Los Angeles Kings center Jeremy Roenick will be out four to six weeks with a broken finger, an injury he found out about a day after not being selected to the U.S. Olympic team.
Roenick broke the finger during Monday night’s 4-3 shootout win over Vancouver. He had a goal and an assist in the victory.
“Just when I was starting to get into a groove and getting things in the right place, this happens,” Roenick said.
The dejected tone was in stark contrast to his angry comments Monday night when he discussed not being picked for the American roster for the Turin Olympics, saying he was left off the team “because [USA Hockey has] been blackballing me since September.”
Roenick, 36, called the decision “disrespectful.”
“I’m one of the guys that have [got] the USA to where it is today,” he said.
Roenick was on the American team that finished second to Canada at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games, and was also on the 1998 team that finished out of the medal race in Nagano. He has 1,133 NHL points.
Devils make Lou a winner
Brian Gionta and Alexander Mogilny scored 16 seconds apart in the third period, and the New Jersey Devils rallied behind general manager-turned-coach Lou Lamoriello, 3-1 over the host New York Rangers on Tuesday night. Lamoriello stepped in as Devils coach on Monday after Larry Robinson stepped down.
TUESDAY’S GAMES
RESULTS, SYNOPSIS
New Jersey 3 at N.Y. Rangers 1
Kevin Weekes was 5:41 away from 1st shutout in nearly 2 years but instead lost 2nd straight decision in span of 3 days. Steve Rucchin scored for Rangers, who have lost 3 in row, all at home.
Tampa Bay 4 at Carolina 6
Eric Staal scored 2 goals and had a brilliant assist to set up Matt Cullen’s go-ahead goal, and Carolina held on. Cory Stillman added 2 asts on 32nd birthday.
Ottawa 3 at Montreal 4
Alex Kovalev scored Montreal’s 2nd shootout goal off Dominik Hasek after he had a goal to reach 300, plus 2 asts to reach 700 pts in Canadiens’ comeback victory.
Columbus 3 at Detroit 4
Pavel Datsyuk and Jason Williams scored in shootout for Wings and goalie Chris Osgood stopped Rick Nash and former Wing Sergei Fedorov. Detroit was last team to be in a shootout.
Colorado 2 at Nashville 3
Team scoring leader Steve Sullivan, Marek Zidlicky and Scott Hartnell scored to lead Nashville to 3rd straight win at home. Predators had 2 power-play goals in 1st period.
St. Louis 5 at Phoenix 4
Mike Sillinger had 2 power-play goals and Jamal Mayers scored winner as Blues dealt Coyotes 4th loss in row, 2nd since coach Wayne Gretzky took leave of absence. His mother died Monday.
Anaheim 2 at San Jose 4
Jonathan Cheechoo scored 1st hat trick, including a successful penalty shot and unassisted score 30 sec apart in 3rd period. It was Sharks’ 7th win in 8 games since acquiring Joe Thornton.
