veryone else hopes, the best is yet to come," said the 30-year-old goaltender, whose only two post-season series wins came in 2007 and 2008. "It will be exciting."The Presidents' Trophy was first awarded in 1985-86 to the NHL's top regular season team. The Rangers also captured it in 1991-92, when they were 50-25-5 and went on to lose in the second round of the playoffs to Pittsburgh.New York also finished with 109 points in 1970-71 and 1971-72.NOTES: Ovechkin has the most points in the NHL (678) since 2005-06. ... Washington was 26-11-4 at home this season but 16-21-4 on the road. ... Since the Rangers won the Stanley Cup in 1994, only four Presidents' Trophy winners went on to win the Stanley Cup: Dallas in 1999, Colorado in 2001 and Detroit in 2002 and 2008. The two other dual winners since 1986 are Edmonton (1987) and Calgary (1989). ... Dany Sabourin, who last played in the NHL in 2008-09 for Pittsburgh, was recalled from AHL Hershey to back up Holtby.
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos has joined the NHL's 60-goal club.He scored at 3:29 of the third period at the last home game of the Winnipeg Jets.He sent a slap shot past goaltender Ondrej Pavelec's glove on a pass from Martin St. Louis to put Tampa ahead 3-1.Although they chanted "No goal Stamkos" all night every time he had a chance at the puck and booed initially, Winnipeg fans gave him a standing ovation a few seconds after he scored.Just 19 players have scored 60 goals or more in a single season.The exclusive group includes players such as Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Brett Hull.Alex Ovechkin is the only player to score 60 since 1996. The Washington Capitals star had 65 goals in the 2007-08 season.
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- No one expected this, but the sellout crowd of 4,000 in the University of Vermont's Gutterson Fieldhouse nonetheless enjoyed the 9-2 beating the United States dealt Canada in the IIHF Women's World Championship on Saturday night.The Americans uncorked a five-goal haymaker in the game's first five minutes and never let up in scoring their most one-sided win over their northern neighbors in any top-level competition."We knew we wanted to come out and have a fast start, I don't think you would have expected five goals in the first 10 minutes of the game," said U.S. forward Monique Lamoureux-Kolls, who scored three goals and set up three others. "Obviously, it was not the way we wanted to start the tournament,Nike Free Run 2 Womens," said Canadian coach Dan Church. "Hats off to the U.S. and the way they played the game."Particularly le