Bobby Hull will be honored as the NHL Alumni Association’s Man of the Year Thursday night.

Former NHL great Bobby Hull will be honored as the NHL Alumni Associati…

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The Detroit Red Wings re-signed 46-year-old defenseman Chris Chelios for one year on Tuesday.

Chelios enters his 25th NHL season and his 10th with the Red Wings. He began his career with the Montreal Canadiens and also played for the Chicago Blackhawks. Last season, he became the second-oldest player in NHL history to appear in a game behind Gordie Howe.

Chelios has 948 points in 1,616 regular-season games.

Detroit also signed defenseman Kyle Quincey to a two-year deal.

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With more goals than minutes in the game, Slovakia’s women’s ice hockey team claimed an amazing 82-0 victory over Bulgaria in Olympic qualifying.

Slovakia outshot the Bulgarians 139-0 during the 60-minute game, played in Latvia. The margin of victory is a record for a women’s International Ice Hockey Federation-sanctioned event.

“We took it as training,” Slovakia coach Miroslav Karafiat said after Saturday’s game.

Janka Culikova led Slovakia with 10 goals, while Martina Velickova scored nine.

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Despite having a solid nucleus built around world-class players Jarome Iginla and Miikka Kiprusoff, the Calgary Flames felt it was important to pick up a few pieces in an attempt to take the next step.

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Slava and Viktor Kozlov are tough to beat in the East. Who are the rest of the NHL’s best shootout stars? NHL.com takes a look at Eastern Conference shooters and goalies and the West’s best shooters and masked men.

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We all know Columbus Blue Jackets captain Rick Nash can score on real goalies. NHL.com staff writer Dan Rosen learned the hard way that Nash is pretty good in video games, too.

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Film will be based about NHL tough guy’s tenure as intern at Vogue

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Film will be based about Stars’ new tough guy’s tenure as intern at Vogue

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Rick Nash went head to head with some fans at the NHL Store NHL2K9 tournament Monday afternoon in New York City.

As Rick Nash was sitting high above the NHL Power…

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RALEIGH, N.C. - Eric Staal had a pretty tame summer for a change.

There were no weddings for the Carolina Hurricanes’ all-star centre. No video-game cover shoots or rowdy bachelor parties, either.

Instead, he spent the past five mon…

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