Weekend Sports Transactions

By The Associated Press

BASEBALL

National League

HOUSTON ASTROS— Agreed to terms with RHP Russ Springer on a one-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES— Agreed to terms with RHP Tom Gordon on a three-year contract.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NEW YORK KNICKS— Waived F Matt Barnes.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

TENNESSEE TITANS— Placed WR Brandon Jones on injured reserve.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NHL— Suspended Ottawa D Zdeno Chara one game and fined coach Bryan Murray $10,000 after Chara instigated an altercation with Los Angeles D Tim Gleason in a Dec. 2 game.

CAROLINA HURRICANES— Placed F Andrew Ladd on the injured list. Recalled RW Chad Larose from Lowell of the AHL.

DALLAS STARS— Assigned LW Mathias Tjarnqvist to Iowa of the AHL.

DETROIT RED WINGS— Recalled F Jiri Hudler from Grand Rapids of the AHL.

MONTREAL CANADIENS— Recalled F Garth Murray from Hamilton of the AHL.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS— Assigned D Greg Zanon and D Kevin Klein to Milwaukee of the AHL.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS— Recalled F Kevin Colley, F Wyatt Smith and D Bruno Gervais from Bridgeport of the AHL. Assigned C Robert Nilsson to Bridgeport.

OTTAWA SENATORS— Recalled D Tomas Malec from Binghamton of the AHL.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS— Assigned LW Ben Eager and G Jamie Storr to Philadelphia of the AHL and G Rejean Beauchemin to Trenton of the ECHL.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS— Assigned G Sebastien Caron to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL.

ST. LOUIS BLUES— Claimed D Kevin Dallman off waivers from Boston. Placed D Christian Backman on injured reserve.

SAN JOSE SHARKS— Recalled LW Ryane Clowe and G Vesa Toskala from Cleveland of the AHL and F Glenn Olson from Fresno of the ECHL.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS— Recalled RW Josef Balej and G Rob McVicar from Manitoba of the AHL.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS— Recalled C Graham Mink from Hershey of the AHL. Assigned Mink and C Brooks Laich to Hershey.

American League

BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS— Recalled F Mark Lee and F Chris Thompson from Trenton of the ECHL and G Frederic Cloutier from Pensacola of the ECHL.

GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS— Recalled F Brad Bonello from Toledo of the ECHL.

MANCHESTER MONARCHS— Recalled LW Dany Roussin from Reading of the ECHL.

SYRACUSE CRUNCH— Recalled F Brett Nowak from Dayton of the ECHL.

ECHL

AUGUSTA LYNX— Suspended D Ed Hill.

LONG BEACH ICE DOGS— Claimed F Blake Robson off waivers from Phoenix of the ECHL.

PENSACOLA ICE PILOTS— Signed G Matt Carmichael. Signed G Sam Deitelbaum.

VICTORIA SALMON KINGS— Signed D Brad Cook.

Central Hockey League

CHL— Suspended Tulsa LW Shawn Futers one game for his actions in a Dec. 2 game.

BOSSIER-SHREVEPORT MUDBUGS— Signed F Milan Vodrazka.

OKLAHOMA CITY BLAZERS— Signed G Michael Dilorenzo.

YOUNGSTOWN STEELHOUNDS— Signed LW Jean-Fran_Ecois Labarre, F Chris Shaffer, F Bill Mosler, D J.R. Holmes and D Marc-Andre Roy.

COLLEGE

BALL STATE— Named Tom Collins athletics director.

WESTERN WASHINGTON— Named Robin Ross football coach.

TOWSON— Announced junior G Gary Neal is eligible to join the men's basketball.