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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Let the season begin. NHL training camps are expected to open Sunday after the ratification process for the new collective bargaining agreement is completed, according to deputy commissioner Bill Daly.

NEWARK, N.J. - Superstar forward llya Kovalchuk has to play for the New Jersey Devils once the NHL lockout is officially lifted.

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have some sympathy for their NHL peers.

BOSTON - Boston Bruins defenceman Dennis Seidenberg drove by the TD Garden on Tuesday morning on his way to Boston University, where a handful of his teammates have been skating to keep in shape while waiting for the NHL season to start.

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - After 27 hours of exhausting travel as he made his way from Italy to Denver, Matt Duchene was ready for only one thing — hockey. Soon after landing back in town, the Colorado Avalanche forward made his way to the rink.

ARLINGTON, Texas - Lance Berkman chose the Texas Rangers this time, and is returning to his home state to be their designated hitter in likely the last stop of his career.

WINNIPEG - Winnipeg Jets captain Andrew Ladd says a good start is more important than ever with a lockout-shortened NHL season on the horizon.

Scott Moir has taken in a few recent London Knights games at the Budweiser Gardens — not merely because he's a huge hockey fan, but to soak in the energy and noise in what can be one of the loudest arenas around. The London, Ont.

MADRID - Hosting the Olympics in 2020 would help create jobs in a country grappling with recession, a deep financial crisis and 25 per cent unemployment, leaders of Madrid's bid said Tuesday.