Sports Briefs February 8, 2011
Boston Bruin Marc Savard will miss the rest of the season after he was placed on long-term injured reserve on Monday with his second concussion in less than a year.
"I have a lot of feelings going on. I think I'm frustrated, mostly," he said. "It's tough to understand why this happened. It will take time and patience, those two things I don't feel like I have much of."
Savard was injured in the Bruins' Jan. 22 game against Colorado, when he was checked into the end boards' glass by former teammate Matt Hunwick. Savard also sustained a concussion against Pittsburgh on March 7, 2010. He did not return until the second round of the playoffs and missed the first 23 games of this season.
Maple Leafs 5, Thrashers 4: Nikolai Kulemin and Tim Brent each scored third-period goals to lead host Toronto over Atlanta.
Red Wings 3, Rangers 2: Pavel Datsyuk had a goal and an assist after missing 19 games with a broken right wrist, helping host Detroit beat New York.
Oilers 4, Predators 0: Rookie Devan Dubnyk made 37 saves for his first career NHL shutout to lift visiting Edmonton past Nashville.
Coyotes 3, Avalanche 0: At Glendale, Ariz., Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 25 shots for his second straight shutout to help Phoenix past Colorado.
Canucks 4, Senators 2: Mikael Samuelsson scored his second goal into an empty net and host Vancouver beat Ottawa.
Flames 3, Blackhawks 1: Curtis Glencross scored in the third period to help host Calgary over Chicago.
College basketball
• Top 25 Men
Ohio State is a unanimous choice as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 for a second straight week.
The Buckeyes are 24-0 and the only unbeaten team. They are No. 1 for the fourth consecutive week and received all 65 first-places votes from the national media panel.
They are followed by Kansas, Texas, Pittsburgh and Duke. San Diego State and BYU moved up one spot to sixth and seventh.
No. 2 Kansas 103, No. 19 Missouri 86: At Lawrence, Kan., Marcus Morris had 22 points to help the Jayhawks (23-1, 8-1) past Missouri (18-6, 4-5).
No. 4 Pittsburgh 71, No. 25 West Virginia 66: At Morgantown, W.Va., Nasir Robinson scored 15 points and the Panthers (22-2 10-1 Big East) overcame an awful start to beat West Virginia (15-8, 6-5).
• WAC
New Mexico State 75, Louisiana Tech 57: At Las Cruces, N.M., Troy Gillenwater scored 19 points to lead New Mexico State (13-12, 7-4 Western Athletic Conference) over Louisiana Tech (11-14, 2-9).
Fresno St. 79, CS Bakersfield 49: Ned Golubovic scored 14 points and Tim Steed added 13, leading host Fresno State (11-12) over Cal State Bakersfield (9-14).
• Wyoming has fired men's basketball coach Heath Schroyer.
Schroyer compiled a 49-68 record over the three and a half seasons he was coach. His best season was 2008-09 when the team went 19-14.
He took over the UW program in 2007 from previous coach Steve McClain, who was also fired.
Auto racing
NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Michael Annett has been charged with driving while impaired following a two-car accident.
Annett, entering his first season for Rusty Wallace Racing, also was charged with resisting arrest, failure to reduce speed and unlawful use of a mobile phone to text or send e-mail. All counts are misdemeanors. He has a March 18 court date.
- The Associated Press