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Canadian forward Anthony Mantha on Wednesday was suspended one game by the IIHF for a hit to the head of U.S. forward Colin White on Tuesday at the men's world hockey championship and will miss Thursday's quarter-final against Switzerland.

The St. Louis Blues have been around a lot longer than the Vegas Golden Knights, but their journey over the past five months is almost as remarkable as the expansion team's run to the championship series a year ago.

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The St. Louis Blues are marching into the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in decades.

Kyle Turris had a goal and an assist as Canada finished off preliminary play at the world hockey championship with a 3-0 win over the United States on Tuesday in Kosice, Slovakia. Canada will face Switzerland in a quarter-final Thursday.

Since being fired by Edmonton after 113 games, Dallas Eakins has found more of the success that got him to the NHL. And while the Anaheim head-coaching job remains vacant, Eakins insists he's solely focused on trying to help its AHL affiliate lift the Calder Cup.

Carter Hart and Mackenzie Blackwood combined for a 24-save shutout as Canada routed Denmark 5-0 on Monday in round-robin play at the men's hockey world championship.

The San Jose Sharks left town Monday to play Game 6 of the NHL Western Conference final at St. Louis on Tuesday with questions about the status of captain Joe Pavelski, high-scoring forward Tomas Hertl and playmaking defenceman Erik Karlsson.

Vladimir Tarasenko scored on a penalty shot and Jaden Schwartz added the first of his three goals during a dominant second period that carried St. Louis to the brink of its first trip to the Stanley Cup Final in nearly a half-century, with a 5-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday in Game 5 of the Western Conference final.

Three days after he had to miss Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final because of an undisclosed injury, Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara skated before practice on Sunday.