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Results Thursday:AHL PlayoffsDivision FinalsHouston 2 Milwaukee 1 (Houston leads series 1-0)ECHL PlayoffsDivision FinalsStockton 5 Las Vegas 1(Stockton leads series 2-1)IHL PlayoffsTurner CupFort Wayne 2 Muskegon 1 (OT)(Fort Wayne leads series 1-0)Central PlayoffsNo Games Scheduled

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Defenceman Sami Salo scored with 1:13 left in the third period to break a 3-3 tie as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 Thursday in the opening game of their NHL Western Conference semifinal series

Movements in the world of hockey Thursday:National Hockey LeagueVANCOUVER CANUCKS-Recalled LW Jeff Cowan from Peoria (AHL).

NEW YORK – Detroit’s Chris Chelios, the NHL’s oldest player at 47, joined Nashville’s Steve Sullivan and Florida’s Richard Zednik on Thursday as finalists for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

NEW YORK – Detroit’s Chris Chelios, the NHL’s oldest player at 47, joined Nashville’s Steve Sullivan and Florida’s Richard Zednik on Thursday as finalists for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

NEWARK, N.J. – Brent Sutter refused to talk about his future as the Devils’ coach, instead calling New Jersey’s last-minute loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 7 of the playoffs the most devastating he’s experienced as a player or coach

DETROIT – There are two things you can count on during every NHL playoff game in Detroit. Octopi will splat on the ice, and Tomas Holmstrom will be parked in front of the net

KLOTEN, Switzerland – Jaromir Jagr can see himself in an Edmonton Oilers jersey someday.While the 37-year-old plans to play out the final year of his contract with Avangard Omsk of the Continental Hockey League next season, he hasn’t ruled out a return to the NHL in the future

KLOTEN, Switzerland – Jaromir Jagr can see himself in an Edmonton Oilers jersey someday.

While the 37-year-old plans to play out the final year of his contract with Avangard Omsk of the Continental Hockey League next season, he hasn’t ruled out a return to the NHL in the future

VANCOUVER, B.C. – The mayors of Vancouver and Chicago are facing off in a hockey playoff wager that involves cupcakes, jumbo hot dogs and “Bad Girl” chocolates

KLOTEN, Switzerland – It used to be that Canadian teams would come to international hockey tournaments and risk being undone by undisciplined play

The most compelling matchup since the 2004-05 lockout season looms as some of the NHL’s brightest young talent gets ready to test one another in the second round of the playoffs

MONTREAL – Montreal Canadiens forwards Alex Tanguay and Max Pacioretty have had surgery since their season ended and winger Sergei Kostisyn in scheduled for a procedure this week

WILMINGTON, Mass. – The Boston Bruins have had eight days off since sweeping Montreal out of the first round, giving them a chance to hang out and heal while the Carolina Hurricanes were engaged in a seven-game struggle with New Jersey

According to a report on RDS.ca, Richard Zednik has come to terms with the Kontinental League’s Yaroslavl on a two-year contract.

Zednik, who played with the Florida Panthers this season, was named one of the finalists for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy Thursday after he came back from a sliced neck from the skate blade of teammate Olli Jokinen last season

KLOTEN, Switzerland – The Canadian roster is finally set at the IIHF World Hockey Championship.New Jersey Devils forward Travis Zajac has accepted an invitation to join the squad, bringing the team to its roster limit

There were fears the economic recession would leave swaths of empty seats in NHL arenas during the playoffs, but the league says both attendance and U

NEW YORK – Detroit’s Chris Chelios, Nashville’s Steve Sullivan and Florida’s Richard Zednik are the finalists for the NHL’s Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Results Wednesday:IIHFMen’s World ChampionshipAt BernLatvia 2 Austria 0Sweden 6 United States 5 (OT)At ZurichNorway 5 Denmark 4 (OT)Finland 4 Czech Republic 3AHL PlayoffsNo Games Scheduled

GLENDALE, Ariz. – The president of the Phoenix Coyotes says the NHL has not assumed control of the cash-strapped hockey club.Glendale city manager Ed Beasley told The Arizona Republic that the league is running the team and has promised to reimburse the city for parking fees and security costs at Jobing