The Anaheim Ducks are going after a playoff spot with two veteran additions to their beleaguered defense. Anaheim also recalled goalie Timo Pielmeier from its ECHL affiliate in Bakersfield.

The seven Ducks gathered at center ice in the Honda Center on Tuesday with their Olympic medals hanging over their multicolored national team jerseys, posing for photos commemorating their remarkable work in the Vancouver Olympics last week.

With the flick of Sidney Crosby's wrist, Canada found Olympic redemption. From the pall of a luger's death, from a series of embarrassing glitches, from a first half so disappointing that Canadian Olympic officials prematurely conceded the medals race, from the men's hockey team losing to the upstart Americans in a preliminary game.

Zach Parise scored twice in the third period, and the top-seeded U.S. men's hockey team reached the Olympic semifinals with a tense 2-0 victory over Switzerland on Wednesday.

The Americans didn't believe in miracles. They just believed. And they pulled off the biggest Olympic hockey upset since the Miracle on Ice, stunning Canada 5-3 on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of an already mixed-up tournament.

The NHL might not decide until at 2012 or later whether it's going to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Thursday no decision is imminent about possibly shutting down for two weeks to accommodate an Olympics in which some games would be played in the middle of the night in North America, thus affecting TV viewership and interest.

It wasn't the shin. It was a tactical error that cost Lindsey Vonn a shot at her second gold medal of the Vancouver Olympics. Trying to make a hard cut during the slalom leg of the super-combined, Vonn skied over an inside gate. The pole smacked against her leg and flicked her right ski clean off her boot, sending Vonn sliding down the snow and right out of the medals picture.

Apolo Anton Ohno glided around the ice with a U.S. flag tucked under an arm, flashing a handful of fingers plus one. That makes six, as in matching Bonnie Blair as the most decorated Winter Olympian from the United States.

Nancy Kerrigan's low-key family, which struggled with the attention brought on after an attack at a skating competition nearly derailed her Olympic dreams, has again been thrust into the spotlight with the death of her father after what authorities said was a violent struggle with his troubled son.

Daniel Kerrigan, who rushed to his sobbing daughter Nancy and carried her into the locker room after an attack at a skating competition nearly derailed her Olympic dreams, died after what authorities said was a violent struggle with his son in their family home.

The Bakersfield Condors landed a franchise record four players in this season's ECHL All-Star Game. Timo Pielmeier, MacGregor Sharp, Dan Sexton and Eric Regan were selected to represent the Condors in the game, which will be played Jan. 20 in Ontario.

The 2010 NHL draft will be held in Los Angeles on June 25-26, marking the first time in its 46-year history that the event will be held in California.

The Bakersfield Condors scored on all 3 shootout attempts, while Goalie Timo Pielmeier stopped all 3 shootout tries sent his way, lifting the Condors to a thrilling win.

The Anaheim Ducks have reassigned 19-year-old defenseman Luca Sbisa to his junior team. Anaheim also recalled goalie Justin Pogge from Bakersfield before Monday's game against Toronto to fill in for Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who plans to rest his injured groin muscle.

The Ducks recalled rookie G Justin Pogge from Bakersfield of the ECHL to serve as backup because of Jean-Sebastien Giguere's groin injury. But Giguere was able to take part in the pregame warmup, and Pogge was sent right back to Bakersfield.