NHL

Red Wings agree to terms with Tatar on $21.2M, 4-year dealDETROIT (AP) The Detroit Red Wings have agreed to terms with winger Tomas Tatar on a $21.2 million, four-year contract.The 26-year-old Czech native led Detroit with 25 goals last season and also had 21 assist for 46 points....

NEW YORK (AP) The NHL has changed how it lets young kids attend special events such as its All-Star Game. The league says in a statement Thursday spectators younger than 3 years old can sit in the lap of a fan with a ticket, starting with this season's Winter Classic...

Associated PressHockey commentator Don Cherry fired for rant over immigrantsBy ROB GILLIESTORONTO (AP) Don Cherry, Canada's most polarizing, flamboyant and opinionated hockey commentator, was fired Monday for calling immigrants ''you people'' in a television rant in which he said new immigrants are not honoring the country's fallen soldiers.Rogers...

AP Hockey WriterSlashing crackdown, infusion of youth boost NHL scoringBy STEPHEN WHYNOThe nets aren't bigger, the goaltenders aren't smaller and yet scoring is up significantly around the NHL.Through the first two months of the season, goals are up more than 12 percent from the same time a year ago,...

Associated PressPavelski helps Stars chase Lundqvist, beat Rangers 5-3By DENIS P. GORMANNEW YORK (AP) Joe Pavelski scored power-play goals 16 seconds apart, Stephen Johns and Blake Comeau helped chase Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist and the Dallas Stars beat New York 5-3 Monday night.Johns and Comeau scored 4:04 apart...

AP Hockey WriterNathan MacKinnon wins Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanshipBy STEPHEN WHYNOEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon has won the Lady Byng Trophy given for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with strong play.The NHL announced MacKinnon as the winner of the award Friday. He finished ahead of Toronto's...

Gagner heads back to Oilers; Canucks deal him for SpoonerVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) The Vancouver Canucks have acquired center Ryan Spooner, sending Sam Gagner back to the Edmonton Oilers.Vancouver is the third NHL stop this season for Spooner, who has also played for the New York Rangers and...

CHICAGO (AP) - One lucky bounce.It might not sound like much of a strategy for playing sudden-death hockey, but patience has kept the Chicago Blackhawks perfect in overtime this postseason.They've now gone into extra time four times and won them all, including a 5-4 decision Saturday night that marked...

AP Hockey WriterKucherov making plenty of points for NHL's MVP considerationBy JOHN WAWROWConnor McDavid knows better than to risk making end-of-season NHL award projections.Through no fault of his own, the Edmonton Oilers captain was not included among last year's three MVP candidates, causing a stir back home. So McDavid...

NEW YORK (AP) - It took 141 regular-season games and one extra day for Rick Nash to get his first hat trick with the New York Rangers.A little help from the NHL official scorer on Christmas Eve made it so.About 12 hours after the Rangers beat the Washington Capitals...

Stars honor slain Dallas officers before, during NHL openerDALLAS (AP) The Stars honored five officers slain in downtown Dallas this summer, wearing decals of their badges on their helmets during a season-opening 4-2 win Thursday night.Family members of two of the slain officers, Dallas police Sgt. Michael Smith...

Associated PressGolden Knights promote McCrimmon to GM, retain McPheeBy W.G. RAMIREZLAS VEGAS (AP) When Kelly McCrimmon took a phone call from George McPhee in January 2016, little did either one know how much their relationship would impact the National Hockey League and arguably one of the fastest growing...