Hockey headlines for June 9, 2021

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Lightning close out Hurricanes, advance to Stanley Cup semifinals (Tampa Bay Times)
Mark Stone gives Golden Knights OT win, 3-2 series lead (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Islanders know finishing off Bruins will be no easy task (New York Post)
Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy is unsure whether Tuukka Rask can go in Game 6 (Boston Globe)
Nazem Kadri suspension appeal denied, will sit two more Avalanche games vs. Knights (Denver Post)
Sharks’ Patrick Marleau a finalist for prestigious NHL award (San Jose Mercury News)
Dumba one of three finalists for NHL's Masterton Award (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Flyers’ Oskar Lindblom, who beat cancer and returned to the lineup, is one of three finalists for the NHL’s Masterton Trophy (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Bruce Cassidy fined $25,000 as Bruins-Islanders series gets heated (New York Post)
These playoff coaches could impact Gerard Gallant’s Rangers status (New York Post)
Tampa Bay’s David Savard, Blake Coleman might pique Leafs’ interest as free agents (Toronto Star)
Golden Knights stone Avalanche in overtime, take 3-2 series lead (Denver Post)
Avalanche outplay Golden Knights for 2 periods, then collapse (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Heroic effort from keeper Alex Nedeljkovic not enough as Hurricanes’ season ends (Raleigh News & Observer)
When it comes to the playoffs, no one has been more prolific than Brayden Point (Tampa Bay Times)
‘This thing isn’t over.’ The Bruins are facing elimination, but are confident they can force a Game 7 (Boston Globe)
Islanders’ depth dooming Bruins (Boston Herald)
Unshaken by early goals, Varlamov continues to impress in Isles-Bruins series (New York Newsday)
Expect a raucous Coliseum crowd as Isles can eliminate Bruins in Game 6 (New York Newsday)
Why it makes sense for Pekka Rinne to return to the Nashville Predators next season (The Tennessean)
Perfetti brings home the gold (Winnipeg Free Press)
Troy Stecher puts golden exclamation mark on year of struggles, sorrow (Vancouver Province)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins re-sign forward Felix Robert (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Ex-Penguins defenseman Yannick Weber signs with ZSC Lions in Switzerland (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)