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MONTREAL – Bryan Murray wanted to have the Dany Heatley situation settled by the end of the first round of the NHL entry draft.It didn’t happen

PHOENIX – A conservative watchdog group is suing the city of Glendale after being denied records of negotiations between the city and any potential new owner of the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes hockey team

MONTREAL – It wll be high-scoring centre John Tavares who leads the New York Islanders’ rebuilding movement.As general manager Garth Snow took the podium to announce the first overall pick in the NHL Draft on Friday night, weeks of uncertainty ended for Tavares as his name was called to cheers from a near-full house at the Bell centre

PHOENIX – A group led by Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf has offered to buy the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes for US$148 million and keep the team in Arizona

MONTREAL – In the end, only one NHL star found a new home during the first round of the league’s annual draft.Paul Holmgren hopes the addition is significant enough to alter the balance of power in the Eastern Conference

MONTREAL – Scott Niedermayer is going to play another season.The Anaheim Ducks defenceman pondered retirement before deciding Friday that he wanted to return

PHOENIX – As he’s done at NHL games for more than 20 years, Claude Lemieux put his hand on his heart Friday as he listened to “The Star Spangled Banner

MONTREAL – The NHL and the Players’ Association will announce the officially announce the figures later Friday, but TheHockeyNews

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings want a new deal to play at Joe Louis Arena.The team says it will not exercise an option to renew its lease at the arena, but wants to continue talks with the city on a new deal

BROSSARD, Que. – If Bob Gainey finds the right dancing partner, the Canadiens could make some noise on home ice this weekend when the NHL Draft lands in Montreal

MONTREAL – Vincent Lecavalier, Dany Heatley, Chris Pronger, Jay Bouwmeester, Tomas Kaberle, Jean-Sebastien Giguere.The list of players involved in trade rumours on the eve of the NHL draft could easily have been taken right from an all-star game program

MONTREAL – Maurice Richard retired 31 years before Matt Duchene was born but The Rocket was still an idol for the talented centre from Haliburton, Ont

MONTREAL – There could be as many as three NHL games played outside of traditional venues next season.The league’s competition committee discussed several different scenarios during a wide-ranging meeting on Thursday and left open the possibility for games to be played outdoors in Boston and Calgary, with another being held under the roof at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium

Sergei Fedorov is going home.The Washington Capitals forward is leaving the NHL after signing a two-year deal with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League, agent Pat Brisson told The Canadian Press on Thursday

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Darcy Regier has spent the past two months assessing how to make the Buffalo Sabres competitive again, and concluded that many of the answers are already on the team

MONTREAL – They haven’t skated a single NHL shift yet, but John Tavares and Victor Hedman are already household hockey names.Tavares and Hedman, both 18, are widely considered to be the top picks in the 2009 NHL entry draft on Friday and stand to rake in millions in salary and endorsements during their careers

MONTREAL – Mike Babcock figures he’s in for the experience of a lifetime.After officially getting handed the reins to Team Canada, the new Olympic men’s coach indicated that it was a task unlike any other he’s faced

Movements in the world of hockey Wednesday:American Hockey LeagueLAKE ERIE MONSTERS-Named Dan Laperriere assistant coach.ECHLREADING ROYALS-Signed F Ben McLeod

MONTREAL – Mike Babcock will have an all-star cast to work with at the 2010 Winter Olympics.A source told The Canadian Press on Wednesday that Ken Hitchcock, Lindy Ruff and Jacques Lemaire will serve as assistant coaches under Babcock for the Canadian men’s hockey team

MONTREAL – The feuding co-owners of the Tampa Bay Lightning have resolved their differences – at least for now, said NHL commissioner Gary Bettman