OTTAWA - Willie O'Ree didn't let the catcalls, slashes or cross-checks keep him from making his mark in the National Hockey League.What's more, the affable former Boston Bruin they call the Jackie Robinson of hockey played on, despite taking a puck to the face that left his right eye legally blind - a disability he hid for years.
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CHICAGO - The National Hockey League is looking at holding its annual awards show in Las Vegas.A source familiar with negotiations said Tuesday that the move would help the league make more of a splash with its season-ending gala.
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Things change fast in the ECHL. For Matt Thomas that meant being at the helm of a division-leading squad playing an exciting brand of rough-and-tumble hockey one day and having that team fold the next.
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DAVOS, Switzerland - Jeff Toms had a goal and two assists as defending champion Canada defeated Moscow Dynamo 6-3 on Tuesday to qualify for the Spengler Cup final.
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Results Monday: IIHF World Junior Championship At OttawaPreliminary RoundGroup A Canada 5 Germany 1Group B Sweden 10 Latvia 1 Spengler Cup At Davos, SwitzerlandRound RobinCanada 5 Ingolsadt 2Dynamo Moscow 4 Karlavy Vary 3IIHF Under-17 Hockey Challenge At Port Alberni, B.
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Scoring summaries from Monday's games in the NHL:Canadiens 5 at Panthers 2First Period1. Florida, Frolik 6 (McLean) 5:182. Montreal, Kovalev 9 (A.
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The Montreal Canadiens won a milestone game thanks to a rare offensive explosion from one of their role players.Maxim Lapierre scored the final three goals of the game, leading the Canadiens to a 5-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Monday for their NHL-best 3,000th regular-season win.
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LOS ANGELES - Rookie Steve Mason made 24 saves, Kris Russell scored during a power play in the second period and the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Los Angeles Kings 2-0 on Monday night.
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LOS ANGELES - Rookie Steve Mason made 24 saves, Kris Russell scored during a power play in the second period and the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Los Angeles Kings 2-0 on Monday night.
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Movements in the world of hockey Monday:National Hockey LeagueEDMONTON OILERS-Assigned G Jeff Deslauriers to Springfield (AHL) on a two-week conditioning assignment.
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DENVER - Cody McLeod had the first two-goal game of his career and John-Michael Liles added a goal and an assist in the Colorado Avalanche's 5-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Monday night.
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DALLAS - Evgeni Nabokov stopped 28 shots to win his 20th game of the season, Ryane Clowe had a goal and an assist and the San Jose Sharks beat the Dallas Stars 3-1 Monday night.
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CALGARY - Eric Nystrom's short-handed goal in the third period led the red-hot Calgary Flames to a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Monday.
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OTTAWA - Zach Boychuk of the Lethbridge Hurricanes scored a pair of goals in Canada's 5-1 victory over Germany at the world junior hockey championship Monday.
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SUNRISE, Fla. - Maxim Lapierre scored the final three goals of the game, leading the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Monday night for their NHL-best 3,000th regular-season win.
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NEW YORK - Markus Naslund scored one of the New York Rangers' four goals in a wild third period, and Henrik Lundqvist made the lead stand up in a 5-4 comeback win over the New York Islanders on Monday night.
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