Stuck behind a long line of talented centres in the Los Angeles Kings' organization, the 23-year-old was given a new lease on his hockey life when the Vancouver Canucks acquired him in a trade at June's NHL draft for a second-round pick.
Chris Higgins scored the only goal of the shootout Saturday as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-4. Higgins beat Viktor Fasth with a quick shot in the third round before Canucks goalie Ryan Miller stopped Benoit Pouliot on Edmonton's final chance.
Kevin Glenn completed three touchdown passes, including one for 60 yards to Ernest Jackson, as the B.C. Lions hammered the Ottawa Redblacks 41-3 in CFL action Saturday night.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Damage to a fish habitat should cost the millionaire owner of two hockey teams and his company $300,000, a Crown lawyer has told a sentencing hearing.
He's not only had to get accustomed to a new team and a vastly different style of play, but the anonymity he enjoyed in Southern California as a member of the Anaheim Ducks is also long gone.
TORONTO - The glowing puck experiment in the 1990s was a loathed and derided bust. Rogers hopes hockey fans will be much more supportive of a few experiments it's integrating into broadcasts this season.