Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Thursday, October 05, 2006 - An annual preseason hockey tournament called the St. Margaret Fall Face-Off has done more than offer teams from different athletic divisions a chance to face each other on the ice. At least 18 lives have been saved with emergency equipment bought using money raised during previous tournaments, tournament director Dave Bianco said.

Sportsnet.ca - October 04, 2006 - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Peter Forsberg's foot and ankle issues seem over for now, putting the Flyers best player and captain on the ice for opening night. No one benefits from his presence more than Simon Gagne, who parlayed a career year on a line with the Swedish playmaker into a long-term contract.

CBC.ca - 18:03:46 EDT Oct 5, 2006 - (CP) - Picture a computer geek thumbing through a thick stack of printouts with the front-office staff of an NHL team. They're in deep discussion, breaking down the merits and faults of players using numbers no hockey fan would recognize. Rather than goals, assists and shots, they're examining an on-ice grid that shows who scored how often from where, and who produced most at different points of a game. That info is then used to project the output a team can expect from a certain player and help attach a dollar-value to him.

Sportsnet.ca - October 5, 2006 - CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) - Todd Bertuzzi leaned against a Florida Panthers banner tacked to the wall, knowing which question was coming. Inevitably, it came. It always does. And Bertuzzi had his answer ready. "Not going there," Bertuzzi said. "Time to move on."

Associated Press - 10/6/2006 11:17:33 PM - SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Todd Bertuzzi scored the Florida Panthers' first goal of the season, then hoisted both hands into the air. He repeated that celebratory routine often in his Florida debut.

Canadian Press - 10/3/2006 4:14:59 PM - The second post-lockout season should focus on the players and the sport, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Tuesday. "Now that we've fixed our economics and energized the game with new rules and a standard of officiating that will be maintained going forward - I promise you that - we now have a chance to build on the momentum generated last season," Bettman said on a conference call on the eve of the 89th NHL season.

10/8/2006 1:42:32 PM - COLUMBUS, Ohio (CP) - With right-winger Nikolai Zherdev set to return, the Columbus Blue Jackets assigned centre Geoff Platt to the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League on Sunday. Zherdev is expected to make his regular season debut against the Phoenix Coyotes on Monday night.

TSN.ca Staff - 10/4/2006 4:52:20 PM - The Vancouver Canucks claimed goaltender Dany Sabourin off waivers from the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday. The move may mean another trip to the AHL for backup Wade Flaherty.

Sports Ticker - 10/6/2006 9:47:02 AM - COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ticker) - The Vancouver Canucks look to spoil the Columbus Blue Jackets' season opener Friday when they visit Nationwide Arena. Goaltender Roberto Luongo, acquired in an offseason trade from the Florida Panthers involving troubled right wing Todd Bertuzzi, owns a 2-1-0 record in four career starts against Columbus.

TSN.ca Staff - 10/3/2006 1:18:04 PM - Boston Bruins defenceman Zdeno Chara has been named the club's captain. Chara becomes the 18th captain in the 82-year history of the team and joins such great Bruins as John Bucyk, Dit Clapper, Milt Schmidt, Cooney Weiland, Terry O'Reilly and Ray Bourque on the club's all-time captain's roster.