Rangers' St. Louis decides to retire
New York Rangers forward Martin St. Louis is retiring after 16 NHL seasons, seven all-star selections, and one Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
New York Rangers forward Martin St. Louis is retiring after 16 NHL seasons, seven all-star selections, and one Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
St. Louis made the announcement Thursday, roughly a month after helping the Rangers reach the Eastern Conference finals, where they lost to the Lightning in seven games. He had 21 goals and 31 assists this past regular season, but had just one goal and six assists in 19 playoff games.
The 40-year-old St. Louis was uncertain whether he would return for another season after the Rangers were eliminated, but it was clear that New York was not going to bring the hardworking 5-foot-8 veteran back.
St. Louis had 391 goals and 642 assists in 1,134 regular-season games with the Calgary Flames, Lightning, and Rangers. He won the Stanley Cup with the Lightning in 2004 and the Art Ross Trophy twice (1994, 2013) as the league's top scorer.
He also won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player, and the Lester B. Pearson Award as the NHL players association's most outstanding player in 1994.
Capitals obtain Oshie
Sochi Olympics shootout star T.J. Oshie was acquired by the Washington Capitals in a deal that sent Troy Brouwer to the St. Louis Blues.
As part of the swap of right wings, Washington also will trade AHL goalie Pheonix Copley and a third-round pick in next year's NHL draft to St. Louis.
Oshie had 19 goals and 36 assists in 72 games for the Blues last season, his seventh in the NHL, all with St. Louis. He is best known for scoring four times during a shootout to lead the United States to a victory against Russia at the 2014 Olympics.
Brouwer totaled 21 goals and 22 assists for Washington last season while appearing in all 82 games. He has played in nine NHL seasons, the last four with the Capitals after five with the Chicago Blackhawks.
Voynov gets jail time
Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov was sentenced to three months in jail Thursday after pleading no contest to beating his wife after an argument at a Halloween party last year.
Voynov, 25, was also placed on probation for three years for misdemeanor corporal injury to a spouse. A felony domestic violence charge that alleged he caused great bodily injury was thrown out in exchange for the plea.
The case against Voynov became more difficult for prosecutors when his wife refused to testify.