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April 16-26 - IIHF Under-18 World Championship, Zug and Lucerne, SwitzerlandMay 1-17 - IIHF World Championship, Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic.June 17 - Last possible day for Stanley Cup finals.June 26-27 - NHL draft, Sunrise, Fla.July 1 - Free agency begins.

AP Hockey WriterSlashing crackdown, infusion of youth boost NHL scoringBy STEPHEN WHYNOThe nets aren't bigger, the goaltenders aren't smaller and yet scoring is up significantly around the NHL.Through the first two months of the season, goals are up more than 12 percent from the same time a year ago,...

Associated PressJarnkrok's OT winner leads Predators over Canucks, 2-1By JIM DIAMONDNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Calle Jarnkrok scored a short-handed goal with 1.5 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Nashville Predators to a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.With time ticking down in the extra frame,...

Charles Wang, former New York Islanders owner, dies at 74OYSTER BAY, N.Y. (AP) Charles Wang, a technology company founder and former owner of the New York Islanders hockey team, died Sunday. He was 74.Wang died in Oyster Bay, New York, said his attorney John McEntee in an emailed...

AP Sports WriterRangers begin training camp with goal of making the playoffsBy VIN A. CHERWOOThe New York Rangers have two clear goals this season: to keep improving and return to the playoffs after a two-year absence.The addition of forwards Artemi Panarin and Kaapo Kakko, and defenseman Jacob Trouba this...

Sabres' Rodrigues lands $2 million deal in arbitrationBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Buffalo Sabres forward Evan Rodrigues has been awarded a one-year, $2 million contract following an arbitration hearing.The independent arbitrator's ruling was announced by the Sabres on Thursday, two days after the hearing. The value of the contract represents...

AP Hockey WriterSabres forward Kyle Okposo diagnosed with a concussionBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Buffalo Sabres forward Kyle Okposo is out indefinitely after being diagnosed with his second concussion in less than a year.Okposo was hurt when he and Senators forward Bobby Ryan didn't see each other and...

Report: Chicago forward Hossa retires due to health problemsBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) Chicago Blackhawks veteran forward Marian Hossa says he's retiring because of health issues.In an interview with the Slovak newspaper Novy Cas, Hossa says he's done playing hockey.The 39-year-old missed the entire season due to a progressive skin...

AP Hockey WriterKrug's old-school helmetless shift may be among NHL's lastBy STEPHEN WHYNOBOSTON (AP) Torey Krug worried afterward that his pregnant wife would not really like him flying down the ice and delivering a bone-jarring hit without a helmet on.There wasn't anything he could do about it...

AP Sports WriterDevils defenseman Sami Vatanen is day to day with injuryBy TOM CANAVANNEWARK, N.J. (AP) New Jersey top defenseman Sami Vatanen is being listed as day to day with an upper-body injury as the Devils prepare for a must-win Game 5 of their first-round series with the...

AP Hockey WriterRangers have work to do despite having top pick in NHL draftBy JOHN WAWROWNew York Rangers president John Davidson refuses to get ahead of himself with his team in the unique position of holding the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft while also coming off an...

The SAN JOSE and the EDMONTON will both be gunning for a victory on 4/14/2017 at 10:35 PM when they meet in a game matchup. SAN JOSE vs EDMONTON When: 10:30 PM  ET, Friday, April 14, 2017 Where: Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta ROT TEAM PL OU ML 77 SAN JOSE 0 (-110) 5 -105 -115 125 -145 78 EDMONTON TV: 10:30 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network, TVAS, NBC...