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Pacioretty making a name for himself35

MONTREAL — Rookie hopeful Max Pacioretty might want to give his father some of the credit for breaking the ice and scoring his first preseason goal. Pacioretty further cemented his bid to make the Canadiens team when he scored in regulation and in the shootout as Montreal downed the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in NHL preseason action Tuesday night. 30/09/08 11:52 PM 35

Markov's shootout goal gives Canadiens win23

DETROIT — The Montreal Canadiens left Detroit with a win and a scare. Andrei Markov scored the only goal of the shootout to lift the Canadiens to a 3-2 exhibition win over the Red Wings on Wednesday night, a game marred by a frightening collision that left defenceman Mathieu Carle briefly unconscious on the ice. 24/09/08 11:44 PM 23

Chelios back for another season8

DETROIT — Chris Chelios thinks he has at least one more season left in his 46-year-old legs. The veteran defenceman signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday and is prepared to accept a lesser role with the defending Stanley Cup champions. 09/09/08 6:49 PM 8

Sakic decides to give it one more go-round12

CALGARY — There are many ways to examine Joe Sakic's decision to return to the Colorado Avalanche for his 20th NHL season, but let's consider it purely in terms of dollars, even if Sakic didn't. At this stage of his career, if the 39-year-old Sakic were prepared test the open market, you can be pretty sure that his hometown team, the Vancouver Canucks, would have diverted that $20-million (all currency U.S. 28/08/08 12:36 AM 12

Sakic returning to Avalanche62

DENVER — After a summer of indecision, Joe Sakic — the NHL's current active points-scoring leader — decided Wednesday to return for his 20th season, all with the same franchise. The Colorado Avalanche announced that Sakic, 39, signed a one-year, $6-million (U.S.) contract with the team and will be with the club when training camp opens Sept. 19. Sakic's decision to return makes the Avalanche a playoff contender. 27/08/08 3:33 PM 62

Bertuzzi eager to prove he can shine in spotlight24

CALGARY — They filed into the Ed Whalen Media Lounge early yesterday afternoon, the five newest members of the Calgary Flames, the ones charged with helping to lift the team out of the middle of the NHL pack where it has resided these three postlockout seasons. The last man in the door — No. 7 in your program, No. 26/08/08 8:28 PM 24

Wings ink Downey to one-year contract2

DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings signed tough-guy right wing Aaron Downey to a one-year contract on Wednesday. Downey played with Detroit last season and appeared in 56 regular-season games. He has spent parts of eight seasons with the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Dallas Stars, St. Louis Blues and Montreal Canadiens. In his career, Downey has collected seven goals, nine assists and 487 penalty minutes. 20/08/08 7:26 PM 2

Wings round out coaching staff

DETROIT — The Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings are bringing in former defenceman Brad McCrimmon as an assistant coach. The team announced Monday it had signed McCrimmon to a three-year contract. McCrimmon spent four seasons as an assistant coach in Atlanta and previously was on coaching staffs with Calgary and the New York Islanders. He played 18 seasons in the NHL, including three seasons in Detroit in the early 1990s. 04/08/08 11:40 PM

Spurned by Vancouver, Tambellini heads to Edmonton5

VANCOUVER — When Mike Gillis assumed control of the Vancouver Canucks in April, it was assumed he would purge the NHL club's front office and that spurned assistant general manager Steve Tambellini would ride the first wave of departures. Sure enough, Tambellini is leaving, but not without a twist. Vancouver's No. 31/07/08 10:32 PM 5

Decision on Sundin may be made this week62

The deadline still stands. Later this week, free-agent centre Mats Sundin is expected to announce his plans for the coming NHL season. Will he play? His agent, J.P. Barry of CAA Sports, believes so even though he has yet to hear that from Sundin. But just to be sure, Claes Elefalk, CAA's Stockholm-based agent, is scheduled to sit down with the former Toronto Maple Leafs captain today and get a read on the situation. "Claes will meet with Mats and talk," Barry said. 29/07/08 8:03 PM 62

Gloves come off during arbitration1

NHL salary arbitration hearings have been few and far between this summer, and there's a reason. When cases go to a hearing, they can often get ugly, as players, agents and teams fight for dollars under the salary cap. Washington Capitals defenceman Shaone Morrisonn is the only player who's been through the process this off-season. He was awarded a one-year, $1.975-million (all currency U.S.) contract last Saturday after a hearing last Thursday in Toronto. 28/07/08 9:52 PM 1

In the name of the Father, Son and Stanley Cup13

PITEA, Sweden — Tomas Holmstrom had his day with the Stanley Cup on Friday, and he let his cousin use it as a baptismal font for a christening. Holmstrom suggested the idea to his cousin, Robert Sundstrom, who baptized his seven-week-old daughter Alva Felicia during a private ceremony outside Holmstrom's hometown of Pitea in northern Sweden. 25/07/08 11:29 AM 13

Blackhawks excited at prospect

CHICAGO — Dustin Byfuglien remembers the fun he had playing outdoor hockey as a kid in Minnesota. The 23-year-old Blackhawks right winger will get a chance to relive the experience — at least for a day — when Chicago hosts the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings on New Year's Day at baseball's Wrigley Field. 22/07/08 8:16 PM

NHL hopes Wrigley game will raise profile43

CHICAGO — The National Hockey League is hoping its second Winter Classic outdoor game, scheduled to be played at revered baseball park Wrigley Field on Jan. 1 next year, will help raise the sport's profile. "We certainly expect that the NHL Winter Classic will be a home run for hockey in this ballpark," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said on Tuesday of the game between the Chicago Blackhawks and the rival Detroit Red Wings. 22/07/08 7:21 PM 43

CBC adds another Bruin38

Signing analyst Mike Milbury to a multiyear contract rates as Hockey Night in Canada's most important acquisition in years. The deal — two years plus an option — was announced yesterday after Milbury failed to reach a contract extension with TSN. In just one NHL season with TSN (and also NBC), Milbury has developed into a top studio analyst, largely by mixing humour with hard-hitting commentary. 21/07/08 8:01 PM 38