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CALGARY – Nigel Dawes was pencilled in among the Calgary Flames’ top six forwards to open the NHL season.It’s up to the 24-year-old from Winnipeg to make his name a more permanent fixture there

The Pittsburgh Penguins will repeat as NHL Stanley Cup champions, defeating the Chicago Blackhawks in six games, according to an EA sports video game simulation

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – More than a few players will feel right at home when the Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues open their NHL seasons with a home-and-home series Friday and Saturday

HELSINKI, Finland – It will be another first for the NHL.When the Chicago Blackhawks and Florida Panthers square off Friday and Saturday at Hartwall Arena to open their regular seasons, it will mark the first time the NHL has held games that count in Finland

WASHINGTON – The Washington Capitals are opening the NHL season with a new sponsor that has some environmentalists seeing red instead of green

Veteran forward Brendan Shanahan left the New Jersey Devils on Thursday after being told he would not be a part of their top three lines this season

DALLAS – Marc Crawford wants to show that his last coaching stop was an aberration.That happens to be the same goal for the Dallas Stars after last season, when they didn’t even make the playoffs a year after reaching the Western Conference finals

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National Hockey LeagueANAHEIM DUCKS-Assigned D Brendan Mikkelson to Toronto (AHL) and LW Logan MacMillan to Bakersfield (ECHL).CAROLINA HURRICANES-Signed G Cam Ward to a six-year contract

CEDAR PARK, Texas – James Neal scored two goals to help the Dallas Stars beat the American Hockey League’s Texas Stars 5-1 on Wednesday night in the NHL team’s final pre-season game

TORONTO – Ben Ondrus is feeling a little older than he’d like to.The Toronto Marlies captain is still only 27 but, surrounded by so many young teammates, he can’t help but feel like the years are starting to blur

NEW YORK – Free agent defenceman Alexei Semenov has agreed to terms with the New York Rangers.Semenov and the Rangers reached a deal Wednesday, just two days before they open the NHL regular season at Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh

HAMILTON, Ont. – People in the never-say-die city of Hamilton were refusing to give up the dream of an NHL team Wednesday, despite the notable setback of BlackBerry boss Jim Balsillie’s bid being rejected in U

CALGARY – In their quest to make amends for last year’s disappointing first-round playoff exit, the Calgary Flames face the perfect opening test

OTTAWA – Daniel Alfredsson will have a house guest for at least a little while longer after the Senators confirmed Wednesday that Swedish rookie Erik Karlsson will start the new NHL season with Ottawa

EDMONTON – After missing the playoffs for three straight years, there’s no doubt that everybody who files out of the Edmonton Oilers dressing room prior to Saturday’s season-opener has something to prove

As the curtain raises on another NHL season, there could be a sight seldom seen over the past two decades.Might stoic Joe Sakic lose his composure on opening night?The longtime Avalanche captain will be on the ice at Pepsi Center in a suit rather than a hockey jersey as the team raises his No

KARLSTAD, Sweden – Henrik Zetterberg had a goal and an assist as the Detroit Red Wings capped the pre-season with a 6-2 win over Swedish club Farjestad on Wednesday

HELSINKI – Dennis Seidenberg and Cory Stillman scored 29 seconds apart at the end of the first period as the Florida Panthers wrapped up their pre-season schedule by beating Finnish league club Jokerit 4-2 on Wednesday

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The start of a new season usually means a clean slate as teams look ahead with promising optimism to what could be instead of back at what wasn’t