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Important league news came out yesterday when it was reported in the Globe and Mail that the NHL Players’ Association will opt not to reopen the CBA, and instead let the CBA run its course for next two years through the 2010-2011 season. There has been much debate thus far over what is the best

Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne stopped all 17 shots he faced last night in a 2-0, much-needed shutout win in Toronto. This was already Pekka’s fourth shutout this season, which is tied for fourth in the NHL. The Predators had been reeling of late, losing 6 of their previous 9 games. Rinne, a 26 year-old rookie,

Though it has been a tough year (to say the least) for the Atlanta Thrashers, they got some good news today when they learned that Ilya Kovalchuk would represent them at the 2009 NHL All-Star Game to be played in Montreal on January 25. Ilya previously played in the 2004 All-Star Game as well as

Ak Bars Kazan center Alexei Morozov had a 3-point night in a 3-1 win over MVD tonight. Morozov now is in sole position of the points lead with 55 (25 G, 30 A). Morozov has one more point than Magnitogorsk’s Jan Marek. A few weeks ago, Morozov lost a key member of his line when

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ILYA KOVALCHUK VOTED TOP RUSSIAN ATHLETE IN 2008 NEW YORK, NY (January 6, 2009) — Ilya Kovalchuk was recently voted Russia’s top athlete for 2008 by viewers of “Sport” channel and the Russian sports website, www.sportbox.ru. The selection was made as part of a tournament format featuring Russian superstars including Alexander Ovechkin,

Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne will be in net tonight when the Predators take on the Colorado Avalanche and try to stop a four-game losing streak. If the season ended today, Nashville wouldn’t make the playoffs and they will turn to Rinne tonight to stop the bleeding. January 6, 2009, 3:29pm Rinne to start against ColoradoBy

Finland completed its World Juniors play with a 3-1 win over Germany today. Juha Metsola had 25 saves, finishing a very strong tournament in which he won 3 of 4 decisions and posted a 1.47 goals against average to go along with a .939 save percentage. Niclas Lucenius, a 2007 Atlanta Thrashers draft pick, had

Goaltender Juha Metsola started his third consecutive game tonight over starting goaltender Harri Sateri and the results were again good ones for the Finnish team at the Word Juniors. Finland dominated Kazakhstan the entire evening, scoring 3 goals in the 1st period and never looked back. Metsola turned aside 20 of 21 shots he faced

Finland goaltender Juha Metsola stopped 17 shots tonight in a 5-1 win over Latvia in the 5th day of action at the World Juniors. Goaltender Harri Sateri, a 2008 San Jose draft pick, had started in net for Finland’s first two games, both losses. Metsola is currently enjoying another strong season for the Lethbridge Hurricanes

Florida Panthers 2007 draft pick Evgeni Dadonov scored a goal and added 2 assists in a 5-2 win tonight over Finland. In fact, the line of Evgeni Dadonov, Nikita Klyukin and Dmitri Klopov combined for 9 points in tonight’s relative easy win. Nearly halfway through the first period, Evgeni raced to the puck near the