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Movements in the world of hockey Friday:National Hockey LeagueST. LOUIS BLUES-Signed Kevin McDonald to a contract extension and named him assistant general manager in addition to his director of professional scouting duties

RALEIGH, N.C. – Eric Staal scored two goals to break the club career playoff scoring record, and the Carolina Hurricanes pushed the top-seeded Boston Bruins to the brink of elimination, pulling away late for a 4-1 victory Friday night

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins finally discovered a few holes in rookie goalie Simeon Varlamov’s game, and his glove, and are now in a familiar position in the playoffs against Washington

PONTIAC, Mich. – Detroit Red Wings defenceman Chris Chelios owes more than US$78,000 in back taxes on his $2.9 million home in suburban Detroit

PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Sergei Gonchar was helped off the ice after being levelled by a knee-to-knee hit by Capitals star Alex Ovechkin during the first period of their Eastern Conference semifinals game Friday night

ROMULUS, Mich. – The Detroit Red Wings regained home-ice advantage from the Anaheim Ducks in large part because they solved Jonas Hiller.Detroit got five pucks past Hiller and sent him to the bench in a 6-3 victory that tied the Western Conference semifinal at two games apiece

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Getting the lead hasn’t been the Vancouver Canucks’ problem against the Chicago Blackhawks.Hanging on for the win has proven more difficult

TORONTO – Jim Balsillie’s online petition supporting his bid to bring a seventh NHL team to Canada has surpassed the 100,000 mark.Balsillie, a billionaire and co-CEO of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, is attempting to buy the Phoenix Coyotes and move them to southern Ontario

DENVER – Retired Colorado Avalanche goalie Patrick Roy has met with club president Pierre Lacroix, and team officials won’t reveal the topic

Sebastien Geoffrion says it was while watching his grandfather’s number 5 being raised to the Bell Centre ceiling that he realized what Bernard (Boom Boom) Geoffrion meant to hockey and the Montreal Canadiens

PITTSBURGH – Yanni is forcing the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins to play two playoff games in as many nights, and Capitals owner Ted Leonsis doesn’t like it

BERN, Switzerland – Belarus will host the IIHF World Hockey Championship in 2014.The former Soviet Union republic won an election of International Ice Hockey Federation members at their annual Congress on Friday with 75 votes

BERN, Switzerland – Russia will get the chance to defend its title at the IIHF World Hockey Championship.Konstantin Gorovikov scored on a power play when a shot from the right faceoff circle deflected off his back and into the net with 1:47 left in the third period, lifting Russia to a 3-2 semifinal win over the United States on Friday

BERN, Switzerland – The executive director of the NHL Players’ Association would like to see the IIHF World Hockey Championship held every two years instead of annually

Scoring summaries from Thursday’s NHL playoff games:Canucks 1 at Blackhawks 2 (OT)First PeriodNo Scoring.Penalties – Bieksa Vcr (interference) 3:20, Brouwer Chi (boarding) 10:01

Results Thursday:IIHF Men’s World Championship At Bern, SwitzerlandChampionship Round Quarter-finalsQF3 – Canada 4 Latvia 2QF4 – Sweden 3 Czech Republic 1AHL PlayoffsDivision Finals(Best-of-7)Houston 2 Milwaukee 0(Houston leads series 3-1)ECHL PlayoffsNo Games Scheduled

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Johan Franzen and Marian Hossa each scored twice to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-3 on Thursday night, tying the Western Conference semifinal series at two games each

CHICAGO – Andrew Ladd tipped in teammate Dave Bolland’s long shot less than three minutes into overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 2-1 comeback victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night, tying the Western Conference semifinal at 2

Movements in the world of hockey Thursday:National Hockey LeagueOTTAWA SENATORS-Signed D Erik Karlsson.

BlackBerry billionaire Jim Balsillie and Phoenix majority owner Jerry Moyes are attempting an end-around the NHL and its rules in trying to uproot the Coyotes, says NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly