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PITTSBURGH – The consolation for the Detroit Red Wings is that at least they will get to play Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final at home.The Red Wings were put on their heels early by Pittsburgh’s forechecking and by the time they got their attack going it was too late as the Penguins fended off elimination with a 2-1 victory on Tuesday night at Mellon Arena

TORONTO – Jim Balsillie says he’s “one step closer” to bringing the Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton even though the Canadian billionaire may have to pay the NHL a hefty relocation fee to do it

The Philadelphia Flyers signed goaltender Ray Emery, the club announced Wednesday.The one-year deal worth a reported US$1.5 million will see Emery re-enter the National Hockey League following a one-year stint in Russia’s Continental Hockey League

Scoring summary from Tuesday’s NHL playoff game:Red Wings 1 at Penguins 2First PeriodNo Scoring.Penalties – Zetterberg Det (goaltender interference) 3:35, Filppula Det (tripping) 13:29

PITTSBURGH – The consolation for the Detroit Red Wings is that at least they will get to play Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final at home.The Red Wings were put on their heels early by Pittsburgh’s forechecking and by the time they got their attack going it was too late as the Penguins fended off elimination with a 2-1 victory on Tuesday night at Mellon Arena

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:National Hockey LeagueATLANTA THRASHERS-Signed RW Andrew Kozek.NEW JERSEY DEVILS-Announced the resignation of coach Brent Sutter

PITTSBURGH – A report card on Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final Tuesday night between the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins:FORWARDSRed Wings, C: The only line generating any attack was the Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Cleary trio

PITTSBURGH – The Stanley Cup was in the building, but the Pittsburgh Penguins made sure it was put back in its case.It won’t be handed out until Friday night at Joe Louis Arena, when the Penguins and Detroit Red Wings will play a Game 7 to determine this season’s NHL champion

HERSHEY, Pa. – Michael Grabner and Cody Hodgson scored two quick goals in the second period as the Manitoba Moose ruined the Hershey Bears’ party plans Tuesday with a 3-2 win in Game 5 of the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup final

The Philadelphia Flyers have called a news conference for Wednesday where they’re expected to announce the signing of goaltender Ray Emery, a source told The Canadian Press on Tuesday

PITTSBURGH – A year ago, Darren Helm helped the Detroit Red Wings win a Stanley Cup but then was sent back to Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League for another year of development

Dany Heatley’s tenure with the Ottawa Senators may be nearing an end.Several media outlets reported Tuesday that Heatley has asked for a trade out of Ottawa, less than two years after signing a US$45-million, six-year deal with the Senators

PITTSBURGH – It was another whiteout at Mellon Arena for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final, but the fans outside had to deal with a blackout.NBC again refused to allow the game to be televised outside the arena, where thousands of fans came out to watch Games 3 and 4

PHOENIX – Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie could be facing a US$100-million fee for the right to move the Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton.Balsillie’s lawyer Susan Freeman says that’s how much she expects an NHL-imposed relocation fee to be, though the amount was blacked out in court documents

NEWARK, N.J. – Brent Sutter has resigned as the coach of the New Jersey Devils after just two seasons.Sutter cited family reasons in making the decision Tuesday, saying the Devils’ crushing loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 7 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series had nothing to do with it

According to a report from CTV Calgary, Brent Sutter will step down as coach of the New Jersey Devils Tuesday.

It has been rumored Sutter missed his Western Canada roots and would prefer to return to his junior team, the Red Deer Rebels, and be closer to his family

Movements in the world of hockey Monday:National Hockey LeagueANAHEIM DUCKS-Signed RW Mike Brown to a two-year contract extension.ATLANTA THRASHERS-Re-signed F Marty Reasoner

HERSHEY, Pa. – Facing elimination and struggling with exhaustion, Scott Arniel decided the best place for the Manitoba Moose to be Monday was off the ice

Roy Boe, who owned both the Julius Erving-led New York Nets of the ABA and the fledgling New York Islanders of the NHL in the 1970s, has died

PHOENIX – The Detroit Red Wings can win the Stanley Cup for the second straight year on Tuesday night but their clash with the Pittsburgh Penguins may not even be the biggest game of the day in the hockey world