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Mass shooting survivors name baby after Vegas hockey playerLAS VEGAS (AP) A couple who survived the October shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival has named their newborn after one of the Vegas Golden Knights hockey players, saying the team has brought some positivity into their lives...

AP Sports WriterSvechnikov leads Hurricanes past Sharks 3-2 in shootoutBy JOEDY McCREARYRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Andrei Svechnikov scored in the shootout, Petr Mrazek stopped San Jose cold in the tiebreaker and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Sharks 3-2 on Thursday night.Svechnikov had a goal and an assist in regulation,...

AP Sports WriterPenguins star Crosby returns to practice after concussionBy WILL GRAVESCRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) Sidney Crosby returned to work Friday, practicing with his Pittsburgh Penguins teammates barely four days removed from a frightening hit that left the him with a concussion, and his status for the rest...

AP Hockey WriterNHL goaltenders putting on puck-stopping clinic in playoffsBy STEPHEN WHYNONearly 20 years ago, Kevin Weekes and goaltending coach Sudarshan Maharaj rented some ice time at a Toronto arena with a Chinese food buffet above them and worked on the fundamentals of the position.It took Weekes' game to...

AP Sports WriterAfter waiting hours for ice, Bruins, Hurricanes postponedBy JIMMY GOLENAs the Boston Bruins watched from their locker room at the Scotiabank Arena, waiting for the previous game to end so they could take the ice, the players began rooting for someone - anyone - to score.And to...

AP Sports WriterGM Murray believes it's time Anaheim Ducks 'start to climb'By GREG BEACHAMANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) The Anaheim Ducks spent nearly two decades in regular playoff contention, so it's only natural for even such a successful franchise to hit tough times eventually.But after two consecutive seasons out of...

After long wait, Dave Andreychuk joins Hockey Hall of FameTORONTO (AP) Dave Andreychuk sensed his numbers would be good enough to get him into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He just had to stay patient.Andreychuk retired in 2006 after a 23-year NHL career, and his 640 goals make...

AP Hockey WriterMalkin, Penguins top Red Wings 5-3 for 3rd straight winBy LARRY LAGEDETROIT (AP) Evgeni Malkin is picking up the slack with Sidney Crosby out, making dazzling plays on offense and getting back on defense.Malkin and Jake Guentzel each had a goal and two assists to help...

Ducks re-sign Rickard Rakell for 6 years, $22.8 millionANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Forward Rickard Rakell agreed to a six-year, $22.8 million deal Friday to stay with the Anaheim Ducks.Rakell has 29 goals and 49 assists in 165 games for the Ducks, who drafted the Swede in the first round...

The Latest: Predators beat Penguins 4-1, even Final at 2-2NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Latest on Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final (all times local):10:05 p.m.Pekka Rinne was spectacular, Frederick Gaudreau scored a tiebreaking goal early in the second period and the Nashville Predators handed Pittsburgh a 4-1...

AP Hockey WriterDefending champion Capitals eager to stop losing streakBy STEPHEN WHYNOARLINGTON, Va. (AP) Alex Ovechkin thinks the Washington Capitals were tired.Tired after losing seven consecutive games and tired in the middle of another long slog after winning the Stanley Cup last season. By the time they got...

Washington Capitals defenseman John Erskine was suspended three games for an elbow to the head of Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds on Friday night. Erskine was punished Saturday for a hit he delivered to Simmonds' face that sent him to the ice with a bloody nose late in the first period...