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Saturday, 07 January 2012 14:25

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-The NHLPA has rejected the NHL's realignment plan which was scheduled to take affect starting next season.

-EN Says: Welcome to the NHL Donald Fehr. With the CBA expiring this summer, NHLPA boss Donald Fehr is going to use anything, even something fairly simple as this realignment plan, as a bargaining chip.

-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. Jordan Staal suffered an apparent knee injury.

-The Associated Press' recap. “It comes down to a couple plays, a couple mistakes by our team.”  - Dan Bylsma.

-Newsday's recap. "I just wanted to let them know we're not mailing this in, because that's the look we had." John Tortorella on the time out he called following Ben Lovejoy's first period goal.

-The New York Daily News' recap. “I had brand new equipment today, so it’s a good thing to know it’s working." - Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist.

-The Bergen Record's recap. “I know I didn’t move my leg, but I got a piece of him." - Rangers forward Mike Rupp on his collision with Jordan Staal.

-NHL.com's recap. The Rangers have won five consecutive road games against the Penguins for the first time since 1973-74.

-Highlights:

-Happy times for Ben Lovejoy:

-Cool Photo of the Night: Pascal Dupuis, Jordan Staal and Deryk Engelland during the national anthem:

-Evgeni Malkin and New York's Marc Staal got into it here:

-Malkin was ready for this faceoff:

-A good look at Lundqvist's lid:

-Bylsma speaks:

-Welcome to the NHL Colin McDonald.

-Welcome back to Pittsburgh Mike Rupp. (PG+)

-Shootout goals by Geoff Walker, Bryan Lerg and Eric Tangradi gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 4-3 win against the Rochester Americans. Jason Williams had a regulation goal and two assists for the Penguins while teammate Brad Thiessen made 27 saves.

-Chris Barton had two goals and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers who beat the Cincinnati Cyclones, 5-2. Paul Crowder recorded three assists for Wheeling while teammate Peter Delmas made 29 saves.

-Happy 51st birthday to former Penguins defenseman Rod Buskas (right). A sixth-round pick in 1981, Buskas spent parts of nine seasons with the Penguins. As a rookie in 1982-83, Buskas saw action in 41 games and scored four points. He followed that up in 1983-84 by playin gin 47 games and collecting six points. In 1984-85, Buskas appeared in 69 games and scored nine points and recorded a career-high 191 penalty minutes. The 1985-86 seasons saw Buskas play in 72 games and score nine points. In 1986-87, Buskas appeared in 68 games and recorded a career-high 18 points. During 1987-88, he set a career-high with 76 games while scoring 12 points and leading the team with 209 penalty minutes. He was limited to 52 games and six points in 1988-89 but was able to play in the postseason for the first time in his career. Early in the 1989-90 season, he was traded to the Canucks in exchange for for a draft pick. Midway through that season, he returned to the Penguins in a trade which also brought Barry Pederson and Tony Tanti to Pittsburgh in exchange for Dave Capuano, Andrew McBain and Dan Quinn. All together in 1989-90, Buskas appeared in six games for the Penguins that season and failed to record a point. Prior to the start of the 1990-91 campaign, Buskas was claimed off waivers by the Kings. Buskas appeared in 431 career regular season games for the Penguins, 18th-most in franchise history, scored 64 points and recorded 959 penalty minutes, third-most in franchise history.

-Happy 62nd birthday to former Penguins defenseman Larry Bignell. A third-round pick in 1970, Bignell's Penguins career amounted to 20 games and three assists in 1973-74. After spending all of 1974-75 in the AHL, Bignell was released from the organization.

Atlantic Division

-Two goals by Ilya Kovalchuk led the Devils to a 5-2 win against the Panthers. Patrik Elias added a goal and two assists for New Jersey while teammates Adam Henrique and Zach Parise each netted a goal and an assist. Former Penguin Johan Hedberg made 22 saves in the victory. Fire Craig Patrick.

-Pass of the Night: Parise setting up Kovalchuk:

-Painful times for Panthers forward and former Penguins forward Mikael Samuelsson:

-Elias appeared in his 1,000th career NHL game.

-The Devils placed Anton Volchenkov ("lower body") on injured reserve and recalled forward Nick Palmieri from Albany of the AHL.

-Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen is day to day due to a suspected wrist injury.

-The Flyers placed defenseman Matt Walker on waivers.

-Islanders forward Marty Reasoner is dealing with a broken hand.

-The Islanders recalled defenseman Dylan Reese, a native of Upper St. Clair, from Bridgeport of the AHL.

Northeast Division

-The Maple Leafs demoted forward Matt Frattin and defenseman Korbinian Holzer to Toronto of the AHL.

Southeast Division

-Captain Eric Staal had a goal and two assists for the Hurricanes in a 4-2 win against the Sabres. Cam Ward made 31 saves in the victory. Jason Pomville led Buffalo with a goal and an assist.

-Carolina's Andreas Nodl and Buffalo's Drew Stafford each kept their eyes on this puck:

-Buffalo's Paul Gaustad had a chat with referee Kelly Sutherland:

-Sabres defenseman and Cranberry native Mike Weber having a moment before the game:

-The Hurricanes demoted forward Drayson Bowman to Charlotte of the AHL.

-The Panthers demoted forward Tim Kennedy to San Antonio of the AHL.

-The Lightning acquired defenseman Brendan Mikkelson from the Flames in exchange for forward Blair Jones.

-Tampa Bay recalled forward Pierre-Cedric Labrie from Norfolk of the AHL and demoted defenseman Evan Oberg to Norfolk.

Central Division

-The Blue Jackets recalled forward Ryan Russell from Springfield of the AHL. He is the twin brother of Blues defenseman and former Blue Jacket Kris Russell.

-The Predators recalled goaltender Jeremy Smith from Milwaukee of the AHL and demoted goaltender Anders Lindback and defenseman Jonathon Blum to Milwaukee of the AHL.

Northwest Division

-Semyon Varlamov made 27 saves for the Avalanche in a 4-0 shutout of the Avalanche. T.J. Galiardi had a goal and an assist for Colorado while teammate Erik Johnson recorded two assists.

-The Flames recalled forward Lance Bouma from Abbotsford of the AHL and demoted forward forward Raitis Ivanans to Abbotsford.

Pacific Division

-Two goals by Bobby Ryan led the Ducks to a 4-2 win against the Islanders. Corey Perry recorded two assists for Anaheim while teammate Jonas Hiller made 19 saves.

-Goal of the Night: Ryan deking through the Islanders' defense:

-Anaheim captain Ryan Getzlaf scored on a nifty backhander:

-Happy times for Perry and Ryan:

-Coyotes defenseman Adrian Aucoin is dealing with an eye injury.

Norris Division

-Hall of Fame goaltender Ken Dryden pens another wonderful think piece about the place of fighting in hockey.

-Brooks Ostergard made 23 saves for the Robert Morris men's team in a 2-1 loss to Bentley.

-Daniel Bahntge had a hat trick and an assist for the Mercyhurst men's team in a 9-1 rout of Sared Heart.

-Thea Imbrogno had a goal and an assist for the Robert Morris women's team in a 3-2 win against Providence.

-A hat trick and an assist by Kelley Steadman led the Mercyhurst womens' team to an 8-4 win against Syracuse.

(Photos: Rangers/Penguins-Christian Petersen/Getty Images and Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press; Buskas-Penguins Hockey Cards; Panthers/Devils-Al Bello/Getty Images; Sabres/Hurricanes-Grant Halverson/Getty Images; Islanders/Ducks-Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)

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written by Luiz Mello, January 08, 2012 - 12:20 PM

Fire Bettman, replace him with Ken Dryden. Such a move would mean that the ownwers actually care about making hockey better, so I'm not holding my breath.

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