Don Cherry, Ron MacLean get star on Canada’s Walk of Fame

Two Canadian hockey icons have received one of their country's biggest honors.

Don Cherry and Ron MacLean, stars of "Hockey Night in Canada" and the segment "Coach's Corner," received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame, which was officially unveiled Monday.

"Coach's Corner" has been on the air since 1980. The segment featured Cherry alone until MacLean joined him in 1987 and has remained since.

It was reported in June that MacLean would return as the host of Sportsnet's "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast, replacing George Stroumboulopoulos after just one season.

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Red Wings working on long-term deal with DeKeyser, negotiating with Mrazek

The Detroit Red Wings are coming down to the wire with two of their young stars set to go to arbitration.

The Red Wings will get a third-party decision on Thursday regarding Danny DeKeyser's next contract, unless both sides are able to come to an agreement first.

"Ideally, Danny would like to do a longer-term deal. The club would like to do a longer-term deal," general manager Ken Holland said, according to Brendan Savage of MLive.com. "Since they filed, this period of negotiation and time to do your brief for an arbitration hearing has mostly been about discussions on a longer-term deal.

"We talked Thursday, we talked Friday, we're going to talk again (Monday)."

Holland said both sides have "basically agreed on what the one-year award looks like" in the event they don't agree on a longer contract.

DeKeyser is coming off a two-year, $4.375-million deal and an eight-goal, 20-point season.

The Red Wings are also trying to finalize a contract with goaltender Petr Mrazek, but things don't appear to be going as smoothly as they are with DeKeyser. The team elected to go to arbitration with Mrazek asking for one year more than the Red Wings' proposed one-year contract and negotiations are ongoing.

"We've had lots of discussions," Holland said. "There's way more comparables, I think, in Dan DeKeyser's case so it was easier to figure out what was the marketplace. That's certainly not the case of Petr Mrazek's situation.

"So we've had lots of conversations about them explaining their position and (us) explaining our position."

In Mrazek's case, both sides will have two days to negotiate a deal before their scheduled hearing Wednesday. The 24-year-old is coming off a career year that saw him post 27 wins, a .921 save percentage, and a 2.33 goals-against average in 54 games.

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IIHF will request names of 14 Russians flagged by WADA

The investigation into Russia's Olympic doping scandal could soon impact the NHL.

IIHF president Rene Fasel plans to submit a request for the release of the 14 hockey players implicated in the World Anti-Doping Agency's report on alleged systematic doping in Russia.

"We will do it ... at least if we find out they tested positive we will of course suspend them," Fasel said in an interview with Russian news agency TASS.

The 14 hockey players identified by WADA's independent commission participated in the men's and women's competitions at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.

There were 16 NHL players on the men's squad, which finished fifth.

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Holland agrees to 1-year deal with Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs and forward Peter Holland have settled on a one-year contract worth $1.3 million, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reports.

He was scheduled for an arbitration meeting with the Maple Leafs just prior to signing the deal.

Holland didn't take on a greater role under Mike Babcock as was expected in a season in which the Maple Leafs tore down. He produced at about the same offensive rate and with a similar usage as the year prior, and finished with 27 points to edge his career-best total.

The former first-round draft pick of the Anaheim Ducks was placed on waivers last week as a tactic leading up to Monday's scheduled meeting.

Toronto has $1.3 million in cap room with restricted free agents Frankie Corrado and Martin Marincin still unsigned, as well as an empty slot on the roster for a backup goaltender.

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Twitter to livestream weekly NHL games

Twitter will begin streaming weekly live out-of-market NHL and MLB games and a new nightly highlight show, the social media platform announced Monday in conjunction with MLBAM.

NHL events will be available free to Twitter users in the United States, while MLB games will be livestreamed worldwide.

A schedule is to be released at a later date.

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Brayden Schenn signs 4-year deal with Flyers

The Philadelphia Flyers avoided a third-party ruling with Brayden Schenn, signing the breakout performer to a four-year contract extension worth a reported $20.5-million, according to TSN's Bob McKenzie.

Schenn's $5.125-million average annual hit is reasonable value for a 25-goal, near-60-point scorer on an upward trajectory, but Flyers general manager Ron Hextall did make concessions with this deal. Schenn was apparently asking for $5.5 million in arbitration, whereas Philadelphia had countered with roughly $4.3 million.

The contract was agreed upon moments before the scheduled arbitration hearing.

Schenn, 24, hit career highs across the board last year, emerging as first-line scoring threat. He played the last three-and-a-half months of the season as a point-per game contributor, totaling 44 points in 44 games to lead all Flyers.

He'll have the fourth-highest cap hit among Flyers, earning less than only Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek, and Mark Streit. Roughly half his salary is insured in signing bonuses.

Philadelphia will have plenty of cap room to sign its last remaining restricted free agent, defenseman Brandon Manning.

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Scrivens heading to Dynamo Minsk of KHL

Ben Scrivens has signed with Belarusian outfit Dynamo Minsk on a one-year deal, the KHL team announced Monday.

The 29-year-old goalie started with the Bakersfield Condors last season after failing to crack the Edmonton Oilers roster out of camp. He then found back-up work with the Montreal Canadiens with Carey Price out, and also made a start for the St. John's IceCaps.

Scrivens had an .890 save clip in 57 starts for the Oilers during the 2014-15 season, his last full NHL campaign.

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Versteeg joins Swiss side Bern on 1-year deal

Kris Versteeg is indeed heading to Switzerland.

SC Bern of the Swiss National League A confirmed the signing of the two-time Stanley Cup champ and habitual rental commodity with a press release Monday.

Versteeg scored 15 goals and 38 points in 77 games split between the Carolina Hurricanes and Los Angeles Kings last season, which is right in line with the serviceable half-point-per-game he's contributed over the last three years.

He replaces Cory Conacher - who's returning to the NHL with the Tampa Bay Lightning - on Bern's import roster.

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Report: Maple Leafs, Enroth nearing deal

The Toronto Maple Leafs are nearing a contract agreement with journeyman backup Jhonas Enroth, reports Johan Svensson from Swedish outlet Expressen, as relayed by TSN.

Enroth stopped pucks at a respectable .922 clip last season, his first with the Los Angeles Kings. But he was entrusted with just 13 starts in a support role for Jonathan Quick, a workload the 28-year-old grew frustrated with.

He would certainly take on a heightened role in Toronto, and in a backup role behind Frederik Andersen. The former Anaheim Ducks split starter - the only NHL-caliber netminder in the Leafs' system after Jonathan Bernier came to represent a portion of his return - has a career-best 53 starts in a season, and just 114 over the last three years.

Enroth would keep Garret Sparks and Antoine Bibeau splitting duties with the Toronto Marlies.

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