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Flames hire Bill Peters as new head coachCALGARY, Alberta (AP) The Calgary Flames have hired Bill Peters as the team's head coach.The Flames introduced Peters at a news conference on Monday at Scotiabank Saddledome. The 53-year-old from Three Hills, Alberta, resigned as head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes...

Flames hire Bill Peters as new head coachCALGARY, Alberta (AP) The Calgary Flames have hired Bill Peters as the team's head coach.The Flames introduced Peters at a news conference on Monday at Scotiabank Saddledome. The 53-year-old from Three Hills, Alberta, resigned as head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes...

AP Sports WriterWild split with GM Chuck Fletcher after playoff exitBy DAVE CAMPBELLST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The Minnesota Wild split with general manager Chuck Fletcher after nine seasons with only two playoff series wins.Wild owner Craig Leipold met with Fletcher on Monday to tell him the club was...

Wild split with GM Chuck Fletcher after playoff exitST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The Minnesota Wild have split with longtime general manager Chuck Fletcher after the team's first-round playoff exit.Wild owner Craig Leipold said Monday the team will not renew Fletcher's contract.Leipold said Fletcher and his staff ''built a...

Wild split with GM Chuck Fletcher after playoff exitST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The Minnesota Wild have split with longtime general manager Chuck Fletcher after the team's first-round playoff exit.Wild owner Craig Leipold said Monday the team will not renew Fletcher's contract.Leipold said Fletcher and his staff ''built a...

AP Sports WriterPredators brace for physical series vs Jets in 2nd roundBy PAT GRAHAMDENVER (AP) The Nashville Predators are done dealing with the speed of Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche.Next, they get the physicality of Dustin Byfuglien and the Winnipeg Jets .There's no easy test this time...

AP Sports WriterEmpty Cup: Flyers' title drought goes on with Game 6 lossBy DAN GELSTONPHILADELPHIA (AP) Flyers fans spent the final minutes of another empty season doing what boorish fans do with elimination on deck. They chucked beer cans and threw trash and hats and whatever objects were...

AP Sports WriterYoung, speedy Avalanche show promise before playoff exitBy PAT GRAHAMDENVER (AP) Fair warning to the rest of the league: As fast and young as the Colorado Avalanche were this season, general manager Joe Sakic vows to make them even faster and younger.It's become a full-speed-ahead priority.That...

Boeser, Barzal, Keller finalists for NHL rookie of the yearNEW YORK (AP) Vancouver right winger Brock Boeser, New York Islanders center Mathew Barzal and Arizona Coyotes center Clayton Keller are the finalists for the Calder Memorial Trophy for the NHL's rookie of the year.The winner will be announced...

AP Sports WriterGoalie Martin Jones helps lead Sharks into 2nd roundBy JOSH DUBOWSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) For years, the San Jose Sharks seemed to have all the ingredients necessary to win a Stanley Cup. With the possible exception of a goaltender who could steal a game when the...

AP Hockey WriterBlue Jackets, Maple Leafs go home facing eliminationBy STEPHEN WHYNOA year after Mike Babcock told arena staffers in Washington he'd see them a few days later for Game 7, John Tortorella claimed his Blue Jackets would be back after winning Game 6 back in Columbus.Now the trick...

AP Hockey WriterBlue Jackets, Maple Leafs go home facing eliminationBy STEPHEN WHYNOA year after Mike Babcock told arena staffers in Washington he'd see them a few days later for Game 7, John Tortorella claimed his Blue Jackets would be back after winning Game 6 back in Columbus.Now the trick...