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Associated PressGolden Knights' inaugural season more than Cup for some fansBy W.G. RAMIREZLAS VEGAS (AP) Aaron and Rhonda Hawley never truly embraced how much the Vegas Golden Knights meant to them until late in the season.On March 29, their 17-year-old daughter Brooke and two classmates were killed in...

Associated PressWatchdog clears Interior chief Zinke in speech to NHL teamBy MATTHEW DALYWASHINGTON (AP) An independent watchdog has cleared Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke of wrongdoing when he gave a speech to a National Hockey League team owned by a campaign contributor.The Office of Special Counsel said Zinke's June...

AP Hockey WriterIslanders fire GM Snow, coach Weight, Lamoriello is new GMBy STEPHEN WHYNOLou Lamoriello moved quickly to shake up the New York Islanders by firing coach Doug Weight and general manager Garth Snow and naming himself the team's new GM just two weeks after taking over as president...

AP Hockey WriterIslanders fire GM Snow, coach Weight, Lamoriello is new GMBy STEPHEN WHYNOLou Lamoriello moved quickly to shake up the New York Islanders by firing general manager Garth Snow and coach Doug Weight and naming himself the team's new GM just two weeks after taking over as president...

AP Hockey WriterIslanders fire GM Snow, coach Weight, Lamoriello is new GMBy STEPHEN WHYNOLou Lamoriello moved quickly to shake up the New York Islanders by firing coach Doug Weight and general manager Garth Snow and naming himself the team's new GM just two weeks after taking over as president...

Associated PressWatchdog clears Interior chief Zinke in speech to NHL teamBy MATTHEW DALYWASHINGTON (AP) An independent watchdog has cleared Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke of wrongdoing when he gave a speech to a National Hockey League team owned by a campaign contributor.The Office of Special Counsel said Zinke's June...

AP Hockey WriterIslanders fire GM Snow, coach Weight, Lamoriello is new GMBy STEPHEN WHYNOLou Lamoriello moved quickly to shake up the New York Islanders by firing general manager Garth Snow and coach Doug Weight and naming himself the team's new GM just two weeks after taking over as president...

Islanders fire GM Snow, coach Weight, Lamoriello is new GMNEW YORK (AP) Lou Lamoriello moved quickly to shake up the New York Islanders by firing general manager Garth Snow and coach Doug Weight and naming himself the team's new GM just two weeks after taking over as president...

Wild hire former North Stars GM Ferreira as Fenton assistantST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The Minnesota Wild have hired Jack Ferreira as an assistant to new general manager Paul Fenton.The Wild made the announcement on Tuesday about Ferreira, 73, who is a long-time mentor to Fenton. Ferreira was GM...

Islanders fire GM Snow, coach Weight, Lamoriello is new GMNEW YORK (AP) Islanders president of hockey operations Lou Lamoriello has fired general manager Garth Snow and coach Doug Weight and named himself the team's new GM.Lamoriello announced the shake-up Tuesday, two weeks after leaving Toronto for New York...

AP Hockey WriterSmith-Pelly, Kempny are perfect pieces of Caps' Cup puzzleBy STEPHEN WHYNOWASHINGTON (AP) A salary-cap squeeze threatened to slam the Washington Capitals' Stanley Cup window shut. Instead, it busted it wide open.When the dollars didn't add up to be able to keep a handful of key contributors...

AP Hockey Writer'Flower' wilts: Golden Knights must play better for FleuryBy STEPHEN WHYNOGerard Gallant didn't consider pulling Marc-Andre Fleury as another game and perhaps the Vegas Golden Knights' Stanley Cup hopes slipped away.The struggles and another pile of Washington Capitals goals are on the entire team. Gallant couldn't pull...