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Hockey is coming back to the New Jersey Meadowlands in a big way this weekend with MetLife Stadium serving as the venue for the NHL's Stadium Series. These games will influence the playoff hopes for all the teams with less than two months left in the regular season. Photos You Should See View All 22 ImagesNHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly wasn't sure if any of the 39 previous outdoor games had as much playoff implication. Brodeur, who started for the Devils in an outdoor game at Yankee Stadium against the Rangers in 2014, said the organization wants the players to embrace the game. You gotta block those noises.”It's the first time the league scheduled outdoor games on consecutive days with fans.

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Alina Muller has already accomplished plenty in the 10 years since scoring Switzerland’s bronze-clinching goal to become, at 15, the youngest women’s hockey player to win a medal at a Winter Olympics. Another first comes Thursday when she takes part in the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s 3-on-3 showcase game as part of the NHL’s All-Star weekend festivities in Toronto. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesNHL chief content officer Steve Mayer said the league has liked to use All-Star Weekend as a way to lean into women’s hockey. Like I must have done something right in life,'” said Team King coach and former Canadian national team player Cassie Campbell-Pascall. The team set a pro women’s hockey attendance record with 13,316 turning out for its home-opening 3-0 win over Montreal.

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BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic is scheduled to be arraigned on an assault charge in connection with his arrest this weekend after his wife called police to their home and said he tried to choke her. A Boston Police Department report released Monday said Lucic, a member of the Bruins 2011 Stanley Cup championship team, appeared intoxicated when they arrived at his North End apartment early Saturday. According to the police report, Lucic was arrested on suspicion of assault and battery on a family member, which carries a maximum penalty of 2½ years in prison; he is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday. The police report said Brittany Lucic told police on the telephone that her husband tried to choke her. Political Cartoons View All 1260 ImagesThe Bruins said Saturday that Lucic was taking an indefinite leave of absence from the team.

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LONDON (AP) — A man who was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in the death of American ice hockey player Adam Johnson, whose neck was cut by a skate during a game, was released on bail Wednesday. He was arrested on Tuesday, and released on bail on Wednesday pending further inquiries. Petgrave skates toward Johnson and collides with another Panthers player. Petgrave's left skate kicks up as he begins to fall and the blade hits Johnson in the neck. It would be rare, but not unprecedented, for a hockey player to be charged.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers got some needed help for their struggling defense, acquiring edge rusher Chase Young from the Washington Commanders for a conditional third-round draft pick. Two people with knowledge of the deal confirmed that Young was headed to San Francisco pending a physical following the trade agreed to before Tuesday's deadline. Young was the second overall pick in the 2020 draft — a year after Bosa went No. 2 to San Francisco — and has been playing at a high level this season after two injury-plagued years. Political Cartoons View All 1227 ImagesAfter a fast start to the season, San Francisco's defense has struggled during the recent losing streak.

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Chase Young, Montez Sweat and Joshua Dobbs are on the move. The San Francisco 49ers (5-3) made the biggest move of the day, getting Young from the Washington Commanders for a compensatory third-round draft pick. Political Cartoons View All 1227 ImagesThe Commanders traded their top pass rusher, Sweat, to the Chicago Bears for a second-round pick. The Bears (2-6) are headed nowhere, but have to be planning to keep Sweat, who has 6 1/2 sacks this season. People-Jones has eight catches for 97 yards this season after catching 61 passes for 839 yards last season.

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby knows a little — OK, maybe more than a little — about being hockey's next big thing. He will see a mentor well-versed in the unique crucible Bedard — born two weeks before Crosby arrived in Pittsburgh and himself chosen No. “I think he’s a guy that’s more than ready at this point,” Crosby said. I think, at this point, he’s just ready to finally start and get all of that over with. “He’s such a good role model for everyone, the way he carries himself on and off the ice,” Bedard said.

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