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Sydor returns to Blues as assistant, rejoining mentor YeoST. LOUIS (AP) Darryl Sydor has returned to the St. Louis Blues as an assistant coach under mentor Mike Yeo.Sydor agreed to a three-year deal Wednesday.The 45-year-old Sydor finished his 18-year NHL playing career with the Blues in 2009-10, then...

AP Sports WriterBruins return to ice; honor player, coach and GM SchmidtBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) Boston said goodbye to the man called ''the ultimate Bruin.''The hockey club observed ''a moment of celebration and applause'' for Milt Schmidt before its game against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night, a...

Canadiens goal Carey Price to sit out second game with fluMONTREAL (AP) Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price will sit out at least one more game because of the flu.The team said Friday that Price will not play Saturday night in Ottawa after missing a 4-1 victory in Buffalo...

AP Sports WriterBruins return to ice; honor player, coach and GM SchmidtBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) The Boston Bruins are honoring Milt Schmidt, the former captain, coach and general manager who died this week at the age of 98.Schmidt won two Stanley Cup titles as a player with Boston...

AP Hockey WriterCapitals go to Western Canada in search of consistencyBy STEPHEN WHYNOARLINGTON, Va. (AP) The simple thing the Washington Capitals want to get out of their four-game Western Canadian road trip doesn't tell the whole story.Player after player said the Capitals are looking for a perfect eight...

AP Hockey WriterFlyers hire rising star Knoblauch as assistant coachBy STEPHEN WHYNOAs Dylan Strome listed the Erie Otters' accomplishments over the past few years and the talented players to come out of the junior program, the Arizona Coyotes' top prospect quickly gave credit to Kris Knoblauch, the coach who...

Pens, Preds could have same lineups for Game 2 of Cup FinalPITTSBURGH (AP) The Penguins and Predators could have the same lineups for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, two nights after a bizarre start to the series that few could have expected.Forward Colin Wilson did not...

AP Hockey WritersVegas holds all the cards with NHL expansion draft list outBy JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNOVegas Golden Knights general manager George McPhee had difficulty containing his excitement in anticipation of the NHL's expansion draft list being released.''The most fun I've ever had in hockey,'' McPhee said in...

Red Wings denounce use of logo at white nationalist rallyDETROIT (AP) The Detroit Red Wings said Saturday they are considering legal action to stop white nationalists from using their logo as part of a ''disturbing'' rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.The team said in a statement it ''vehemently'' disagrees with...

AP Sports WriterPreds' 1st big trade of 2016 paying off for team, JohansenBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Predators stunned the NHL not once, but twice in 2016 by trading away a top defenseman. Ryan Johansen is the big center landed with Nashville's first big trade, a...

AP Hockey WriterNHL's top prospect says he is overcoming 2 hernia injuriesBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Center Nolan Patrick says a misdiagnosis of a sports hernia injury contributed to the NHL's top-ranked draft prospect missing more than half of last season.Patrick had surgery to repair one side of...

AP Hockey WriterSignings, trades shift balance of power across the NHLBy STEPHEN WHYNOAfter building up to a playoff run that ended in the second round yet again, the Washington Capitals are going through a salary-cap nightmare usually reserved for Stanley Cup champions.The same struggles that led to the deconstruction...