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Blue Jackets goalie out 4 to 6 weeks

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Steve Mason will miss the next 4 to 6 weeks after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery on Tuesday. The 20-year-old Mason was the Blue Jackets' second pick and No. 69 overall in the 2006 draft and is considered the franchise's prize goaltender of the future. He suffered the injury last spring playing with the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League, where he went 32-7-3 with a 2. 23/09/08 6:35 PM

Report: Legein quitting hockey48

Stefan Legein, the Columbus Blue Jackets second-round pick in the 2007 NHL entry draft, has decided to quit hockey. Legein's agent, Doug Woods, informed the Blue Jackets that the 19-year-old right winger will not report to training camp next month and is retiring, according to a report in the Columbus Dispatch. Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson confirmed the news to the Dispatch late Tuesday night. Legein, a native of Oakville, Ont. 20/08/08 1:53 PM 48

The cost of doing business?19

On July 22, three years will have elapsed since the NHL and the National Hockey League Players' Association ratified a collective agreement to end the exhausting 310-day lockout that cancelled the 2004-05 season. During the shutdown, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman's favourite buzzwords were "cost certainty. 09/07/08 6:17 PM 19

Blue Jackets sign Huselius13

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed Kristian Huselius to a $19-million, four-year contract. The 29-year-old winger will earn an average of $4.75 million a season. "Kristian is a highly skilled player with good vision and hockey sense who has performed at a very high level throughout his career," said GM Scott Howson. "We are very pleased to have a player and a person of his calibre join the Blue Jackets organization. 03/07/08 8:28 AM 13

Oilers keep dealing7

Erik Cole knows a little bit about how life in Edmonton can be when things go well for their NHL team. Cole was a spectator — for two games — and a participant in one game back in 2006, when the Oilers played the Carolina Hurricanes for the Stanley Cup. The atmosphere was electric, the town alive. Cole mentioned that even in the restaurants, on off nights, the Hurricanes could sense what it was like to be in a hockey environment, playing for a championship. 01/07/08 4:13 PM 7

Report: Avs re-sign defencemen Liles, Foote

TORONTO — The Colorado Avalanche have re-signed defencemen John-Michael Liles and Adam Foote, TSN reported on its website Sunday. Citing an unnamed source, TSN reported that Liles and the Avalanche have agreed to terms on a four-year contract worth an average of slightly more than $4-million per year. Liles was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent on Tuesday. The deal is likely to be formally announced Monday. 29/06/08 11:22 PM

Habs better, but Coyotes most improved14

OTTAWA — The NHL sands can shift quickly these days, and nowhere was that more apparent than in the Eastern Conference, where the Montreal Canadiens are one and maybe two players better than they were before convening for the annual entry draft, and the Pittsburgh Penguins are one player worse after breaking off contract negotiations with Marian Hossa, their estimable right winger. 22/06/08 7:47 PM 14

With draft over, attention turns to free agents21

OTTAWA — Having drafted what they hope are tomorrow's stars, the NHL's 30 general managers now turn their full attention to retaining some of their current ones. Convincing those players to forgo the July 1 free-agent bonanza is another matter. "We're all finding out right now that it seems to be hard to sign players," Minnesota Wild GM Doug Risebrough said over the weekend. 22/06/08 4:30 PM 21

Clowe comes back with a bang

SAN JOSE — That Ryan Clowe would steal the show for the San Jose Sharks on the opening night of the playoffs may have been a surprise on one level only. After missing all but 15 games of the regular season following major reconstructive knee surgery, Clowe appeared in only four games for the Sharks prior to the start of the playoffs. 10/04/08 7:24 PM

Hair we go, it's playoff time7

Welcome to the fourth season. There are actually five in hockey, by a measure once offered up by no less than Wayne Gretzky. There is the exhibition season, which means nothing. There is the regular season, which runs quietly until the trade deadline. Then comes the stretch season, which ended rather dramatically last weekend. Now begins the playoff season, leading up to the Stanley Cup final, which Gretzky always considered a separate season. As season No. 08/04/08 8:46 PM 7

Red Wings secure Presidents' Trophy2

DETROIT — Although it was almost inevitable, the Detroit Red Wings wanted to get it done. Henrik Zetterberg wrapped up the Presidents' Trophy for Detroit, scoring with 11 seconds left to rally the Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night. With 113 points, the Red Wings took the Presidents' Trophy as the regular-season points leaders and earned home-ice advantage throughout the Stanley Cup playoffs. 04/04/08 1:06 AM 2

Nash's availability for worlds in doubt

The results of minor throat surgery will determine whether Rick Nash will be part of the team that defends Canada's gold medal at the IIHF World Hockey Championship. The Columbus Blue Jackets star was named MVP at last year's tournament in Moscow and would like to be part of the Canadian team at next month's event in Halifax and Quebec City. 02/04/08 7:36 PM

Norrena shuts out Flames2

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Backup goalie Fredrik Norrena helped preserve Columbus' slim playoff hopes. Norrena made 18 saves for his first shutout of the season and fourth of his career and the Blue Jackets beat the Calgary Flames 3-0 Tuesday night for their second straight win. "He was really sound," Columbus coach Ken Hitchcock said. "The thing that was impressive for me was the no rebounds. 18/03/08 11:05 PM 2

Rangers roaring towards playoffs

The Kitchener Rangers ignored their automatic berth in the Memorial Cup as host team and put together a 53-win season, which was more than any other club in the Canadian Hockey League. The Western, Ontario and Quebec major junior leagues all commence playoffs this week. 18/03/08 8:09 PM

Kiprusoff leads Flames back to the summit7

CALGARY — The old Miikka Kiprusoff is back, although this one is a little bit more rested. Craig Conroy scored in the third period and Kiprusoff made 39 saves as the Calgary Flames climbed back into a tie for first place in the NHL's Northwest Division with a 1-0 victory Tuesday night over the Columbus Blue Jackets. It was the second shutout of the season for Kiprusoff, who improves to 33-20-9. 05/03/08 1:36 AM 7