SPORTS brief

Blackhawks acquire Duclair from Coyotes

For almost two years, the Arizona Coyotes tried to trade Anthony Duclair.

Now, the Chicago Blackhawks

hope he’s the right fit for them. The Blackhawks acquired the talented but inconsistent 22-yearold winger from the Coyotes in a four-player trade Wednesday. Chicago also got them defenceman Adam Clendening and sent winger Richard Panik and minor league forward Laurent Dauphin to Arizona.

Duclair has nine goals and six assists in 33 games this season, scoring in each of his last two games after reports surfaced that he had asked for a trade. Chicago is the third NHL organization for Duclair, whom the Coyotes acquired from New York in 2015 in the deal that sent Keith Yandle to the Rangers.