Dmitri Kalinin News

Close your eyes and imagine for a moment you're a goalie and you suddenly realize Alex Ovechkin , Evgeni Malkin and Ilya Kovalchuk are bearing down on you.

On Wednesday the Erie County district attorney's office confirmed that next week's preliminary hearing in the Patrick Kane case has been moved from Monday to Thursday, ensuring that the accused cabbie-assailant and "face of Buffalo" can be in suburban Chicago for all of the United States Olympic team's orientation camp.

July 20-24: German national team training Aug. 4-8: Slovakia summer Olympic camp Aug.

Russia's quest to gather the very best of its talent for the 2010 Winter Games has led the hockey giant to call on a large contingent of NHL players for an upcoming Olympic Summer camp that will begin later this month in Moscow.

The known: The Bruins became younger and more offensive-minded on defense after replacing 36-year-old Aaron Ward with 30-year-old Derek Morris .

The Bruins have confirmed the signing of defenseman Derek Morris to a one-year, $3.3 million contract.

The schedule for next May's 2010 I.I.H.F. World Championship was unveiled on Tuesday, starting with the tournament opener in Gelsenkirchen between hosts Germany and the U.S. at the 76,000-seat Veltins-Arena - a game that may set a new world record for attendance at a hockey game.

A quick skate today, including some things from earlier in the week. The 2009-10 N.H.L. schedule was released .

New York Rangers coach John Tortorella pledged to bring more scoring, youth and size into his team's mix.

The Phoenix Coyotes have re-signed forward Petr Prucha to a two-year contract, the NHL club announced Friday.