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| Calgary re-signs Conroy, Langkow |
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06/27/2008 |
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| he club also inked forward Eric Nystrom and goaltender Curtis McElhinney to new deals. Conroy, 36, played in 79 games last season for the Flames and tallied 12 goals and 22 assists. He is in his second stint with Calgary, after being traded from the Los Angeles Kings in the 2006-07 season, and was once the club's captain. In 846 career NHL games, Conroy has 165 goals and 312 assists. Langkow, 31, has spent the past three seasons with Calgary and scored 88 goals and added 113 assists in 243 games. He was the fift |
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| Rangers' Straka returning to the Czech Republic |
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06/26/2008 |
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| HC Lasselsberger Plzen as both a player and sports director. A former first-round draft pick by Pittsburgh in 1992, the 35-year-old Straka has amassed 257 goals and had 460 assists in 954 NHL games with the Penguins, Ottawa Senators, New York Islanders, Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings and Rangers. He totaled 14 goals and had 27 assists in 65 games with the Rangers last year. Straka played for HC Lasselsberger Plzen before he arrived in the NHL, and also toiled for the club during the NHL lockout in 2004-05. |
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| Melrose, Lightning take a big chance |
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06/25/2008 |
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| been spotted behind an NHL bench. So why, after all, this time has he decided to make a return to coaching? Melrose was introduced as the new head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, giving him his first non-television job since he left the Los Angeles Kings following the 1994-95 season. The reason for Melrose's desire to get back into coaching isn't really complicated. We see it happen all the time in the NFL and the other major professional sports, where a TV commentator leaves behind the makeup artis |
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| Barber to resign from Lightning |
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06/25/2008 |
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| six years. We won a Stanley Cup together, which is a very special thing in this game, as everyone knows, and I will never forget what we were able to accomplish." It has been a busy past several days for Tampa Bay. On Tuesday, the team named former Los Angeles Kings coach and ESPN analyst Barry Melrose as the new coach of the club. In addition, on Monday the team introduced its new ownership group, headed by Hollywood producer Oren Koules and former NHL player Len Barrie. Last Friday, the team selected Steve St |
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| Melrose selected to recharge Lightning |
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06/24/2008 |
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| night- in, night-out. We like his enthusiasm and passion for the game and we know the fans of Tampa Bay will take a liking to him." Melrose, who most recently had served as hockey analyst for ESPN, has not been behind an NHL bench since he left the Los Angeles Kings during the lockout- shortened 1994-95 season. He posted a record of 79-101-29 in two full seasons and part of a third with the Kings, guiding the club to a surprise Stanley Cup Finals appearance in the spring of 1993. The Kings lost to the Montreal |
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| Lightning make a move at the top; new coach coming Tuesday |
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06/23/2008 |
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| new ownership group will be to introduce a new head coach, and reports have circulated over the past few weeks that Barry Melrose will be the choice. Melrose, who is currently a featured NHL analyst for ESPN, has not coached a team since he left the Los Angeles Kings during the 1994-95 season. He guided the team to its first and only Stanley Cup Finals appearance -- a five-game setback to the Montreal Canadiens in the spring of 1993. However, Los Angeles failed to make the playoffs in the next two seasons. The L |
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| Lightning make a move at the top; coach decision upcoming |
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06/23/2008 |
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| up is expected to be the announcement of a new head coach, and reports have circulated over the past few weeks that Barry Melrose will be the choice. Melrose, who is currently a featured NHL analyst for ESPN, has not coached a team since he left the Los Angeles Kings during the 1994-95 season. He guided the team to its first and only Stanley Cup Finals appearance -- a five-game setback to the Montreal Canadiens in the spring of 1993. However, Los Angeles failed to make the playoffs in the next two seasons. The L |
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| Kings acquire Richardson |
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06/21/2008 |
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| Ottawa, ON (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Kings acquired forward Brad Richardson from Colorado on Saturday in exchange for a second-round pick (61st overall) in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, with which the Avalanche selected goaltender Peter Delmas. The 23-year-old Richardson split time last season with Colorado and Lake Erie of the American Hockey League. He tallied two goals and five points in 22 games for the Avalanche and 14 goals and 40 points in 38 games with the Monsters. A fifth-round pick (163rd overal |
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| Kings buy out Cloutier |
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06/21/2008 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Kings exercised their option to buy out the remaining year on the contract of goaltender Dan Cloutier. Cloutier was acquired from Vancouver, where he had posted three straight 30- win seasons, in July 2006. He proved to be a bust in Los Angeles as he appeared in just 33 games over two seasons and just nine last season. Over those 33 games he posted a 8-18-3 mark with a 3.83 goals-against average and a .844 save percentage. A first round pick by the New York Ran |
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| Calgary Flames |
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06/21/2008 |
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| Acquired forward Mike Cammelleri from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. |
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