The Pittsburgh Penguins' march to the Stanley Cup finals has paid off for coach Michel Therrien, who agreed to a new three-year contract on Friday. The deal includes a raise for this season and goes through the 2010-11 season, expected to be the team's first in a planned $290 million arena. "Michel has done a tremendous job with our team over the past two-and-a-half seasons, developing our young...
After watching Chris Drury, Daniel Briere and Brian Campbell leave over the past year, the Buffalo Sabres were determined to keep Ryan Miller off the list of high profile departures. The Sabres locked up their franchise goalie with a five-year, $31.25 million extension on Friday, ending speculation that Miller might be gone after this season and the end of his contract.
Nashville Predators forward Alex Radulov was one of six players whose new contracts were suspended by hockey's international governing body on Friday until the legality of the deals could be investigated. Radulov, under contract for another season with the Predators, signed a contract with a Russian team in the new Continental Hockey League (KHL).
Stephane Veilleux and the Minnesota Wild agreed to terms Saturday on a one-year contract, avoiding a salary arbitration hearing. The 26-year-old Veilleux, who has carved a niche as a left wing on the Wild's checking line, scored a career-high 11 goals and added seven assists in 77 games last season. He has played five seasons with the Wild, who drafted him in the third round in 2001.
Danish center Frans Nielsen agreed to a four-year, $2.1 million contract with the New York Islanders on Saturday. "We're excited to have Frans locked up for the next four years," Islanders general manager Garth Snow said. Nielsen, the first Danish citizen to play in the NHL during the 2006-07 season, split last season between the Islanders and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey...
Frosty baseball games have long been a fixture at Wrigley Field, where a stiff wind off Lake Michigan can chill fans, players and managers alike. Now the Friendly Confines is going on ice. For one day. The defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks are taking hockey back outdoors when they meet New Year's Day 2009 in the home park of the Chicago Cubs.
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12bc5ed86/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-kings-murray&prov=ap&type=lgns"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080717/thumb.25a15ff7231c492d97a6e90e882cd050.kings_murray_hockey_carf104.jpg" width="90" height="129" alt="The Los Angeles Kings' new head coach, Terry Murray, left, speaks during a news conference as the NHL hockey team's general manager, Dean Lombardi, listens Thursday, July 17, 2008, in El Segundo, Calif. " align="left" border="0"></a></p><p>Good luck, Terry Murray. You've just been hired for the toughest job in the National Hockey League. That's what Los Angeles Kings general manager Dean Lombardi said Thursday when he introduced Murray as the 22nd head coach in franchise history at the team's training facility. Murray, who turns 58 Sunday, signed a three-year, $2.65 million contract to succeed Marc Crawford, who was fired June 10...</p><br clear="all" />
