National Hockey

It's the grande dame of sports trophies, the oldest contested prize in North American athletics. The Stanley Cup will soon once again be awarded to hockey's top team, extending a tradition that dates back to 1893.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators weren't quite ready to go their separate ways.

The NHL will play an outdoor game at a U.S. service academy for the first time when the Washington Capitals host the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, next season.

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.