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AP Sports WriterNashville helps Preds' celebrate history with 1st Cup FinalBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The town known as Music City sure knows how to throw a party, and thousands of people turned out to mark a bit of history Saturday night as Nashville hosted the first...

AP Hockey WriterPenguins' Crosby passes concussion test, might play Game 5By STEPHEN WHYNOWASHINGTON (AP) Sidney Crosby passed his concussion test, and it will be determined at game time Saturday night if the Penguins captain can play in Game 5 against the Washington Capitals.Coach Mike Sullivan said Crosby had...

Associated PressJustin Bieber gets hit, bounces back in celeb hockey gameBy DAN GREENSPANLOS ANGELES (AP) Justin Bieber got a taste of NHL hockey and the Staples Center glass Saturday, courtesy of NHL great Chris Pronger.The pop star responded by showing off skills that would not have looked out...

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...

AP Sports WriterPreds win from ousting Ducks to reach 1st Stanley Cup FinalsBy TERESA M. WALKERNASVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Nashville Predators don't have their top center, and their captain is day to day with an upper-body injury.They still have Pekka Rinne in net.And the Predators have a chance...