New York Rangers' Sean Avery has been hospitalized after lacerating his spleen during a playoff loss to the Pens yesterday. Avery did not have a cardiac arrest and reports of him having heart attack are not true.

Swedish ice hockey star Peter Forsberg returned to the National Hockey League and the Colorado Avalanche Tuesday.

On New Year's Day, the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League played in the AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic, an outdoor game held at Orchard Park, New York's Ralph Wilson Stadium. This was the second outdoor game in league history and the first outdoor game held in the United States.

Canon U.S.A., Inc., and the New York Islanders today announced that Canon has signed a three-year marketing and sponsorship agreement that renews the relationship between the digital imaging leader and the Long Island-based National Hockey League (NHL) team.