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Golden Knights sign Russian forward Vadim ShipachyovLAS VEGAS (AP) The expansion Vegas Golden Knights have signed free-agent Russian forward Vadim Shipachyov to a two-year, $9 million contract.General manager George McPhee announced the deal Thursday night.The 30-year-old Shipachyov had 26 goals and 50 assists in 50 games this season...

Ducks D Sami Vatanen is late scratch for Game 2 vs FlamesANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Ducks defenseman Sami Vatanen was a late scratch from Game 2 of Anaheim's first-round playoff series with the Calgary Flames.Korbinian Holzer made his NHL playoff debut Saturday night in place of Vatanen, who has...

Washington 2 0 2 1-5Columbus 0 2 2 0-4First Period-1, Washington, Ward 10 (Fehr, Alzner), 9:51. 2, Washington, Chimera 3 (Latta, Orpik), 19:22.Second Period-3, Columbus, Johnson 3 (Foligno, Wisniewski), 8:48 (pp). 4, Columbus, Foligno 15 (Connauton, Johansen), 11:57 (pp).Third Period-5, Columbus,...

CHICAGO (AP) The Blackhawks have recalled forward Bryan Bickell from Rockford of the American Hockey League.The physical winger was sent down Nov. 2 after he had no points in his first seven games of the season with Chicago. The 29-year-old Bickell had seven goals and seven assists in...

NHL CalendarMarch 2-4 - General managers meeting, Boca Raton, Fla.April 4 - Regular season ends.April 8 - Stanley Cup playoffs begin.May 8-24 - IIHF World Championship, Zurich/Lausanne, Switzerland.June 1-6 - NHL scouting combine, Buffalo, N.Y.June 13 - Last possible day of Stanley Cup Final.June 17 - NHL awards, Las...

AP Sports WriterLandeskog helps Avs beat Golden Knights in shootout 2-1By PAT GRAHAMDENVER (AP) Gabriel Landeskog beat Marc Andre-Fleury with a nifty move in the shootout and the Colorado Avalanche kept expansion Vegas from clinching a playoff spot by beating the Golden Knights 2-1 on Saturday.Semyon Varlamov stopped...

AP Sports WriterBruins will bring back Bruce Cassidy as head coachBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) The Boston Bruins are bringing Bruce Cassidy back next season, dropping the interim tag from his title as a reward for leading the team back to the playoffs for the first time in three...

Varlamov sick and questionable for big game against FlyersDENVER (AP) Colorado Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov is sick and may not start a pivotal game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.Varlamov has appeared in 21 straight games for the Avalanche, who are in the midst of a heated...

Wild captain Koivu's long run comes to an end in MinnesotaST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Mikko Koivu's extraordinary career with the Minnesota Wild is over.General manager Bill Guerin said Friday the team will not resign the 37-year-old Finn, whose contract is expiring.Koivu is the only full-time captain the club...

AP Hockey WritersNHL pushes back timeline on potential resumption of seasonBy STEPHEN WHYNO and JOHN WAWROWDon't count on hockey being played any time soon.The NHL significantly pushed back its timeline of when it can potentially resume playing by several weeks, if not a month or more, as a result...

AP Hockey WriterNHL names ex-enforcer Parros to run player safetyBy STEPHEN WHYNONEW YORK (AP) George Parros, the bushy-mustachioed Princeton man who spent almost a decade as an NHL enforcer, is now in charge of the league's player safety department.After a career in which he fought 159 times and...

AP Hockey WriterNHL GMs call for change on goalie interference challengesBy STEPHEN WHYNOCoach's challenges for goaltender interference and the ensuing arguments aren't going away.There will just be a new place to direct the complaints.With the goal of refining the consistency of goalie interference challenges, NHL general managers on Wednesday...