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Injury Updates:

• Brad Larsen: Sports hernia surgery
  Larsen had surgery to repair a sports hernia on Friday, according to the Ducks web site. (ESPN)

• Drew Stafford: Ear injury
  Stafford missed Friday’s practice with an ear injury, Buffalo’s WGR Radio reports. (ESPN)
• Tim Connolly to miss 5th preseason game
  Connolly (back) is expected to miss his fifth straight preseason game on Sunday, according to The Buffalo News. (ESPN)
• Todd Bertuzzi: Leg injury
  Bertuzzi left the ice in Friday’s preseason game with a leg injury, TSN.ca reports. (ESPN)
• Pascal Leclaire: Sprained ankle
  Leclaire sprained his ankle in the second period of Friday’s exhibition game, the Columbus Dispatch reports. (ESPN)
• Guillaume Latendresse to begin staking
  Latendresse will begin the season on a line with Robert Lang and Sergei Kostitsyn. (ESPN)
• Mike Fisher to miss season opening games
  Fisher (groin) will miss both of Ottawa’s season opening games against Pittsburgh reports the Ottawa Citizen. (ESPN)

• Petr Sykora: Groin injury
  Sykora will miss Saturday’s regular season opener with a groin injury, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. (ESPN)

Player Updates:

• Thrashers top prospect Pavelec won’t report to AHL
  Atlanta Thrashers top prospect Ondrej Pavelec will not report to the Chicago Wolves, the team’s AHL affiliate, according to a report in Sporting News.  The 21-year old goalie was assigned to the Wolves on Saturday after appearing in two preseason games for the Thrashers, posting a 1-1 record. (TSN)

• Khabibulin wont practice with Hawks
  Nikolai Khabibulin did not practise with the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday and won’t until his future is decided.  Hawks general manager Dale Tallon said he hopes the goalie’s sitaution is settled in the “next couple of days.” (TSN)

Signings & Acquisitions:

• Hurricanes sign C Boychuk
  Zach Boychuk certainly had a happy birthday.  The 14th overall pick in this past June’s draft, Boychuk signed a three-year entry level contract worth with the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday – which happened to be his 19th birthday.  Boychuk will net $787,500 per season in the NHL, or $65,000 at the minor league level. (Yahoo! Sports)

• Ducks claim D McIver on waivers
  The Anaheim Ducks claimed defenseman Nathan McIver on waivers from the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.  The 23-year-old did not register a point in 17 games with the Canucks last season. McIver played primarily for the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League, collecting three goals and three assists in 43 games.  McIver appeared in three preseason contests for the Canucks, notching 16 penalty minutes. (Yahoo! Sports)
• Nolan Baumgartner assigned to Manitoba
  The Vancouver Canucks assigned defenceman Nolan Baumgartner to Manitoba of the AHL and lost defenceman Nathan McIver on waivers to the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday.  McIver, 23, played in 17 games with the Canucks last season, collecting 52 penalty minutes. In 43 games with the Moose, he had three goals with three assists and 108 penalty minutes. (Yahoo! Sports)
• Canucks waive Cowan
  The Vancouver Canucks placed forward Jeff Cowan on waivers on Saturday, while the club lost defenceman Nathan McIver to the Anaheim Ducks via the waiver wire as well. (TSN)
• View more NHL and Minor League transactions at NHL.com

Trades & Rumours:

• Wild don’t expect to sign Gaborik by season start
  The Minnesota Wild and winger Marian Gaborik will be headed for a season uncertain.  Wild general manager Doug Risebrough told the Minneapolis Star Tribune on Friday that he does not expect to sign Gaborik to a contract extension by the start of the season. (TSN)

From Spectorshockey.net:

• The Nikolai Khabibulin situation is “nearing a conclusion”, as Blackhawks GM Dale Tallon has told the goalie not to attend team practices until the next course of action is determined to prevent him from getting hurt. When asked when any kind of deal — whether it’s to trade Khabibulin or let him go to Russia — would get done, Tallon said, “The sooner the better”, writes Kuc.

• Contract talks between the Wild and the agent for Marian Gaborik appear to have stalled, as GM Doug Risebrough said no headway has been made, adding that Gaborik won’t be signed prior to the start of the season. Risebrough declined to comment if he’s had talks with other teams and has yet to determine if he’ll shop Gaborik. While it’s unknown what the Wild are offering Gaborik Russo suggests that if the forward is rejecting offers around $8.5 million per season it could spur Risebrough into shopping Gaborik rather than risk losing him to free agency for nothing next summer. If it comes to that Russo suggests Risebrough might deal Gaborik to an Eastern Conference team, possibly to Montreal, Toronto or the NY Rangers as the Wild GM is friends with the general managers of those teams.
• NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly and the Anaheim Ducks denied a recent report the league is monitoring potential trade activity between the Ducks and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The report was based on speculation Ducks GM Brian Burke might sign with the Leafs next summer as their new general manager.
• Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli continues to huddle with his staff in hopes of finding salary cap space to retain youngsters like Blake Wheeler, Nate Thompson and Matt Hunwick.
• Schaefer could be a trade candidate given his poor play last season and $2.1 million cap hit. Barth also suggests rumors of the Bruins dealing Marc Savard are “unlikely” given his no-trade clause and his status as one of the league’s best set-up men.
• Little progress made in contract talks between the Kings and forward Patrick O’Sullivan but the two sides are reportedly meeting more frequently.

Game Results:

NHL Regular Season Games:

NHL Preseason Games:

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Injury Updates:

• Mike Fisher may miss opener
  Ottawa Senators center Mike Fisher could miss Saturday’s season opener against the Pittsburgh Penguins, according to a published report.  Fisher suffered a groin injury in during the club’s preseason win over Frolunda in Sweden on Thursday, the Ottawa Sun reported on its website. (Yahoo! Sports)

• Marek Zidlicky may miss start of season
  Zidlicky (leg) is unlikely to be ready for the start of the regular
  season, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. “Doesn’t look good,” head
  coach Jacques Lemaire said. “It looks like it will be a while.” (Yahoo! Sports)

• Pavel Datsyuk (groin) skates
  Datsyuk (groin) was on the ice for light skating on Thursday—his first time doing so in a week, the Detroit News reports. (Yahoo! Sports)
• DiPietro finally skating
  DiPietro (hip/knee) took part in a team skate Friday, Newsday reports. (Yahoo! Sports)

Player Updates:

• Drury get “C” from Rangers
  Chris Drury became the New York Rangers’ captain Friday, one night before the club opened the regular season in the Czech Republic.  Drury, who served as co-captain of the Buffalo Sabres with Danny Briere before signing with the Rangers in 2007, got the nod from coach Tom Renney and general manager Glen Sather during a team dinner on Friday night. The Rangers start the new campaign in Prague with a pair of games this weekend against the Tampa Bay Lightning. (Yahoo! Sports)

• Selanne nets Hat Trick in Ducks win
  Teemu Selanne scored three goals to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-1 preseason victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Friday night.  Selanne, the Ducks’ all-time leading scorer, capped the hat trick with the game’s final goal with 17:14 left in the third period. (Yahoo! Sports)

League Updates:

• Oilers coach MacTavish ejected from game
  Edmonton Oilers coach Craig MacTavish was ejected in the second period of Friday’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Calgary Flames for throwing a bloody towel on the ice.  After scoring a power-play goal with 90 seconds left in the second, Marc Pouliot engaged in a fight with Flames defenseman James Vandermeer. Once the officials restored order, MacTavish threw the towel and was ejected. (Yahoo! Sports)

Signings & Acquisitions:

• Wild sign D Falk
  The Minnesota Wild signed defenseman Justin Falk to a contract on Friday.  Terms were not disclosed. (Yahoo! Sports)

• Red Wings sign G McCollum
  The Detroit Red Wings signed goalie Thomas McCollum to a three-year deal Friday. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.  McCollum was Detroit’s first-round selection—30th overall—in the 2008 draft. He participated in the Wings’ training camp before being assigned back to the Ontario Hockey League’s Guelph Storm. (Yahoo! Sports)
• Blackhawks sign Joakim Lindstrom
  Lindstrom was signed by the Hawks on Friday after being placed on waivers by the Ducks. (Yahoo! Sports)
• Canadiens give coach Guy Carbonneau contract extension
  The Montreal Canadiens have given head coach Guy Carbonneau a multi-year contract extension, the NHL club announced Friday.  Carbonneau would not say how long the extension was for, other than joking to reporters that “it’s more than one year and less than 10.” (Yahoo! Sports)
• View more NHL and Minor League transactions at NHL.com

Trades & Rumours:

• Bobby Ryan: Name comes up in trade talks
  Ryan’s name was mentioned about in trade talks between the Ducks and Maple Leafs, according to the Orange County Register. (Yahoo! Sports)

From Spectorshockey.net:

• Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli denied a report in the Boston Herald suggesting center Marc Savard was being shopped.

• Senators owner Eugene Melnyk hopes to re-sign Daniel Alfredsson to a contract that’ll make him a “Senator for life”. Senators management will be meeting with Alfredsson’s agent tomorrow in Sweden to initiate negotiations.
• NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly still hopes the league and the KHL can reach an agreement on a binding arbitration hearing in Switzerland to resolve Alexander Radulov’s contract situation. 
• Detroit Red Wings GM Ken Holland suggests the recent injury to defenseman Chris Chelios could possibly push back his decision to trade a defenseman to free up cap space by a few weeks.
• Scouts from ” Vancouver, New Jersey, the Rangers, Ottawa, Florida, Pittsburgh, Montreal, Tampa Bay and Detroit” attending last night’s Blue Jackets-Sabres game. He speculates they might be there to take a look at defensemen Ole-Kristian Tollefsen and Marc Methot and also noted that forward Manny Malholtra played on the top line last night suggesting the Jackets might’ve been showcasing him.
• The agent for Chicago Blackhawks goalie Nikolai Khabibulin said the club has given him permission to talk to other NHL teams, and that he’s received interest in his client from “several clubs”. Grossman and Blackhawks GM Dale Tallon expressed hopes of getting Khabibulin’s situation resolved prior to the start of the season next week.
• The Anaheim Ducks announced they’ve demoted winger Bobby Ryan to their minor league affiliate while left wing Joakim Lindstrom has been claimed off waivers by the Chicago Blackhawks.

Game Results:

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For the fans, the NHL season opened today as the first 2 NHL pre-season games got underway.  The Pittsburgh Penguins hosted the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Ottawa Senators hosted the New York Rangers.

Ottawa 3, NY Rangers 2
Goalies:
New York: S. Valiquette (11 Shots, 8 Saves), M. Wilkman (8 Shots, 8 Saves)
Ottawa: M. Gerber (24 Shots, 23 Saves), B. Elliott (12 Shots, 11 Saves)
Period Recap:
1st Period
Ottawa – 2:57, Dany Heatley 1 (Jason Smith, Filip Kuba)
Ottawa – 13:17, Jason Spezza 1 (shorthanded) (unassisted
2nd Period
Ottawa – 2:12, Mike Fisher 1 (Chris Phillips, Christoph Schubert)
NY Rangers – 3:21, Brandon Dubinsky 1 (power play) (Michal Rozsival)
3rd Period
NY Rangers – 15:16, Brandon Dubinsky 2 (shorthanded) (Ryan Callahan)

Tampa Bay 5, Pittsburgh 4, SO
Goalies:
Tampa Bay: K. Ramo (30 Shots, 26 Saves)
Pittsburgh: M. Fleury (30 Shots, 26 Saves)
Period Recap:
1st Period
Pittsburgh – 0:51, Jordan Staal 1 (Evgeni Malkin, Ben Lovejoy)
2nd Period
Tampa Bay – 3:50, Janne Niskala 1 (Brandon Bochenski, Jussi Jokinen)
Tampa Bay – 7:06, Wyatt Smith 1 (Matt Smaby)
Tampa Bay – 8:40, Brandon Bochenski 1 (Radek Smolenak, Jussi Jokinen)
Pittsburgh – 15:18, Petr Sykora 1 (power play) (Miroslav Satan, Jordan Staal)
3rd Period
Pittsburgh – 10:11, Petr Sykora 2 (power play) (Janne Pesonen, Alex Goligoski)
Pittsburgh – 17:07, Sidney Crosby 1 (shorthanded) (unassisted)
Tampa Bay – 18:41, Brandon Bochenski 2 (Janne Niskala)
OT
None
Shootouts
Pittsburgh – Miroslav Satan shootout saved
Tampa Bay – Jussi Jokinen shootout goal
Pittsburgh – Evgeni Malkin shootout miss
Tampa Bay – Steven Stamkos shootout goal

The 12 newest hockey videos added to 2 Minutes For Hockey on Wednesday, 26 June 2008.

	Torrey Mitchell Shark Byte Bir awesome video for shark fans, this is how #17 Torrey Mitchell spends his birthday in Canada. I did
	Mike Peca DROPS Rob Zettler Peca lands a huge punch to drop Zettler on September 21, 1996.
	Kocur vs Smyth 93-94 Hartman jumps in there too.
	Odgers vs Hughes 93-94 Jeff wanted to go with him. So he did.
	phaneuf hit veilleux the train phaneuf hit veilleux fight brent burn
	Andrej Meszaros: Drafy Day mem Andrej Meszaros was drafted in the first round, 23rd overall, by the Ottawa Senators in the 2004 NHL
	Chris Phillips: Draft Day memo Defenceman Chris Phillips was drafted in the first round, first overall, by the Ottawa Senators in t
	Dean McAmmond: Draft Day memor Dean McAmmond was drafted in the first round, 22nd overall, by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1991 NH
	Mike Fisher: Draft Day memorie Mike Fisher was drafted in the second round, 44th overall, by the Ottawa Senators in the 1998 NHL En
	Believe!!! Dallas Dallas Stars amazing playoff run video i made
	Chris Neil: Draft Day memories Chris Neil was drafted in the sixth round, 161st overall, by the Ottawa Senators in the 1998 NHL Ent
	Olli Jokinen Time of your Life Florida Panthers Olli Jokinen traded to Phoenix Coyotes Jokinen Tribute video Its Tear Jerker

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