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Chicago Blackhawks veteran Marian Hossa is a role model in the locker room, where younger teammates revere him.''It means I'm older,'' Hossa said. ''I'm just glad I can still play.''His consistency at both ends of the ice helps make the Blackhawks perennial Stanley Cup contenders. The 35-year-old Hossa passed...

Canucks beat Golden Knights 4-0 to again avoid eliminationEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Thatcher Demko stopped 48 shots, Quinn Hughes set an NHL record with a goal and an assist, and the Vancouver Canucks staved off elimination for the second straight game with a 4-0 win over the Vegas Golden...

DeAngelo scores in OT, Rangers halt Leafs' win streak at 6TORONTO (AP) The New York Rangers were confident they would get scoring chances against Toronto, and they made the most of the them''.Tony DeAngelo scored 51 seconds into overtime and the New York Rangers beat the Maple Leafs...

Associated PressMonahan, Backlund score 2G each, Flames beat Bruins 5-2By DOUG ALDENBOSTON (AP) Sean Monahan scored a pair of goals 1:12 apart in the second period and the Calgary Flames beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Tuesday night.Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two assists for the Flames...

Blues sign coach Craig Berube to 3-year contract extensionST. LOUIS (AP) The Blues made official Tuesday what everyone had expected the moment Craig Berube led St. Louis to a remarkable turnaround capped by the first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history.They stripped the interim tag from his title...

AP Sports WriterStanley Cup saying goodbye to names like Richard, Hull, HoweBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) So long, Gordon Howe.Bye-bye, Robert Hull.Au revoir, M. Richard.Those Hockey Hall of Famers and the rest of the players who won an NHL championship from 1954-65 are being stripped off the Stanley Cup...

AP Sports WriterDaly: NHL adding more concussion spotters for this seasonBy STEPHEN WHYNOWASHINGTON (AP) The NHL is revamping its concussion monitoring system for the upcoming season.Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly says the league will have four concussion spotters watching all games from a centralized location in either Toronto or...

LA Kings sign Danish F Patrick Bjorkstrand to 1-year dealEL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) The Los Angeles Kings have signed Danish forward Patrick Bjorkstrand to a one-year contract.The Kings announced the deal Thursday.Bjorkstrand earned the deal at the Kings' development camp earlier this month. He spent the past three...

AP Hockey WriterNHL names ex-enforcer Parros to run player safetyBy STEPHEN WHYNONEW YORK (AP) George Parros, the bushy-mustachioed Princeton man who spent almost a decade as an NHL enforcer, is now in charge of the league's player safety department.After a career in which he fought 159 times and...

WASHINGTON (AP) Calgary's Sean Monahan scored his second goal of the game 1:40 into overtime to give the Flames a 3-2 win at the Washington Capitals on Friday.The Flames are conceding almost four goals per game on average this season but put in an improved defensive performance, with...

NEW YORK (AP) Washington's Alexander Ovechkin scored his second goal of the game and the 499th of his career at 1:25 of overtime to give the Capitals a 4-3 win at the New York Rangers on Saturday.The victory widened the sizable gap between the NHL's Metropolitan Division's top...

John Tavares is trying to change the perception of the once-beleaguered New York Islanders. Tavares scored three goals and assisted on another Saturday night to lead the Islanders to a 5-1 win over the New Jersey Devils. "I think any great player puts a lot of responsibility on (themselves) because they...