Morrow finds his role in Team Canada

Team Canada forward Brenden Morrow is one of the foot soldiers that makes any team work. The Dallas Stars winger showed his value to Team Canada on Friday night, scoring the team's second goal in an 3-2 win against Slovakia the Olympic tournament semifinal.

Morrow was also on the ice for the winning goal, by Ryan Getzlaf on a second-period power play. Morrow now has goals in back-to-back games as he and his teammates prepare to play Team USA in Sunday's gold-medal game here at Canada Hockey Place. On Friday night, he played 11:39, managing the goal, two shots and an even rating. Let us put on team usa jerseys and support them!

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.

Flyers shut down goaltender Emery

Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren announced that goaltender Ray Emery, who has been out with tightness in his hip on Feb. 1, will be kept off of the ice for the next three weeks in the hopes he will recover shortly after the upcoming Olympic break. "Based on what the doctors have told us, we're just going to shut Ray down here for three weeks and give him some time to rehabilitate the hip, and then we'll go from there," Holmgren said Thursday from the Flyers' practice facility. "The idea of taking these three weeks to strengthen that [hip] area and the muscles around that area, we're hoping will be the right way to go."

"It is 16 days where we are not playing games," said Holmgren. "I feel good about what we are doing with Ray. Based on the information we have right now, I think it is the right way to go for both the Flyers and for Ray." It seems that he will take off his flyers jersey and rest for a while.

Rangers add Shelley from Sharks

The New York Rangers added a different physical element to their lineup, acquiring forward Jody Shelley from the San Jose Sharks for a 2011 draft pick. Shelley had 3 assists 78 penalty minutes in 36 games in the san jose sharks jersey. In nine NHL seasons with Columbus and San Jose, he has 43 points and 1,310 penalty minutes. Brashear, who signed a two-year contract over the summer, had been a healthy scratch in seven-straight games. In 36 games he had 1 assist and 73 penalty minutes.

Shelley will be a free agent on July 1. If the Rangers don't re-sign him, they will give the Sharks their 2011 sixth-round pick. If Shelley stays with the Rangers, they will have to give the Sharks their 2011 fifth-round pick. "Jody Shelley has been a tremendous competitor and teammate for this organization for the past three seasons," said Sharks GM Doug Wilson. "He strived to make a difference on and off the ice in San Jose and he was a leader in both areas."

Mike Green is suspended for several games

The NHL announced that Washington Capitals defenseman Mike Green has been suspended for three games without pay, for an incident that took place during NHL game against the Florida Panthers on January 29. At the first period, Green delivered an elbow to the head of Panthers’ forward Michael Frolik. Green was assessed a minor penalty for elbowing on the play.

Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement and based on his average salary, Green will forfeit $81,606.21. The money goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund. Green will miss Washington's next three games, against Tampa Bay at Boston and at the New York Rangers. He will be eligible to return to the game against Atlanta in his capitals jersey.

Phillies' Colvin is arrested

It is reported that Phillies' prospect Brody Colvin was arrested on three misdemeanor charges in his hometown on Saturday night.According to a spokesman for the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office, Colvin was charged with disturbing the peace, simple battery and resisting an officer in Jefferson Street at 2:20 a.m. ET Sunday morning. Colvin was released without bail on Sunday and is scheduled to appear in Lafayette City Court on the morning of April 1.

Colvin made one appearance for the Phillies' Gulf Coast League team last summer and was then sent to the Instructional League.

Coyotes’ Upshall has torn ACL

The Phoenix Coyotes learned leading goal scorer Scottie Upshall will be out indefinitely after tearing the ACL in his right knee during Thursday’s game against Calgary Flames. A follow-up evaluation and MRI by the club’s medical staff confirmed the injury and an ACL surgical procedure is expected to be scheduled, Phoenix Coyotes GM Don Maloney announced. Upshall recorded 18 goals, 32 points and 50 penalty minutes in 49 games in his coyotes jersey this season. His 18 goals represent his career-high for a season.

Upshall, who was acquired from Philadelphia with a second-round pick in the 2011 Entry Draft for Daniel Carcillo in 2009, has recorded 26 goals, 45 points and 76 penalty minutes in 68 games since joining the Coyotes. In 279 career NHL games with Nashville, Philadelphia and Phoenix, Upshall has registered 64 goals, 138 points and 273 penalty minutes. Upshall also earned a silver medal while representing Canada at the 2009 World Championship in Switzerland.

Redding agrees to join Rockies

Major League sources told MLB.com on Wednesday that right-hander Tim Redding has agreed to a Minor League contract with the Rockies and will have the chance to make the team as a starter or long reliever. Redding nearly signed with the Rockies last winter but joined the Mets instead. He was slowed early while recovering from a foot injury, and finished the year 3-6 with a 5.10 ERA in 30 games, including 17 starts. Redding was at his best in August and September, going 2-2 with a 3.39 ERA in 16 games.

The club is expecting left-hander Jeff Francis to make a full recovery from the shoulder injury that cost him the 2009 season. But manager Jim Tracy acknowledged that sometimes a pitcher coming back from such an injury needs extra rest time.

Taguchi comes back to Japan

So Taguchi, who was a member of two World Series championship teams, is coming back to Japan, likely to finish up his career where it began. After eight seasons in the big leagues, Taguchi has signed with the Orix Buffaloes. Taguchi debuted with Orix in 1992 and spent 10 seasons with the club before signing as a free agent with the Cardinals in 2002, becoming the first Japanese-born player in the team history. His home run off Mets closer Billy Wagner in the ninth inning of the 2006 National League Championship Series was a great moment in St. Louis' run to the World Series.

Taguchi joined the Phillies in 2008 and earned his second World Series ring. He appeared in six games with the Cubs last year after spending most of the season in the Minor Leagues. It seems that we will not see him playing in his mlb jersey for a long time.

Two players are given 50-game suspensions

Duanel Jones, the Dominican shortstop whose contract was recently voided by the San Francisco Giants, was one of two players received 50-game suspensions on Friday by Major League Baseball for drug violations. Jones and Florida Minor League first baseman Adam Kam received the suspensions for violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

Kam, currently on the roster of the Gulf Coast Marlins, will have his suspension begin at the start of the 2010 season. Jones' suspension will become effective when he signs with another Major League organization. The Giants had voided his contract earlier this week. It seems that there is no opportunity for Jones to put on giants jersey again.