Ontario police have charged a 26-year-old man for throwing a banana on the ice toward Flyers player Wayne Simmonds during an NHL preseason game. Chris Moorhouse of London, Ontario, was served a summons for engaging in a prohibited activity under the provincial trespassing act. London Police Chief Brad Duncan said at a news conference Wednesday the offense did not meet the threshold of a hate crime or mischief. Simmonds, who is black, scored on the play in the Flyers' 4-3 overtime loss to Detroit before a crowd of 7,427.

Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien has been charged with boating while intoxicated three weeks after his arrest in Minnesota. The Hennepin County Sheriff's office released the criminal complaint Tuesday. According to the complaint, a water patrol officer on Lake Minnetonka stopped Byfuglien's boat Aug. 31 because the navigational lights weren't on.

The Stars announced Thursday that they have reached an agreement to sell the team to Vancouver businessman Tom Gaglardi and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a Delaware court to pave the way for the sale to be completed. "Today's filing culminates months of cooperative effort by the League, the Club, the Club's lenders and Dallas Arena LLC," said Bill Daly, deputy commissioner of the NHL. "It represents an extremely positive step toward what we expect will be an orderly transition to new ownership for the Dallas Stars."

Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien not only agreed to take a Breathalyzer test when police boarded his boat on Aug. 31, but he also passed the test. However, he refused to provide a urine sample which has led to criminal charges being filed against him. Minneapolis-based lawyer Mitch Robinson said Byfuglien and three passengers aboard Byfuglien's boat were pulled over on the evening of Aug. 31 by Hennepin County sheriffs because the craft's navigational lights weren't on.

The Devils refuted a story in the New York Post claiming that the team is on "the verge of bankruptcy," calling the report "patently untrue." According to the Post's story, the "attendance-challenged, heavily-indebted team missed its Sept. 1 loan payment, giving its lenders a breakaway chance to push the team into bankruptcy." The story went on to cite a source that claimed the Devils "told their banks to get lost." "Today's NY Post story is inaccurate. The notions that the Devils are facing bankruptcy or that 'the Devils have told their banks to get lost' are patently untrue," the team said in a statement.

Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien has been arrested in Minnesota on suspicion of boating while intoxicated. An arrest log says Byfuglien, 26, was booked just after 11 p.m. local time Wednesday and released early Thursday morning. He had 20 goals and 33 assists in 81 games with the Thrashers last year.