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Updated: 35 weeks 5 days ago
NHL team jetting back to Winnipeg from Atlanta (The Canadian Press)
WINNIPEG - The National Hockey League officially came home to Manitoba on Tuesday and was greeted by thousands of fans in red, white and blue Winnipeg Jets jerseys, cheering, waving flags and playing impromptu games of street hockey.
Canucks' Oreskovich not flush when it comes to playoff tickets (The Vancouver Sun)
The Vancouver Canucks have 17 players who made more than $1 million US this past season, but fourth-line winger Victor Oreskovich wasn’t one of them.
Winnipeg cheers return of NHL (CBC.ca)
A deal has been reached to bring a National Hockey League team back to Winnipeg for the first time since 1996, sending thousands of fans into the streets in celebration.
Quebec City happy, envious over Winnipeg move (The Canadian Press)
MONTREAL - Supporters of an NHL hockey team in Quebec City are among those cheering with the people of Winnipeg — and wondering, perhaps a little enviously, whether their day will come.
Senators sign Caporusso and Silfverberg (The Canadian Press)
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators announced the signing of forwards Louie Caporusso and Jakob Silfverberg on Monday.
Puck Headlines: Thrasher Day in Winnipeg expected Tuesday (Yahoo! Sports)
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Senators sign forward Louie Caporusso for 2 years (AP)
Forward Louie Caporusso has signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Ottawa Senators. Caporusso, from Toronto, played for Michigan when it reached the NCAA championship game in April. The 5-foot-10, 180-pound center played 41 games for the Wolverines this season, scoring 11 times and adding 20 assists.
What We Learned: Old Man Mark Recchi’s astonishing longevity (Yahoo! Sports)
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AHL Senators need to be better (The Ottawa Citizen)
HOUSTON — After splitting the first two games of the American Hockey League Calder Cup final with the Binghamton Senators, Houston Aeros coach Mike Yeo said he feels his team has been the better of the two.
Boston Bruins/Vancouver Canucks Stanley Cup History (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
The 2011 Stanley Cup Finals matchup is set, and the Boston Bruins will take on the Vancouver Canucks in a series that has been years in the making - literally: neither team has been to the Cup Finals in over 15 years. The Canucks have yet to win a Cup in their 40 season history,...
Senators Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
Kurt Kleinendorst has at least worked himself into the conversation in the Senators' search for a new head coach.
The 50-year-old native of Grand Rapids, Minn., led the team's American Hockey League affiliate into its first ever Calder Cup final. The last time a franchise from Binghamton was represented in the AHL championship was 29 years ago, when it was the property the now-defunct Hartford Whalers.
Under Kleinendorst, the Binghamton Senators finished fifth in the East Division with a 42-30-3-5 record. They did so with many of their best players playing in Ottawa after the NHL trade deadline.
Once in the playoffs, Binghamton won its opening-round series against Manchester in dramatic fashion.
Canucks to open Stanley Cup on Wednesday (The Canadian Press)
VANCOUVER - There's nothing like some time off late in the Stanley Cup playoff grind.
Puck Headlines: Pronger on Richards’ captaincy; end of hockey fights? (Yahoo! Sports)
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Lightning force fifth conference final Game 7 since 2001 (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
The Boston Bruins lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals. That means there will be a conference final Game 7 for only the fifth time since 2000. That year, both conference finals went the distance.
Derek Boogaard remembered in the U.S (The Regina Leader-Post)
Derek Boogaard is remembered, sincerely but subtly, outside the apartment building he called home.
Sabres sign rookie F Foligno to 3-year contract (The Canadian Press)
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Buffalo Sabres have signed rookie forward Marcus Foligno to a three-year entry level contract.
Family and friends remember Derek Boogaard (The Regina Leader-Post)
Doug Risebrough underlined the contrasting sides of Derek Boogaard when the former NHL enforcer was fondly remembered at his funeral Saturday in Regina.
Newest Alfredsson has a name (The Ottawa Citizen)
Newest Alfredsson has a name
Canucks one win away from Stanley Cup final (The Canadian Press)
VANCOUVER - There's been a lot of painful bumps and twists on the road Sami Salo has travelled.
Canucks closing in on ending Canadian Stanley Cup drought (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
The Vancouver Canucks rode a wave of power play goals to a victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday, May 22. The win gave them a 3-1 series lead and put them one win away from reaching the Stanley Cup Finals. That would be huge for the nation of Canada, which last won a Stanley...