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HAMILTON, Ont. – Guy Boucher has been named the new head coach of the AHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs.Boucher is coming off a successful run last season as coach of the QMJHL’s Drummondville Voltigeurs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Ron Wilson’s coaching staff for the U.S. Olympic hockey team is complete, with the addition of assistants John Tortorella and Scott Gordon

MONTREAL – If all goes as planned, the New York Islanders will ride first-overall draft pick John Tavares to the top just as the Stanley Cup-champion Pittsburgh Penguins did with Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin after their lean years

MONTREAL – Canada led all countries with 102 players selected at the NHL draft, down from 120 in 2008 but the same number as in 2007.The United States had 55 players chosen, up 10 from last year, although it had none in the top 15

MONTREAL – The fireworks ended up being more like flares.A pile of trade talk accompanied the hockey world to the NHL draft this weekend, but most of it fizzled on the floor of the Bell Centre

MONTREAL – Darryl Sutter hopes he’s done shopping.The Calgary Flames GM made a big splash at the NHL draft Saturday by landing the rights to Florida Panthers defenceman Jay Bouwmeester, the jewel of the upcoming free agent class

MONTREAL – The NHL draft passed without the eye-popping deal for a star like Vincent Lecavalier that some expected, but the Montreal Canadiens made their fans happy just the same

MONTREAL – The NHL draft was a family affair, with teams taking chances on hockey genes by selecting the sons and grandsons of former players

MONTREAL – Brian Burke is really starting to put his fingerprints on the Toronto Maple Leafs.There was a common thread running through the seven selections he made during his first draft as GM of the NHL team – they’re all North American and they’re all capable of playing with edge

MONTREAL – After grabbing a shutdown defenceman in the first round of the NHL draft, the Ottawa Senators addressed their offence and goaltending Saturday

MONTREAL – The Edmonton Oilers shed some excess up-front by dealing centre Kyle Brodziak to the Minnesota Wild for a pair of picks in Saturday’s draft

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Ten-time all-star Teemu Selanne has decided to play another season with the Anaheim Ducks.Selanne’s decision, announced by the Ducks on Saturday, came a day after defenceman Scott Niedermayer, who turns 36 in August, told the team he’s coming back

MONTREAL – The Pittsburgh Penguins traded goaltender Chad Johnson to the New York Rangers for a fifth round pick and used it to select Belleville Bulls centre Andy Bathgate on Saturday

MONTREAL – The Calgary Flames have acquired the rights to Jay Bouwmeester, buying themselves a brief window to negotiate exclusively with the pending free agent

MONTREAL – Brian Burke didn’t need to land John Tavares to make an impression at the NHL draft.The Toronto Maple Leafs GM was unable to achieve his goal of landing the top-ranked forward on Friday and was further agitated when the Bell Centre crowd booed him mercilessly as he stepped to the draft podium

MONTREAL – The Vancouver Canucks selected U.S.-born centre Jordan Schroeder with the 22nd overall pick in Friday’s NHL draft in Montreal.A native of Lakeville, Minn

MONTREAL – Already destined to pick in the bottom third of the first round of the NHL draft, the Calgary Flames felt it was more important to accumulate picks than to target a specific player

MONTREAL – Don Maloney figures the ball is in his court now.The Phoenix Coyotes GM continued to conduct business as usual during the first round of the entry draft on Friday, the same day Jerry Reinsdorf submitted a US$148-million bid to purchase the team

MONTREAL – The nearly-packed Bell Centre went wild with cheering and chanting as the Montreal Canadiens gave their fans what they wanted – home town forward Louis Leblanc

MONTREAL – The Edmonton Oilers hope Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson will deliver an offensive punch to a team that struggled to find the back of the net last season