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PITTSBURGH – This is where the Pittsburgh Penguins hope to veer from the script.Even though the Stanley Cup final has followed the exact same pattern as a year ago, the Penguins believe that this series could be on the way to a different ending

PITTSBURGH – Veteran centre Kris Draper will be back in the Detroit Red Wings lineup for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final while Pavel Datsyuk may also be ready to return from injury

VICTORIA, B.C. – The ECHL’s Victoria Salmon Kings have renewed their affiliation with the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League for the 2009-2010 season

TORONTO – CBC’s Stanley Cup final ratings are holding steady.Game 3 of the Pittsburgh-Detroit series drew an average of 1.807 million viewers Tuesday

According to inside sources, former Ottawa Senators goalie Ray Emery is close to signing a contract with the Philadelphia Flyers after a one-year stint in Russia

PITTSBURGH – The Detroit Red Wings not only expect to have Pavel Datsyuk back for the Stanley Cup final, there’s a very good chance he will suit up Thursday night for Game 4

DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche began their rebuilding process in a major way Wednesday, firing head coach Tony Granato and naming Greg Sherman general manager

Scoring summary from Tuesday’s NHL playoff game:Red Wings 2 at Penguins 4First Period1. Pittsburgh, Talbot 5 (Malkin, Letang) 4:482. Detroit, Zetterberg 10 (Leino, Franzen) 6:193

PITTSBURGH – Marian Hossa was booed loudly by Pittsburgh Penguins fans each time he had the puck.He did nothing to quiet them on Tuesday. Hossa was held without a goal for the third straight game and the white-clad fans in Pittsburgh loved it, especially because the Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 to pull within 2-1 in the Stanley Cup final

PITTSBURGH – The penalty kill is beginning to look like a potential Achilles’ heel for the Detroit Red Wings.It’s arguably the only facet of the game that they’ve failed to excel at during this post-season

WINNIPEG – Moose winger Jason Jaffray didn’t need to search for words to describe his hat trick’s game-winner in Manitoba’s 3-1 victory over the Hershey Bears Tuesday night in game 2 of the AHL’s Calder Cup final

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:National Hockey LeagueBOSTON BRUINS-Signed F David Krejci to a multiyear contract extension.DALLAS STARS-Signed G Matt Climie and Brent Krahn to one-year contracts

PITTSBURGH – A report card look at Game 3 of the NHL’s Stanley Cup final between the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night:FORWARDSPenguins, B-minus: It’s pretty telling when you can argue that Maxime Talbot and Matt Cooke were among the best Pittsburgh forwards on the ice

PITTSBURGH – Sergei Gonchar scored 10:29 into the third period as the Pittsburgh Penguins found new life in the Stanley Cup final with a 4-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night

PITTSBURGH – You can count on Nicklas Lidstrom meeting the media every day during the Stanley Cup finals.One day after 21-year-old Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby took a break from reporters questions, Lidstrom gave his take Tuesday about standing up in front of cameras, tape recorders and notebooks on a regular basis

PITTSBURGH – It doesn’t appear that a headshot penalty has much chance of getting into the NHL rulebook.For the second time in four months, the league’s 30 general managers have discussed the merits of a rule proposed by the NHL Players’ Association and shot it down

PITTSBURGH – Don Maloney is still trying to make the Phoenix Coyotes better even though he’s not yet sure who he’ll be working for next season

In the business world, Jim Balsillie is the equivalent of hockey’s energy line player – determined, relentless, persistent.And that isn’t going to change, even if a bankruptcy court judge rules that the BlackBerry boss can’t move the Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton

PITTSBURGH – The top prospects for the NHL draft got to mingle with the teams involved in the Stanley Cup final Tuesday and they came away impressed

Unlike in Phoenix, an NHL team will be immediately profitable in Hamilton, says Jim Balsillie.The co-CEO of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion made his assertion in a relocation application filed to the league late Monday, the latest step in his campaign to move the Phoenix Coyotes to southern Ontario