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Canucks' Edler bloodied, carted off after face-first fallPHILADELPHIA (AP) Vancouver Canucks defenseman Alexander Edler was taken for X-rays after being bloodied and carted off on a stretcher during a game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night.Edler crashed face-first to the ice midway through the third period of...

AP Sports WriterParise: 'Games were hard to play' while Wild talked tradeBy DAVE CAMPBELLST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) For the past week, Zach Parise was carrying some extra weight with him around the ice: The Minnesota Wild were actively talking about trading him.Now that the deadline has passed, relieving...

AP Sports WriterSummer's over; Champion Penguins warily eye "Three-peat"By WILL GRAVESCRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) A month. That's it. That's all the down time Sidney Crosby afforded himself following one of the more dominant runs in hockey history.At the end of an equal parts thrilling and draining two-year stretch...

AP Hockey WriterNo. 1 pick Dahlin hits the ice upon arriving in BuffaloBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Rasmus Dahlin wasn't kidding about how hockey has become his sole obsession.No more than an hour after completing his introductory news conference in Buffalo on Monday, the NHL's No. 1 overall...

AP Sports WriterPenguins' Crosby to return from 2-month absence against WildBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Sidney Crosby is back.The Pittsburgh Penguins captain will be in the lineup on Tuesday night when Pittsburgh faces Minnesota. Crosby hasn't played since undergoing abdominal surgery on Nov. 14.The Penguins have thrived in spite...

Sharks' Pavelski unlikely for Game 1 after scary injurySAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) San Jose Sharks captain Joe Pavelski is unlikely to play Game 1 in the second round of the playoffs against Colorado after being knocked out and bloodied in the first-round clincher.Coach Peter DeBoer said Thursday that...

AP Hockey WriterAnother early exit plunges Capitals into offseason of changeBy STEPHEN WHYNOARLINGTON, Va. (AP) The aftermath of the Washington Capitals' all-too-familiar early playoff exit has an unfamiliar feeling this time.No longer could players fall back on learning from the latest loss , in seven games in the...

Police: Drowning of NHL goalie Ray Emery not suspiciousHAMILTON, Ontario (AP) The drowning of former NHL goalie Ray Emery does not appear suspicious, police said.The 35-year-old player whose career spanned 11 seasons drowned in Hamilton Harbour on Sunday.He jumped off a boat near the Leander Boat Club to...

AP Sports WriterResilient Penguins head home with momentum as Game 5 loomsBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) The situation looked dire.On the road.Down a game.Starting a goalie that hadn't been on the ice for an opening faceoff in nearly six weeks.Yet the Pittsburgh Penguins responded the way they've always responded...

AP Sports WriterQuinn: Rangers' job is an 'opportunity I could not pass up'By VIN A. CHERWOONEW YORK (AP) David Quinn had been contacted by other NHL teams in recent years, and chose to remain at Boston University. When the New York Rangers came calling, it was different.As talks...

AP Hockey WriterCapitals promote Reirden to head coach to replace TrotzBy STEPHEN WHYNOARLINGTON, Va. (AP) When Barry Trotz resigned, the Washington Capitals didn't even bother with a coaching search.There was only one candidate and he got the job.Top assistant Todd Reirden will take over the Stanley Cup-champion Capitals,...

Predators' playoff drive forces venue change for CMT AwardsNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Nashville Predators' playoff drive is resulting in a change of venue for the annual CMT Music Awards.CMT announced Tuesday that the June 7 telecast of its awards show will take place at Nashville's Music City Center...