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St. Louis Blues captain David Backes is seeking a contract extension.

Team Finland roster projections

Kieffer Bellows and Matthew Tkachuk, two of the top prospects for the 2016 NHL Draft, will lead opposing teams at the CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game. The game, which will feature 42 of the top draft-eligible ...

Uni Watch: Cespedes, others flashing neon

Bruins owner donates $30M to Buffalo university

Emile Francis, retired NHL goaltender, coach and executive, will be honored with the Wayne Gretzky International Award at the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony Dec. 17 in Boston, USA Hockey announced Monday. Es...

Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy did light skating in full pads Monday for the first time since Sept. 3 surgery to remove a blood clot near his left collarbone, the Tampa Bay Times reported. "I feel good...

Rumblings: Ryder Cup-format tourney could come midseason 2017-18

Rumblings: Expansion decision unlikely to come this month

Veteran center Derek Roy has been invited to Washington Capitals training camp on a professional tryout contract, the Capitals announced Sunday. "I think he is a guy that as he has gotten older here you can move around t...

Rumblings: League instituting independent concussion spotters for all 30 arenas

When the Montreal Canadiens took Michael McCarron in the first round of the 2013 draft, the six-foot-five 230-pound winger had the size the organization was looking for. Then in his first season with the Ontario Hockey L...

Dallas Stars forwards Jamie Benn and Ales Hemsky are on schedule as they recover from offseason hip surgery, general manager Jim Nill said Monday, and in a best-case scenario they might return to action by the end of the...

Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray, who's battling Stage 4 colon cancer, told the Ottawa Sun on Sunday he will speak with owner Eugene Melnyk about his future when the time is right. Murray's contract with the ...

QUEBEC CITY, Que. - The Quebec Remparts were determined not to start their season with two-straight losses at home. Massimo Carozza scored a hat trick and Matthew Boucher added the winner in overtime as the Remparts rall...

PENTICTON, British Columbia -- Connor McDavid will not play in the Edmonton Oilers' finale against the Winnipeg Jets at the Young Stars tournament on Monday. "Relatively early on I made that decision," Oilers general man...