NHL

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) The New Jersey Devils have signed defenseman David Schlemko to a one-year contract for $625,000.Devils' executive vice president and general manager Ray Shero announced the signing of the free agent on Thursday.Schlemko had a goal and three assists in 44 NHL games with Arizona, Dallas...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) The Arizona Coyotes traded defenseman Brandon Gormley to the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday for defenseman Stefan Elliott.The 23-year-old Gormley appeared in 27 games with the Coyotes last season, finishing with two goals and two assists. He has played in 32 NHL games since Arizona selected...

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...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) The New Jersey Devils have signed free agent forward Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond to a one-year, two-way contract for $575,000 at the NHL level.Devils executive vice president and general manager Ray Shero announced the signing Tuesday.The 30-year-old Letourneau-Leblond spent the past two seasons with Wilkes-Barre Scranton (AHL),...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) The Arizona Coyotes have signed goalie Louis Domingue to a one-year contract.The 23-year-old from Quebec played in seven games with the Coyotes last season, going 1-2-1 with a 2.73 goals-against average.Domingue also played 20 games for Portland of the AHL, where he went 11-6-2 with...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Tampa Bay Lightning backup goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy could be sidelined up to three months after undergoing surgery to remove a blood clot from near his left collarbone.Team vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman said Friday that the 21-year-old Russian was treated for a type...

LOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles Kings' Slava Voynov has been taken into custody by U.S. immigration officials, two months after pleading no contest to a domestic violence charge.The Los Angeles Times reports (http://lat.ms/1VClVsY ) the Russian citizen faces possible deportation. He is being held without bail pending...

KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP) A British Columbia appeals court judge has denied a prosecution request to increase Dallas Stars owner Tom Gaglardi's $140,000 fine for polluting a lake during renovations on his Kamloops vacation property.Gaglardi was found guilty in December on two counts of harmful alteration of a...

CHICAGO (AP) The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a one-year contract with forward Joakim Nordstrom.The 23-year-old Nordstrom appeared in three playoff games as Chicago won its third Stanley Cup in six seasons. He also had three assists in 38 regular-season games.The Blackhawks announced the move on Wednesday. Terms...

ST. LOUIS (AP) The St. Louis Blues have invited forward Scottie Upshall to training camp for a tryout.The 31-year-old Upshall had eight goals and seven assists in 63 games with the Panthers last season.Upshall is a 12-year veteran with previous stints in Columbus, Phoenix, Philadelphia and Nashville. He...

TORONTO (AP) As Connor McDavid was going through his draft year, agent and Hall of Famer Bobby Orr knew his client had to get stronger to play at the NHL level.After a summer of training, McDavid feels as if he has done that, and now he's ready to...

Of Al Arbour's numerous NHL achievements, one stands out to his former coaching colleague and mentor, Scotty Bowman.Upon learning of Arbour's death on Friday, Bowman marveled at how the former New York Islanders coach was capable of winning 740 games and four Stanley Cup championships with just one team.''Nobody...