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CALGARY – Craig MacTavish has been named head coach of Canada’s entry for this year’s Spengler Cup tournament.MacTavish, who was let go as head coach of the Edmonton Oilers in April, served as an assistant coach with Canada at the 2005 and 2008 IIHF world hockey championships, winning silver both years

TORONTO – Washington Capitals sniper Alexander Ovechkin says he wants a meeting of NHL players to talk about participating in the 2014 Olympics

EDMONTON – Veteran forward Mike Comrie is returning to Edmonton.The Oilers have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with the 28-year-old centre

CHICAGO – Chicago Blackhawks star forward Patrick Kane is eager to move on from the summer altercation with a cab driver that led to his arrest

PHOENIX – The battle for the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes is officially down to BlackBerry billionaire Jim Balsillie and the NHL – and both may see their bids rejected

When the NHL Players’ Association hired Paul Kelly two years ago, four of the five players on the search committee had the now-former executive director as their first choice

LAVAL, Que. – The sale of the Montreal Canadiens is close enough to completion that owner George Gillett shed some tears as he informally passed the keys to incoming boss Geoff Molson on Thursday

PHOENIX – Ice Edge Holdings has formally pulled out of the bidding for the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes but hinted it may try to buy the team later

ZURICH, Switzerland – The International Ice Hockey Federation has ruled that Detroit Red Wings forward Jiri Hudler can sign with Dynamo Moscow of Russia’s Continental Hockey League

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Tyler Myers is so tall, Sabres coach Lindy Ruff jokes that he keeps his skates on whenever he has a chat with the young defenceman

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Coyotes appear to have one less potential buyer.Ice Edge Holdings, a group made up of Canadian and American businessmen, no longer intends to participate in Thursday’s auction for the bankrupt NHL team, according to a court filing Tuesday from NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman

For this group of hockey players, breaking a stick is no big deal – it’s breaking a hip that they’re really worried about.Two teams made up of players more than 80 years old have gathered in Burnaby, B

TORONTO – Maple Leafs fans hoping to see Phil Kessel in blue and white are probably out of luck.Leafs general manager Brian Burke quashed rumours Tuesday the Leafs were set to put together an offer sheet for the 21-year-old forward

TORONTO – Brian Burke calls his team’s new practice rink “a Cadillac.”The Toronto Maple Leafs general manager is not easily impressed but he likes what he sees at the state-of-the-art MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence

TORONTO – Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke isn’t allowed to discuss the Phoenix Coyotes bankruptcy case – but he’d like to.”We’re not allowed to talk about it,” Burke said when pressed by reporters

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge has sentenced a Silicon Valley financier to more than eight years in prison for bilking banks and investors out of millions of dollars in an attempt to buy an NHL team and finance a lavish lifestyle

NEW YORK – Terry Gregson is the NHL’s new officiating boss.The league promoted him from senior officiating manager to senior vice-president and director of officiating Tuesday

SAGUENAY, Que. – The son of NHL hockey legend Patrick Roy will stand trial.Jonathan Roy will face assault charges for the on-ice beating he delivered to an opposing goalie in Quebec’s major junior league

Jim Balsillie is upping his efforts to bring the Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton.The co-CEO of Research in Motion has increased his bid for the NHL club to as much as US$242

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