Toronto Star: It is uncertain whether Nikolai Kulemin, who missed Toronto's season finale with an undisclosed injury, will suit up for the Marlies, Russia or at all. Players such as Jonas Frogren and Anton Stralman, who played for Sweden last spring, are expected to play in the AHL playoffs with the Marlies, who open their series against Manitoba tomorrow night in Winnipeg.
Blueliners Tomas Kaberle and Pavel Kubina, stalwarts for the Czech Republic at these international events, both declined invitations. Kaberle is worried about further injuring his hand, while Kubina cited family reasons. Alexei Ponikarovsky begged off a chance to play for Ukraine, since the team is in the B pool and he didn't much see the point of beating up teams such as Italy and Great Britain

Алексей Ponikarovsky отпрашивался шанс играть для Украины, так как команда находится в водоеме B, и он не очень видел очко биения над командами, такими как Италия и Великобритания

ALGIR :
генка просто думаю, что его надо оставить в покое.

The Hockey News : Earlier in the season there was talk of the Leafs shopping Matt Stajan and/or Alexei Ponikarovsky, but that now is unlikely given the Leafs surge. Stempniak, like Stajan and Ponikarovsky, is a UFA next summer and a possible trade candidate.

Sports Network: Phil Kessel scored the game-winning goal late in the third period, as the Toronto Maple Leafs edged the Nashville Predators, 4-3, at Sommet Center.
Alexei Ponikarovsky had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who bounced back from a 6-1 loss to the Capitals on Friday. Niklas Hagman and Matt Stajan also lit the lamp for Toronto, which got 27 saves from Jonas Gustavsson.
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The Maple Leafs jumped on the Predators early, scoring three goals in the first period. Hagman's wrister got Toronto's offense going at the 2:02 mark. Just over three minutes later, Ponikarovsky's backhander made it 2-0.

A year after Nik Antropov was shipped out of Toronto, will his buddy Alexei Ponikarovsky also be on the move come the March trade deadline?

If Maple Leafs president Brian Burke does, in fact, hold on to slick puck-moving defenceman Tomas Kaberle, there are indications from around the league that Ponikarovsky would be the one remaining Toronto player who would fetch the most in a deal.

But those who think the veteran forward might net Burke a late first-round pick likely are living in a dream world.

In an informal survey of NHL executives and general managers conducted by The Toronto Sun at the 2010 NHL/CHL Top Prospects Game at the WFCU Centre in Windsor on Wednesday, Ponikarovsky was the one Leaf not named Tomas Kaberle who respondents felt would land Toronto the most lucrative return.
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Primeau had veteran company in the dumb mistake category in winger Alexei Ponikarovsky.

With the Leafs leading 2-1 late, Ponikarovsky chose that moment to ram into St. Louis from behind in a rare glimpse of over-aggression from the Ukrainian forward.

That put the Bolts on a 4-on-3 power play, and soon after Ryan Malone deposited a rebound of a Vinny Lecavalier shot behind Gustavsson.

To compound the problem, Ponikarovsky then slammed the door on the Leaf bench with such force – another rare burst of passion – that the officials invited him back to the penalty box for unsportsmanlike conduct, giving Tampa another 19 seconds of 4-on-3 play.

They didn't score, but all in all, the Leafs gave the Lightning three different 4-on-3 advantages in the final nine minutes of competition.

How can a team that's already awful at killing penalties hope to be successful in that scenario?

Curiously, despite Wilson's determination to make his young team more accountable, Ponikarovsky didn't miss a shift after his two penalties, and was first on the ice in overtime.