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Sean Burke

Canada names Burke as GM, Desjardins as coach for Olympics

Canada has taken the first steps toward trying to win a third consecutive Olympic gold medal, only this time without NHL ...

Hockey Hall of Famer Dick Gamble to get ring back

A scuba-diving treasure hunter who found an American Hockey League Hall of Fame ring in one of New York's Finger Lakes is ...

Colton Parayko

Blues avoid arbitration, sign Parayko to $27.5M, 5-year deal

After hearing development coach Tim Taylor sing the praises of a late-blooming defenseman playing college hockey in Alaska, ...

AHL allowing players on minor league deals to go to Olympics

Players on American Hockey League contracts will be eligible to play in the 2018 Winter Olympics. President and CEO David ...

Patterson, Tocchet to help lead Coyotes in new direction

Rick Tocchet played three of his 18 NHL seasons with the Arizona Coyotes. Steve Patterson worked three years at Arizona State ...

Sidney Crosby

Crosby 'didn't hear' concussion controversy during playoffs

Sidney Crosby said Wednesday he did not pay attention to those questioning whether he should continue playing hockey after ...

Rick Tocchet

Coyotes hire Rick Tocchet as head coach

The Arizona Coyotes have hired Rick Tocchet as head coach, turning the team over to a man who helped the Pittsburgh Penguins ...

Song Chol Ri

Pyeongchang Olympics are icy path to warmer Korean relations

Tears and hugs after North and South Korean women won the 1991 team table tennis world championships. A standing ovation when ...

Darnell Nurse, Connor McDavid

Oilers sign star Connor McDavid to 8-year, $100 million deal

The Edmonton Oilers paid a huge price to lock up superstar captain Connor McDavid. But it could have been even higher.

Alexander Radulov

Stars sign Radulov to richest free agent deal of offseason

Even though Alexander Radulov took 48 hours into NHL free agency to find a home, it was very much worth the wait. Radulov on ...

On Day 11, hockey players break record for longest game

Fatigue gave way to emotion for Les Kuntar on Monday when he attempted to put into perspective spending the past 11 days ...

Patrick Marleau, Jared Spurgeon

Marleau leaves Sharks for Leafs, Price commits to Canadiens

Carey Price couldn't imagine wearing anything but a Canadiens uniform, while Patrick Marleau agonized about trading in his ...

Canadiens sign goalie Carey Price to 8-year extension

Carey Price signed an $84 million, eight-year contract extension Sunday, likely keeping the franchise goaltender with the ...

North Dakota looks for cure to 'brand confusion on steroids'

When Mark Kennedy took over as president of the University of North Dakota a year ago, he discovered that fans of the ...

Nick Bonino

Predators sign Bonino away from Pens and acquire Emelin

The Nashville Predators took care of an area of concern and added to an area of depth Saturday, signing center Nick Bonino ...

NHL free agents take high-priced hit in stagnant cap era

Aside from defensemen Kevin Shattenkirk and Karl Alzner attracting $20 million-plus contracts, NHL free agency isn't what it ...

Steve Mason

Mason, Elliott cash in on robust free agent goalie market

Brian Elliott looked at the free agent landscape for goaltenders and knew it wasn't pretty. There were only a handful of ...

Antti Niemi

Pens lose free agents Kunitz, Bonino, Daley, re-sign Schultz

After celebrating a Stanley Cup championship for a second consecutive season, general manager Jim Rutherford told the ...

Kevin Shattenkirk

Shattenkirk comes home, signs 4-year deal with NY Rangers

Kevin Shattenkirk grew up a New York Rangers fan in suburban New Rochelle, so he knows all about the pressure of playing for ...

Patrick Sharp

Sharp returns to Blackhawks, agrees to 1-year deal

Patrick Sharp figured he would return to Chicago. He just wasn't sure he would play for the Blackhawks again. Sharp, a ...