Marian Hossa

Red Wings sign Leino to $1.6 million, 2-year deal and continue to negotiate with Hudler. The Detroit Red Wings brought back a restricted free agent and hope to welcome back another one soon.

Vancouver Canucks sign free-agent winger Mikael Samuelsson to a 3-year contract. Free agent forward Mikael Samuelsson signed a three-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks on Friday.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Blackhawks acquired double Stanley Cup champion John Madden on a one-year contract on Thursday as they continued to beef up their team in free agent shopping.

Blackhawks sign John Madden to 1-year contract; center has spent 10 years with Devils. The Chicago Blackhawks have signed John Madden, a center who has spent his entire 10-year career with the New Jersey Devils.

NHL signing frenzy: Blackhawks get Hossa, Rangers ink Gaborik and Havlat goes to Wild. Just when the slowing global economy figured to put a crimp in spending for NHL free agents, Marian Hossa hit the open market again.

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Chicago Blackhawks went on a free agent shopping spree Wednesday, signing high-scoring winger Marian Hossa to a staggering 12-year deal that signaled they are ready to challenge for a Stanley Cup.

Chicago Blackhawks sign Marian Hossa away from Red Wings with 12-year contract. The Chicago Blackhawks dipped deep into the NHL free-agent market by signing star forward Marian Hossa away from the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday with a 12-year, $62.8 million contract.

Rangers deal C Scott Gomez to Canadiens for Higgins and 2 others in 6-player deal.. Scott Gomez's brief New York tenure ended Tuesday when the star center was traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Canadiens as part of a six-player deal. The key player coming back to New York is forward Chris Higgins, a Long Island native who is set to become a restricted free agent. The deal was announced one day before the NHL's free-agent shopping season opens Wednesday.

Marian Hossa, who wound up on the losing team in the Stanley Cup Final in each of the past two National Hockey League seasons, signed a 12-year deal with the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday.

Red Wings GM says team won't make a splash when free agency begins Wednesday. The Red Wings general manager says Detroit won't not be a big player when free agency opens on Wednesday.

Zetterberg says that Crosby not shaking hands with all of Red Wings is disrespectful. Henrik Zetterberg called Sidney Crosby's actions disrespectful. Nicklas Lidstrom said the Pittsburgh Penguins' young captain would learn from his mistake.

Crosby's snub after loss in Game 7 of Stanley Cup finals leaves Red Wings with bitter taste. The Red Wings can accept that Pittsburgh is the Stanley Cup champion. Getting snubbed by Sidney Crosby is another matter. After watching Pittsburgh hoist the Cup on Detroit's ice, the Red Wings lined up to shake hands with the Penguins as is custom in the NHL playoffs.

Perfect ending: Stanley Cup passes from Crosby to Lemieux as Pens beat Red Wings. Sidney Crosby lifted the Stanley Cup, injured knee and all, with a smile of satisfaction as wide as a goal crease. A few handoffs later, the silver trophy was passed to Mario Lemieux, and how fitting.

Perfect ending: Stanley Cup passes from Lemieux to Crosby as Penguins beat Red Wings in Game 7. Sidney Crosby lifted the Stanley Cup, injured knee and all, with a smile of satisfaction as wide as a goal crease. A few handoffs later, the silver trophy was passed to Mario Lemieux, and how fitting. Two stars, two generations, two captains joined together by one Stanley Cup that took some bad teams and the good drafts that followed them, a tremendous comeback and one unlikely Game 7 goal scorer to accomplish.

The Hossa Theory: Red Wings 1 win away from proving Hossa was right to reject Penguins. Right about now, what must bother the Pittsburgh Penguins more than their inability to switch off the power of Pavel or the disappearance of their stars during a meltdown in Motown is that Marian Hossa could be right.

Sid and the Kids rally to beat Red Wings, tie Stanley Cup finals. Sidney Crosby still lives at home, even if it is Mario Lemieux's. Jordan Staal can't legally buy a drink in Pittsburgh for a couple more months. Evgeni Malkin still loves eating mom's home cooking.

A year older and wiser, Crosby and Penguins set sights on Red Wings in Cup rematch. Don't be fooled by the scraggly semblance of a beard that strains to cover chunks of Sidney Crosby's 21-year-old face.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Before the start of the season Marian Hossa made the biggest decision of his NHL career.

Red Wings' Helm scores in OT to eliminate Blackhawks; sets up Stanley Cup rematch with Pens. Darren Helm and Dan Cleary are far from marquee players for the Detroit Red Wings. The banged-up Red Wings, playing without stars Nicklas Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk, needed Helm and Cleary to eliminate the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals Wednesday night. Helm scored 3:58 into overtime, and Cleary had a goal in the third period in the defending champion Red Wings' 2-1 victory over Chicago that set up a Stanley Cup finals rematch with Pittsburgh.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Detroit Red Wings crushed the Chicago Blackhawks 6-1 on Sunday to move within a game of their second straight appearance in the Stanley Cup finals.