National Hockey

Hockey history will be made for American coaches in the Stanley Cup Final. The Cup has been handed out 89 times to the champion of the NHL since 1927.

NASHVILLE — David Poile thought he could squeeze in a quick day off after the exhilarating run by the Nashville Predators to their first Stanley Cup Final. Wrong.

No one is totally healthy this late in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, certainly not the last two teams standing.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a one-year contract with defenceman Michal Kempny. Kempny was set to become a restricted free agent July 1. The extension runs through the 2017-18 season.

PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Chris Kunitz stood shoulder to shoulder at centre ice as midnight approached, crowd on its feet, Prince of Wales Trophy in hand. Another shot at the Stanley Cup in the offing.

NASHVILLE — It has been an extraordinary 11 months for P.K. Subban. The defenceman moved from the Eastern Conference to the Western Conference. Left his native Canada to live in the American South.

While the sting was still fresh from a defeat in double overtime, the Ottawa Senators were already hopefully looking to the future after Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final.

PITTSBURGH — Chris Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby took a moment to arrange themselves in the correct order before they picked up the Prince of Wales Trophy together.

PITTSBURGH — Bobby Ryan was standing right beside the net, helplessly watching Chris Kunitz beat Craig Anderson to end the Ottawa Senators' season in double overtime of the Eastern Conference final.