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NEWARK, N.J. – The son of one of the notorious Hanson brothers from the movie “Slap Shot” scored his first NHL goal for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a game against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night

CALGARY – Allan Morris, the chairman of Hockey Canada’s board of directors who was involved in the game for more than four decades, has died

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Forwards Mike Grier and Claude Lemieux are returning to the San Jose Sharks lineup just in time for their final push for the Presidents’ Trophy

WINNIPEG – Manitoba Moose head coach Scott Arniel celebrated winning the American Hockey Leagues coach of the year award with the most important people in his life – his family and players

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – The New York Islanders signed veteran forward Doug Weight to a one-year contract extension Tuesday.In his first season with the Islanders, the 39-year-old Weight has recorded nine goals and 26 assists despite missing 29 games due to injury

The lottery to determine the draft order for the first 14 picks in the NHL draft in June will take place Tuesday, April 14th, with the results being announced at 8:00 p

MONTREAL – Former Montreal Canadiens general manager Serge Savard says he and a group of partners are prepared to buy the National Hockey League franchise if it is put up for sale

Could a Canadiens legend end up owning the bleu, blanc et rouge?

Former captain and GM Serge Savard is interested in making a bid to purchase the hockey club, according to a report in La Presse

Scoring summaries from Monday’s NHL games:Senators 3 at Canadiens 2First PeriodNo Scoring.Missed penalty shot – Higgins Mtl, 19:08.Penalties – Koivu Mtl (boarding) 4:00, Foligno Ott (tripping) 11:17, O’Byrne Mtl (double high-sticking) 17:03

Movements in the world of hockey Monday:National Hockey LeagueATLANTA THRASHERS-Recalled D Clay Wilson from Chicago (AHL).CALGARY FLAMES-Recalled F Warren Peters from Quad City (AHL)

CALGARY – Jarome Iginla had a goal and an assist Monday night to lead the Calgary Flames to a pivotal 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings

MONTREAL – Montreal Canadiens head coach and general manager Bob Gainey caught a worrying a first glimpse Monday at what his team looks like without injured defencemen Andrei Markov and Mathieu Schneider

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Marian Hossa scored twice and Chris Osgood tied Dominik Hasek for 10th on the NHL career wins list in helping the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-1 victory over Buffalo on Monday night

LAS VEGAS – NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the league is no closer to moving a team to Las Vegas, despite shifting its annual awards ceremony to Sin City for the next three years

Ak Bars Kazan defeated Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 5-2 Monday to even the best-of-seven KHL Gagarin Cup final series 2-2.

Alexei Morozov got the Snow Leopards on the board early with a goal in the third minute

RALEIGH, N.C. – The iron man of the Carolina Hurricanes’ late-season surge isn’t getting a day off just yet.Coach Paul Maurice said after practice Monday that goalie Cam Ward will make his 27th straight start Tuesday night when the Hurricanes play the New York Islanders

NEW YORK – Alex Kovalev is the NHL’s first star of the week after helping the Montreal Canadiens move closer to clinching an Eastern Conference playoff berth with a 3-0-0 record

MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens will be without defencemen Andrei Markov and Mathieu Schneider for Monday’s game against the Ottawa Senators

Ron Wilson will coach the U.S. men’s hockey team at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.USA Hockey made the announcement today on a conference call. It will be the second Olympics for the Toronto Maple Leafs coach, who was also behind the bench at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano

Results Sunday:IIHF Women’s World Championship At Hameenlinna, FinlandPreliminary Round Kazakhstan 2 Switzerland 1 (SO)Russia 3 Japan 1 Sweden 6 China 1IIHF Men’s Under-18 ExhibitionAt MinneapolisCanada 6 Finland 5 (OT) Czech Republic 5 Norway 0 At Blaine, Minn