The agent for Ryan O'Reilly confirmed that charges against the Buffalo Sabres forward have been dropped stemming from an impaired driving incident last year. Pat Morris tells The Associated Press in an email that Canadian prosecutors found th...

LAVAL, Que. - The Canadiens will move their top farm team to a new rink near Montreal for the 2017-18 season. The team said Monday that the American Hockey League board of governors has approved the relation from St. John's, N.L. The 10,00...

RALEIGH, N.C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have signed first-round draft picks Jake Bean and Julien Gauthier to three-year entry-level contracts. The Hurricanes announced both deals Saturday. They chose Bean, a defenceman, with the 13th overall ...

DENVER - The Colorado Avalanche have signed forward Nathan MacKinnon to a seven-year deal that runs through the 2022-23 season. The 20-year-old MacKinnon had 21 goals and 31 assists last season. He missed the last 10 games after he sprained a...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Dropping the gloves will draw greater punishment in the NHL's top minor league. The AHL has approved new rules to curb fighting, including automatic ejection for players who fight prior to, at, or immediately following th...

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets agreed to terms with restricted free agent centre Mark Scheifele on Friday on an eight-year contract worth $49 million. Scheifele, 23, set a career-high with 61 points in 2015-16. He also scored a career-best 29 g...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded goaltender Jonathan Bernier to the Anaheim Ducks for a conditional pick in the 2017 NHL draft. It's the second trade involving the two teams and goalies in as many months. Toronto acquired Dani...

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - Some NHL teams don't believe in drafting players like Adam Brooks. The Toronto Maple Leafs selected the 20-year-old centre — an "overager" in hockey parlance — in the fourth round of last month's NHL draft. Teams typi...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Chris Kelly to a one-year contract worth US$900,000. Kelly returns to the team for which he began his career after playing his first 463 NHL games with the Senators. He registered 75 goals, 10...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Chris Kelly to a one-year contract worth US$900,000. Kelly returns to the team for which he began his career after playing his first 463 NHL games with the Senators. He registered 75 goals, 10...