceman Anton Volchenkov. He’s scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent after the season…With Volchenkov

Saturday night featured an old “Texas showdown” as the Texas Stars faced the Houston Aeroes. The Texas Stars (35-22-3-4, 77 Points) defeated the Houston Aeros (29-28-6-2, 66 Points) 4-3 on Saturday night in front of 6,110 fans at Cedar Park Center. Center Perttu Lindgren notched an assist in the win, his third of the season.

Rotoworld.com March 8, 2010 Johan Hedberg has taken over Atlanta’s starting goalie duties.Hedberg has started 10 of the past 13 games for Atlanta. He is 6-2-2 during that stretch with a 2.44 GAA.

The inconsistent Manitoba Moose are back on the winning track. The Moose snapped a two-game losing streak with a 2-1 overtime win over the Grand Rapids Griffins in AHL action on Saturday night at Van Andel Arena. Mario Bliznak, celebrating his 23rd birthday, potted the winner with 1:05 left in the extra frame. Continue Reading:

Michal Repik scored two goals in the third period and Evgeny Dadonov added two goals, including the winner, to lead the Rochester Americans to a 5-2 victory over Adirondack Friday at the Glens Falls Civic Center. Continue Reading: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100306/SPORTS02/3060332

The Volchenkov File Born: Moscow Age: 28 (Feb. 25, 1982) Marital status: Married Size: 6-1, 226 pounds Position: Defence, No. 24 Previous teams: Binghamton Senators (AHL), Soviet Wings (Russian Super League) Continue Reading: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/Getting+know+Anton+Volchenkov/2651236/story.html

They got three goals from players who joined the team in the past four weeks, including one each from two players making their Thrashers debut, en route to a 6-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday night at Philips Arena. The win was the second consecutive for the surging Thrashers, who are 4-0-2

(Rochester, March 4)… A crowd of people swarmed the front of Shamrock Jack’s Wednesday night to get a look at the restaurant’s four new employees. Decked out in green Amerks T-shirts, complete with their numbers and a shamrock, Tyler Plante, Steve MacIntyre, Luke Beaverson and Evgeny Dadonov of the Rochester Americans took food and drink

The face of a real hockey player… Can you come up with a great caption for this photo?

Yesterday after the match San Jose vs. New Jersey on of the leaders of the Devils and the Russian national team Ilya Kovalchuk shared his views on the failure at the Vancouver-2010. “It is very hard to speak about the Vancouver Olympics at the moment for the wounds are still fresh and have not covered