Bryan Smolinski News

The Flint Generals added more than 1,000 games of National Hockey League experience to their lineup this afternoon, when they signed veteran center Bryan Smolinski.

" Tomas Plekanec certainly didn't mean to slight the many young women who play the game of hockey.

Peter Laviolette said there's no secret to the Carolina Hurricanes' success. "We're at our best when we play wide open," said Carolina's head coach, who is looking for a road sweep of the three Eastern Canadian teams when the Hurricanes blow into Montreal tonight.

The Montreal Canadiens showed the importance of second effort Thursday night as they rallied for a 4-3 overtime win over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal.

If that's not the case, the newest Boston Bruin will be a pretty lonely guy. Begin, a 31-year-old center signed Wednesday for one year at $850,000, may not be as loathed as other highly-detested Montreal Canadiens, but he's on the list for a cross-check to Bruins ' center Marc Savard 's back late in 2007-2008 that nearly cost Savard his first shot ...

Stratford will host the 2010 Tim Hortons Hockey Day in Canada next Jan. 30. The announcement was made Tuesday night during the first intermission of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final between the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins broadcast on CBC.

Even though he was still wearing an AHL jersey at the time, Grand Rapids forward Darren McCarty knew he was in the right place on the night of April 24.