McCreary and O’Halloran will work for gold-medal game

NHL referees Bill McCreary and Dan O’Halloran have been assigned to work Sunday’s Olympic gold-medal game between Canada and the United States. It will be the second Canada-USA gold-medal game for McCreary, who worked the 2002 title game in Salt Lake City. McCreary also worked the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan. He is retiring from the NHL after this season.

NHL linesman Jean Morin, also of Canada, will work the game with Finland’s Stefan Fonselius. Two other NHL referees, Paul Devorski and Brad Watson, will work Saturday night’s bronze-medal game between Finland and Slovakia. The linesmen will be Petr Blumel of the Czech Republic and Yuri Oskirko of Russia.

Crosby and Miller are big heros in Olympic

Sidney Crosby became a Canadian hero by scoring the gold medal-winning goal in his shinning team canada jersey against Team USA at Canada Hockey Place. Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins resume their NHL season at Mellon Arena. Crosby started and ended February with big games against Miller. In fact, Crosby has had good success against Miller during his career. He has scored six times against the Buffalo goaltender in the past two seasons and seven overall, as well as getting a pair of shootout winners against him, including one in the 2008 Winter Classic.

The Sabres' second game won't be any easier, they return to Buffalo for a Wednesday meeting with Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals. It will be Ovechkin's first NHL game after his disappointing appearance in Vancouver.

Maltby's season ends due to the surgery

According to mlive.com, Detroit Red Wings veteran Kirk Maltby will undergo a shoulder surgery next week. As a result, Maltby will be placed on long-term injured serve, solving the Wings' salary-cap problems and also enable defenseman Andreas Lilja to be activated. Lilja said he expects to be in the lineup Monday at Colorado, in the first game following the Olympic break. It seems that Maltby has to take off his red wings jersey and take a rest.

Phaneuf appear on NHL Live!

Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Dion Phaneuf will be among the guests on NHL Live! scheduled from noon-2 p.m. on NHL Network and NHL.com and broadcast on XM Radio. Also scheduled to appear to speak with co-hosts Rob Simpson and Stan Fischler are NHL.com's Dan Rosen, New Jersey Devils/Versus/NBC play-by-play announcer Doc Emrick and Kevin Allen of USA Today.

Phaneuf was acquired by the Leafs in a seven-player blockbuster with the Calgary Flames on Jan. 31. He has two assists in four games with his new team in the toronto maple leafs jersey.

Teemu Selanne sets 2010 Olympic scoring record

Teemu Selanne set the Olympic scoring record last Friday night in Vancouver by assisting on Kimmo Timonen’s second goal of the game when Finland set a 3-0 win over Germany. Selanne drew the secondary assist on Timonen’s goal in the second period. It was his 37th point in Olympic competition, spanning five separate Winter Games beginning in 1992.

Selanne had been tied with Valeri Kharlamov of Russia, Vlastimil Bubnik of the former Czechoslovakia and Harry Watson of Canada. Let's put on team canada jerseys and support them.

Jack Johnson is out for the game against Bruins

Kings defenseman Jack Johnson will miss contest against the Boston Bruins due to an upper body injury. Randy Jones will take his place in the lineup. Johnson suffered the injury on Thursday during the second period of the Kings win over the Blue Jackets. During the play, Johnson was hit by Wayne Simmonds and Jared Boll on the boards. Johnson did not come back the game.

Terry Murray explained the injury during the Kings post game media. “Jack got hit on the hit that Simmer had on Boll. It’s a little bit of an upper-body injury. I haven’t got any medical report on it, quite honestly. I don’t think it’s something we are overly concerned about. We’re hoping that he’s able to recover from it and help us be a part of the next two games on the road.” Johnson, who has tallied 19 in 52 games this season in the los angeles jersey and was named to Team USA with teammates Jonathan Quick and Dustin Brown, returned to the ice on Friday and skated during the team’s practice in Boston.

Dodgers sign free-agent Ortiz

The Dodgers have signed right-handed free-agent pitcher Ramon Ortiz to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Major League camp. Ortiz last pitched in the Major Leagues in 2007, splitting time between the Twins and Rockies. He pitched in Japan in 2008 and for the Giants' Triple-A affiliate in Fresno last year, going 5-6 with a 3.05 ERA.

He was the winning pitcher for the Angels in Game 3 of the 2002 World Series against the Giants. Hope he can play well in the dodgers jersey.