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AP Hockey WriterNHL aims to get more teams involved in outdoor gamesBy STEPHEN WHYNOCHICAGO (AP) Clayton Keller took an eight-hour bus ride from Montreal to Boston for a hockey game at Fenway Park and won't soon forget the experience of playing outdoors.''It was pretty cool,'' Keller said. He'd...

AP Hockey WriterNHL aims to get more teams involved in outdoor gamesBy STEPHEN WHYNOCHICAGO (AP) Clayton Keller took an eight-hour bus ride from Montreal to Boston for a hockey game at Fenway Park and won't soon forget the experience of playing outdoors.''It was pretty cool,'' Keller said. He'd...

AP Hockey WriterDaly: December earliest NHL would vote on Seattle expansionBy STEPHEN WHYNOCHICAGO (AP) December is the earliest the NHL Board of Governors will vote on potential expansion to Seattle, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Thursday.Daly also called it ''doubtful'' any formal vote will happen on a...

AP Hockey WriterBlues' Tarasenko hopes to be ready for camp after surgeryBy STEPHEN WHYNOCHICAGO (AP) With the exception of seeing a couple of concerts and getting some family time, Vladimir Tarasenko had a boring summer.A surgically repaired left shoulder kept Tarasenko on the shelf and unable to train...

AP Hockey WriterDaly: NHL not changing marijuana policy as Canada legalizesBy STEPHEN WHYNOCHICAGO (AP) Deputy commissioner Bill Daly says the NHL does not expect to change its rules on marijuana with the legalization of cannabis in Canada coming on Oct. 17.Daly said in an interview with The Associated...

NY Islanders get tax break for Nassau Coliseum projectUNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency has approved tax breaks for the New York Islanders' planned renovations at NYCB Live's Nassau Coliseum.Newsday says completion of $9.95 million in interior upgrades would allow the hockey team to return...

Blue Jackets reward top execs with contract extensionsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Columbus Blue Jackets have given contract extensions to its three top hockey executives.The team announced the multi-year extensions Thursday for president of hockey operations John Davidson, general manager Jarmo Kekalainen and assistant general manager Bill Zito, who...

AP Hockey WriterBlues' Tarasenko hopes to be ready for camp after surgeryBy STEPHEN WHYNOCHICAGO (AP) St. Louis Blues winger Vladimir Tarasenko hopes to be on the ice for the start of training camp next, week five months after undergoing reconstructive surgery on his left shoulder.Tarasenko says he spent...

AP Hockey WriterDaly: December earliest NHL would vote on Seattle expansionBy STEPHEN WHYNOCHICAGO (AP) NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly says December is the earliest the Board of Governors will vote on potential expansion to Seattle.In an interview with The Associated Press at the league's annual preseason media tour,...

NY Islanders get tax break for Nassau Coliseum projectUNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency has approved tax breaks for the New York Islanders' planned renovations at NYCB Live's Nassau Coliseum.Newsday says completion of $9.95 million in interior upgrades would allow the hockey team to return...

Longtime NHL forward "Ab" McDonald dies at 82CHICAGO (AP) Alvin Brian ''Ab'' McDonald, who played 14 NHL seasons and scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal for the Chicago Blackhawks in 1961, has died. He was 82.McDonald died Tuesday night, according to Blackhawks. The forward played 762 regular-season and 84...

New investors announced as part of Seattle's NHL bidSEATTLE (AP) The investment group hoping to bring an expansion NHL franchise to Seattle for the 2020 season has announced a new set of local investors including Seattle Sounders majority owner Adrian Hanauer and members of the Ackerley family that...