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Injury-plagued Devils hope to avoid third straight loss.
Toronto (3-3-3) at New Jersey (5-2-1), 7:30 pm EDT
While the New Jersey Devils have as many key injuries as losses, their hot start is slowly evaporating.
The injury-stricken Devils will be without three of their top six forwards once again when they try to snap a two-game losing streak [...]

Judge says Greschner doesn’t owe Alt. A judge says former New York Rangers star Ron Greschner doesn’t owe Carol Alt money because the actress-model waited too long to make a claim on her ex-husband.
Alt and Greschner were married for 18 years until 2001.
Alt was hoping to gain $165,000 from the sale of their shares in [...]

Senators send G Elliott back to AHL. The Ottawa Senators on Wednesday sent goaltender Brian Elliott back to Binghamton of the American Hockey League.
Martin Gerber, who suffered a pulled leg muscle at practice Friday, will dress and back up Alex Auld for Ottawas next game against Florida on Thursday.
In five games with Binghamton, Elliott is [...]

Students accused of harassing basketball players. Three Qunnipiac University students have been arrested and dismissed from the school after an investigation into the racial harassment of three basketball players.
Police say 18-year-old Charles Merritt of Maine made threatening and harassing phone calls to the African-American players. Emily Loschiavo of Vermont and Courtney Stellway of New York, [...]

Preseason story line No 13: Starting over.
Nobody inherited less to work with in terms of personnel than new Indiana coach Tom Crean. Seven players either transferred or were kicked off the team in the fallout following the messy resignation of Kelvin Sampson, who was pushed out in the middle of last season after making illegal [...]

FSU routs LCC in exhibition opener. Senior guard Toney Douglas led all scorers with 20 points in a 101-43 exhibition victory for Florida State over LCC International University on Wednesday night at the Donald L. Tucker Center. While the Lithuanian-based team didnt present much of a challenge, it did give a chance for Leonard Hamilton [...]

Nevada G Fields criminal case dismissed.
Brandon Fields, Nevada’s leading returning scorer, has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing in an alleged shoplifting incident at a sporting goods store, his lawyer said Wednesday.
A school spokesman said that coach Mark Fox indicated Fields was still under suspension
Fields, a 6-foot-5 junior guard, was one of three Wolf Pack [...]

After spurning Arizona, Washington top basketball recruit has decided to stay home.
Abdul Gaddy, a guard for Bellarmine Prep in Tacoma, announced Tuesday night that he will sign a letter of intent next month to play at Washington.
Gaddy originally had committed to Arizona, but backed out when Wildcats coach Lute Olson retired on Thursday. The early [...]

Tuesday National Hockey League Capsules.
MONTREAL 3, CAROLINA 2 (SO)
MONTREAL Captain Saku Koivu scored in the second round of the shootout and Carey Price made 31 saves as the Montreal Canadiens posted a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.
In the shootout, Koivu backhanded the puck between the pads of Cam Ward and Price preserved the victory [...]

Penguins look to hand Sharks first home loss.
Pittsburgh (5-2-2) at San Jose (7-2-0), 10:30 pm EDT.
The Pittsburgh Penguins began their four-game road trip on a sour note and their fortunes could get even worse thanks to the San Jose Sharks dominance at home.
Evgeni Malkin and the Penguins hope to bounce back from a loss when [...]