Derian Hatcher

The Western Conference-leading Dallas Stars, already badly hit by injuries, found out Friday that leading scorer Mike Modano is out for at least the rest of the regular season with a severely separated right shoulder. The center said he felt his shoulder pop out when defenseman Gerald Diduck hit him during the second period of a 5-4 loss in Phoenix on Thursday night. Six other Stars are on injured reserve--defensemen Sergei Zubov, Derian Hatcher and Shawn Chambers and forwards Bob Bassen, Dave...

A hockey team usually can tell if it is doing something right in a playoff series: Just look in the opponent's net to see if something is different. Monday night, the Flyers chased Montreal's rookie goalie, Carey Price, scoring three times on him in the second period of a 3-2 victory in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Flyers lead the series two games to one. Game 4 is Tuesday. Price, who faced just 12 shots, was yanked for backup Jaroslav Halak, who made his NHL playoff debut.

Rookie Brenden Morrow scored twice and Ed Belfour stopped 14 shots for his 300th career victory as Dallas beat Washington. Belfour became the 16th goalie in NHL history to reach 300 victories, improving his career mark to 300-189-79 as he cooled off the Captials with the help of Morrow's first multiple-goal game. Washington began the night with a 14-3-2 record since Jan. 1, the NHL's best performance over that span. The Stars were without Derian Hatcher, Joe Nieuwendyk, Jere Lehtinen, Brian...

Derian Hatcher is the new acting captain for the struggling Flyers. He replaces captain Keith Primeau, who is out indefinitely with a concussion. Hatcher previously served as captain of the Stars and wore the "C" during the their 1999 Stanley Cup championship. The Flyers have been without a captain since Primeau was sidelined Oct. 30. Hatcher is the 14th captain in the franchise's 39-year history, including two stints by now-general manager Bob Clarke. The Flyers have lost...

Derian Hatcher scored two goals and Mike Richter made six stellar saves as the United States cruised to a 9-2 victory over Slovakia in the final tuneup for the World Cup of Hockey. The Americans blew open the game with four goals in 2 minutes 25 seconds of the second period to take a 7-1 lead. Bryan Smolinski, Brett Hull, Phil Housley and Bill Guerin scored during the flurry, which ended the night for Slovakia goaltender Igor Murin. The Americans also split two exhibition games with...

Chris Chelios said Monday night that if someone told him 10 years ago he would still be in the NHL at the age of 43, he wouldn't have believed it. How about if someone had told him he would be playing in his fourth Olympics? Chelios was selected to the U.S. Olympic team Monday, partly for what he's doing this season with the Detroit Red Wings and certainly for what he has meant for hockey in the United States. "I feel so fortunate to have the opportunity again at my age,"...

An angry Bob Pulford called Monday for the NHL to crack down on kneeing incidents after star center Jeremy Roenick went down with a season-ending knee injury in a collision Sunday with Dallas defenseman Derian Hatcher. "What annoys me," said the Blackhawks' general manager, "is this is about the fifth time this season we've pointed out instances of kneeing infractions. We put together a tape and sent it to the league with the message that unless there's a stronger deterrent someone is...

Perhaps the most futile exercise for this NHL season is trying to predict which teams will make the playoffs, and in what order. Because of the season off, major movement of free agents and potentially dramatic changes in the way the game is played, predictions might be just as accurate if the names of eight teams from each conference were drawn from a hat. But on paper, at least, some teams look better than others. Division winners With the addition of Peter Forsberg, Derian Hatcher and a...

For the second straight game, Canada blew a late lead in the World Cup tournament and got away with it. "It was end-to-end all night, tough hockey," Canada coach Glen Sather said after his team pulled out a 4-3 victory over the United States on Steve Yzerman's goal with 9 minutes 23 seconds left in overtime. Canada hardly did it the easy way, though. The Canadians were only 6.3 seconds away from a victory in regulation when the Americans tied it on a goal by John...

Steve Yzerman signed a one-year deal Tuesday that will ensure a 22nd season with Detroit, the only NHL team for which the 40-year-old forward has played. Yzerman's future had been in doubt since he underwent surgery for a scratched cornea and multiple fractures below his left eye following a 2004 playoff game. He had a year off because of the NHL lockout and then became an unrestricted free agent. Yzerman led the Red Wings to three Stanley Cup championships and has been their captain since...

No one has done more with less in the preseason games for the Blackhawks than winger Louie DeBrusk. In about 15 minutes of ice-time in three games, DeBrusk has managed to score two goals, get into three fights and deliver some crunching body checks--exactly what Hawks coach Brian Sutter is looking for as he attempts to bolster anemic third and fourth lines. "He has created things for a big man," Sutter said. "He has good hands." For the second straight game, DeBrusk scored...

Fans loved him. Opponents hated him. Darren McCarty, whose hard-working, physical style of play made him a favorite in Hockeytown, on Monday took one step closer to leaving Detroit. The 33-year-old forward was waived by the Red Wings along with Derian Hatcher, 33, and Ray Whitney, 33. If the trio go unclaimed as expected, the Red Wings have the option of buying out their contracts and making them unrestricted free agents. The NHL's new collective bargaining agreement features a $39 million...

Fans loved him. Opponents hated him. Darren McCarty, whose hard-working, physical style of play made him a favorite in Hockeytown, on Monday took one step closer to leaving Detroit. The 33-year-old forward was waived by the Red Wings along with Derian Hatcher, 33, and Ray Whitney, 33. If the trio go unclaimed as expected, the Red Wings have the option of buying out their contracts and making them unrestricted free agents. The NHL's new collective bargaining agreement features a $39 million...

The NHL Players Association has filed a grievance over the league's proposal to reduce the width of goaltenders' pads in an effort to increase scoring. If the rule change is approved by league owners this summer, the width of goalie pads will be reduced from 12 inches to 10. "While the NHLPA does not oppose examining changes to goaltender equipment, any proposed changes need to be done with the consent of the NHLPA," the association said in a statement. Colin Campbell, NHL...

Lubos Bartecko scored the tie-breaking goal in the second period and goaltender Roman Turek stopped 19 shots against his former team as the St. Louis Blues beat the Dallas Stars 3-1 Friday night. Turek, the backup to Ed Belfour in the Stars' run to the Stanley Cup championship last season, is 2-0 against Dallas this season since being traded to St. Louis. Belfour made 22 saves as the Stars had their three-game winning streak snapped. Bartecko scored...

Detroit Red Wings coach Dave Lewis doesn't want to hear anything about injuries. The list of injured players he left in Detroit Tuesday as the Wings headed to Buffalo would form the core of a pretty good NHL club: Dominik Hasek, Manny Legace, Darren McCarty, Chris Chelios, Steve Thomas, Ray Whitney, Tomas Holmstrom, Henrik Zetterberg and Derian Hatcher. Captain Steve Yzerman made the trip, but didn't play in Wednesday's game against the Sabres and is doubtful for Thursday night's game against...

Dallas Stars wing Pat Verbeek, who scored the first goal of the game, and Jamal Mayers of the St. Louis Blues were suspended Friday for one game apiece after slashing incidents in Thursday night's Stanley Cup playoff contest. Verbeek slashed St. Louis center Pierre Turgeon on the knee with 2 minutes 18 seconds left in the Stars' 3-0 victory in Dallas. Two minutes later, Mayers took a baseball-type swing to the arm of Dallas defenseman Darryl Sydor. - The Stars get defenseman Derian...

Red Wings defenseman Derian Hatcher had right knee ligament surgery Thursday and is expected to be sidelined four to six months. Hatcher was hurt when he got tangled up with Vancouver's Markus Naslund and Bryan Allen in a game Oct. 16. The Red Wings hope he will be able to return in time for the playoffs, which begin in April. Hatcher was the runner-up in voting last season for the Norris Trophy, awarded to the NHL's top defenseman. Coyotes' Johnson hurt Phoenix Coyotes forward...

Steve Yzerman scored with 9 minutes 23 seconds left in the first overtime period as Canada beat the United States 4-3 Tuesday night in the opener of their best-of-three World Cup of Hockey championship series. Yzerman's shot from 10 feet out in the left circle glanced off goaltender Mike Richter's glove and dropped over the goal line. Canada, which outshot the U.S. 7-1 in overtime and 35-26 overall, was only 6.3 seconds away from victory in regulation when John...

Detroit Red Wings defenseman Derian Hatcher will miss four to six months after tearing a ligament in his right knee during a game. He was hurt when he got tangled up with Vancouver's Markus Naslund and Bryan Allen early in Detroit's 3-2 victory Thursday. Hatcher is expected to have surgery in a couple of weeks. The Red Wings hope he will be able to return in time for the playoffs, which begin in April. Hatcher was the runner-up in voting last season for the Norris Trophy, awarded to the top...