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NEW YORK (AP) Sean Avery surged past camera crews and reporters Thursday, choosing to save his comments this time for NHL commissioner Gary Bettman during a three-hour disciplinary hearing. (MORE)

NEW YORK (AP) Barry Melrose will return to ESPN as a hockey analyst on Jan. 1. (MORE)

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Hard-hitting Buffalo Sabres forward Patrick Kaleta is out indefinitely after being placed on injured reserve Thursday because of a head and neck injury. (MORE)

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) The Washington Capitals recalled forward Keith Aucoin from Hershey on Thursday and assigned forward Graham Mink to the AHL club. (MORE)

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Peter Laviolette won more games than any American-born coach in NHL history. But he didn't win enough of them lately to keep his job with the Carolina Hurricanes, so they replaced him with their winningest coach - the same one Laviolette himself replaced five years earlier. (MORE)

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) The Edmonton Oilers got the jump on the Dallas Stars. (MORE)

NEW YORK (AP) Petr Prucha's clutch goal was a month in the making. (MORE)

CHICAGO (AP) The Chicago Blackhawks made a dramatic homecoming - and comeback. (MORE)

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Two nights after getting embarrassed, Minnesota got back to its kind of hockey with strong defense and an opportunistic offense. (MORE)

OTTAWA (AP) All three members of the Pizza Line delivered first-period goals to give the Ottawa Senators a jump on the weary Atlanta Thrashers. (MORE)