Report: Philadelphia Agrees To Extension With Lupul

Sources indicate the Flyers have agreed to a 4-year contract extension with forward Joffrey Lupul. Financial Terms are still unknown.

Lupul had 46 points in 56 games with the Flyers last season with an additional 10 points in 17 playoff games.

Lupul was known as the main piece of a trade between the Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks which saw the Oilers sending superstar defenceman, Chris Pronger, to Anaheim while Edmonton received Lupul, Ladislav Smid and a 1st round pick. The Ducks would go on to win the Stanley Cup, the Oilers would miss the playoffs.

Lupul would be dealt again the following off-season to Philadelphia along with teammate Jason Smith, who has signed with the Ottawa Senators, for Joni Pitkanen and Geoff Sanderson. Edmonton would then trade Pitkanen this off-season to Carolina for Erik Cole.

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Miller Time Extended In Buffalo

The Buffalo Sabres have re-signed their starting goalie, Ryan Miller to a 5-year $31.25 million($6.5 million per season) contract extension. Miller was going into the final year of his current contract which would have made him a unrestricted free agent after the conclusion of the following season. This extension puts to rest any rumour of Miller going to play for the team in his home state, the Detroit Red Wings.

The native of East Lansing, Michigan was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres and has played his first five season in Buffalo so far. The 28-year old played 76 games last season with a 36-27-10 record with a 2.64 goals-against average and a .906 save percentage.

Hamilton, We Have a Problem

Without star running back Jesse Lumsden, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats were blown out by the Stampeders on Thursday in Calgary. Propelled by five combined touchdowns from Joffrey Reynolds and Nik Lewis, the Stampeders blew past the Tiger-Cats 43 to 16. In addition, Sandro DeAngelis kicked two field goals from 20 and 44 yards out to tie Cyril McFall for fourth all-time in career field goals.

Joffrey Reynolds' first three touchdown game allowed him to become the sixth Stampeder to rush for over 5,000 career yards while Nik Lewis's two touchdown catches, both of 16 yards, put him in eighth all-time in receptions and receiving yards in franchise history.

Stampeders QB Henry Burris completed 26 of 33 passes for 345 yards and had one interception.

Western All-Stars Shine Bright in Mile-High City

On Thursday, the Denver Outlaws hosted the 2008 MLL All-Star Game. In this game, the Western Conference defeated the Eastern Conference by a score of 31 to 15, which included twelve points in the third quarter alone. Ryan Powell, with six goals in the game, won Bud Light MVP honors.

After scoring the first six points of the night, the West never looked back as they shattered the record for most points scored by a team in an All-Star Game.

Also noteworthy was the skills competition during halftime. Jake Byrne won the inaugural 2-point competition in an overtime round. Anthony Kelly won the fastest shot competition with a shot of 109 MPH. Chazz Woodson won the freestyle competition with a stunt that involved jumping over two little kids and unleashing a behind-the-back shot in midair.