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Ryan Getzlaf scored the go-ahead goal on a screened 25-foot wrist shot with 5:32 left in the third period and the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 Saturday night in an exhibition game. Skating on their archrival’s rink for the first time since winning the Cup — in front of a mostly hostile crowd of 11,107 — the Ducks also got goals from Andrew Miller and Jason…
The horsepower has always been there for Marian Gaborik. One of the fastest skaters in the NHL, the Minnesota Wild winger can accelerate in a flash. But too often in his young career, Gaborik’s wheels have failed him. He missed 34 games last season with a groin injury and has never played a full NHL schedule.
Jeremy Roenick spent the last 2 1/2 years building his dream retirement home in Arizona, and he finally moved into it three weeks ago. After that, the San Jose Sharks’ newest forward couldn’t wait to get out of town. The talkative veteran already was a hit among his new teammates as the Sharks formally opened training camp with a scrimmage Friday.
Daniel Briere’s hands were stiff as he whizzed around the ice at what felt like 100 mph, feeling lost early, and slow to contribute on a team that failed to score. And the new Flyers center’s assessment of his debut? “Exciting,” he said. Briere practically felt like a rookie again when Philadelphia opened training camp Friday, learning new players, new plays and what second-year coach John Stevens…
As Teppo Numminen prepares for open-heart surgery to repair a faulty valve next week, the Buffalo defenseman is determined to return to the ice. “It’s been quite an emotional week,” Numminen said Friday, a day after the Sabres announced he will have surgery. “And my plan was to play for the Sabres this year, and that hasn’t changed.
The Finnish Flash is still not sure if he is finished. “Part of me wants to play, but right now, a part of me is not ready to do what it takes,” Anaheim Ducks star Teemu Selanne said. “I’m just going to wait a little longer and see how I’m going to feel when the season starts,” he said Friday. “Watching the game and being a little closer, I’ll know for sure.” Selanne, who has been absent from Ducks…
Brian Willsie put Los Angeles in front with 5:06 left, Kyle Calder scored twice and the Kings beat the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks 5-4 Thursday night in the NHL’s preseason opener. The Ducks played at Honda Center for the first time since June 6, when they beat the Ottawa Senators 6-2 in Game 5 of the finals and became the first team from California to win an NHL title.
Sidney Crosby surprised some Pittsburgh Penguins fans last week by knocking on their front door and handing them their season tickets. Quite the delivery man, the NHL’s reigning scoring champion and Most Valuable Player. Now that he’s the Penguins’ captain at the grizzled age of 20, Crosby wouldn’t mind being on the receiving end of a handout himself next June.
Center Alexander Svitov, playing for a team in his native Russia, was suspended by the Blue Jackets on Thursday for failing to report to training camp. Svitov signed a two-year, $2.25 million contract with the Blue Jackets in early July, but has since remained in Russia to play for Avangard Omsk of the Russian Super League.
Sabres defenseman Teppo Numminen needs a third surgery to correct a heart condition. It’s not known when Numminen, who’s consulting with team physicians, will have the procedure and how much time he will miss. The 39-year-old did not report for team physicals Thursday. “After undergoing examination in connection with his preseason evaluation, the Buffalo Sabres medical team has determined that…
