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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Jeremy Roenick didn’t come out of semi-retirement for just one playoff round.The veteran San Jose centre is only interested in a long run at the Stanley Cup, and he carried the Sharks one step closer Tuesday night.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – A rest did Jeremy Roenick and the San Jose Sharks a world of good.Roenick, a healthy scratch in Game 6 of the series, had two goals and two assists as the Sharks advanced to the second round of the NHL playoffs with a 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday.

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:National Hockey LeagueLOS ANGELES KINGS-Agreed to terms on a three-year, entry-level contract with F Oscar Moller.

WINNIPEG – Tom Sestito was hoping to catch his coach’s eye, and he picked a good way to do it.Sestito scored 11 minutes into overtime to lift the Syracuse Crunch to a 2-1 win over the Manitoba Moose in American Hockey League playoff action Tuesday.

WASHINGTON – The Philadelphia Flyers finally figured out how to put away the Washington Capitals.Joffrey Lupul netted a rebound during a power play 6:06 into overtime in Game 7 to lift Philadelphia past Alex Ovechkin and Washington 3-2 on Tuesday night in their Eastern Conference first-round series.

WASHINGTON – The Philadelphia Flyers finally figured out how to put away the Washington Capitals.Joffrey Lupul scored on a Cristobal Huet a rebound during a power play 6:06 into overtime in Game 7 to lift Philadelphia past Alex Ovechkin and Washington 3-2 on Tuesday night in their Eastern Conference first-round series.

VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks will need innovative thinking and possibly “bold decisions” to evolve into a Stanley Cup contender, new general manager Mike Gillis said Wednesday.

VANCOUVER – New Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis says he isn’t sure what changes he will make to the NHL team.”I haven’t made any predisposed decisions based on any thing I have heard,” Gillis, a former player agent, told a news conference Wednesday where he was officially unveiled as the new GM.

VANCOUVER – Former NHL player agent Mike Gillis has been hired to be the general manager of the Vancouver Canucks, a source told The Canadian Press Tuesday night.

The Vancouver Canucks will name player agent Mike Gillis as their new GM at a press conference Wednesday, according to several reports.
A former NHLer who played 246 games with the Colorado Rockies and Boston Bruins, Gillis has been a player agent since 1991.

In the midst of three NHL playoff series going to a Game 7 in the first round, Mark Messier wouldn’t recommend a captain guaranteeing a victory in an elimination game as he did 14 years ago with the New York Rangers.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Will it be Toronto or Anaheim for Brian Burke?It’s too early to answer that question. But the Ducks general manager stopped short of confirming he will still be on the job in Anaheim when training camp opens in September.

DETROIT – Red Wings forward Tomas Kopecky had surgery on his left knee and is expected to be ready for the start of next season.The team said Tuesday his torn anterior cruciate ligament was successfully repaired, but he will need four to six months to recover.

EDMONTON – A disciplinary hearing has cleared an Edmonton police officer of using excessive force on a woman during a potential riot following a June 2006 NHL Oilers playoff game.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nashville Predators coach Barry Trotz and members of his staff have received contract extensions.The team’s president of hockey operations and general manager, David Poile, announced extensions Tuesday for Trotz, associate coach Brent Peterson, assistant coach Peter Horachek and goaltending coach Mitch Korn, among others.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Former NHL forward Mikael Renberg is retiring due to a chronic groin injury.The 35-year-old Swede, who spent several seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers, most recently played for Swedish team Skelleftea AIK.

TORONTO – Only Zdeno Chara and Dion Phaneuf stand in the way of a sixth career Norris Trophy for Nicklas Lidstrom.The NHL announced the three finalists for the top defenceman award Tuesday and not surprisingly, Lidstrom was yet again in the group after winning the award five of the past six seasons.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Mike Ricci put his shot into the far corner, and Evgeni Nabokov dived to get it. The pingpong ball sliced away from the goalie’s paddle, and he tumbled to the floor of the San Jose Sharks’ locker room with an exaggerated yelp.

MONTREAL – Highly organized arsonists used the cover of a spontaneous downtown celebration by Canadiens fans to lash out violently at police, authorities said Tuesday.

MONTREAL – Montreal police say small, organized bands of vandals were responsible for the riot after Monday’s NHL playoff game that damaged 16 police cruisers and 10 downtown buildings.