Islanders acquire Panik, 2nd rounder from Wings
The New York Islanders acquired forward Richard Panik and a second-round draft pick this year from the Detroit Red Wings on Friday for defenseman Nick Leddy.
Detroit will retain half of Panik’s salary.
Panik has 88 goals and 106 assists in 517 regularseason games in nine seasons with Tampa Bay, Toronto, Chicago, Arizona, Washington and Detroit.
More NHL: The New York Rangers agreed to terms with restricted free agent forward Julien Gauthier on a one-year contract. Gauthier played in 30 games with the Rangers this past season, collecting two goals and six assists.
Men’s college basketball: St. John’s has added veteran assistant coach Greg Vetrone to its basketball staff.
Women’s college basketball: Florida women’s basketball coach
Cam Newbauer stepped down for “personal reasons,” the school announced, a surprising move that came six weeks after he signed a three-year contract extension.
Soccer: UEFA compensated Dublin and Bilbao for dropping them as European Championship hosts by awarding each city a future Europa League final. Dublin will host the 2024 final and Bilbao the 2025 climax.
Tennis: French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova eased past doubles partner Katerina Siniakova, winning an all-czech quarterfinal 6-3, 6-0 at the Prague Open. The second-seeded Krejcikova next faces China’s Xinyu
Wang, who beat Grace Min of the United States 6-3, 6-3. The eighth-seeded Tereza Martincova beat Viktoria Kuzmova of Slovakia 6-2, 6-2 and in the other quarterfinal, ninth-seeded Greet Minnen of Belgium beat Australia’s Storm Sanders 6-2, 6-1.
Obituary: Former Illinois football star Bobby Roundtree, who was paralyzed from the waist down in a swimming accident two years ago, died Friday, the university said. He was 23. Illinois said Roundtree, a Florida native, died in the Tampa area where he was living. The cause of death was not immediately known.