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: *** Sharks' Nolan suspended by NHL for 11 games : SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The NHL followed up Owen Nolan's big hit : on Grant Marshall with a heavy blow of its own. Nolan, the : Sharks' captain and second-leading scorer, was suspended for 11 : games on Friday for a hit earlier this month that sent Dallas : forward Marshall to a hospital with a concussion. The severity of : the suspension stunned and enraged the Pacific Division-leading : Sharks, who will be without Nolan and injured center Vincent : Damphousse -- two-thirds of San Jose's top line earlier in the : season -- for nearly three critical late-season weeks if Nolan's : suspension isn't shortened on appeal. "Owen is our best player, : and I don't think it's right how he has been turned into a : villain," Sharks GM Dean Lombardi said. "We all know it was a : very hard, very physical hit, and you can't justify what he did. : But to say this is revenge, I don't think so. The issue here is : appropriate punishment." : Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=406125270 : *** Uncanny Burke helps Coyotes can Oilers : (AP) - Sean Burke was uncanny in goal again. Given some of his : performances in a season when the Phoenix Coyotes are : consistently outshot, it wasn't a given that his teammates would : notice, but they did. "He's been exceptional all year," Keith : Tkachuk said after the Coyotes beat the Edmonton Oilers 2-0 : Friday night. "He's playing unbelievable. He's making big saves. : He's saving us. You know, he's saved a lot of hockey games for : us." Burke had 38 saves for his first shutout in three months. : Tkachuk scored his 600th career point with a first-period goal, : and Jeremy Roenick added a goal with 8:51 left, giving the : beleaguered Burke a cushion and helping the Coyotes snap a : three-game losing streak at home. The Coyotes were winless in : their five previous games (0-3-1-1), but got the first win in : their series against the Oilers this season. : SLAP SHOTS : In other NHL action, Peter Bondra scored on a short-handed : breakaway and on a power play to take over the NHL goal-scoring : lead as Washington extended its unbeaten streak to a season-best : five games with a 4-3 victory over Anaheim. Mighty Ducks captain : Paul Kariya had a pair of second-period goals, the second for his : 500th NHL point. Elsewhere, Manny Fernandez made 28 saves against : his former team and rookie Marian Gaborik scored the game-winning : goal as Minnesota beat Dallas for the second time this season, : 2-1. Ray Ferraro and Per Svartvadet each scored two goals as : Atlanta beat Boston 5-1. Atlanta has beaten Boston in all three : meetings this season by the combined score of 18-8. Peter Nedved : scored two goals, to lead the New York Rangers to a 4-2 victory : over Florida. Mark Messier scored for the second consecutive game : after going 18 straight without a goal. : *** Panthers trade Mellanby to Blues for Morisset, draft pick : SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - St. Louis acquired right wing Scott Mellanby : from Florida on Friday night for junior right wing David Morisset : and a conditional 2002 draft pick. Mellanby had been with the : Panthers since their inception in 1993. He was the Panthers' : captain the last four seasons. Mallanby, 34, has four goals and : nine assists in 40 games this season. The 16-year veteran holds : Florida records for goals (117), assists (133), points (250) and : games (552). The former University of Wisconsin star also has : played for Philadelphia and Edmonton. Morisset, 19, selected 65th : overall by the Blues in the 2000 draft, has 21 goals and 20 : assists in 40 games this season for Seattle in the Western Hockey : League. The Panthers will get the Blues' fifth-round pick in 2002 : unless Mellanby signs with another NHL team after this season. If : he signs with another team, Florida will get a compensatory pick : from that team if the choice is higher than the Blues' pick. : *** Thrashers get Kohn from Anaheim : ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta Thrashers acquired forward Ladislav : Kohn from the Anaheim Mighty Ducks for defenseman Sergei : Vyshedkevich and goaltender Scott Langkow on Friday. The : Thrashers also activated left wing Tomi Kallio and placed : defenseman Steve Staios on injured reserve retroactive to Feb. 2. : Kohn had four goals and three assists in 51 games for Anaheim : this season. Vyshedkevich split the past two seasons between : Atlanta and Orlando of the IHL. He had seven points in 30 games : with the Thrashers. Langkow did not play for the Thrashers this : season. He was with the Mobile Mystics of the ECHL. : : *** Milbury to return as Islanders' GM : UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Islanders co-owner Charles Wang announced : between periods of a television broadcast Friday night of New : York's game against Philadelphia that beleaguered general manager : Mike Milbury will return next season. "Absolutely, I can tell you : that Mike Milbury will be the general manager next year," Wang : said. "He's the guy we're building our team around as far as : giving him responsibility and authority." Wang, who shares : ownership with Sanjay Kumar, said stability is an important part : of what he's trying to instill in the franchise. The announcement : did little to motivate the Islanders as they fell to the Flyers, : 5-2. "We've got to have that stability," Wang said. "We can't : keep changing and changing and changing." : : Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=406125206 : *** Stars activate Matvichuk, demote Jackman : DALLAS (AP) - Defenseman Richard Matvichuk, whose jaw was broken : two weeks ago by a puck that ricocheted off his stick, was : activated from the injured list by the Dallas Stars in time for : Friday night's game against Minnesota. The Stars cleared a spot : for him by sending defenseman Richard Jackman to Utah of the : International Hockey League. Matvichuk, who missed only four : games thanks to the All-Star break, will wear protective headgear : similar to a football helmet. He wore a facemask but did not : score in the Stars' 2-1 loss to the Wild. In 49 games this : season, Matvichuk has two goals and nine assists. He leads the : team with 85 blocked shots. Jackman was recalled for the third : time this season on Tuesday and played Wednesday night against : Edmonton. He's scoreless with 18 penalty minutes in 16 games with : Dallas this season. In 29 games in Utah, he leads defenseman with : eight goals. : : *** Knee injury sidelines Devils defenseman Niedermayer : EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Devils All-Star : defenseman Scott Niedermayer was placed on the injured list : Friday with a knee injury and probably will miss the next three : games. Niedermayer, who was hurt on Thursday night in a 4-4 tie : with the Ottawa Senators, underwent an arthroscopic procedure on : his right knee Friday, Devils spokesman Mike Levine said. The : defenseman is expected to start skating on Monday and may be back : in the lineup later in the week. New Jersey recalled defenseman : Willie Mitchell from Albany of the AHL to replace Niedermayer. : Also, defenseman Brian Rafalski is day-to-day after hurting his : left shoulder in the same game. The Devils will be on the road at : Pittsburgh on Saturday and in New York on Sunday against the : Rangers. : *** Colorado's Deadmarsh leaves game as wife delivers twins : DENVER (AP) - Colorado Avalanche forward Adam Deadmarsh left : Friday night's 5-3 loss to the Calgary Flames to be with his wife : while she gave birth to twin girls six weeks premature. : Deadmarsh, who has missed 21 games because of various injuries, : scored in the first period but left midway through the second : when he learned that his wife Krista went into labor. She was due : March 22 and had also gone into labor on Dec. 29. "We got Deadie : out after a timeout," Colorado coach Bob Hartley said. "I guess : he got out of here in a world-record time." Team officials said : Krista Deadmarsh and the twins, Madeline and Alexis, were doing : well after the delivery. The twins are the couple's first : children. The wives of four other Avalanche players -- Joe Sakic, : Aaron Miller, Greg de Vries and Adam Foote -- also have had : children this season. : : Scoreboard : ---------- : *** Friday's results : 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL : --- --- --- ----- : Philadelphia 2 1 2 5 : N.Y. Islanders 0 1 1 2 : : 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL : --- --- --- ----- : Boston 0 1 0 1 : Atlanta 1 2 2 5 : : 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL : --- --- --- ----- : N.Y. Rangers 2 1 1 4 : Florida 1 0 1 2 : : 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL : --- --- --- ----- : Minnesota 1 1 0 2 : Dallas 0 1 0 1 : : 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL : --- --- --- ----- : Calgary 2 1 2 5 : Colorado 1 2 0 3 : : 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL : --- --- --- ----- : Edmonton 0 0 0 0 : Phoenix 1 0 1 2 : : 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL : --- --- --- ----- : Washington 2 2 0 4 : Anaheim 0 2 1 3 : : Schedules : --------- : *** Saturday's Games : New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m. : Buffalo at Ottawa, 7 p.m. : Tampa Bay at Boston, 7 p.m. : Florida at Atlanta, 7 p.m. : Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m. : N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, 7 p.m. : Nashville at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. : St. Louis at Colorado, 8:30 p.m. : Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m. : Chicago at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. : Washington at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. : (TIMES LISTED ARE EASTERN) : Transactions : ------------ : *** Friday's Moves : National Hockey League : NHL-Suspended San Jose Sharks RW Owen Nolan for 11 games for a : blow to the head of Dallas Stars RW Grant Marshall during a Feb. : 1 game. : ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS-Assigned D Sergei Vyshedkevich to Cincinnati : of the AHL. : ATLANTA THRASHERS-Acquired F Ladislav Kohn from the Anaheim : Mighty Ducks for D Sergei Vyshedkevich and G Scott Langkow. : Activated LW Tomi Kallio from injured reserve. Placed D Steve : Staios on injured reserve, retroactive to Feb. 2. : DALLAS STARS-Activated D Richard Matvichuk from injured reserve. : Assigned D Richard Jackman to Utah of the IHL. : LOS ANGELES KINGS-Recalled D Philippe Boucher from Manitoba of : the IHL. : NEW JERSEY DEVILS-Recalled D Willie Mitchell from Albany of the : AHL. : PITTSBURGH PENGUINS-Placed G Garth Snow on injured reserve. : Assigned D Mark Moore to Charlotte of the ECHL. : ST. LOUIS BLUES-Acquired RW Scott Mellanby from the Florida : Panthers for RW David Morisset and a 2002 draft pick. Recalled D : Peter Smrek from Worcester of the AHL. : TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS-Recalled RW Alexei Ponikarovsky from St. : John's of the AHL. : WASHINGTON CAPITALS-Assigned F Derek Baker to Portland of the : AHL. : American Hockey League : CINCINNATI MIGHTY DUCKS-Announced G Scott Langkow has been : assigned from Mobile of the ECHL. : HERSHEY BEARS-Signed LW Terry Ryan. : SYRACUSE CRUNCH-Recalled D Adam Borzecki from Idaho of the WCHL. : WILKES-BARRE-SCRANTON PENGUINS-Reassigned D Mark Moore to : Charlotte of the ECHL. : Central Hockey League : BORDER CITY BANDITS-Signed F Francis Boulay. Waived F Scott Ross : and G Cam MacDonald. Activated G Trevor Matter from injured : reserve. : HUNTSVILLE CHANNEL CATS-Signed D Mark Macera. : MEMPHIS RIVERKINGS-Transferred C Jeremy Kyte from 14-day to : season-ending injured reserve. Placed RW Curtis Voth on 14-day : injured reserve, retroactive to Feb. 9. : OKLAHOMA CITY BLAZERS-Announced D Wade Brookbank has been : recalled by Orlando of the IHL. : TULSA OILERS-Activated D Aldo Iaquinta from injured reserve. : Signed C-LW Peter Campbell. : East Coast Hockey League : AUGUSTA LYNX-Suspended F Todd Gillingham. : FLORIDA EVERBLADES-Added F Oleg Timchenko to the roster. : JACKSON BANDITS-Added C Jeff Bes to the roster. Placed G Scott : LaGrand on 7-day injured reserve. : JOHNSTOWN CHIEFS-Waived D Karl Infanger. : PENSACOLA ICE PILOTS-Added F Jim Bermingham, D Chris Wismer and F : Tyson Holly to the roster. : PEORIA RIVERMEN-Released G Brian Hamilton. : RICHMOND RENEGADES-Activated F Frank Novock from injured reserve. : Waived F Doug Altschul. : SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS-Placed RW Craig Brunel on 7-day injured : reserve. Activated C Buddy Wallace and D Mike Nicholishen from : injured reserve. : TRENTON TITANS-Traded LW Sandy Cohen to Florida, completing a : previous trade. : United Hockey League : MUSKEGON FURY-Acquired LW Michel Massie from Port Huron and D-F : David Dartsch from Adirondack. Sent Dartsch to Port Huron and the : rights to D Lucas Nehrling to Adirondack. : QUAD CITY MALLARDS-Acquired D Matt Eldred from Milwaukee of the : IHL. : West Coast Hockey League : WCHL-Suspended Phoenix RW Daniel Shank for one game and Colorado : D J.S. Trudelle indefinitely. : FRESNO FALCONS-Announced G David Mitchell has been returned on : loan from Detroit of the IHL. Released G Jason Rivera. : LONG BEACH ICE DOGS-Placed LW Kelvin Solari on 14-day injured : reserve. Activated D Mark Ferner from 14-day injured reserve. : PHOENIX MUSTANGS-Waived D Sam Fields. Signed F Claude Morin and D : Derrick Gosselin. : Western Professional Hockey League : AUSTIN ICE BATS-Signed F Gerald Tallaire. : LAKE CHARLES ICE PIRATES-Signed G Rick Nichol.

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