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DETROIT – American television ratings for Game 1 of the Red Wings-Penguins Stanley Cup final rematch were down from last year’s levels.The NBC telecast drew a 2

MONTREAL – Strength and conditioning coach Scott Livingston will leave the Montreal Canadiens this summer, the NHL club announced Sunday.Livingston, 45, wants to concentrate on training amateur athletes

DETROIT – Having his appendix removed just as the Stanley Cup final was approaching was more than a pain in the side for Detroit Red Wings rookie defenceman Jonathan Ericsson

DALLAS – The Dallas Stars didn’t wait until the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs to make a major front-office shakeup.Former NHL forward Joe Nieuwendyk has been named the Stars’ new general manager, the team announced Sunday

DETROIT – It didn’t take long for the mind games to start at the Stanley Cup final.Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said he thought Sidney Crosby was “headhunting” when he hammered Henrik Zetterberg with an open-ice hit in the first period of Game 1

EDMONTON – The Oilers signed centre Milan Kytnar to a three-year entry level contract Sunday.Kytnar, 20, was Edmonton’s fifth pick (127th overall) in the 2007 NHL draft and joins the Oilers after two seasons in the Western Hockey League

DETROIT – Centre Pavel Datsyuk will not be ready to return to the Red Wings lineup for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final.Coach Mike Babcock said there would be no lineup changes for the Red Wings when they face the Pittsburgh Penguins for the second time in as many nights Sunday (CBC, 8 p

DETROIT – There is no sense of panic in these Pittsburgh Penguins.They may have lost the first game of the Stanley Cup final to the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night, but they came away from it feeling certain that they can compete with the defending champions

WINNIPEG – Alexandre Giroux completed his hat trick with an overtime winner as the Hershey Bears defeated the Manitoba Moose 5-4 to take Game 1 of the American Hockey League Calder Cup final Saturday

DETROIT – A report card look at Game 1 of the NHL’s Stanley Cup final between the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night:FORWARDSPenguins, B-minus: The Penguins dynamic duo each had their share of chances, but Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin couldn’t solve Chris Osgood

DETROIT – Johan Franzen gave Detroit the lead and rookie Justin Abdelkader got his first NHL goal as the Red Wings downed the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 in the opening game of the Stanley Cup final on Saturday night

DETROIT – Mario Lemieux can achieve another first in these NHL finals, the first former player – and Hall of Famer – to also win the Stanley Cup as an owner

DETROIT – Red Wings rookie defenceman Jonathan Ericsson went from the operating room to the Stanley Cup finals ice in just three days.Ericsson skated for about 10 minutes Wednesday morning to prepare for Game 5 of the Western Conference finals, but abdominal pain cut that session short

DETROIT – Gary Bettman doesn’t have to look very far to find some evidence that the Phoenix Coyotes situation can be turned around.The NHL commissioner noted during his annual address before the Stanley Cup final that both the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins were once struggling franchises

DETROIT – Not sure who scored that last Red Wings goal?Just wait for the music.If it’s Sammy Hagar’s lust-for-speed anthem “I Can’t Drive 55,” then bruising defenceman (and wearer of the red-and-white No

DETROIT – Star forward Pavel Datsyuk and veteran Kris Draper will not be in the lineup Saturday night when the defending-champion Detroit Red Wings take on Pittsburgh in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final

Movements in the world of hockey Friday:National Hockey LeagueFLORIDA PANTHERS-Signed G Alexander Salak.

CHICAGO – Chicago Blackhawks general manager Dale Tallon is wasting little time in trying to keep the team together after a strong run in the post-season

DETROIT – It’s been quite a ride for Dan Bylsma.When the Pittsburgh Penguins were playing in last year’s Stanley Cup final, the 38-year-old was working as an assistant coach with the team’s American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

DETROIT – Just how hurt the Detroit Red Wings are is up in the air as they prepare to defend the Stanley Cup against the same opponent they met in last year’s final – the Pittsburgh Penguins