Cammi Granato joins Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks hired Hall of Famer Cammi Granato as an assistant general manager, the team said.
Granato, 50, moves to the Canucks from the Seattle Kraken, where she has served as a scout since 2019.
Granato joins a Canucks front office that has been revamped since former general manager Jim Benning and several other staff were fired in December.
The Edmonton Oilers fired coach Dave Tippett with the star-studded team scrambling to secure a playoff spot. Jay Woodcroft, the 45-year-old head coach of the Oilers’ AHL affiliate in Bakersfield, will take over behind the bench. He will be joined by assistant Dave Manson, who replaces Jim Playfair . ... The Arizona Coyotes will use Arizona State’s new on-campus hockey arena for at least the next three years while the team looks for a permanent home. Arizona State’s arena will hold about 5,000 fans, easily making it the NHL’s smallest home venue . ... Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno received a two-game suspension for kneeing Winnipeg’s Adam Lowry at the end of a fight.
Southern California, long a major player in the Eclipse Awards, won just two equine awards and one people award. The Bob Bafferttrained Corniche won the award for top 2-year-old and Ce Ce, trained by Michael McCarthy, was given the
Eclipse for top Female Sprinter. Jessica Pyfer, who rides the Southern California circuit, was the winner of top Apprentice Jockey.
— John Cherwa
Syracuse center Jesse Edwards has a fractured left wrist and will miss the rest of the season, the school said.
Dallas traded veteran defender Ryan Hollingshead to LAFC for left back Marco Farfan.
Ed Donatell agreed to become the defensive coordinator of the Minnesota Vikings under head-coach-tobe Kevin O’Connell, according to a person with knowledge of the decision. The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the Vikings have not yet announced the hire.
Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal had surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left wrist, the team said.