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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Los Angeles Kings center Jarret Stoll was arrested Friday for suspected cocaine possession at the MGM Grand Hotel's Wet Republic pool complex.Las Vegas police Lt. Michael Mauntel said Stoll is being held at the Clark County Detention Center.Stoll is the boyfriend of Erin Andrews, the...

Goons are pretty much gone in the NHL.More and more teams are rolling out four lines of forwards who can skate - and score. The days of having seldom-used tough guys on the fourth line just to throw punches or protect stars are over.''One-dimensional players are almost extinct,'' Detroit...

WASHINGTON (AP) Capitals goalie Alex Ovechkin scored his 484th NHL goal, passing Sergei Fedorov's record for most by a Russian-born player, but the Dallas Stars bounced back to beat Washington 3-2 Thursday.Ovechkin's goal came at 7:01 of the third period, knotting the score at 2. He converted a...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) The New Jersey Devils have signed free agent forward Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond to a one-year, two-way contract for $575,000 at the NHL level.Devils executive vice president and general manager Ray Shero announced the signing Tuesday.The 30-year-old Letourneau-Leblond spent the past two seasons with Wilkes-Barre Scranton (AHL),...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The Carolina Hurricanes and goalie Eddie Lack have agreed to a two-year contract extension.The deal announced Saturday will pay Lack $2.5 million next season and $3 million in 2017-18. He is entering the final year of a deal that will pay him $1.3 million this...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Veteran center Mike Santorelli has agreed to a one-year, $875,000 deal with the Anaheim Ducks.The Ducks announced the deal Monday.Santorelli had 12 goals and 21 assists last season while splitting time between Toronto and Nashville, which reacquired him in a multiplayer trade in February.He also...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - And to think, Teuvo Teravainen and Antoine Vermette were healthy scratches for the Chicago Blackhawks less than two weeks ago.In the Stanley Cup Final opener, those two complementary forwards took starring roles for the Blackhawks when they roared from behind to stun the Tampa Bay...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) The New Jersey Devils have restructured the front office operations of their top development team, the Albany Devils.The Devils announced Wednesday that executive president and general manager Ray Shero will serve the AHL franchise as governor, while assistant general manager Tom Fitzgerald will assume the...

AP Hockey WriterIslanders fire coach Jack Capuano in his seventh seasonBy STEPHEN WHYNOThe struggling New York Islanders fired coach Jack Capuano on Tuesday, ending his tenure in the middle of its seventh season.General manager Garth Snow named assistant GM/coach Doug Weight as Capuano's interim replacement. Snow told reporters Tuesday...

The comparisons are inevitable. Connor McDavid understands it. So does Sidney Crosby. Franchise centers don't come along very often. Particularly ones with the skill set McDavid seems to share with the player he grew up idolizing. The footwork. The soft hands. The relentless energy. The ability to see something before...

CHICAGO (AP) - Federal authorities say they seized counterfeit NHL merchandise worth an estimated $180,000 in the days surrounding the Chicago Blackhawks' Stanley Cup victory.The operation was handled by the Homeland Security Investigations unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It focused on catching illegal vendors near the Blackhawks'...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Marian Gaborik scored the tying goal with 5:55 left in regulation and added his fifth of the season 2:04 into overtime, lifting the Los Angeles Kings to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks in the NHL on Saturday night.Chicago right wing Patrick Kane broke...