http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/players/Kamil_Kreps/23119 Recent articles about Kamil Kreps en-us No. 1 Star: Chris Stewart(notes), Colorado AvalancheAccording to the AP, it had been 199 games since the Avalanche had a hat trick, which was the longest active streak in the NHL. Stewart snapped that streak in impressive fashion, scoring midway in the first period, to open the second and then on a penalty shot late in the second for his first career trick. Colorado defeated the St. Louis Blues, 7-3, as Milan Hejduk(notes) scored two goals in his return to the lineup. Check the video highlights here. No. 2 Star: Ilya Bryzgalov(notes), Phoenix CoyotesThe Bryz made 32 saves and set a new franchise record with his 34th win on the season, shutting out the Anaheim Ducks, 4-0. Wojtek Wolski(notes) scored a goal and had an assist in the win, the second shutout of the season for Bryzgalov against the Ducks. No. 3 Star: Sidney Crosby(notes), Pittsburgh PenguinsCrosby gave Pittsburgh the lead in the second and then helped put away the Dallas Stars with a shorthanded goal in the third for his 44th goal, as the Penguins rallied for a 6-3 victory. Sid's on top of the goal-scoring leader board in the NHL. Alexei Ponikarovsky(notes) scored in his Penguins' debut. Honorable mention: Let's give a No. 3-A star to Jose Theodore(notes) of the Washington Capitals, who made 30 saves for his first shutout since March 2009, giving the Caps a 2-0 victory over the New York Rangers. Eric Belanger(notes) scored his first goal for Washington. ... Milan Lucic(notes), David Krejci(notes) and Marc Savard(notes) scored and Tim Thomas made 37 saves as the Boston Bruins defeated the New York Islanders, 3-2. It was the fifth straight road win for the B's. ... Kamil Kreps(notes) scored twice and Bryan McCabe(notes) had three assists as the Florida Panthers snapped the Carolina Hurricanes' inexplicable 7-game winning streak by a 4-1 score. ... Phil Kessel(notes) scored a goal in regulation, had another waved off and then scored a gorgeous shootout goal as the Toronto Maple Leafs won in the skills competition, 2-1, over the Ottawa Senators. Pascal Leclaire(notes) had 30 saves for the Sens, including 11 in the third period. ... Steven Stamkos(notes) scored two goals to give him 40 on the season, as both he and Marty St. Louis had 3-point nights in the Tampa Bay Lightning's 6-2 rout of the Atlanta Thrashers. Of course, the victory was to be expected, as Antero Niittymaki(notes) improved to 17-0-0 lifetime against the Thrash. ... Benoit Pouliot(notes) had a goal and an assist as the Montreal Canadiens earned a huge road win at the Los Angeles Kings, 4-2. Dominic Moore(notes) scored a huge shorthanded goal in the second, Scott Gomez(notes) had two helpers and Jaroslav Halak(notes) made 23 saves. ... Another blown lead for the Columbus Blue Jackets, as the San Jose Sharks rallied for a 2-1 victory despite a 42-save effort by Steve Mason(notes). Dany Heatley(notes) and Joe Pavelski(notes) led the rally. Did you know? Kings Hall of Fame TV play-by-play man Bob Miller was too ill to work the game, the first one he's missed since Nov. 2, 2002. It was only the 18th he's missed in 37 seasons with the club. (AP)Dishonorable mention: Matt Niskanen(notes) was a minus-3 and Kari Lehtonen(notes) was lit up for six goals in his first start for the Stars. ... Andy McDonald(notes) and Erik Johnson(notes) were both a minus-4 for the Blues; Johnson also gave Stewart his penalty shot. Chris Mason(notes) was pulled after giving up four goals on 15 shots. ... Alex Ovechkin(notes) is now without a goal in six games. ... Finally, an end-of-the game garbage time scrap between Chris Thorburn(notes) and Matt Walker(notes) at least produced some bombs and a unique camera angle: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:25:46 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Saturdays_Three_Stars_Stewart_trick_breaks_Avs_drought/2202787 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Saturdays_Three_Stars_Stewart_trick_breaks_Avs_drought/2202787 Saturday's Three Stars: Stewart trick breaks Avs drought http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Saturdays_Three_Stars_Stewart_trick_breaks_Avs_drought/2202787 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/a/ea7804a0568be2fa670b2bd9b949f21fcaf4599f/mini/GettyImage.ashx_url_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f93903056.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D0EA3752764C3D35BAAF99256C39EB79512FB1F7D98FC2112F.jpg Michael Frolik and Kamil Kreps scored in a 1:11 span of the first period, Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves and the Florida Panthers beat visiting Carolina 4-1 on Saturday night to snap the Hurricanes' winning streak at seven games. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:04:04 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Vokoun_closes_door_on_hot_Hurricanes/2201902 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Vokoun_closes_door_on_hot_Hurricanes/2201902 Vokoun closes door on hot Hurricanes http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Vokoun_closes_door_on_hot_Hurricanes/2201902 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/9/e/9e75d5d6d8109b099ac8055aed768965f67c67fc/mini/Florida_Panthers_v_7c6a.jpg Michael Frolik and Kamil Kreps scored in a 1:11 span of the first period, Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves and the Florida Panthers beat Carolina 4-1 on Saturday night to snap the Hurricanes' winning streak at seven games. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:48:11 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Panthers_end_Hurricanes_winning_streak_at_7/2201742 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Panthers_end_Hurricanes_winning_streak_at_7/2201742 Panthers end Hurricanes' winning streak at 7 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Panthers_end_Hurricanes_winning_streak_at_7/2201742 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/4/44c0fad16500d3137c4384dcbf7063e077680730/mini/Florida_Panthers_v_ed8d.jpg Michael Frolik and Kamil Kreps scored in a 1:11 span of the first period, Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves and the Florida Panthers beat Carolina 4-1 on Saturday night to snap the Hurricanes' winning streak at seven games. Cory Stillman scored late in the third period, and Kreps added an empty-net goal to help Florida win its second straight game after a seven-game losing streak. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:45:44 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Panthers_end_Hurricanes_win_streak_at_7_AP/2201844 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Panthers_end_Hurricanes_win_streak_at_7_AP/2201844 Panthers end Hurricanes' win streak at 7 (AP) http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Panthers_end_Hurricanes_win_streak_at_7_AP/2201844 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/c/8ca8ee4f43fc46165632ea2c491ce32eb1974fff/mini/Florida_Panthers_v_a621.jpg Michael Frolik and Kamil Kreps scored in a 1:11 span of the first period, Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves and the Florida Panthers beat Carolina 4-1 on Saturday night to snap the Hurricanes' winning streak at seven games. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:41:11 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Panthers_end_Hurricanes_39_winning_streak_at_7/2201770 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Panthers_end_Hurricanes_39_winning_streak_at_7/2201770 Panthers end Hurricanes' winning streak at 7 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Panthers_end_Hurricanes_39_winning_streak_at_7/2201770 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/6/b67676a1a8d097db49f2b7be4b385626b2f53782/mini/GettyImageProxy.ashx_requestUrl_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f84178642.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d17A4AD9FDB9CF193307E2C13F1C609623EBC74EDC6E901BB.jpg SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) -Michael Frolik and Kamil Kreps scored in a 1:11 span of the first period, Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves and the Florida Panthers beat Carolina 4-1 on Saturday night to snap the Hurricanes' winning streak at seven games. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:41:16 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Panthersend_Hurricanes_7_game_win_streak/2201760 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Panthersend_Hurricanes_7_game_win_streak/2201760 Panthers end Hurricanes' 7-game win streak http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Panthersend_Hurricanes_7_game_win_streak/2201760 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/4/44c0fad16500d3137c4384dcbf7063e077680730/mini/Florida_Panthers_v_ed8d.jpg via George Richards of On Frozen Pond, If last night’s loss wasn’t “brutal” enough, the Panthers also lost winger Rostislav Olesz in the final minute or so to a broken hand. Coach Pete DeBoer said today that Olesz is getting X-Rays to see how serious it is, but he’s out through the Olympic break at the very least. As far as those trade rumors for Olesz, well, I’m not sure how true those were. Olesz has a big, long contract and for another team to take that on, the Panthers would likely have to take on someone else’s problem in return. Now, as far as other players go, I would think guys like Jordan Leopold, Dennis Seidenberg, Gregory Campbell and Kamil Kreps are in play. What they would bring, I don’t know. I don’t think the Panthers are going to do anything until the deadline because, what sense does it make? Play tomorrow’s game against the Canucks and then make a deal? Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:51:52 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Olesz_Out_With_Broken_Hand/2068208 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Olesz_Out_With_Broken_Hand/2068208 Olesz Out With Broken Hand http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Olesz_Out_With_Broken_Hand/2068208 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/6/b63d82a061f7cfe0fe84702b6a08278db707e45b/mini/GettyImage.ashx_url_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f73022500.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d77BFBA49EF878921F7C3FC3F69D929FD817AB170817837C01CDC2A40FA18BDCDAF934CF39A14CEB7.jpg Game Time: 1:00pm/ET From: Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, PA Penguins Record: 19-15-4 (8th in Eastern Conference) Canadiens Record: 16-16-5 (10th in Eastern Conference) Last Meeting: March 6th, 2008 @ Florida (5-2 Panthers) PITTSBURGH PENGUINS LINE COMBINATIONS: Pascal Dupuis - Sidney Crosby - Petr Sykora ... Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:52:46 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Game_Preview_Florida_Panthers_Pittsburgh_Penguins/450277 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Game_Preview_Florida_Panthers_Pittsburgh_Penguins/450277 Game Preview: Florida Panthers @ Pittsburgh Penguins http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Game_Preview_Florida_Panthers_Pittsburgh_Penguins/450277 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/logoMini.png You are reading live from the Press Box in the Verizon Center. Greetings, hockey fans, Empty Maybe here guesting for some live knee-jerk reactions to tonight's contest against the Panthers from Florida. You may notice a conspicuous lack of the word V*rsus tonight, and I'm guessing that the ... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:38:30 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Capitals_Panthers_Live_Knee_jerks_2_Dec_08/401730 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Capitals_Panthers_Live_Knee_jerks_2_Dec_08/401730 Capitals / Panthers Live Knee-jerks - 2 Dec 08 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Capitals_Panthers_Live_Knee_jerks_2_Dec_08/401730 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/logoMini.png Sources close to the Toronto Maple Leafs are saying that Bryan McCabe has agreed to waive his no-movement clause in order to become part of a trade with the Florida Panthers. Apparently, all the players involved in the trade have been agreed upon by Leafs GM Cliff Fletcher and Panthers GM Jacques Martin, but the trigger won't be pulled on the deal until after McCabe is given his $2 million signing bonus by the Leafs on September 1st. This would obviously save the Panthers some money... More at http://www.epiccarnival.com/2008/08/mccabes-going-to-florida-but-whos.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:20:27 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/MCCABES_GOING_TO_FLORIDA_BUT_WHOS_COMING_TO_TORONTO/307179 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/MCCABES_GOING_TO_FLORIDA_BUT_WHOS_COMING_TO_TORONTO/307179 MCCABE'S GOING TO FLORIDA, BUT WHO'S COMING TO TORONTO? http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/MCCABES_GOING_TO_FLORIDA_BUT_WHOS_COMING_TO_TORONTO/307179 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/8/b82de1f8422633b2f894d59ab2ee978e2b13a475/mini/McCabeandMessier.jpg Video HighlightsSUNRISE, Fla. (AP) -The Boston Bruins knew they could rally from a two-goal, third-period deficit Thursday night. Especially against a team that's been giving up leads of late.Marco Sturm scored the only goal of the shootout to give the Bruins a 5-4 victory and hand the Florida Panthers another tough loss."We knew they had a lot of two-goal leads and they blew it in the third period and we just kept going," Sturm said. "It's a great feeling."Sturm opened the shootout by beating Tomas Vokoun with a quick shot between the legs. He had been 0-for-4 in shootouts this season."He'd scored tonight, his confidence was there," Boston coach Claude Julien said. "I put him in there and told him he was going first again. He went out there and made it happen."Boston goalie Alex Auld replaced starter Tim Thomas after the second period and stopped Steve Montador, Nathan Horton and Olli Jokinen in the shootout.Sturm, Dennis Wideman, Zdeno Chara and Phil Kessel scored in regulation for the Bruins, who are 5-0-1 in their past six road games.Jay Bouwmeester, Montador, Rostislav Olesz and Kamil Kreps scored for the Panthers, who have lost three in a row and five of six.The Panthers squandered two-goal leads in the third period of their previous two losses, at Carolina and Pittsburgh."It can't be a coincidence when it happens three games in a row," Bouwmeester said. "You've just got to get it in your head that you can't sit back and wait for bad things to happen."The Panthers led 4-2 after two periods despite being outshot 30-12. Boston finished with a 48-27 advantage in shots on goal."We gave up 48 shots and lots of chances, that's not winning hockey, Vokoun said.Boston tied it midway through the third period with two goals in a span of 1:38.Chara scored on a power play at 13:10 when he one-timed a cross-net pass from Sturm. The goal came 14 seconds after Bouwmeester was penalized for shooting the puck over the glass.Kessel then beat Vokoun, who stopped 44 shots, with a wrist shot from the top of the faceoff circle at 14:48."Coming into the third we knew this team had blown two-goal leads the last couple of games," Julien said. "You start doubting yourself and get fragile. We concentrated on getting that next goal and knew they'd probably tighten up after that."Florida scored three times on seven shots in the second period to extend its 1-0 lead. Kreps scored the final goal with 0.8 seconds left when he beat Thomas on a 2-on-1 with a wrist shot to the short side."It was a boost for us," Kreps said. "We had a two-goal lead going into the third period. We've got to make sure we don't lose those games anymore."Thomas, who came in second in the NHL with a .926 save percentage, was pulled after giving up four goals on 12 shots.The Panthers broke a 1-all tie with two goals in 2:39 midway through the second period.Montador scored at 9:32 when he took a centering pass from Olesz in the slot and beat Thomas low to the glove side.Then after Boston's Marc Savard hit the post with a shot from a sharp angle, Olesz increased Florida's lead at 12:11, beating Thomas with a wraparound goal after holding on to the puck on a 3-on-2 rush."There's no doubt Timmy wasn't at his best tonight," Julien said. "When goaltenders have a bad night, you've got to rely on the other guy and Auld (came through) and he ends up getting a win out of this."Wideman made it 3-2 at 16:13 when he beat Vokoun with a slap shot from the point on a power play."I don't know if they're losing their confidence, we just need better performances from certain people," Florida coach Jacques Martin said. "Some guys aren't doing the job right now."Notes: Boston C Savard had two assists. He came in with a league-leading 52 assists. ... Boston LW P.J. Axelsson played his 700th NHL game. ... Boston is now 3-0-1 on a five-game road trip that ends Saturday at Tampa Bay. ... The loss kept Jacques Martin from reaching his 100th victory as Panthers coach. His record with Florida is 99-94-34. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:38:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Panthers_Recap_Bruins_5_Panthers_4_SO/872604 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Panthers_Recap_Bruins_5_Panthers_4_SO/872604 Panthers Recap: Bruins 5, Panthers 4 SO http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Panthers_Recap_Bruins_5_Panthers_4_SO/872604 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/8/18e04c605ccd3784d349f65830d7d2154bd17769/mini/Boston_Bruins_v_845e.jpg Video HighlightsSUNRISE, Fla. (AP)All-Star goalie Tomas Vokoun has bailed out the Florida Panthers many times this season. His teammates took care of him Friday night.The Panthers rallied from a 2-1 deficit in the third to beat the Capitals 4-2."It was no big deal, there was plenty of time left," Florida defenseman Jay Bouwmeester said. "Everyone knew it was a big game. To be able to come back is a little bit of a confidence boost for us."After Nathan Horton tied the game at 2, Kamil Kreps got the game-winner on a fluke goal before David Booth added an empty-netter in the final minute.Kreps broke the tie at 8:27 of the third period, when he fired the puck from behind the net. It went off goalie Brent Johnson's skate into the net."I saw (Johnson) out of position a little bit," Kreps said. "I tried to put it in front. It was a lucky goal."Florida snapped a two-game losing streak with their first victory since Richard Zednik's frightening neck injury last Sunday."You look at how big this game is, a lot of guys were battling," Vokoun said. "I think everybody played hard and we got rewarded."Rostislav Olesz also scored for the Panthers, who tied Washington for third place in the Southeast Division with 60 points, only two behind co-division leaders Carolina and Atlanta. Tampa Bay is last in the division with 56 points."You look at the standings, there are five teams maybe fighting for one spot," Vokoun said. "There's less margin for error than in the playoffs. In the playoffs you have to lose four games to get knocked out; now when we lose it gets magnified all the time because we play each other."Tomas Fleischmann gave Washington the lead 57 seconds into the third when his seemingly harmless wrist shot from just inside the blue line beat Vokoun to the glove side."It was just a bad goal," Vokoun said. "He kind of surprised me with the shot."Horton tied it at 3:57, when he grabbed a deflection and put the puck past Johnson from a sharp angle."We didn't have the lead long enough," Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said. "If we had held the lead longer we may have gotten them out of their game, but they came right back and scored within three minutes."Alexander Semin also scored for the Capitals.Alex Ovechkin, the NHL leader in goals and points, was held without a point. He came in with nine goals in his previous seven games."I don't know if they did anything to Alex at all," Boudreau said. "He might just not have played his best. He's played great for 57 games, I think we've got to cut him a little slack."Ovechkin finished with four shots on goal, and his best scoring chance came in the third period on a quick wrist shot from the faceoff circle."We know where he is all the time," Bouwmeester said. "You have to be good defensively, but you have to be a little lucky, too. We did a decent job of limiting his chances."Vokoun stopped 30 shots for Florida. Johnson made 25 saves.Olesz, who missed the previous 12 games because of a hand injury, opened the scoring at 5:52 of the first period. He followed his own shot and beat Johnson with a backhand.Semin tied it 1:12 into the second period with Washington's first power-play goal in six road games. He grabbed a rebound in front of the net and backhanded the puck over a sprawled Vokoun."Not taking anything away from them, they played hard, the other team," Boudreau said. "Tonight I thought for the most part we beat ourselves."Notes: Florida is 4-2 against Washington this season. The Panthers have won the season series the last four seasons. ... Sixteen Capitals players fathers or fathers-in-law joined the team for Washington's trip to Florida and Tampa Bay. ... Washington was held to one shot in the first 12:40 of the game. ... Capitals D Tom Poti sat out the game because of a leg injury he sustained against Atlanta on Wednesday night. Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:33:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Panthers_Recap_Panthers_4_Capitals_2/872605 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Panthers_Recap_Panthers_4_Capitals_2/872605 Panthers Recap: Panthers 4, Capitals 2 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Panthers_Recap_Panthers_4_Capitals_2/872605 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/f/4f311ab44a9b380eefcba427f5b93db454f0a100/mini/Tomas_Vokoun_and_e001.jpg