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FILE - United States' Hilary Knight looks on before a women's hockey game against the Canada, Oct. 22, 2021, in Allentown, Pa. Cammi Granato had never forgotten the young girl she lent her stick and gloves to during one of the former U.S. Olympian’s first hockey camps in Chicago in the late 1990s. It was not until years later when Granato discovered that girl just happened to be Knight. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola, File)

Ex-Hanover resident Knight still following Granato’s example

by John Wawrow AP Hockey WriterJanuary 22, 2022

Cammi Granato had never forgotten the young girl she lent her stick and gloves to during one of the former U.S. Olympian’s first hockey camps in Chicago in the late 1990s.It was years later when Granato discovered that girl just happened to be Hilary…

This October 2018 photo provided by the NWHL shows National Women’s Hockey League founder Dani Rylan at TRIA Rink in St. Paul, Minn. Dani Rylan has a blunt message for her detractors in preparing to open her fifth season. To those questioning the league's stability after several franchises lost their local NHL teams' backing, and some of the world’s top players opted to sit out this year, Rylan is defiant by insisting there will be a sixth season next October, a seventh one after that, and so on. "We're not going anywhere. We're just growing," she told The Associated Press in a wide-ranging interview last month. (Kirsten Burton/NWHL via AP)

NWHL founder: ‘We’re not going anywhere’

by John Wawrow AP Hockey WriterOctober 4, 2019

Buffalo Bills safety Micah Hyde intercepts a pass in the end zone, thrown by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

Patriots win slugging match

by John Wawrow AP Sports WriterSeptember 29, 2019

FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2018, file photo, Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, left, and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady speak at midfield after an NFL football game in Foxborough, Mass. The Buffalo Bills brace for Tom Brady and the Patriots to make their annual visit to town in what's been an AFC East rivalry heavily weighted in New England's favor for the past 20 years. The new-look Bills hope this weekend might be different in a matchup of two 3-0 teams.(AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Bills make Tom seem less terrific

by John Wawrow AP Sports WriterSeptember 28, 2019

FILE - In this April 2, 2019 file photo, Nashville Predators defenseman P.K. Subban (76) looks on during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres in Buffalo, N.Y. The New Jersey Devils have acquired Subban from the Nashville Predators in exchange for Steven Santini, Jeremy Davies and a pair of draft picks, Saturday, June 22. . (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes, File)

Salary cap-related trades overshadow NHL draft

by John Wawrow The Associated PressJune 22, 2019

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2018, file photo, goalie Shannon Szabados (1), of Canada, stares at the flying puck during the second period of the women's gold medal hockey game against the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. More than 200 of the top female hockey players in the world have decided they will not play professionally in North America next season, hoping their stand leads to a single economically sustainable league. The announcement Thursday, May 2, 2019, comes after the Canadian Women's Hockey League abruptly shut down as of Wednesday, leaving the five-team, U.S.-based National Women's Hockey League as the only pro league in North America. The group of players, led by American stars Hilary Knight and Kendall Coyne Schofield and Canadian goaltender Shannon Szabados, hopes their move eventually pushes the NHL to start its own women's hockey league as the NBA did with the WNBA. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Women’s players hope NHL steps in to create new league

by Stephen Whyno The Associated Press, and John Wawrow The Associated PressMay 4, 2019

FILE - In this March 4, 2018, file photo, Hilary Knight, of the gold medal winning U.S. women's Olympic hockey team, attends a SheBelieves Cup women's soccer match between the United States and France, in Harrison, N.J. More than 200 of the top female hockey players in the world have decided they will not play professionally in North America next season, hoping their stand leads to a single economically sustainable league. The announcement Thursday, May 2, 2019, comes after the Canadian Women's Hockey League abruptly shut down as of Wednesday, leaving the five-team, U.S.-based National Women's Hockey League as the only pro league in North America. The group of players, led by American stars Hilary Knight and Kendall Coyne Schofield and Canadian goaltender Shannon Szabados, hopes their move eventually pushes the NHL to start its own women's hockey league as the NBA did with the WNBA. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano, File)

Women’s hockey players announce boycott in demand for one league

by John Wawrow AP Hockey Writers, and Stephen Whyno AP Hockey WritersMay 2, 2019

FILE - In this Sunday, March 24, 2019, file photo, Calgary Inferno's Brigette Lacquette, left, battles for the puck with Les Canadiennes de Montreal's Lauriane Rougeau during the second-period action of the Clarkson Cup hockey game in Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian Women's Hockey League will discontinue operations on May 1, the league announced Sunday, March 31. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Failure of women’s league puts NHL in unique position

by John Wawrow AP Hockey WriterMarch 31, 2019

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2018, file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady smiles as he takes the field to warm up before a preseason NFL football game against the Washington Redskins, in Foxborough, Mass. Brady is so looking forward to making his annual trip to Buffalo, the New England Patriots quarterback posted a video on social media playfully announcing his impending arrival. Of course, it didn't sit well among Bills fans, who took Brady's comments as taunting them in advance of Buffalo (2-5) hosting New England on Monday night. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Brady Excited About Prospect of Dueling Buffalo

by John Wawrow AP Sports WriterOctober 29, 2018

FILE - In this July 27, 2018, file photo, Buffalo Bills wide receiver Zay Jones catches a pass after practice at the NFL football team's training camp in Pittsford, N.Y. The Bills have activated Jones off the non-football injury list, putting the second-year player in position to practice for the first time this offseason. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File)

Bills’ Jones Looks Forward After Tumultuous Offseason

by John Wawrow The Associated PressAugust 6, 2018