NHL notebook: Coyotes pick up D Connauton
By The Sports Xchange
The Arizona Coyotes claimed defenseman Kevin Connauton off waivers Wednesday from the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Connauton has eight points (one goal, seven assists) and 21 penalty minutes in 27 games this season with the Blue Jackets. In 2014-15, the Edmonton, Alberta, native registered 21 points (nine goals, 12 assists) in 62 games split between the Dallas Stars and the Blue Jackets.
Connauton, 25, has collected 37 points (11 goals, 26 assists) and 72 penalty minutes in 187 career NHL games. He was originally drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the third round of the 2009 NHL draft.
---The Winnipeg Jets placed center Mark Scheifele on retroactive injured reserve to Jan. 7 with a lower-body injury, the team announced.
Scheifele, 22, aggravated a lower body injury last week. He was activated Jan. 3 after being on IR since Dec. 26 with a concussion. He has 23 points (12 goals, 11 assists) in 37 games this season.
The Jets also recalled forward Matt Halischuk from the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League.
---San Jose Sharks forward Dainius Zubrus was placed on injured reserve because of a lower-back injury, general manager Doug Wilson announced.
Forward Raffi Torres was added to the Sharks' active roster and was assigned to the San Jose Barracuda of the American Hockey League on a conditioning assignment. He has been rehabbing a knee injury and serving a 41-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of Anaheim's Jakob Silfverberg.
---The Edmonton Oilers recalled forward Zack Kassian from the Bakersfield Condors of the American Hockey League.
Kassian, 24, has appeared in four games with Bakersfield this season, registering one goal and six penalty minutes. The Windsor, Ontario, native has appeared in 198 career NHL games, accumulating 66 points (35 goals, 31 assists) and 307 penalty minutes.
---The Washington Capitals will hold a ceremony to honor Alex Ovechkin for reaching 500 goals before Thursday night's game against the Vancouver Canucks.
Ovechkin reached 500 goals faster that all but four players in NHL history with his second-period goal in Sunday's game against Ottawa. Capitals owner Ted Leonsis, president Dick Patrick and general manager Brian MacLellan will join Ovechkin's parents, Mikhail and Tatyana, and fiancee Nastya Shubskaya, for the ceremony.
Ovechkin scored his 500th career goal in his 801st NHL game, trailing Wayne Gretzky (575 games), Mario Lemieux (605), Mike Bossy (647) and Brett Hull (693).
By The Sports Xchange
The Arizona Coyotes claimed defenseman Kevin Connauton off waivers Wednesday from the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Connauton has eight points (one goal, seven assists) and 21 penalty minutes in 27 games this season with the Blue Jackets. In 2014-15, the Edmonton, Alberta, native registered 21 points (nine goals, 12 assists) in 62 games split between the Dallas Stars and the Blue Jackets.
Connauton, 25, has collected 37 points (11 goals, 26 assists) and 72 penalty minutes in 187 career NHL games. He was originally drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the third round of the 2009 NHL draft.
---The Winnipeg Jets placed center Mark Scheifele on retroactive injured reserve to Jan. 7 with a lower-body injury, the team announced.
Scheifele, 22, aggravated a lower body injury last week. He was activated Jan. 3 after being on IR since Dec. 26 with a concussion. He has 23 points (12 goals, 11 assists) in 37 games this season.
The Jets also recalled forward Matt Halischuk from the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League.
---San Jose Sharks forward Dainius Zubrus was placed on injured reserve because of a lower-back injury, general manager Doug Wilson announced.
Forward Raffi Torres was added to the Sharks' active roster and was assigned to the San Jose Barracuda of the American Hockey League on a conditioning assignment. He has been rehabbing a knee injury and serving a 41-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of Anaheim's Jakob Silfverberg.
---The Edmonton Oilers recalled forward Zack Kassian from the Bakersfield Condors of the American Hockey League.
Kassian, 24, has appeared in four games with Bakersfield this season, registering one goal and six penalty minutes. The Windsor, Ontario, native has appeared in 198 career NHL games, accumulating 66 points (35 goals, 31 assists) and 307 penalty minutes.
---The Washington Capitals will hold a ceremony to honor Alex Ovechkin for reaching 500 goals before Thursday night's game against the Vancouver Canucks.
Ovechkin reached 500 goals faster that all but four players in NHL history with his second-period goal in Sunday's game against Ottawa. Capitals owner Ted Leonsis, president Dick Patrick and general manager Brian MacLellan will join Ovechkin's parents, Mikhail and Tatyana, and fiancee Nastya Shubskaya, for the ceremony.
Ovechkin scored his 500th career goal in his 801st NHL game, trailing Wayne Gretzky (575 games), Mario Lemieux (605), Mike Bossy (647) and Brett Hull (693).
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