WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - Brad Lukowich and Patrick Marleau scored 53 seconds apart late in the second period and the San Jose Sharks closed out the pre-season with a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday night.

Lukas Kaspar had two…

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VANCOUVER - Roberto Luongo is sporting a C after all.

The Vancouver captain, forbidden by NHL rules from wearing the letter on his jersey because he is a goaltender, sported a new C on his mask Sunday night as the Canucks hosted Anaheim i…

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The Lethbridge Hurricanes handed the Seift Current Broncos their first loss of the Western Hockey League season thanks to the sharp shooting of Colton Sceviour.

Sceviour scored a natural hat trick as the Hurricanes downed Swift Current 5-…

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CRANBROOK, B.C. - Cody Almond scored twice and the Kelowna Rockets jumped out to a 4-0 first period lead en route to a 6-3 win over the Kootenay Ice in Western Hockey League action on Sunday night.

Kelowna opened the scoring on a 2-on-1 b…

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SUNRISE, Fla. - Tomas Vokoun made 29 saves, and Jay Bouwmeester had a goal and two assists in the Panthers’ 6-0 win over the New York Islanders on Monday night, the pre-season finale for both teams.

Islanders defenceman Chris Lee was carr…

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SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) -New York Islanders defenseman Chris Lee was carried off the ice on a stretcher after being checked into the boards from behind by Florida’s Rostislav Olesz in a preseason game Monday night.

A team spokesman said the 28-year-o…

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N.Y. Islanders 0 0 0-0

Florida 1 2 3-6

First Period-1, Florida, Stewart 3 (B.McLean, Peltonen), 15:11.

Second Period-2, Florida, Kreps 1 (Peltonen, Stewart), 7:29. 3, Florida, Olesz 2 (Bouwmeester, McCabe), 8:47 (pp).

Third Perio…

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TORONTO - The Stanley Cup returned to Hockeytown last year and that’s where it’s going to stay once all is said and done this season.

So say the hockey writers at The Canadian Press, anyway, in our annual predictions for the 2008-09 NHL s…

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VANCOUVER - It was a hectic day for Shane O’Brien but the big defenceman liked the way it ended with him being traded to the Vancouver Canucks from the Tampa Bay Lightning.

O’Brien returned from Prague at around 7 a.m. Monday after the Li…

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TORONTO - Toronto Maple Leafs forward Ryan Hollweg received an automatic two-game suspension Monday after collecting his third boarding or checking from behind major in a 41-game span.

The third penalty came in last Wednesday’s 7-3 pre-se…

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