Edmonton Oilers goalie Nikolai Khabibulin has been sentenced to 30 days in jail stemming from his Arizona drunken-driving conviction.
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With his family seated in front of him, former Detroit Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios announced his retirement after 26 seasons in the NHL on Tuesday at Joe Louis Arena.
Defenseman Chris Chelios, here with the Red Wings in 2006, finishes his NHL career with 948 points in 1,651 games.
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A top official of the National Hockey League Players' Association denied reports Thursday that Donald Fehr, the former leader of baseball's players' union, accepted an offer to take the top job at the NHLPA.
Donald Fehr, former head of the baseball players association, has been serving as an unpaid consultant to the NHLPA since November.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed American forward Jerry D'Amigo, a sixth-round draft pick who has created first-round buzz because of his speed and rapid development.
American forward Jerry D'Amigo is generating a lot of hype in Toronto because of his speed and rapid development.
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Ilya Kovalchuk is back on the free agent market, and talking already.
An arbitrator ruled Monday that the NHL acted correctly in voiding Kovalchuk's landmark $102 million contract with the Devils.
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Free agents Kim Johnsson, Willie Mitchell and Mike Mottau were all 20-minute NHL defensemen last season, and none has a new contract for next season. Paul Kariya also hasn't found work, nor have Bill Guerin and Lee Stempniak, who had 21 and 28 goals, respectively, last season.
Financial considerations led the Blackhawks to part company with goalie Antti Niemi, stopping a puck during Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Flyers.
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Mike Modano will join the Red Wings, the Free Press has learned.
Mike Modano, a native of suburban Detroit, played his first 20 years in the NHL with the Stars franchise in Minnesota and Dallas.
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Florida Panthers general manager Dale Tallon has been spending his days looking for a new defenseman, size up the middle and another gritty player or two.
Panthers GM Dale Tallon will spend the next four days competing in the U.S. Senior Open in Sammamish, Wash. He has called it his "biggest thrill in golf."
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The NHL Players Association filed a grievance Monday challenging the NHL's rejection of the New Jersey Devils' 17-year, $102 million contract with high-scoring winger Ilya Kovalchuk.
Ilya Kovalchuk's contract, rejected by the NHL last week, will go before an arbitrator.
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Vancouver Canucks defenseman Sami Salo has torn his Achilles' tendon and is out indefinitely.
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The NHL Players Association said Wednesday that it was reviewing its options after the league rejected the New Jersey Devils' 17-year, $102 million contract with winger Ilya Kovalchuk.
Ilya Kovalchuk was introduced Tuesday as a career-long Devil, but that's in limbo after the league rejected his contract terms.
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Their skates and sticks were two miles away, back at the arena. The equipment for the group of Minnesota Wild prospects this evening? An apron and a kitchen utensil or two.
Minnesota Wild hockey players Cody Almond, left, and Tyler Cuma discuss the next step in their menu after marinating chicken during a cooking class during a break in the team's development camp in St. Paul.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired speedy winger Simon Gagne from the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday for defenseman Matt Walker and a fourth-round pick.
Simon Gagne is congratulated by teammates after scoring the game-winner that completed the Flyers' comeback from a 3-0 series and 3-0 Game 7 deficit against the Bruins in the second round of the playoffs.
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Unlike the NBA's LeBron James, the biggest prize on the NHL free agent market isn't moving.
Ilya Kovalchuk had 41 goals and 44 assists last season, when he split time between Atlanta and New Jersey.
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This time, Minnesota Wild fans don't have to fret about losing the franchise player.
The seven-year deal will keep Mikko Koivu, the Wild's first-round pick in 2001, with the team through the 2017-18 season.
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The San Jose Sharks signed Chicago Blackhawks restricted free agent defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson to a four-year, $14 million offer sheet on Friday.
Chicago's Niklas Hjalmarsson, right, defending against Philadelphia's Mike Richards in the Stanley Cup Final, was given an offer sheet by the San Jose Sharks.
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Steve Yzerman once famously celebrated Bob Probert's victory in a fight in 1992 by mimicking Tie Domi with a heavyweight belt gesture from the bench.
Mourners pay their respects as Bob Probert's casket leaves Windsor Christian Fellowship church on a motorcycle sidecar after a memorial service for the late NHL enforcer.
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When the NHL free agent signing period started at 12:01 p.m. ET Thursday, the stampede to sign defensemen was like hockey's version of a gold rush.
Defenseman Zbynek Michalek left the Coyotes and signed a five-year, $20 million deal with the Penguins. "The surprise was how quickly everything happened," Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello said of the free agent stampede.
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When the Edmonton Oilers finally announced that winger Taylor Hall was the No. 1 draft choice, they conceded that the Taylor vs. Tyler debate was a no-contest.
Top three picks Erik Gudbranson, Taylor Hall and Tyler Seguin show off their draft positions.
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NHL owners unanimously agreed Thursday to penalize blindside hits to the head with major penalties and ejections.
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The Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings could celebrate the first NHL draft held in Southern California by harvesting talent from their backyard.
Emerson Etem, of Long Beach, Calif., is interviewed during an availability session atop LALive in downtown Los Angeles. He and fellow native Californian Beau Bennett could go in the first round.
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The Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks dealt playoff star Dustin Byfuglien along with defenseman Brent Sopel and forward Ben Eager to the Atlanta Thrashers for a package of draft picks and players.
Dustin Byfuglien, who played a crucial role for the Blackhawks in their run to the Stanley Cup title, was shipped to the Thrashers to clear salary cap space.
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Vancouver Canucks center Henrik Sedin was backstage Wednesday night in Las Vegas with the winners of the last three Hart Trophies, Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby.
Vancouver Canucks center Henrik Sedin won the Hart Trophy as league MVP after winning the scoring race with 112 points.
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The Nashville Predators sent captain and center Jason Arnott to the New Jersey Devils, one of his former teams, for prospect right wing Matt Halischuk and a second-round draft pick in the 2011 draft.
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The NHL's competition committee has recommended that the league's referees will be given the power to hand out major penalties for hits to the head next season.
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