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AP Sports WriterIOC joins talks to get NHL players in 2018 OlympicsBy LARRY LAGEThe four top stakeholders in the discussion over whether NHL players will participate in the Winter Olympics in South Korea next year met without resolution Friday, with one warning that time is running short to make...

AP Hockey WriterPeter Budaj is LA Kings' unlikely savior in goalBy GREG BEACHAMLOS ANGELES (AP) Peter Budaj is the most popular guy in the Los Angeles Kings' dressing room this season, and it's not just because the veteran goalie has been the unlikely savior of their season after...

AP Hockey WriterNHL expansion to Vegas has trickle-down effect on AHL's bestBy STEPHEN WHYNOALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) Cory Conacher knows all too well how quickly a hockey player appears old.Conacher is only four years removed from being a Calder Trophy candidate as NHL rookie of the year but has...

AP Hockey WriterAP Sources: Bettman, Fehr, Bach to meet on NHL and OlympicsBy LARRY LAGETwo people familiar with the gathering say key decision-makers are meeting Friday regarding the NHL's participation in the 2018 Olympics in South Korea.A person, who spoke Thursday to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity...

Wild sign goalie Alex Stalock to 2-year contract extensionST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The Minnesota Wild have signed goalie Alex Stalock to a two-year contract extension, allowing the club to protect All-Star Devan Dubnyk in the upcoming expansion draft.Stalock has spent the entire season in the AHL, posting a...

Wild call up 2014 1st-round pick Alex TuchST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The Minnesota Wild have called up forward Alex Tuch from the AHL, putting their 2014 first-round draft pick in position to make his NHL debut.The Wild made the move on Thursday, their off day. They play at...

Associated PressBlues fire coach Ken Hitchcock, promote Mike YeoBy JIM SALTERST. LOUIS (AP) The Blues abruptly fired coach Ken Hitchcock on Wednesday, cutting short the veteran's final season in St. Louis and putting coach-in-waiting Mike Yeo in charge of the underperforming team months earlier than planned.General manager Doug...

Blues fire coach Ken Hitchcock, promote Mike YeoST. LOUIS (AP) The Blues abruptly fired coach Ken Hitchcock on Wednesday, cutting short the veteran's final season in St. Louis and putting coach-in-waiting Mike Yeo in charge of the underperforming team months earlier than planned.General manager Doug Armstrong announced the...

Blues fire coach Ken Hitchcock, promote Mike YeoST. LOUIS (AP) The Blues abruptly fired coach Ken Hitchcock on Wednesday, cutting short the veteran's final season in St. Louis and putting coach-in-waiting Mike Yeo in charge of the underperforming team months earlier than planned.General manager Doug Armstrong announced the...

Blues fire coach Ken Hitchcock, promote Mike YeoST. LOUIS (AP) The St. Louis Blues have fired coach Ken Hitchcock.Assistant and coach-in-waiting Mike Yeo replaced him ahead of schedule. Yeo was supposed to succeed Hitchcock after this season, the veteran coach's final in St. Louis.General manager Doug Armstrong announced...

Blues fire coach Ken Hitchcock, promote Mike YeoST. LOUIS (AP) The St. Louis Blues have fired coach Ken Hitchcock.Assistant and coach-in-waiting Mike Yeo replaced him. Yeo was supposed to succeed Hitchcock after this season, the veteran coach's final season in St. Louis.General manager Doug Armstrong announced the change...

Associated PressBlues fire coach Ken Hitchcock, promote Mike YeoBy JIM SALTERST. LOUIS (AP) The Blues abruptly fired coach Ken Hitchcock on Wednesday, cutting short the veteran's final season in St. Louis and putting coach-in-waiting Mike Yeo in charge of the underperforming team months earlier than planned.General manager Doug...