NHL

AP Sports WriterAgent: Charges against Sabres' O'Reilly droppedBy STEPHEN WHYNOThe agent for Ryan O'Reilly confirmed that charges against the Buffalo Sabres forward have been dropped stemming from an impaired driving incident last year.Pat Morris tells The Associated Press in an email that Canadian prosecutors found there was not enough...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The NHL trade deadline was just days away when everything changed for the Chicago Blackhawks. Patrick Kane broke his left collarbone in a win over Florida, and general manager Stan Bowman had to make some difficult choices in a hurry.While paying a steep price for...

AP Sports WriterDaly: NHL adding more concussion spotters for this seasonBy STEPHEN WHYNOWASHINGTON (AP) The NHL is overhauling its concussion monitoring system.Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said the league will have four concussion spotters watching all games from a centralized location in either Toronto or New York, as well...

AP Sports WriterDaly: NHL adding more concussion spotters for this seasonBy STEPHEN WHYNOWASHINGTON (AP) The NHL is revamping its concussion monitoring system for the upcoming season.Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly says the league will have four concussion spotters watching all games from a centralized location in either Toronto or...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Columbus Blue Jackets have waived backup goalie Curtis McElhinney after a disastrous weekend performance. To replace McElhinney, Columbus recalled 24-year-old Anton Forsberg from the Cleveland Monsters of the AHL. If the 33-year-old McElhinney clears waivers, he'll be sent to Cleveland. McElhinney was in goal on Saturday night...

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...