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The Associated Press
May 26, 2012 -- 6:41 PM
Mike Richards, Willie Mitchell, Jeff Carter, Dustin Penner, Jarret Stoll, Colin Fraser, Alec Martinez

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Justin Williams remembers every game of the Carolina Hurricanes' 25-game grind through the 2006 playoffs. He knows all about the blood, sweat and exhaustion necessary to raise the Stanley Cup.

That's why he realizes the NHL

The Associated Press
May 26, 2012 -- 5:32 PM
Martin Brodeur, Henrik Lundqvist

NEW YORK (AP) — Rangers coach John Tortorella isn't satisfied with the franchise's longest postseason run since 1997.

"We're still a young club," he said Friday after a 3-2 overtime loss to the New Jersey Devils in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference

The Associated Press
May 26, 2012 -- 4:18 PM
Martin Brodeur, Henrik Lundqvist

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — With Martin Brodeur nearing his 40th birthday and entering the final year of his contract, this season at first had the look of a last hurrah for the New Jersey Devils' goalie great.

Well, the hurrah part was right.

It's

The Associated Press
May 26, 2012 -- 8:35 AM

NEWARK, N.J. — Moments after sending the New Jersey Devils to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since 2003, Adam Henrique skated to the corner and waited to be mobbed by his teammates.

It's become a common occurrence for the 22-year-old

The Associated Press
May 26, 2012 -- 4:09 AM

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Moments after sending the New Jersey Devils to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since 2003, Adam Henrique skated to the corner and waited to be mobbed by his teammates.

It's become a common occurrence for the 22-year-old

The Associated Press
May 26, 2012 -- 1:31 AM

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Blues CEO Mike McCarthy is stepping down, not long after new ownership finalized its purchase of the franchise.

McCarthy is a founding partner of SCP Worldwide, which purchased the team and the Scottrade Center in June

The Associated Press
May 26, 2012 -- 1:19 AM
Henrik Lundqvist

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Rangers were at their best for two straight games after falling into dangerously deep holes against the New Jersey Devils.

New York wiped out a three-goal deficit built in the first period of Game 5 of the Eastern

The Associated Press
May 26, 2012 -- 12:53 AM
Adam Henrique

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The memory of missing the playoffs for first time since 1996 and the ghost of an 18-year-old wound were wiped out with a sweep of rookie Adam Henrique's stick.

The New Jersey Devils are going back to the Stanley Cup finals,

The Associated Press
May 25, 2012 -- 5:52 PM

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Simon Gagne thought the Los Angeles Kings would be a Stanley Cup contender. That's why he signed with them as a free agent last summer.

Gagne's projection was correct. He just wishes he had played a bigger role in making it

The Associated Press
May 25, 2012 -- 2:13 PM

MONTREAL (AP) — The Montreal Canadiens will have two assistant general managers after hiring Rick Dudley on Friday.

Dudley will team with Larry Carriere, who received a contract extension to remain as assistant GM. The announcements were made by new

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