Daily hockey news from around the league: The relationship between the Calgary Flames and forward Roman Cervenka has apparently come to an end. According to Igor Eronko of Sports.ru, Cervenka has signed a three-year deal with a Kontinental Hockey League squad. “Cervenka signed 3 year contract with #SKA of #KHL as per club official release ” Cervenka inked a one-year, $3.775-million [...]

Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks, Patrice Bergeron of the Boston Bruins and Pavel Datsyuk of the Detroit Red Wings are finalists for the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the NHL’s best defensive forward. Bergeron, who won last year, was the NHL’s top face-off man this season at 62.1 percent. He ranked sixth overall and led the Bruins in plus-minus with a plus-24 rating and [...]

Detroit Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader has been suspended for two games for charging Anaheim Ducks defenseman Toni Lydman during Game 3 of their Western Conference Quarterfinal series in Detroit on Saturday, May 4, the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety announced today. The incident occurred at 15:11 of the second period. Abdelkader was assessed a major penalty for charging and [...]

Detroit Red Wings Justin Abdelkader will have a telephone disciplinary hearing with the NHL at 4pm et  this afternoon about his game-misconduct for charging on Toni Lydman from Saturday, according to Bob McKenzie on Twitter. Abdelkader was assessed a major penalty for charging and given a game misconduct with 4:49 left in the second period. Lydman was helped off [...]

New Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill talked a lot about culture change Monday. He wasn’t ready to discuss a coaching change. Nill was formally introduced by the team after spending the past 15 years as an assistant GM with the Detroit Red Wings, who just extended the longest playoff streak in North American pro sports to 22 [...]

The Dallas Stars have fired Joe Nieuwendyk as general manager, the team said Sunday. Two sources told ESPN.com’s Pierre LeBrun the Stars have hired Detroit Red Wings assistant GM Jim Nill to replace Nieuwendyk. “I believe it is time to take this organization in a different direction with our intentions set on returning to the elite of [...]

Re-signing forward Damien Brunner is believed to be a priority for the Detroit Red Wings this summer. Ansar Khan of MLive.com suggests there’s “no question” the Red Wings will try to extend the unrestricted free agent-to-be, but proposed money and term is more difficult to predict.”Given that he doesn’t have a proven track record in the NHL, they might look to [...]

The Detroit Red Wings and goalie Jimmy Howard agreed to a $31.8 million, six-year contract Tuesday, keeping him off the market as a free agent this summer. The 29-year-old Howard is in his fourth season as the Red Wings top goalie. “We’re extremely pleased to have Jimmy under contract for the next six seasons,” general manager Ken Holland said. [...]

Jimmy Howard and the Detroit Red Wings are finalizing the last details on a new contract that would keep the goalie in Detroit long term. ”It’s close,” he told ESPN.com. Howard confirmed with reporters that it’s a six-year deal, with TSN reporting that it’s worth about $5.3 million per season. As the Red Wings have battled to stay in [...]

New York Rangers defenseman Marc Staal resumed skating this week. It is the first time Staal has returned to the ice since sustaining an eye injury against the Philadelphia Flyers on March 5. Staal was struck in the face with a deflected shot, which resulted in an orbital fracture. Detroit Red Wings center Darren Helm is expected to miss the remainder [...]