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Chris Drury accepts buyout from New York Rangers and will become free agent

Joe Yerdon MSNBC 06/29/2011
Chris Drury accepts buyout from New York Rangers and will become free agent

The Chris Drury era in New York is over. After speculation that’s been raging for the last month or so saying the Rangers would buy out the team captain, the hammer fell today as the Rangers will end their relationship with Drury and buy him out of the final year of his contract. While Drury had the option to not go waivers thanks to his no-movement clause, he chose to accept the buyout from the team and look to play elsewhere next season.

Sean Avery of New York Rangers backs same sex marriage

Michael McCarthy USA Today 05/08/2011
Sean Avery of New York Rangers backs same sex marriage

Sean Avery of the NHL's New York Rangers is becoming one of the few pro athletes to support same-sex marriage.

New York-based NHL writers to boycott awards vote

Hockey writers from three New York-area chapters of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association will not vote on the NHL's postseason awards in response to a season-long dispute over the loss of a credential from blogger (and former New York Islanders employee) Chris Botta.

Air Canada threatens to pull NHL sponsorship

In an unusually public faceoff between a pro sports league and one of its major sponsors, Air Canada has threatened to pull support for the National Hockey League, saying that violent play on the ice hurts the airline's brand image.

Despite victory, Florida Panthers officially eliminated from postseason

All the Montreal Canadiens had to do was get one point, and the Panthers would be out of the playoffs.

Sports digest: Ron Wilson to coach U.S. Olympic team

Ron Wilson has coached American hockey teams from the World Cup to the world championships to the Olympics. The squad the former Sharks coach will take into next year's Vancouver Games will look nothing like any over the past two decades.

New Jersey Devils' David Clarkson was trying to 'spark the team' in tussle with New York Rangers' Sean Avery

The Devils may have fallen into a comfort zone, as coach Brent Sutter contends, but right winger David Clarkson was anything but content as Monday night's game slipped away.

Ovechkin helps Caps dodge Bolts

Alex Ovechkin posted two goals and two assists as Washington topped Tampa Bay, 5-3, at Verizon Center.

Bonk posts goal, assist in Predators' 3-2 win

Radek Bonk scored a power-play goal and added an assist as the Nashville Predators beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 Thursday night.