Former Detroit Red Wings player Billy Reay dies at 86
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Billy Reay, who played on two Stanley Cup champions with Montreal and became the winningest coach in Chicago Blackhawks&#39; history, died at 86.
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Brian Leetch, one of the NHL's top defensemen who helped the New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup in 1994, retired Thursday after an 18-year career.
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CHICAGO (CP) - Billy Reay, who amassed more coaching wins than any other person in Chicago Blackhawks history, has died. He was 86.
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An autopsy performed Thursday stated that veteran NHL center Sergei Zholtok died as a result of heart failure.
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The Nashville Predators confirmed Wednesday night that center Sergei Zholtok had died in Latvia at the age of 31. While the NHL lockout was in progress, Zholtok had been playing with a team in his home of Riga.
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Ted Abernathy, who twice led the National League in saves during the 1960s, has passed away at the age 71.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CP) - Veteran NHL player Sergei Zholtok died in Latvia on Wednesday. He was 31. He was playing hockey in his home city of Riga, the Latvian capital, when he became ill near the end of a game.
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John "Red" Cochran, a scout and former NFL player and assistant coach who spent 42 years with the Green Bay Packers, died at 82.
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SURREY, British Columbia -- Paul Shmyr, the former NHL and WHA defenseman who captained the Edmonton Oilers in Wayne Gretzky&#39;s first season with the team, has died after a battle with throat cancer.
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Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - The Detroit Red Wings Tuesday re-signed center Steve Yzerman to a one-year contract. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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William Wirtz, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks and president of the National Hockey League (NHL) team for more than four decades, died on Wednesday at the age of 77, the club announced.
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The last time Detroit Red Wings star Steve Yzerman played in an NHL game, during the 2004 playoffs, he had to be helped off the ice when a puck broke bones near his left eye. Yzerman vowed to return, with a visor, but didn't get the chance.
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A preliminary autopsy shows the former Packer great died from a respiratory disease that affected his lungs. A final cause of death for the NFL legend could take up to three months to determine.
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Steve Yzerman, who led the Detroit Red Wings to three Stanley Cups, will have his No. 19 jersey retired Jan. 2.
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Wayne Chrebet, the former Jet who redefined the role of possession receiver, was honored at halftime of his former teamâs first victory of the season.
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Maxime A. Faget, 83, a retired NASA aeronautical engineer whose innovative designs contributed greatly to manned spacecraft from Mercury to the space shuttle, died of cancer Oct. 10 at his home in Houston.
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Billy Reay, the winningest coach in Blackhawks history and a two-time Stanley Cup champion as a player, died Thursday at age 86. Reay, who had suffered from cancer