News You Can Use Late in the Day

1. Sudbury wins the Canadian Midget AAA title.
2. Guy Carbonneau defends Tom Kostopoulous' punching of Kimmo Timonen. Says he "deserved it".
3. Does the NHL need a better puck?
4. Memorial Cup History for 1933, 1934 and 1935.
5. A couple of interesting stories in Taking Note. First, a Bruins fan was arrested for peeing off the upper deck into the crowd below. Second, the SAHA will use two referee's and one linesman for games next season.
6. The Vladimir Konstantinov trial begins today in Michigan.
7. The National Post interviews Adam Foote.
8. Chuck Gormley writes about Jim Dowd's superstitions.
9. Jammy and Sid: Not BFF's.
10. Anyone wondering how the Belfast Giants did this year?
11. Shane Doan will wear the C for Canada again this year.
12. Ryan Dixon looks at the little moves that are paying big dividends this playoff season.
13. Mike Brophy comments on the Modano-Ribeiro show in Dallas.
14. Scott Burnside wonders if diving is becoming an issue?
15. Terry Jones touts Steve Yzerman for the Team Canada job in 2010.
16. Alex Ovechkin is on the Russian roster for the Worlds, but is nowhere to be seen. More on this situation here.
17. In related news, Rick Nash has joined Team Canada.
18. The Senators are expected to ask for permission to speak to Bob Hartley.
19. James Duthie asks us to give referees a break.
20. Al Strachan looks at crease crashing and interference.
21. Everything you ever wanted to know about hockey hair.
22. Ken Campbell with a list of things that make his crabby. PS, get off his lawn.
23. A look at Manitoba Moose forward Michael Grabner.
24. Dr. Larry Lauer explains the best psychological approach to a Game 7.
25. More Stanley Cup history from Greatest Hockey Legends.

Nightly Recap: Modano becomes all time American leading scorer

-Jeff Carter and Joffrey Lupul score on two of the first three shots for the Flyers. Philadelphia, who went 0-8 last season vs Pittsburgh are now guaranteed to do better this year as the Flyers defeat the Penguins 3 - 1.

-Buffalo defeats Boston 2 - 1 in overtime. Clarke MacArthur, who had just been called up earlier in the day from Rochester scored the winning goal. Ales Kotalik popped in the first goal for the Sabres, who snapped a three game losing streak. Here is a video of the MacArthur's overtime winner, the always enthusiastic Rick Jeanneret provides the play-by-play and Harry Neale does his best with the color commentary.

-Tampa Bay wins 3 - 1 over Florida. It was only the third victory for the Lightning in the past twelve games. Vinny Lecavalier had a goal and an assist for the Lightning, Marty St. Louis and Jan Hlavac also chipped in with a goal each.

-Detroit, in their first game since Nov 1 were up 2 - 0 on goals by Dan Cleary and Jiri Hudler. Ryan Suter and JP Dumont netted goals to tie it up in the third. The game had to be decided in a shootout Pavel Datsuyk put home the winner. Detroit 3 - Nashville 2 (SO).

-In a 3:57 span in the third period, Jonathan Toews, Brent Seabrook and Duncan Kieth score to give Chicago the 5 - 2 win over Columbus. Tuomo Ruutu, Rene Bourque and Toews had two points each, it was the rookie Toews's first multi point game of the season.

-Ian Laperriere scored two goals and had one assist during regulation, but goals by Wojtek Wolski and Marek Svatos won it for the Avs in a shootout. Colorado 4 - Edmonton 3 (SO)

-BEAST of the night Peter Mueller scored his first career hat trick for the Coyotes and Steven Reinprecht pocketed three points in the Coyotes 6 - 5 overtime win over the Ducks. The overtime winner was scored by Shane Doan, it was his third goal of the year.

-It was a milestone night for Mike Modano, he scored two goals to pass former Winnipeg Jet Phil Housley's record for points by an American player. Marty Turco was a rock in the net stopping 38 of 39 for the Stars in the 3 -1 win over the Sharks.

Tomorrow's Games
7:00pm TB@CAR, PHI@NJ, PIT@NYR,
7:30pm MTL@BOS (TSN), WSH@OTT
9:00pm VAN@CGY, DAL@PHX