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DETROIT – Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock says Dan Cleary will be out for about a month because of a separated shoulder.Cleary was injured Wednesday night in Detroit’s loss to the St

NEW YORK – Rangers rookie defenceman Matt Gilroy is heading to the minor leagues for the first time.Gilroy, last season’s Hobey Baker winner as the U

CALGARY – The Calgary Flames and Minnesota Wild are both on a roll as the Northwest Division rivals head into their first meeting of the season Friday night

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Sabres veteran forward Mike Grier is expected to rejoin the team this weekend after being excused because of an illness in his family

According to Canadian sports network TSN’s Bob McKenzie, don’t be surprised if the NHL comes down hard on the Montreal Canadiens with a significant fine

MOSCOW – Quebec’s premier says he is now confident the NHL is keen on bringing a team back to Quebec City.Jean Charest tells The Canadian Press that he discussed the issue with league commissioner Gary Bettman at a Montreal Canadiens game last week

MOSCOW – Former NHL and Olympic star Slava Fetisov is coming out of retirement at age 51 to play for CSKA Moscow in a competitive game in the Continental Hockey League on Friday

Wednesday’s Grouped Hockey Results:AHL Hamilton 5 Abbotsford 1 Grand Rapids 4 San Antonio 2Peoria 5 Texas 1Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 6 Syracuse 0 ECHLFlorida 4 Charlotte 3 (OT)Kalamazoo 4 Reading 3 (SO)Ontario 3 Idaho 2 (SO)Trenton 4 Gwinnett 3Wheeling 7 Toledo 3IHLPort Huron 4 Fort Wayne 2 CentralTexas 5 Allen 2QMJHLDrummondville 5 Lewiston 1 Gatineau 7 Baie-Comeau 1 Montreal 3 Chicoutimi 2 Val-d’Or 4 Acadie-Bathurst 3 (SO)OHLBarrie 5 Owen Sound 4 (OT)Peterborough 3 Belleville 2 (SO)Sault Ste

Scoring summaries from Wednesday’s games in the NHL:Islanders 2 at Maple Leafs 3 First Period1. Toronto, Beauchemin 3 (Kaberle, Stempniak) 6:03 (pp)2

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar and Teddy Purcell picked the perfect time to end their long goal droughts.Brown scored for the first time in more than a month 1:16 into overtime, Kopitar and Purcell ended their own droughts in regulation, and the Los Angeles Kings overcame a blown third-period lead to beat the San Jose Sharks 5-4 on Wednesday night

CALGARY – The way Miikka Kiprusoff has been playing of late. three goals was more than enough support.Olli Jokinen scored the eventual winner and Kiprusoff kept up his red-hot play with 24 saves as the Calgary Flames won 3-1 over the Atlanta Thrashers on Wednesday night

DENVER – The Minnesota Wild got just enough offence and great goaltending to keep up their mastery of the Colorado Avalanche.Niklas Backstrom made 22 saves for his first shutout of the season, Antti Miettinen scored, and the Wild beat Colorado 1-0 on Wednesday night

TORONTO – The New York Islanders finally reached the end of a long road.Wednesday night’s 3-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs was the conclusion of a five-game road trip for New York, which has played 14 of its last 17 games as visitors

CHICAGO – Once Dustin Byfuglien started up ice, the six-foot-four, 257-pound Chicago Blackhawks’ winger kept accelerating. He raced past defenceman Matt Gilroy, got an angle to the net and then beat goalie Henrik Lundqvist

TAMPA, Fla. – Zack Stortini did a little bit of everything and helped the Edmonton Oilers win again on the road.Stortini scored his third goal of the season, added his fourth assist and had two fights as the Oilers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Wednesday night

DETROIT – Ty Conklin took advantage of a rare chance to spell Chris Mason.As a bonus, he beat his former team. Brad Boyes scored early and Conklin held on late for a shutout, leading the St

HAMILTON, Ont. – Cedrick Desjardins saw his franchise-record shutout streak come to an end, but still finished with 28 saves as the Hamilton Bulldogs cruised past the Abbotsford Heat 5-1 in American Hockey League action on Wednesday night

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Ryan Miller didn’t want to take all the credit for shutting down Alex Ovechkin and the high-octane Washington Capitals.Miller made 35 saves for his 16th career shutout, Nathan Gerbe scored his first NHL goal, and the Buffalo Sabres halted Washington’s six-game winning streak with a 3-0 victory over the league-leading Capitals on Wednesday night

NEWARK, N.J. – When defenceman Andy Greene played his first professional game with Lowell of the American Hockey League in 2006, he scored two goals – and hadn’t accomplished the feat since

TORONTO – Now that the Toronto Maple Leafs have exorcised some demons with Dwayne Roloson and the New York Islanders, they’re hoping to do the same with the Boston Bruins