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PRAGUE, Czech Republic – Martin Rucinsky has decided to leave the NHL and return home to play for Sparta Prague.The Czech club said in a statement on its website Wednesday that the 37-year-old left winger signed a deal for next season but gave no further details.

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:National Hockey LeagueANAHEIM DUCKS-Signed LW Ryan Donally to a two-year contract and LW Troy Bodie, LW Josh Green and C Eric Boguniecki to a one-year contracts.

TORONTO – Tim Hunter and Rob Zettler have joined the Toronto Maple Leafs as assistant coaches, the team announced Tuesday.The pair, who join assistant Keith Acton on head coach Ron Wilson’s staff, worked together the past five seasons with Wilson in San Jose.

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Daniel Carcillo, who led the NHL in penalty minutes as a rookie last season, was re-signed to a two-year contract Tuesday by the Phoenix Coyotes.

Hayley Wickenheiser wasn’t going to let one sour experience in the Swedish men’s hockey leagues stop her from playing there again.
The captain of the Canadian women’s hockey team has signed a one-year contract with the third-tier club Eskilstuna Linden.

ST. LOUIS – A former owner of the St. Louis Blues hockey team faces sentencing later this year after pleading guilty to a federal charge for backdating stock options.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Now that Ryan Miller knows he’ll be in Buffalo for six more years, he can focus on helping an organization that has never won the Stanley Cup finally reach that goal.

BY SABINA LAM
The world’s top golfer may not be a hockey fan, but the sport does have a burgeoning supporter in the world’s No. 1 tennis player, Roger Federer.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Mats Sundin has denied rumours that he has accepted a two-year, US$20-million offer from the Vancouver Canucks, saying he will make a decision on his future within weeks.

Movements in the world of hockey Monday:National Hockey LeagueCALGARY FLAMES-Signed F Andre Roy.CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS-Re-signed G Corey Crawford to a one-year contact.

DALLAS – The Dallas Stars acquired right wing Lauri Tukonen from the Los Angeles Kings for left wing Richard Clune on Monday.Tukonen was Los Angeles’ first-round selection, No.

NEWARK, N.J. – Russian centre Fedor Fedorov was signed by the New Jersey Devils on Monday after he spent the last two seasons playing in Europe.

After a report was published out of Sweden on the weekend that Mats Sundin had signed with the Vancouver Canucks, the big center said Monday he hasn’t decided yet if he would return to the NHL.

TORONTO – Outspoken former NHL defenceman, coach and general manager Mike Milbury has signed on as an analyst with Hockey Night In Canada, the CBC announced Monday.

PHILADELPHIA – Forward Joffrey Lupul and the Philadelphia Flyers agreed to a four-year extension on Monday, keeping him with the Eastern Conference finalists through the 2012-2013 season.

TORONTO – Wendel Clark and Doug Gilmour will soon take their place among the Toronto Maple Leafs’ all-time greats.The popular former Leafs captains will have banners raised at the Air Canada Centre in separate pre-game ceremonies this season to honour their achievements with the NHL club.

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins signed forward Jeff Taffe to a one-year contract on Monday, giving him a chance to play a second season with the team.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Stephane Veilleux and the Minnesota Wild agreed to terms Saturday on a one-year contract, avoiding a salary arbitration hearing.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Danish centre Frans Nielsen agreed to a US$2.1-million, four-year contract with the New York Islanders on Saturday. Nielsen, the first Danish citizen to play in the NHL during the 2006-07 season, split last season between the Islanders and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League.

TORONTO – The NHL Players Association isn’t happy that hockey’s international governing body has suspended the contracts of six players.The International Ice Hockey Federation announced Friday that the transfers of Alex Radulov and five others are officially under investigation.