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The Philadelphia Flyers hired Rick Tocchet as their coach Wednesday, hoping his return to the franchise will push them out of an extended rebuild and into playoff contention.

The Philadelphia Flyers hired Rick Tocchet as their coach Wednesday, hoping his return to the franchise will push them out of an extended rebuild and into playoff contention.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks didn't have to look far to find their new head coach. The team announced Wednesday that Adam Foote has been elevated from assistant coach to head coach.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Kings hired Hall of Fame hockey executive Ken Holland as their general manager on Wednesday. The 69-year-old Holland spent the past year out of the NHL after leaving the Edmonton Oilers in June 2024.

LAS VEGAS — Oilers goalie Calvin Pickard remains sidelined with an injury as Edmonton looks to finish off its second-round playoff series with the Vegas Golden Knights.

WINNIPEG — American quarterback Shea Patterson was among seven players released Wednesday by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Patterson, 28, signed with Winnipeg following two seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

HERNING, Denmark (AP) — Tage Thompson completed his hat trick with a power-play goal in overtime to give the United States a 6-5 win over Norway after the Americans squandered a four-goal lead at the ice hockey world championship on Wednesday.

ROME — Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand are out of the Italian Open women's doubles tournament after a 6-2, 4-6, 11-9 quarterfinal loss to Russians Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider on Wednesday.

TORONTO — Mykhailo Ivanov never thought he'd become a diehard hockey fan. The 42-year-old had immigrated to Winnipeg a little over two years ago to escape the war in Ukraine.

Fresh off a dominant weekend win in Montreal at UFC 315, Quebec middleweight Marc Andrew (Power Bar) Barriault will face Russia's Shara Magomedov on a July 26 UFC Fight Night card in Abu Dhabi.