Vancouver, B.C. - Vancouver Canucks General Manager Mike Gillis and Head Coach Alain Vigneault have appointed goaltender Roberto Luongo team Captain. Luongo becomes the 12th Captain in club history.

Three teams seek to remain spotless...two keep a division steaming...and one finally returns home. It all adds up to one thing: a lot is happening in the NFL this week. A few examples:

The beauty of this book is the fact that the author Harvey Frommer, and publisher Stewart, Tabori and Chang have captured amazing fan memories and pictures and added them to this coffee table release.

The Philadelphia Flyers will play one last final game in their former home, the Wachovia Spectrum, when they meet their American Hockey League affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms, on Tuesday, October 7 at 7:30 p.m. Fans are encouraged to come early and celebrate the Spectrum at a free block party featuring live entertainment, interactive games and more beginning at 5:30 p.m.

HARTFORD, October 1, 2008: Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the parent New York Rangers have reassigned forward Evgeny Grachev from the Wolf Pack to the Brampton Battalion of the Ontario Hockey League. Also, goaltender Antoine Lafleur has been returned to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.