Brandon Alderson scored three goals and Matt Murray turned away 41-of-44 shots as Sault Ste. Marie (24-19-3) downed the Whalers (22-14-8), who lost for the first time in four outings.---Otters 4 Spirit 2At Saginaw, Mich., Dane Fox scored once and set up two more and Devin Williams made 28 saves as Erie (15-23-7) snapped the Spirit's (21-20-5) six-game win streak.
Colorado 1 0 1-2Minnesota 0 3 1-4First Period-1, Colorado, J.Mitchell 1 (Downie, Hejduk), 2:07.Second Period-2,Nike Free 4.0 V3 Womens, Minnesota,Nike Free 5.0 Mens, Heatley 1 (Parise, Koivu), 3:26 (pp). 3, Minnesota, Granlund 1 (Spurgeon,Nike Huarache Free Run, Setoguchi), 4:19. 4, Minnesota, Heatley 2 (Parise,Nike Free 4.0 V3 Mens, Koivu), 10:01 (pp).Third Period-5, Colorado, McLeod 1 (Olver, Zanon), 5:09. 6, Minnesota, Bouchard 1 (Clutterbuck, Brodziak),Nike Free 5.0 V4 Womens, 18:25.Shots on Goal-Colorado 12-5-10-27. Minnesota 5-18-12-35.Goalies-Colorado, Varlamov. Minnesota, Backstrom. A-19,298 (18,064). T-2:25.
EVERETT, Wash. - The Everett Silvertips scored three times in less than five minutes as they went on to defeat the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes 3-2 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action.Mitch Skapski, Mirco Mueller and Tyler Sandhu all scored second-period goals for the Silvertips (19-26-2) while Joshua Winquist chipped in with two assists.Reid Duke and Adam Henry scored for the Hurricanes (22-21-6).Austin Lotz made 30 saves for the win as Christopher Tai turned away 30-of-33 shots in a losing cause.Everett went 0 for 5 on the power play while Lethbridge scored once on six chances with the man advantage.
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) - New York Islanders head coach Jack Capuano is out of the hospital following surgery to treat kidney stones, but it is unknown when he will make his season debut behind the bench.Capuano was released Sunday morning after having surgery Saturday night, when the Islanders opened the season with a 2-1 home loss to the New Jersey Devils.It wasn't until about 25 minutes before the game that the Islanders said Capuano wouldn't coach because of "medical reasons."New York hosts Tampa Bay on Monday, and an Islanders spokesman says Sunday it is still to be determined whether Capuano will coach then.Assistant coach Doug Weight ran the Islanders bench on Saturday. Capuano had been at Nassau Coliseum for much of the day and spoke to reporters in the morning.
SPOKANE, Wash. - Malte Stromwall scored 21 seconds into overtime as the Tri-City Americans edged the host Spokane Chiefs 4-3 on Saturday in Western Hockey League play.Parker Bowles scored twice for the Americans (27-17-3) and Jesse Mychan added a single goal.Todd Fiddler, Dylan Walchuk and Carter Proft scored for the Chiefs (28-16-2), who have dropped three straight contests.Luke Lee-Knight made 39 saves for the win as Eric Williams turned aside 18 shots in a losing cause.Tri-City went 0 for 2 on the power play while Spokane scored once on three chances with the man advantage.
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