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NHL

Avalanche re-sign Casey Mittelstadt to 3-year contract
Mittelstadt scored four goals and 10 points in 18 games with the Avalanche. As for the entirety of the regular season, he scored a career-high 18 goals between the Avs and Sabres while his 57 points in 80 games were two shy of tying his personal best of 59 points from the 2022-23 season.

Jets sign defenseman Dylan Demelo to 4-year, $19.6 extension
A sixth-round pick by San Jose in 2011, DeMelo has recorded 144 points (17 goals, 127 assists), 265 penalty minutes and a plus-80 rating through 554 games with the Sharks (2015-18), Ottawa Senators (2018-20) and Jets.
 
Wayne Gretzky's stick in 1988 title-clincher sells for $336K
The previous record for an NHL-used stick also belonged to Gretzky, one from his final career game that Sotheby's sold in 2022 for $138,600. Other Gretzky items from the 1988 Stanley Cup Finals have cropped up in recent years: In June 2022, Gretzky's final Oilers jersey sold for $1.452 million, the most ever paid for a hockey jersey, and his gloves from that final game sold for $204,162.
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Gretzky notched 13 points -- three goals and 10 assists -- in the 1988 Finals, a series record that still stands. (Gretzky's 10 Stanley Cup Finals assists is also still a series record.) Gretzky, a record nine-time league MVP, remains the only NHL player to have his number retired leaguewide.
 
Dakota Joshua sign 4-year extension with Canucks
He scored a career-high 18 goals and 32 points in 63 games for a Vancouver team that went from missing the playoffs in 2022-23 to emerging as a serious Western Conference challenger in 2023-24.

Capitals acquire Andrew Manggiapane, sind '25 pick to Flames
The 28-year-old Mangiapane, entering his eighth NHL season, will be in the last year of his contract, with a $5.8 million cap hit. He had 14 goals and 26 assists for 40 points in 75 games last season for Calgary.
 
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