Hype for January 25, 2010

Craig Anderson refused to get caught up in his recent sensational play.

The Colorado goalie made 27 saves for his second shutout in three starts and fifth of the season, and T.J. Galiardi had a short-handed goal to help the Avalanche win their sixth straight, 4-0 over the Dallas Stars on Sunday night.

Cam Ward claimed first place on one important list and helped pull the Carolina Hurricanes out of last on another.

Ward broke the franchise victory record, Jussi Jokinen had a goal and two assists and Carolina beat the Boston Bruins 5-1 on Sunday night to escape the NHL cellar.

Matt Cooke put his stick in the right place and the puck found it.

Cooke scored the go-ahead goal with 1:47 left in the game when he deflected Sergei Gonchar's slap shot between Ray Emery's legs, and the Pittsburgh Penguins slipped past the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 on Sunday.

Quebec junior hockey player Patrice Cormier will learn his fate Monday at 11 a.m. ET after eight days of endless replays, dozens of editorials, hundreds of thousands of written words and one semi-apology.

The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies centre and this year's Team Canada junior captain started the affair by racing off the bench on Jan. 17, putting the laser sights on Mikael Tam, who was cutting through centre, and laying him out with a flying elbow.

Tam, a defenceman with the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL, lay convulsing on the ice and was ultimately hospitalized overnight in Rouyn-Noranda.

He has since been released with a concussion and a couple of missing teeth.