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The Latest: Stanley Cup champion Penguins greet raving fansPITTSBURGH (AP) The Latest on the parade celebrating the Pittsburgh Penguins' Stanley Cup championship (all times local):12:45 p.m.Pittsburgh Penguins players have greeted cheering fans while riding in pickup trucks, convertible cars and buses during a parade celebrating the Stanley Cup...

NY Rangers sign Puempel, meet expansion draft requirementNEW YORK (AP) The New York Rangers have agreed to terms with forward Matt Puempel.General manager Jeff Gorton announced the contract on Wednesday. Signing Puempel helps New York satisfy the minimum expansion draft requirement of exposing at least two forwards under...

Associated Press650,000 fans at parade cheer Penguins for Stanley Cup winBy JOE MANDAKPITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Penguins' Stanley Cup championship, the first an NHL team has won back to back in almost 20 years, spawned by far the biggest victory parade of any of the franchise's five titles.An...

Ottawa star D Erik Karlsson has foot surgery, out 4 monthsOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) The Ottawa Senators are hopeful that star defenseman Erik Karlsson will be ready for the start of next season following surgery on his left foot Wednesday.General manager Pierre Dorion says Karlsson's recovery from surgery to...

NY Rangers buying out contract of defenseman Dan GirardiNEW YORK (AP) The Rangers will buy out the final three years of Dan Girardi's contract, ending the defenseman's tenure in New York after 11 seasons.The move will clear just under $2.9 million in salary-cap space next season and just...

Associated Press650,000 fans at parade cheer Penguins for Stanley Cup winBy JOE MANDAKPITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Penguins' Stanley Cup championship, the first an NHL team has won back to back in almost 20 years, spawned by far the biggest victory parade of any of the franchise's five titles.An...

Associated Press650,000 fans at parade cheer Penguins for Stanley Cup winBy JOE MANDAKPITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Penguins' Stanley Cup championship, the first an NHL team has won back to back in almost 20 years, spawned by far the biggest victory parade of any of the franchise's five titles.An...

AP Sports WriterGM: Preds focused on winning Stanley Cup with young rosterBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) General manager David Poile believes the Nashville Predators wiped away two lingering notions with their run to the franchise's first Stanley Cup Final.The mantle as an expansion team? Ditched forever 20...

NY Rangers buying out contract of defenseman Dan GirardiNEW YORK (AP) The New York Rangers will buy out the remaining three years of defenseman Dan Girardi's contract.General manager Jeff Gorton announced the buyout Wednesday after the team agreed to terms with forward Matt Puempel. Girardi was set to...

The Latest: 650,000 celebrate at Penguins Stanley Cup paradePITTSBURGH (AP) The Latest on the parade celebrating the Pittsburgh Penguins' Stanley Cup championship (all times local):1:45 p.m.The Pittsburgh Penguins' Stanley Cup victory parade and rally drew an estimated 650,000 people downtown. Not bad for a city that, officially, has...

The Latest: Penguins a Game 6 win from defending Cup titleNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Latest on Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final (all times local):4 p.m.Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins are a win from becoming the NHL's first team to win consecutive Stanley Cup titles in...

Preds defenseman Ryan Ellis skates before Game 6NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Predators defenseman Ryan Ellis' status for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final against Pittsburgh remains in question after he tested himself by skating alone.But Ellis, who played less than 11 minutes of Thursday night's 6-0 loss to...