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Rittich earns a shutout, Flames blank Canucks 3-0CALGARY, Alberta (AP) Calgary's top line produced and goaltender David Rittich got to work on proving he's an NHL starter.Rittich made 34 saves, including 18 in the third period, as Calgary beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-0 Saturday night.Sean Monahan and Elias...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) Slumping Colorado forward Jarome Iginla experimented with a new stick at practice Monday. Anything to ignite a team that's constantly winding up on the short end of one this season. The Avs have accumulated a league-worst 19 points through 23 games in coach Jared Bednar's first season...

Larry Robinson won't return to Sharks next seasonSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Larry Robinson will not be back with the San Jose Sharks next season.A team spokesman confirmed Thursday that Robinson's contract expires in the summer and that he will not return. Robinson had been with the Sharks for...

Gold medalist Monique Lamoureux-Morando joins NHL NetworkSECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) Olympic gold medalist Monique Lamoureux-Morando will make her debut as an NHL Network studio analyst on Friday.The network announced Wednesday she will join Kevin Weekes and Tony Luftman on ''NHL Tonight.'' The three-time Olympian scored the tying goal against...

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 brought positivity into their lives after the...

Catfish tosser says he was 'dumb redneck with a bad idea'PITTSBURGH (AP) A Tennessee man is calling himself a ''dumb redneck with a bad idea'' after police filed charges against him for throwing a catfish onto the rink in Pittsburgh during the opening of the Stanley Cup Final.Police...

AP Hockey WriterShuttle driver settles suit with Senators, ex-assistant GMBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) A former Ottawa Senators assistant general manager and the NHL team reached an undisclosed settlement with a hotel shuttle driver, who sued both for negligence after being harassed in Buffalo two years ago.The driver's...

AP Sports WriterNHL royalty vs. the rowdy neighbors in Stanley Cup FinalBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Penguins kept getting by even as their star players kept skating off the ice in pain. Even as the targets on their back as Stanley Cup champions kept getting bigger. Even...

AP Sports WriterBlues' D Bouwmeester undergoing tests after cardiac episodeBy JOE REEDYANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) St. Louis defenseman Jay Bouwmeester was hospitalized and undergoing tests early Wednesday after suffering a cardiac episode and collapsing on the bench during the first period of the Blues' game against the Ducks.The team...

Buffalo Sabres re-sign Zemgus Girgensons to 1-year contractBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Sabres have re-signed forward Zemgus Girgensons to a one-year contract.Girgensons was a restricted free agent, whose rights were retained by the team in June. The Sabres announced the signing on Thursday, about three weeks before training...

AP Hockey WriterOrr's 1970 Cup-winning goal and leap remains top NHL momentBy STEPHEN WHYNOGrowing up in Brantford, Ontario, Wayne Gretzky always heard his father, Walter, wax poetic about Bill Barilko's 1951 Stanley Cup-winning goal for the Toronto Maple Leafs.''We didn't really even have TV back then and there was...

Associated PressEkholm's late goal leads Predators over Capitals, 6-5By JIM DIAMONDNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) In a game dominated by offense, a defenseman scored the game-winner.Mattias Ekholm scored with 4:40 remaining to cap a wild third period and lead the Nashville Predators to a 6-5 victory over the Washington Capitals...