Randy Carlyle, who coached the Anaheim Ducks to the Stanley Cup championship in 2007, signed a two-year extension Wednesday. Financial terms were not announced. "In my mind, it is a very important announcement for our franchise and I would like to congratulate Randy on this. He earned it," general manager Brian Burke said.

The Bruins signed defenseman Dennis Wideman to a multiyear contract extension on Wednesday. Wideman had career bests last season with 13 goals and 23 assists in 81 games with Boston. He was the No. 2 scoring defenseman to captain Zdeno Chara and sixth overall on the team. He had three assists in six playoff games for the Bruins last season.

Now that Ryan Miller knows he'll be in Buffalo for six more years, he can focus on helping an organization that has never won the Stanley Cup finally reach that goal. Armed with a new five-year, $31.25 million contract extension he signed last week, Miller didn't shy away from saying what he wants to accomplish for the Sabres, a team that has not won a title in their 39 years of existence.

Dustin Byfuglien remembers the fun he had playing outdoor hockey as a kid in Minnesota. The 23-year-old Blackhawks right winger will get a chance to relive the experience -- at least for a day -- when Chicago hosts the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings on New Year's Day at baseball's Wrigley Field.

Daniel Carcillo, who led the NHL in penalty minutes as a rookie last season, was re-signed to a two-year contract Tuesday by the Phoenix Coyotes. Carcillo, a 23-year-old left winger, had 13 goals, 11 assists and 324 penalty minutes in 57 games. He became the first rookie in NHL history to have more than 300 penalty minutes and 15 points in one season.

A former owner of the St. Louis Blues hockey team faces sentencing later this year after pleading guilty to a federal charge for backdating stock options. In a plea agreement reached on Monday, former Engineered Support Systems Inc. co-founder Michael Shanahan Sr. also agreed to repay $7.9 million. In exchange for the guilty plea on one count of falsifying the records of a publicly traded company, the...

Forward Joffrey Lupul and the Philadelphia Flyers agreed to a four-year extension on Monday, keeping him with the Eastern Conference finalists through the 2012-2013 season. Lupul had 20 goals and 46 points in 56 regular season games for the Flyers last season, and had 10 points in 17 playoff games. He missed 26 games with a sprained ankle and a concussion.