Around The Rinks (NHL, AHL)

On the transactions front today, the Edmonton Oilers waived former Alaska Aces sniper Chris Minard, who has NHL experience (Pittsburgh). If no other NHL club claims him, he's likely headed to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Also, the Montreal Canadiens shipped former UAA Seawolves defenseman Chad Anderson to AHL Hamilton, and the St. Louis Blues dropped former Aces forwards Julian Talbot and Ryan Reaves to AHL Peoria.

On the NHL exhibition ice, Canadiens center Scott Gomez of Anchorage bagged a short-handed goal -- check out Scotty killing penalties! -- and was +3 in a 4-3 win over visiting Pittsburgh. Gomez fired three shots and played 22:03, the most of any Montreal forward, but won just 11 of 27 face-offs. Former Aces winger Eric Neilson was -1 with one hit in just 5:23 of ice for Montreal. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh winger Tim Wallace of Anchorage was even with two shots and three hits in 12:20.