Aug. 23-26 - World Hockey Summit, Toronto. Sept. 17 - Training camps open. Sept. 21 - Preseason games begin. Oct. 7 - Regular-season begins. Oct. 7-10 - NHL Premiere Games, at Helsinki, Finland (Carolina vs. Minnesota); Prague, Czech Republic...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -The Anaheim Ducks traded defenseman Steve Eminger to the New York Rangers on Friday for left wing Aaron Voros and minor leaguer Ryan Hillier. The Rangers will be the sixth team in the last four seasons for Eminger, a seven-...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -The Philadelphia Flyers have signed free agent forward Nikolai Zherdev (NIH-koh-ligh ZHAIR-dehv) to a one-year contract. Zherdev had 39 points in 52 games with Atlant-Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League in 2009-10. Flyers ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -The Anaheim Ducks have traded defenseman Steve Eminger to the New York Rangers for left wing Aaron Voros and minor leaguer Ryan Hillier. Eminger was a disappointment in his only season with Anaheim, scoring 16 points in 63 ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -The San Jose Sharks signed Chicago Blackhawks restricted free agent defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson to a four-year, $14 million offer sheet on Friday. The Blackhawks have seven days to match the offer. If they choose not to ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -The San Jose Sharks have signed Chicago Blackhawks restricted free agent defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson (JAHL-muhr-suhn) to a four-year, $14 million offer sheet. The Sharks announced the deal on Friday. The Blackhawks have...

The New York Rangers made one step toward solidifying their defense for the 2010-11 season by signing Dan Girardi to a new contract and avoiding an arbitration hearing. Details of the contract were not disclosed. A restricted free agent, the 26...

BOSTON (AP) -The Boston Bruins have re-signed defenseman Mark Stuart to a one-year contract. Stuart had two goals and five assists in 56 games for the Bruins last year before being sidelined by a broken left pinky finger that later became infect...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -In the year since he retired from the NHL, former Vancouver Canucks captain Markus Naslund has had a chance to reflect on his career. During his 15-year career, Naslund wore the uniforms of three clubs, but the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -Right wing Eric Fehr has signed a $4.4 million, two-year contract to stay with the Washington Capitals. The 24-year-old Fehr set career highs with 21 goals and 18 assists last season for the Presidents' Trophy-winning Capitals, ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -In the year since he retired from the NHL, former Vancouver Canucks captain Markus Naslund has had a chance to reflect on his career. During his 15-year career, Naslund wore the uniforms of three clubs, but the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -The Buffalo Sabres have re-signed veteran free agent goalie Patrick Lalime to a one-year contract. The 36-year-old has spent the past two seasons with the Sabres as Ryan Miller's backup. He went 4-8-2 for the Sabres last seas...

ATLANTA (AP) -John Torchetti has left the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks to serve as associate coach under Atlanta Thrashers coach Craig Ramsay. The 45-year-old Torchetti has been an assistant with Tampa Bay, Florida, Los Angeles and Ch...

Anyone who wants to see Mike Fisher play hockey can buy a ticket to an Ottawa Senators game, but not even a majority of the guests at his upcoming wedding seem to know where the event will be taking place. According to a report on CTV Ottawa, t...

SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has re-signed left wing Robbie Earl to a one-year, two-way contract. Earl was an unrestricted free agent. &n...

The Kings found themselves out of the Ilya Kovalchuk sweepstakes again almost as quickly as they had re-entered talks on Wednesday. By the close of business that day, Los Angeles said "thanks, but no thanks" to the high-scoring Russia...

Aug. 23-26 - World Hockey Summit, Toronto. Sept. 17 - Training camps open. Sept. 21 - Preseason games begin. Oct. 7 - Regular-season begins. Oct. 7-10 - NHL Premiere Games, at Helsinki, Finland (Carolina vs. Minnesota); Prague, Czech Republic...

TORONTO (AP) -The Toronto Maple Leafs signed unrestricted free-agent defenseman Brett Lebda to a two-year contract Wednesday. The 28-year-old native of Buffalo Grove, Ill., had one goal and seven assists in 63 games with Detroit last season. Le...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -The San Jose Sharks have signed free agent defenseman Jay Leach to a one-year contract. The team announced the deal Wednesday. The deal is a two-way contract that reportedly will pay Leach $500,000 when he is in the NHL. ...

ATLANTA (AP) -Forward Eric Boulton, the Atlanta Thrashers' career leader in penalty minutes, has re-signed with the team. The 33-year-old Boulton had eight points and a team-leading 113 penalty minutes in 62 games last season. He became the fran...

WILMINGTON, Mass. (AP) -Tyler Seguin sped straight ahead, quickly shifted the puck to his backhand and flipped it over the goalie's right shoulder and into the net. From the packed stands, the chants came: "SAY-gihn, SAY-gihn, SAY-gihn." The se...

PITTSBURGH (AP) -The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed defenseman Andrew Hutchinson to a two-way contract that will pay him $500,000 if he plays in the NHL next season. The 30-year-old Hutchinson has 135 games of NHL experience with Dallas, Tampa ...

WILMINGTON, Mass. (AP) -Tyler Seguin sped straight at the net, quickly shifted the puck to his backhand and flipped it over the goalie's right shoulder for a goal. From the packed stands, fans who attended the first skating session of the Boston...

DENVER (AP) -Restricted free agent forward Brandon Yip, who led all rookies in goals per game last season, has signed a two-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche. Yip was recalled by the Avs on Dec. 18 and finished with 11 goals and 19 point...

DETROIT (AP) -The Detroit Red Wings have re-signed forward Patrick Eaves to a one-year contract. Terms were not disclosed Wednesday. Eaves had 12 goals and 22 assists in 65 games for the Red Wings last season, his first with the franchise. Eave...

WASHINGTON (AP) -Defenseman Jeff Schultz has agreed to a four-year, $11 million contract to remain with the Washington Capitals. The deal was announced Wednesday afternoon. The 24-year-old Schultz led the NHL last season with a plus-50 rating a...

RALEIGH, NC – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the Hurricanes have agreed to terms with defenseman Joe Corvo on a two-year contract. The deal will pay Cor...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -The Buffalo Sabres signed free agent center Rob Niedermayer to a one-year deal on Wednesday. Niedermayer has played in 16 seasons in the NHL, and won a Stanley Cup with Anaheim in 2007. Last year he had 22 points in 71 games ...

DETROIT – Unrestricted free agent center Mike Modano has spent his entire 20-year NHL career with the Dallas Stars' franchise. But it was in the Detroit-based Little Caesars youth program where the perennial All-Star center honed his hockey ...

The Atlanta Thrashers have signed unrestricted free agent forward Jared Ross and unrestricted free agent defenseman Jaime Sifers, according to General Manager Rick Dudley. Ross, 27, recorded 46 points (12 goals, 34 assists) in 73 games last sea...

WASHINGTON (AP) -Restricted free agent forward Boyd Gordon has signed a one-year, $800,000 contract with the Washington Capitals. The deal was announced Tuesday. The 26-year-old Gordon, who did not file for salary arbitration by Monday's 5 p.m....

ST. LOUIS (AP) -The St. Louis Blues have signed goaltender Jaroslav Halak to a four-year contract. Terms of the deal announced Tuesday were not disclosed. The 25-year-old Halak was acquired from Montreal on June 17 in a surprising trade after h...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -The Vancouver Canucks have a new name for their home next season: Rogers Arena. The rink had been known as GM Place since it opened in 1995. But the agreement between the Canucks and General Motors of Canada has...

DETROIT (AP) -The Detroit Red Wings have re-signed forward Drew Miller to a one-year contract. Terms were not released Tuesday. The 26-year-old Miller was the Anaheim Ducks' sixth round pick (186th overall) in 2003 out of Michigan State. He pla...

ST. LOUIS (AP) -The St. Louis Blues have signed goaltender Jaroslav Halak to a four-year contract. Terms of the deal announced Tuesday were not disclosed. The 25-year-old Halak was acquired from Montreal on June 17 in a surprising trade after h...

NEW YORK – NHL Exchange, the annual retail trade show of the National Hockey League, is taking over the arena floor of the Scottrade Center, home of the St. Louis Blues®, from Wednesday, July 7 through Thursday, July 8. While retail sale...

TORONTO -- Thirty-one players have elected Salary Arbitration: Anaheim Ducks James Wisniewski   Atlanta Thrashers Ben Eager Andrew Ladd Clarke MacArthur Boston Bruins Greg Campbell Blake Wheeler Buffalo Sabres Tim Ke...

Aug. 23-26 - World Hockey Summit, Toronto. Sept. 17 - Training camps open. Sept. 21 - Preseason games begin. Oct. 7 - Regular-season begins. Oct. 7-10 - NHL Premiere Games, at Helsinki, Finland (Carolina vs. Minnesota); Prague, Czech Republic...

Aug. 23-26 - World Hockey Summit, Toronto. Sept. 17 - Training camps open. Sept. 21 - Preseason games begin. Oct. 7 - Regular-season begins. Oct. 7-10 - NHL Premiere Games, at Helsinki, Finland (Carolina vs. Minnesota); Prague, Czech Republic...