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UFA, Russia - Jonathan Drouin's stock is rising on sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s junior team, and likely for the next NHL draft too.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - ESPN anchor Hannah Storm will return to the air on New Year's Day, exactly three weeks after she was seriously burned in a propane gas grill accident at her home.

DAVOS, Switzerland - sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s Patrice Bergeron silenced the raucous crowd at the Vaillant Arena in the opening minute of the Spengler Cup final. He then made sure that host HC Davos never recovered.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - As the NHL and NHL Players' Association continue to creep perilously close to another lost season, the union now finds itself wielding a fair amount of influence over where things are headed.

DAVOS, Switzerland - The Canadian team at the Spengler Cup is a mix of European league players and locked-out NHLers who have had little time to get used to playing with each other. You wouldn't know it by the results on the ice.

UFA, Russia - They were the first players selected in the last two NHL drafts by the same club, but the first time sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Russia's Nail Yakupov step on the ice together, they'll be combatants.

UFA, Russia - Malcolm Subban stepped up for sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ in a big way on Sunday. The goaltender made 36 saves as the Canadians defeated the United States 2-1 to stay perfect after three games at the world junior hockey championship.

NANAIMO 6 - VICTORIA 4 Oh, it was Party Crasher and Noisemaker night, all right, but it was the visiting Nanaimo Clippers who spoiled the fun with a 6-4 victory over the Victoria Grizzlies on Saturday night at Bear Mountain Arena.

VICTORIA 4 PRINCE GEORGE 3 It was a battle of depleted teams Saturday night at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre, and the Victoria Royals’ depth proved a little better than that of the Prince George Cougars. It just took its sweet ol’ time showing it.

MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Marc McCoy scored two goals as the Regina Pats downed the host Moose Jaw Warriors 5-1 on Saturday in Western Hockey League play.