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NHL CalendarBy The Associated Press(All dates set before season was suspended until further notice.)May 8-24 - IIHF World Championship, Zurich/Lausanne, Switzerland, ccd.June 1-6 - NHL scouting combine, Buffalo, N.Y., ppd.June 13 - Last possible day of Stanley Cup Final.June 17 - NHL awards, Las Vegas, ppd.June 26-27 - NHL...

AP Hockey WriterLafrenière tops list of NHL draft-eligible prospectsBy JOHN WAWROWAlexis Lafrenière, as expected, maintained the top spot in the NHL Central Scouting Bureau’s final ranking of draft-eligible prospects released Wednesday.What remains uncertain for the 18-year-old Rimouski Oceanic forward and hundreds of fellow prospects is learning when and by...

AP Hockey WriterLafreniere tops list of NHL draft-eligible prospectsBy JOHN WAWROWIt makes little difference to Alexis Lafreniere when, where or how he’ll learn about being selected in the NHL draft.The 18-year-old from Quebec simply can’t wait to begin the next step of his promising career with thedue to the...

AP Hockey WritersBettman raises chance of NHL not completing regular seasonBy JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNOFor the first time since halting play four weeks ago, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman raised the possibility Tuesday of not completing the regular season in order to squeeze in time to award the Stanley...

Oilers' Cave in medically induced coma after brain bleedBy The Associated PressEdmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave has been placed in a medically induced coma after suffering a brain bleed.The Oilers said Tuesday on their Twitter account that the brain bleed happened overnight and that Cave was in the critical...

NHL CalendarBy The Associated Press(All dates set before season was suspended until further notice.)April 4 - Regular season ends.April 8 - Stanley Cup playoffs begin, ppd.May 8-24 - IIHF World Championship, Zurich/Lausanne, Switzerland, ccd.June 1-6 - NHL scouting combine, Buffalo, N.Y., ppd.June 13 - Last possible day of Stanley...

AP Hockey WritersNHL playoff scenarios run the gamut of where, when and howBy JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNOShorts and skates don’t usually mix. Maintaining NHL-quality ice in August or holding a Stanley Cup Final in September? Those are far from the norm, too.With the NHL playoffs, which were to...

Oilers' Cave out of emergency surgery, remains in comaBy The Associated PressThe Edmonton Oilers say forward Colby Cave is out of emergency surgery after suffering a brain bleed.The team posted on Twitter that doctors removed a colloid cyst that was causing pressure on Cave's brain Tuesday.He remains in a...

AP Sports WriterNew coach using NHL stoppage to study up on his PredatorsBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) John Hynes has only been head coach of the Nashville Predators since early January, so he's trying to make up for some lost time with the NHL paused for the...

AP Hockey WritersNHL playoff scenarios run the gamut of where, when and howBy JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNOShorts and skates don’t usually mix. Maintaining NHL-quality ice in August or holding a Stanley Cup Final in September? Those are far from the norm, too.With the NHL playoffs, which were to...

AP Hockey WritersNHL playoff scenarios run the gamut of where, when and howBy JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNOShorts and skates don’t usually mix. Maintaining NHL-quality ice in August or holding a Stanley Cup Final in September? Those are far from the norm, too.With the NHL playoffs, which were to...

NHL CalendarBy The Associated Press(All dates set before season was suspended until further notice.)April 4 - Regular season ends.April 8 - Stanley Cup playoffs begin.May 8-24 - IIHF World Championship, Zurich/Lausanne, Switzerland, ccd.June 1-6 - NHL scouting combine, Buffalo, N.Y., ppd.June 13 - Last possible day of Stanley Cup...