Category: Puck Blog

The Texas Stars defeated the Milwaukee Admirals handily, outscoring them 5-2 Tuesday night at Cedar Park Center. Forward Perttu Lindgren scored and assisted in the game, and now has five points in the last three games.

Mikael Samuelsson initial reaction to being left off the Swedish Olympic roster was one of anger, but the 33 year old winger has channeled his emotions to produce his best hockey of the season. In the 14 games since getting the bad news, Samuelsson has been nothing short of spectacular, earning 8 goals and 12

Maxim Afinogenov ended the Trashers’ power play drought with a third period goal to lift Atlanta 2-1 over Anaheim, but the most valuable player of the game could have been goalie Johan Hedberg who made 34 saves. This is Johan’s third straight game where he gave up a goal or less. He has stoped 82

Fueled by the need to reduce the wear and tear on legs during a compressed Olympic-year schedule, Nashville Predator’s coach Barry Trotz started goalie Pekka Rinne for the second consecutive game. The “Big Finn” did not want to speculate too much about the decision, but commented, “I’m just happy to be playing. It’s nice to

The Ottawa Senators’ recent shut down defense will not keep them from welcoming back their top defenceman Anton Volchenkov. Volchenkov suffered an upper body injury Saturday in the Senator’s 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins, but could return tonight when the Senators’ host the New Jersey Devils. To learn more about Anton Volchenkov’s return, please

The 2nd annual KHL All-Star Game will take place January 20th in the new Minsk Arena. As was with the 2009 All-Star Game, this year’s exhibition will feature players under the captaincy of SKA St. Petersburg’s Alexei Yashin against players under the captaincy of Jaromir Jagr of Avangard Omsk. This year’s game will have a

Rangers fans will get a rare opportunity to meet and greet Blueshirts legends Mark Messier, Mike Richter, Brian Leetch and Adam Graves all at once in a special event planned for Monday, Jan. 25, from 5 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Continue Reading: http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=514287

Manitoba Moose right winger Sergei Shirokov had a successful AHL All-Star week as he competed in the 2010 Ducks Unlimited AHL All Star Competition on Monday January 18th and then scored two goals the following night for the PlanetUSA AHL All-Stars. The rising star from Moscow has 14 goals and 17 assists in the regular

Ilya Kovalchuk continued his excellent play by scoring two goals and assisting in Tuesday’s win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. The star winger’s two goals put him at 30 goals for the season, tying him with Washington’s Alexander Ovechkin for third in the league. To learn more about Ilya’s great game, please visit this link.

After 6 goals in his last 9 games, the Swedish winger’s scorching play has kept him in consideration for an Olympic roster call. Previously excluded from the Swedish entry in the 2010 Winter Olympics, the odds of being added to the Swedish team have increased due to great play and a series of injuries. To