OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators signed defenceman Matt Carkner to a US$1.4-million, two-year contract extension Tuesday. The 28-year-old native of Winchester, Ont., has recorded two points (one goal, one assist), 19 blocked shots and 19 pena...

ATLANTA - Atlanta centre Rich Peverley, who has seven points in the Thrashers' first five games, has signed a two-year contract extension. Thrashers general manager Don Waddell did not disclose terms of the deal on Tuesday. The 27-y...

BOUCHERVILLE, Que. - The Chicoutimi Sagueneens acquired forward Michael Stinziani from the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on Tuesday. Stinziani, 22, has recorded seven points (five goals, two assists) in 11 games this season. He has 114 poi...

Chris Chelios, 47, has signed with the American Hockey League's Chicago Wolves. The veteran defenseman will make his debut Friday against the Manitoba Moose. Chelios leads all American-born players with 1,644 career NHL games and has...

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -Minnesota Wild center Mikko Koivu has been chosen as team captain for the season. The 26-year-old Koivu has become arguably the Wild's best all-around player. General manager Chuck Fletcher and head coach Todd Richards anno...

CHICAGO (AP) -Chris Chelios, the 47-year-old defenseman who spent 25 years in the NHL, signed Tuesday with the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League. Chelios, who played last season with the Detroit Red Wings, will make his debut with the...

CHICAGO - Chris Chelios will make his debut with the Chicago Wolves on Friday night after signing with the American Hockey League club on Tuesday. The 47-year-old defenceman had been skating with the Wolves, AHL affiliate of the Atlanta T...

DALLAS - The Dallas Stars placed centre Mike Modano and winger Jere Lehtinen on injured reserve Tuesday. For Modano, the move is retroactive to Oct. 3, when he injured his ribs in the season opener against Nashville. Lehtinen injured a gr...

ATLANTA (AP) -Atlanta center Rich Peverley, who has seven points in the Thrashers' first five games, has signed a multiyear contract extension. Thrashers general manager Don Waddell did not disclose terms of the deal on Tuesday. The 27-year-old...

SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher and Head Coach Todd Richards announced today that center Mikko Koivu will serve as the team's full time captain for the 2009-10 NHL season. "Mikko ...

The Atlanta Thrashers have signed forward Rich Peverley to a multiple-year contract extension. Peverley, 27, has scored 4 goals and 3 assists in five games with the Thrashers this season. The center was claimed by Atlanta off waivers from Nashv...

The Ottawa Senators signed defenseman Matt Carkner to a two-year contract extension Tuesday. Carkner, 28, has appeared in each of the team's seven regular-season games to date, averaging 18:03 time-on-ice and currently ranking eighth (tied) in ...

The Dallas Stars Tuesday placed center Mike Modano on injured reserve, retroactive to Oct. 3, and placed right wing Jere Lehtinen on injured reserve, retroactive to Oct. 14. The Stars recalled Francis Wathier from the AHL's Texas Stars,...

DALLAS (AP) -The Dallas Stars have placed center Mike Modano and winger Jere Lehtinen on injured reserve. For Modano, the move announced Tuesday is retroactive to Oct. 3, when he injured his ribs in the season opener against Nashville. Lehtinen ...

The Columbus Blue Jackets welcomed former second-round draft pick Stefan Legein back into their family halfway through last season after the forward prospect spent time trying to figure out if he still wanted to pursue a professional hocke...

Anaheim's Ryan Getzlaf, Atlanta's Ilya Kovalchuk and Martin St. Louis of Tampa Bay are the special guests Tuesday on NHL Live!. Be sure to tune in between 12 and 2 p.m. ET on NHL Network and NHL.com to check out what they have to say with hosts...

Scoring summaries from Monday's NHL games: Canucks 1 at Oilers 2 First Period 1. Vancouver, Bernier 2 (Wellwood) 6:32 Penalties - Rypien Vcr, Stortini Edm (fighting) 2:50, Burrows Vcr (elbowing) 10:41, Comrie Edm (holdin...

DALLAS - The Los Angeles Kings should have been ripe for a lacklustre showing at the close of a long trip. Instead, the Kings responded with one of their most spirited efforts of the season. Ryan Smyth had a power-play goal and two assist...

NEW YORK (AP) -Devin Setoguchi scored two of San Jose's six consecutive goals and the Sharks took advantage of New York backup goalie Steve Valiquette in a 7-3 comeback victory Monday night that snapped the Rangers' seven-game winning streak. Ch...