The management of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of KHL announced few hours after the end of the KHL regular season that their second most productive player Jaroslav Bednar will not be re-signed for the next season. The 33 year old Czech forward, who spent one season with the team, amassed 34 points (14 goals and 20 assists). The only other player to have more points on the team was another Czech forward Pavel Brendl, who scored 27 goals and added 10 assists.

Results of the 54th round of the German DEL: Hannover - Hamburg 4:2, Nuremberg - Mannheim 0:1, Wolfsburg - Ingolstadt 1:4, Düsseldorf - Eisbären Berlin 3:2 (SO), Frankfurt - Straubing 3:2, Kassel - Cologne 3:6, Krefeld - Augsburg 6:4

Results of the 51st round of the Slovak Extraliga: Banska Bystrica - Liptovsky Mikulas 7:1, Nitra - Zvolen 3:0, Spisska Nova Ves - Poprad 3:4, Trencin - Slovan Bratislava 3:8, Zilina - Skalica 2:3, Kosice - Martin 4:0

Avangard Omsk has closed out their regular KHL season with five straight losses. In the last, 56th game of the season, they lost 2:3 to Dinamo Minsk with contribution of Jaromir Jagr. While in the penalty box in the 48th minute Dinamo scored to go ahead 2:1. Avangard evened the score 41 seconds later however Minsk scored their winning goal couple of minutes later. Dinamo Minsk ended up last in the Bobrov Division of KHL.

Marian Gaborik has rejoined his New York Ranger after three game pause - hamstring injury. His return did not make the desired impact as the Rangers were shut out by Washington Capitals after having scored at least four goals in previous games.

Adam Burish is one step closer to returning to the NHL this season. The Chicago Blackhawks forward injured his knee in an exhibition game against Minnesota in September. He has been cleared by the team doctors. Chicago coach Joel Quenneville will be able to use him against Detroit however his return is more likely on Wednesday against Los Angeles Kings.

After reviewing the kneeing foul by Minnesota Wild forward Derek Boogaard on Ryan Jones of Edmonton Oilers on Friday, the NHL has suspended him for two games. Boogaard will forfeit $21000 of his salary.

Shortly after the management of Torpedo Nizhnyj Novgorod announced that the current coach Yevgeniy Popichyn will not be leading the teams into the next season, further player changes were announced. The management decided not to re-sign five players - Czech goaltender Martin Faletr, Swed Joakim Lindström, Grigori Shafigulin, Andrei Zabolotnev, and Viktor Alexandrov.

Russian team Metallurg Magnitogorsk is not only interested in Finnish defenceman Niskala (as previously reported) but is also trying to land Czech forward Jaroslav Hlinka who currently leads Swedish Linköping. The information was published by the Swedish paper Expressen. No further information was made available. Hlinka has previously played in Russia five seasons ago when he played for Ak Bars Kazan. He could possibly join three of his countrymen in Magnitogorsk - Tomas Rolinek, Jan Marek, and Jaroslav Kudrna.

For the first time since his "gold" goal in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games has Sidney Crosby scored. His two goals helped his Pittsburgh Penguins turn around the game against Dallas Stars. The Pens were losing 1:3 at the start of the second period but they scored five unanswered goals and ended up winning 6:3. His two goals propelled Crosby to the lead of the goal scoring race past Alexander Ovechkin of Washington Capitals.