Happy New Year, 2010!

Just some quick bookkeeping before the start of the Winter Classic. I hope all is well with you and your family as we begin the new year. Keep your head up. It's time for hockey.

THE SCOREBOARD
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Montreal 5, at Florida 4
At Ottawa 3, N.Y. Islanders 2 SO
At Detroit 4, Colorado 2
Nashville 2, at Columbus 1 OT
San Jose 3, at Phoenix 2 SO
Vancouver 4, at St. Louis 3 OT
N.Y. Rangers 2, at Carolina 1
Los Angeles 5, at Minnesota 2
At Dallas 5, Anaheim 3
At Chicago 5, New Jersey 1
At Calgary 2, Edmonton 1
The standings are here.
The recap from Sportsnet.
Three stars from Puck Daddy.

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Albany 1, at Adirondack 0
At Lake Erie 5, Rochester 1
At Manitoba 3, Texas 2
Worcester 3, at Portland 1
At Binghamton 3, Norfolk 2
Hamilton 7, at Grand Rapids 3
Lowell 5, at Manchester 2
Chicago 4, at Peoria 1
At Rockford 5, Houston 4 OT
The standings are here.
The roundup is here.

EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE
Elmira 6, at Johnstown 3
At South Carolina 4, Florida 1
At Wheeling 3, Toledo 2
Cincinnati 3, at Kalamazoo 1
Victoria 3, at Utah 2 SO
Stockton 5, at Idaho 1
At Alaska 6, Ontario 3
The standings are here.

QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
Gatineau 7, at Lewiston 1
Saint John 4, at Moncton 3 SO
The standings are here.
The roundup is here.

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Brampton 4, Mississauga 1
At Windsor 4, Saginaw 3 SO
Sarnia 4, at London 3
At Sault Ste. Marie 4, Sudbury 3 OT
Erie 8, at Niagara 7
At Peterborough 1, Belleville 0
Owen Sound 6, at Barrie 4
The standings are here.
The roundup is here.

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Brandon 6, at Edmonton 2
At Kootenay 8, Regina 4
At Chilliwack 4, Kelowna 3 OT
Saskatoon 2, at Everett 1
At Tri-City 5, Spokane 2
At Portland 6, Seattle 0
The standings are here.
The roundup is here.

UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE
At Indiana 5, Chicago 3
At Fargo 4, Team USA 3
At Green Bay 4, Des Moines 1
Omaha 5, at Sioux Falls 3
At Waterloo 4, Lincoln 3 SO
At Cedar Rapids 5, Youngstown 1
Sioux Falls 4, at Tri-City 2
The standings are here.

WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Group A (at Saskatoon)
Switzerland 4, Slovakia 1
The recap is here.
Canada 5, United States 4 SO
The recap is here.

Group B (at Regina)
Sweden 7, Finland 1
The recap is here.
Russia 5, Czech Republic 2
The recap is here.
The statistics and standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.