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GM: F Beleskey unlikely to re-sign with Ducks

The cap for the 2015-16 season will increase to $71.4 million.

NHL players voice support for Vegas expansion

LAS VEGAS -- A change to the overtime format and the expansion of video replay to include a coach's challenge were approved by the NHL Board of Governors on Wednesday. The change in overtime will see the League go to a 3...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The NHL is officially exploring expansion. Commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday that the league is opening an expansion review process to consider whether to add new franchises to its 30-team league...

NHL will begin accepting expansion bids in July.

LAS VEGAS -- The National Hockey League Board of Governors today authorized the undertaking of a formal process to evaluate expressions of interest from markets and ownership groups interested in obtaining NHL clubs. To ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The NHL's board of governors has given the green light to opening a formal expansion process. A source says commissioner Gary Bettman will announce the decision at an afternoon news conference in Las Ve...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - This week, Las Vegas hopes to shine bright as the centre of the hockey universe. With expansion buzz impossible to ignore, Sin City welcomes the NHL this week for yet another awards show. But most impor...

LAS VEGAS -- The National Hockey League announced today the order of the presentation for tonight's 2015 NHL Awards. Hosted by actor and comedian Rob Riggle and featuring a performance from rock band Daughtry, the 2015 N...

COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed goaltender Curtis McElhinney to a two-year contract extension through the 2016-17 season, club General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced today. As is club policy, t...

Rumblings: Isles have openings to fill

NEW YORK - The National Hockey League today announced the home openers for all 30 clubs for the 2015-16 regular season. The League's complete 1,230-game schedule will be released tomorrow - Thursday, June 25 - at 10 a.m....

The Montreal Canadiens made masterful moves to ensure their No. 1 NHL draft pick in 1971 would be teen phenom Guy Lafleur: an SI Vault feature.

Connor McDavid could make his NHL debut Oct. 8 in St. Louis as the Edmonton Oilers open next season at the Blues. Assuming the prospective first pick is healthy, McDavid will play his first game at Rexall Place Oct. 15 a...

The Boston Bruins and Coyotes are rumored to be in talks for a trade for Arizona's third pick in the NHL Draft.

TORONTO - Singer Keshia Chante has scored a spot on "Hockey Wives." W Network says she and Rhianna Weaver have joined the cast of the docu-series' second season, which is slated to premiere this fall. Chante, a Juno-winn...

The Pittsburgh Penguins plan to sign Russian forward Sergei Plotnikov when free agency begins on July 1, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Plotnikov, 25, has played six seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League,...

Los Angles Kings forward Jarret Stoll has been charged with felony drug possession and could face four years in prison if convicted. The Clark County (Nevada) district attorney's office stated that Stoll has been charged...

The NHL?s Board of Governors will vote to change the overtime format next season to 3-on-3 for five minutes

The league's general managers and the players' association agreed to change its regular-season overtime period from four on four.

LAS VEGAS -- New York Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said on Tuesday that the latest report he received from team doctors revealed that forward Mats Zuccarello is progressing well in his recovery from a brain contusion an...