...first training camp. The expansion team signed center Patrik Stefan to a three-year contract Friday, ensuring the NHL's...him along slowly. "We're not too concerned with Patrik Stefan this year or next year," Waddell said. "We want...

...playoffs and they realize they have to find a remedy fast. Patrik Stefan's goal with 2:16 to play broke a 2-2 tie and lifted the...ice in the second period after a collision with Atlanta's Patrik Stefan. He did not return.

...can count on Ilya Kovalchuk to get their offense going. Kovalchuk had a goal and an assist, and Frantisek Kaberle, Patrik Stefan and Dany Heatley also scored to lead the Atlanta Thrashers to a 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night...

...Atlanta Thrashers avoided their 10th straight loss with a 3-3 tie against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night. Patrik Stefan scored the tying goal at 15:26 of the third period for Thrashers (0-8-1-1), who are in the throes of a 19-game...

...had gone 192 minutes, 42 seconds without a goal over four games - that topped their 171:01 span from last season. Patrik Stefan and Frantisek Kaberle scored for the Thrashers, who are 3-1-1 since their 0-8-0-1 start. Nurminen has started...

...their home opener out of reach in the third period as Scott Mellanby, Serge Aubin, Marc Savard, Marian Hossa and Patrik Stefan each scored a goal. Savard finished with four assists. Aubin had two. After scoring their first four goals on a...

...Only two of them -- No. 1 pick Patrik Stefan by Atlanta and No. 4 choice Pavel...We're not worried about Patrik Stefan this year or next year. We're worried about Patrik Stefan five years from now." And he's...

...I was ready to go today," Kovalchuk said. "That's my favorite thing to do in my life, is to play hockey." Patrik Stefan added a short-handed goal, and Daniel Tjarnqvist had two assists for the Thrashers, who won for the fifth time...

...helping the Senators extend their season-high unbeaten streak to six games (4-0-2). Ronald Petrovicky and Patrik Stefan scored for Atlanta, whose three-game winning streak ended. The Thrashers are winless in their last seven games...

...franchise cornerstones Dany Heatley (2000), Ilya Kovalchuk (2001) and Kari Lehtonen (2002) in consecutive years. Patrik Stefan, the top overall pick in '99, is still around, too, though he has underachieved a bit and never risen above the...