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The Buffalo Sabres have agreed to terms with forward Matt Ellis to a two-year, two-way contract on Wednesday.

Defenseman Jordie Benn has signed a three-year contract to remain with the Dallas Stars, the team announced Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Benn, 25, had six points (one goal) in 26 games for Dallas in 2...

The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed goaltender Cedrick Desjardins and defenseman Matt Taormina, the team announced Wednesday. Each player was given a one-year, two-way contract. Desjardins, 27, appeared in three games...

TORONTO - Steve Spott has resigned as head coach and GM of the Ontario Hockey League's Kitchener Rangers to reportedly take an AHL coaching position. Multiple media reports say Spott will be named the new head coach of t...

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There is absolutely nothing wrong with signing Vincent Lecavalier to a five-year, $22.5 million contract. In fact, the reported deal the former Tampa Bay Lightning star signed with the Philadelphia Flyers could be accura...

The two day negotiating window has opened for NHL free agency, and plenty of big names are lining the market. The Philadelphia Flyers struck early with a five-year $22.5 million agreement with free agent center Vincent L...

(AP) -- In a scramble by NHL teams to free space under the salary cap before the start of free agency, five veteran players were placed on unconditional waivers on Wednesday.

GLENDALE, Ariz. - The Phoenix Coyotes' bid to find stability dragged on for four years and stretched for four more tense hours as the Glendale City Council debated on a lease agreement with a group trying to buy the team...

Alex Ovechkin is an NHL first-team All-Star for the sixth time, but his first as a right wing.

The Florida Panthers will buy out the final year of the contract of defenseman Filip Kuba, Bob McKenzie of TSN reported. The report states the Panthers will use a traditional buyout, rather than a compliance buyout, on K...

The Coyotes will be staying in the Valley of the Sun, pending NHL approval of a new arena management deal between the City of Glendale and a company which intends to purchase the struggling franchise.

The St. Louis Blues and defenseman Jordan Leopold have agreed to terms on a two-year contract, the team announced Wednesday.

Andre Burakovsky, taken by the Washington Capitals with the 23rd pick of the 2013 NHL Draft, was selected Wednesday by the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League with the fifth pick of the Canadian Hockey League Import...

The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday that Los Angeles Kings center Jarret Stoll suffered a seizure in his home Wednesday morning and was taken to the hospital. He is expected to be released later Wednesday after havi...

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Russia's Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals earned his sixth selection to the National Hockey League All-Star first team when voting was announced on Wednesday.

Alex Ovechkin was not only voted a first team all-star on right wing, but mistakenly was voted to the second team on left wing, which nearly cost Hall

The Minnesota Wild placed defenseman Tom Gilbert on unconditional waivers Wednesday, planning to use one of their two compliance buyouts available should Gilbert clear waivers on Thursday. Gilbert would become an unrestr...

Rick DiPietro is now a former New York Islanders goalie after he cleared waivers and had his long contract bought out by the team.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - An Islanders team official confirmed that the team will buy out the remaining eight years of oft-injured goalie Rick DiPietro's contract. The 31-year-old DiPietro, the No. 1 pick in the 2000 NHL draft, w...