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Oilers D Andrew Ference retires after 16-year careerEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Veteran defenseman Andrew Ference, who won a Stanley Cup with the Boston Bruins in 2011, has announced his retirement from the NHL after 16 seasons.The 38-year-old made his announcement Thursday after spending the past four seasons with Edmonton,...

Associated PressIsles rout Canucks 5-2By DENIS P. GORMANNEW YORK (AP) Calvin de Haan and Jordan Eberle scored goals one minute apart in the first period to spark the New York Islanders to a 5-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.Eberle now has goals in three straight...

Winnipeg's Enstrom out with concussion after Sestito hitWINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) Winnipeg defenseman Toby Enstrom will be out indefinitely with a concussion, Jets coach Paul Maurice said Friday.Enstrom took a crushing illegal check from behind into the boards by Pittsburgh forward Tom Sestito in the first period Wednesday night...

Penguins trade Condon to Senators for 2017 5th-round pickPITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded goaltender Mike Condon to the Ottawa Senators for a 2017 fifth-round draft pick.The deal comes as Stanley Cup-winning goalie Matt Murray returned to the ice for the Penguins after missing the start of...

AP Hockey WriterFlyers fire coach Dave Hakstol, Gordon interim replacementBy STEPHEN WHYNOIt took less than two weeks as general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers for Chuck Fletcher to see what he needed to see with coach Dave Hakstol.The Flyers were still making too many mistakes, still not playing up...

Sabres sign top pick Rasmus Dahlin to entry-level dealBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Sabres have signed top draft pick Rasmus Dahlin to a three-year, entry-level contract.Buffalo selected the 18-year-old defenseman from Sweden with the first pick in last month's draft.The signing was announced by the team Monday. Terms...

AP Hockey WriterBlues, Ducks must respond at home to even 2nd-round seriesBy GREG BEACHAMANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) After Nashville and Edmonton took their second-round series openers in remarkably similar fashion, St. Louis and Anaheim are under pressure to respond in Game 2.Two road teams blew a couple of two-goals...

AP Sports WriterDallas Stars fire Jim Montgomery for unprofessional conductBy SCHUYLER DIXONDALLAS (AP) The Dallas Stars fired second-year coach Jim Montgomery on Tuesday for what the team called unprofessional conduct.General manager Jim Nill said Montgomery had acted inconsistently with ''core values and beliefs of the Dallas Stars and...

AP Hockey WriterBuffalo Sabres fire coach Phil Housley after 2 seasonsBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Sabres fired coach Phil Housley on Sunday following two underperforming seasons and after the team extended its franchise-worst playoff drought to an eighth consecutive year.The team made the move a day...

San Jose's Evander Kane suspended for 1 game for cross-checkNEW YORK (AP) San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane has been suspended for Game 2 against Vegas because of a cross-check to the head of Pierre-Edouard Bellemare.The NHL announced the ban Friday. The league said Kane's second cross-check after...

AP Hockey WriterAll talk, few trades before NHL's expansion roster freezeBy STEPHEN WHYNOMike Smith went from Arizona to Calgary and a couple of defensemen traded places as NHL teams made last-minute moves before the Vegas expansion draft roster freeze.None of those defensemen came from the Minnesota Wild, Ottawa Senators...

AP Sports WriterCaps goalie Lundqvist to miss season with heart conditionBy HOWARD FENDRICHWASHINGTON (AP) Star goalie Henrik Lundqvist will sit out the upcoming NHL season because of a heart condition, announcing the news a little more than two months after joining the Washington Capitals.Lundqvist posted a written statement...