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Results Tuesday:AHL Calder CupLeague Championship Manitoba vs. Hershey(Best-of-7)Series begins on Saturday.ECHL Kelly CupLeague Championship (Best-of-7)Alaska vs

Scoring summary from Tuesday’s NHL playoff game:Penguins 4 at Hurricanes 1First Period1. Carolina, E.Staal 10 (Cole, Samsonov) 1:362. Pittsburgh, Fedotenko 6 (Boucher, Talbot) 8:213

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:National Hockey LeagueEDMONTON OILERS-Named Pat Quinn coach and Tom Renney associate coach.NEW YORK RANGERS-Agreed to terms with D Michael Del Zotto

RALEIGH, N.C. – Sidney Crosby saved his most daring move for after the game: He spurned hockey superstition and hoisted the Prince of Wales Trophy

Jim Balsillie’s offer to buy the Phoenix Coyotes comes with an expiry date.The Canadian billionaire is only willing to put up US$212.5-million for the NHL team until June 30, according to documents filed in a U

TORONTO – Peter Zezel, a gritty NHL centre who became known for his strong two-way game over 15 NHL seasons, died Tuesday. He was 44.Zezel had reportedly struggled on and off with a rare and serious blood disease called hemolytic anemia the past 10 years, and had been in critical condition in 2001

MONTREAL – A pitch to acquire the Montreal Canadiens is brewing in the Molson family.Geoffrey E. Molson, vice-president of marketing for the Molson Coors Brewing Co

DETROIT – The Red Wings did just fine without Nicklas Lidstrom in Game 4. Now they don’t want to push their luck.Detroit routed the Chicago Blackhawks 6-1 Sunday and took a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference final

GLENDALE, Ariz.-Just steps from Jobing.com Arena, there’s a sparkling outdoor plaza complete with restaurants, bars and stores.Inside the arena concourse, there are pristine tile floors and all the amenities one expects from a modern big-league venue

CALGARY – Darryl Sutter says he’s the best man right now to coach the Calgary Flames, but he’s looking at other candidates before he makes his final decision

CHICAGO – Blackhawks right-wing Martin Havlat and goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin have skipped the team’s practice but were set to make the trip to Detroit for Game 5 of the Western Conference finals

EDMONTON – The Edmonton Oilers added some veteran leadership to their bench Tuesday, naming Pat Quinn their new head coach.Quinn has been out of the league since being fired as coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs following the 2005-06 season

DETROIT – Nicklas Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk were held out of practice by the Detroit Red Wings the day before Game 5 of the Western Conference finals

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Blues re-signed centre Jay McClement to a US$4.35-million, three-year contract Tuesday.The 26-year-old posted career-highs in goals (12), assists (14) and points (26) while playing in all 82 regular-season games for the first time in his career

According to a report from RDS.ca, citing sources from Russia, the Washington Capitals’ Sergei Fedorov is close to accepting a two-year deal to join Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental League

WINNIPEG – Michael Grabner scored the winning goal on a third-period power play and the Manitoba Moose advanced to their first American Hockey League final after a 3-1 victory over the Houston Aeros on Monday

Movements in the world of hockey Monday:National Hockey LeagueNHL-Fined Chicago coach Joel Quenneville US$10,000 for public comments critical of League officiating made following the May 24 game against Detroit

Jim Balsillie has formally asked other NHL owners to let him into the club.The Canadian billionaire filed an application with the league’s board of governors seeking a transfer of the Phoenix Coyotes ownership interest, one of his representatives confirmed Monday

TORONTO – The National Hockey League has fined Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville US$10,000 for criticizing the officiating in Game 4 of the Western Conference final

RALEIGH, N.C. – It’s been five months since Eric Staal went this long between goals. If the all-star centre doesn’t start producing soon, he might have to wait that long before his next chance to score