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AP Hockey Writer2-time Cup-winner Versteeg retires after 11 NHL seasonsBy JOHN WAWROWTwo-time Stanley Cup-winning forward Kris Versteeg is retiring after 11 NHL seasons.The 33-year-old announced his decision through the NHL Players' Association on Tuesday, and after ending this season playing with his brother, Mitch, with Slovakia's HK Nitra.Versteeg was...

Associated PressGolden Knights' inaugural season more than Cup for some fansBy W.G. RAMIREZLAS VEGAS (AP) Aaron and Rhonda Hawley never truly embraced how much the Vegas Golden Knights meant to them until late in the season.On March 29, their 17-year-old daughter Brooke and two classmates were killed in...

AP Hockey WriterIslanders hire Trotz as coach fresh off winning Stanley CupBy STEPHEN WHYNODALLAS (AP) Barry Trotz has gone from lifting the Stanley Cup with the Washington Capitals to coaching the New York Islanders in just two weeks.Islanders president of hockey operations Lou Lamoriello hired Trotz on Thursday,...

Associated PressIslanders come from behind to beat Sabres 3-2 in OTBy DENIS P. GORMANNEW YORK (AP) Mathew Barzal scored 1:08 into overtime to give the New York Islanders a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.New York has won three of five to improve to 20-13-4....

The Latest: Sharks score late in 3rd to tie Game 2PITTSBURGH (AP) The Latest on Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final between the San Jose Sharks and Pittsburgh Penguins (all times local):---10:45 p.m.The San Jose Sharks pulled into a 1-1 tie with the Pittsburgh Penguins at 15:55...

AP Sports WriterTampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov wins Hart, Lindsay at NHL AwardsBy GREG BEACHAMLAS VEGAS (AP) Nikita Kucherov gratefully accepted the Hart Trophy and the Ted Lindsay Award on Wednesday night in recognition of his spectacular 128-point regular season in Tampa Bay.He might even be able to enjoy...

CHICAGO (AP) Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith will be sidelined for four to six weeks after he had right knee surgery on Tuesday.Keith, a two-time Norris Trophy winner, has two assists in six games this season. The team says he had a meniscal tear repaired.The loss of Keith, who...

Associated PressGoligoski stays hot as Coyotes top Sharks, 2-1By GIDEON RUBINSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) The NHL's worst team isn't letting a lousy record get them down.Alex Goligoski scored in his third straight game to help the Arizona Coyotes beat the San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Tuesday night.Goligoski, who...

AP Sports WriterLightning top Avs in OT for franchise-best 11th straight winBy ARNIE STAPLETONDENVER (AP) Things are going so well for the Tampa Bay Lightning that the they're starting to judge the quality of their wins.''I don't know. I don't think we played well today ... We have...

The Latest: Capitals' Stanley Cup parade rolls in capitalWASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on the Washington Capitals' Stanley Cup parade (all times local):11 a.m.The caravan is on the move for the start of the Washington Capitals' first Stanley Cup parade.More than 40 vehicles - buses and convertibles carrying players...

Associated PressPanthers beat struggling Red Wings 4-3 in shootoutBy PAUL HARRISDETROIT (AP) Jonathan Huberdeau scored the only goal in a shootout to give the Florida Panthers a 4-3 comeback win over the struggling Detroit Red Wings on Monday night.Jared McCann, Henrik Borgstrom and Jayce Hawryluk scored in the...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Mike Amendola is out as the Carolina Hurricanes' chief financial officer.Team spokesman Kyle Hanlin said Thursday night that Amendola is no longer with the company.Amendola was the team's longest-tenured front-office employee, joining the organization in 1981 when the franchise was in Hartford, Connecticut.He was in...