Hockey

The first round of the 2013 NHL playoffs starts this week, as 16 teams begin their quest for the Stanley Cup. The Pittsburgh Penguins were the best team in the Eastern Conference, but seven other squads believe they can reach the finals

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UNDATED (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche have received the first selection in the June 30th NHL draft by winning Monday's lottery.

The Avs now have the best chance to get Portland Winterhawks defenseman Seth Jones, considered the top prospect in the draft

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DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche have fired coach Joe Sacco (SAK'-oh). The move came a day after the team missed the playoffs for the third straight season. The Avs never got on track in the lockout-shortened season and finished last in the Western Conference

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UNDATED (AP) — Rangers captain Ryan Callahan scored 2:55 into overtime, and New York rallied to clinch a third straight Eastern Conference playoff berth by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3.

Brad Richards tied it for the Rangers with 2:57 left in regulation after New York blew an early 2-0 lead and fell behind already-eliminated Carolina

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UNDATED (AP) — Right now the Toronto Maple Leafs are sitting in fifth place in the NHL Eastern Conference, and are on track to open next week's playoffs against arch-rival Montreal. Leafs fans are hoping their team puts on a better showing next week

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UNDATED (AP) — The Washington Capitals have wrapped up the Southeast Division title while helping the New York Islanders end a six-year postseason drought.

Jason Chimera (chih-MEHR'-uh), Nicklas Backstrom, Mathieu Perreault (peh-ROH') and Alex Ovechkin (oh-VEHCH'-kihn) each had a goal and an assist as the Capitals beat Winnipeg 5-3

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UNDATED (AP) — The Anaheim Ducks and Vancouver Canucks have become the third and fourth NHL teams to clinch a division title.

Viktor Fasth (fahst) picked up his fourth shutout of the season by making 24 saves in the Ducks' 3-0 win at Edmonton

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Pennsylvania hockey fans' allegiances are geographically divided. Most fans in the western half of the state root for the Pittsburgh Penguins, while fans in the east cheer for the Philadelphia Flyers

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UNDATED (AP) — The Boston Bruins own a share of the NHL's Northeast Division lead after ending a four-game winless streak Sunday afternoon.

Tuukka (TOO'-kah) Rask stopped 28 shots and Jaromir Jagr (YAH'-roh-meer YAH'-gur) scored just over three minutes into the Bruins' 3-0 shutout of Florida

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MLB-SCHEDULE

Two pitchers look to go to 4-0

UNDATED (AP) — Barring a change in the schedule because of the events unfolding in Boston, the Red Sox are home to Kansas City this evening. Clay Buchholz of the Sox is looking for his fourt

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