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Associated PressEichel scores twice, Sabres top Blues 5-2By JONAH BRONSTEINBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Sabres are following Jack Eichel’s lead and starting to find some consistency in their play.Eichel scored two goals to extend his NHL-leading point streak to 14 games, and the Sabres beat the St. Louis...

AP Hockey WriterSabres sign Victor Olofsson to 2-year, $6.1 million contractBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Sabres avoided an arbitration hearing by signing forward Victor Olofsson to a two-year, $6.1 million contract on Thursday.Olofsson was a restricted free agent and coming off a season in which he...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) Slumping Colorado forward Jarome Iginla experimented with a new stick at practice Monday. Anything to ignite a team that's constantly winding up on the short end of one this season. The Avs have accumulated a league-worst 19 points through 23 games in coach Jared Bednar's first season...

Catfish tosser says he was 'dumb redneck with a bad idea'PITTSBURGH (AP) A Tennessee man is calling himself a ''dumb redneck with a bad idea'' after police filed charges against him for throwing a catfish onto the rink in Pittsburgh during the opening of the Stanley Cup Final.Police...

AP Sports WriterNashville helps Preds' celebrate history with 1st Cup FinalBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The town known as Music City sure knows how to throw a party, and thousands of people turned out to mark a bit of history Saturday night as Nashville hosted the first...

Life sentence for killing stemming from Devils hat commentPHILADELPHIA (AP) A man convicted of stabbing another man to death near a popular Philadelphia park because of a comment about the killer's New Jersey Devils hat has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.Forty-two-year-old Steven...

Blackhawks loan Kirby Dach to Canadian junior teamCALGARY, Alberta (AP) The Chicago Blackhawks loaned center Kirby Dach to the Canadian junior hockey team Thursday.Hockey Canada said if the NHL season starts before the world junior championship in Edmonton ends Jan. 5, Dach will return to the Blackhawks.Dach will...

Buffalo Sabres defenseman Andrej Sekera has been ruled out against the Florida Panthers on Sunday because of a lower body injury. Coach Lindy Ruff said before the game that Sekera will miss at least a few days and potentially longer. Sekera was hurt Saturday, when he was struck in the leg...

AP Sports WriterLas Vegas hires McCrimmon as assistant GMBy STEPHEN WHYNOThe Las Vegas expansion NHL team has done what Mike Babcock and the Toronto Maple Leafs couldn't.Las Vegas has yet to play, let alone win, a game, but the franchise succeeded in convincing junior hockey mainstay Kelly McCrimmon to...

AP Hockey WriterJets' Laine evolves from sublime scorer to all-around playerBy STEPHEN WHYNOPatrik Laine tossed sports drinks to his teammates in the locker room and received plenty of barbs in return.Laine led the Winnipeg Jets with 44 goals last season, but on this day in practice he was on...

AP Hockey WriterOvechkin, Capitals return home still seeking an identityBy STEPHEN WHYNOARLINGTON, Va. (AP) The first month of the NHL season taught the Washington Capitals that they can't simply repeat their success of the past two seasons.Depleted of their depth by offseason departures and injuries, the Capitals stayed...

Goalie Ryan Miller, 40, re-signs with Anaheim DucksANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Goalie Ryan Miller is returning to the Anaheim Ducks with a one-year, $1 million contract.The Ducks announced the deal Wednesday night to re-sign the 40-year-old Miller, who will be back for his fourth season as John Gibson's backup.Miller...