On deck

Wednesday

Boys basketball: Class 5A quarterfinals at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis: No. 6 Mountain View vs. No. 3 Thurston, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday

Boys basketball: Class 4A quarterfinals at Forest Grove High School, No. 8 Sisters vs. No. 1 Banks, 1:30 p.m.

Girls basketball: Class 5A semifinals at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis: No. 6 Bend vs. No. 2 La Salle, 3:15 p.m.

Hockey

NHL

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

All Times PST

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Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Tampa Bay 67 46 17 4 96 245 186

Boston 64 41 15 8 90 215 163

Toronto 68 39 22 7 85 223 195

Florida 64 32 25 7 71 193 204

Detroit 66 26 29 11 63 175 199

Montreal 66 25 30 11 61 171 206

Ottawa 65 23 32 10 56 177 227

Buffalo 66 21 34 11 53 159 214

Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Washington 66 37 22 7 81 203 197

Pittsburgh 67 38 25 4 80 219 203

Philadelphia 66 34 21 11 79 197 193

New Jersey 67 34 25 8 76 199 203

Columbus 67 34 28 5 73 180 187

Carolina 67 29 27 11 69 178 204

N.Y. Islanders 67 29 29 9 67 216 241

N.Y. Rangers 67 30 31 6 66 189 212

Western Conference

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Nashville 66 43 14 9 95 216 168

Winnipeg 66 40 17 9 89 223 175

Minnesota 67 38 22 7 83 210 192

Dallas 67 37 24 6 80 195 176

Colorado 66 35 24 7 77 206 195

St. Louis 66 35 26 5 75 180 176

Chicago 67 29 30 8 66 190 196

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Vegas 66 42 19 5 89 226 184

Anaheim 67 34 21 12 80 190 183

San Jose 66 35 22 9 79 196 184

Los Angeles 66 36 25 5 77 192 165

Calgary 67 32 25 10 74 188 199

Edmonton 66 28 34 4 60 187 219

Vancouver 66 25 32 9 59 180 217

Arizona 65 20 34 11 51 158 213

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Tuesday’s Games

Winnipeg 3, N.Y. Rangers 0

Columbus 4, Vegas 1

New Jersey 6, Montreal 4

Boston 6, Detroit 5, OT

Tampa Bay 5, Florida 4, OT

Minnesota 6, Carolina 2

Nashville 2, Dallas 0

Chicago 2, Colorado 1, OT

Anaheim 4, Washington 0

Wednesday’s Games

Calgary at Buffalo, 4:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Arizona at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Colorado at Columbus, 4 p.m.

Winnipeg at New Jersey, 4 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 4 p.m.

Buffalo at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m.

Montreal at Florida, 4:30 p.m.

Vegas at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Nashville, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Edmonton, 6 p.m.

Washington at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

St. Louis at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

NHL Scoring Leaders

Through Monday’s Games

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GP G A PTS

Nikita Kucherov, TB 65 33 53 86

Evgeni Malkin, PIT 63 37 45 82

Connor McDavid, EDM 66 30 50 80

Nathan MacKinnon, COL 58 32 46 78

Steven Stamkos, TB 67 27 51 78

Claude Giroux, PHI 66 23 55 78

Phil Kessel, PIT 67 27 49 76

Blake Wheeler, WPG 66 18 57 75

Taylor Hall, NJ 62 30 44 74

Johnny Gaudreau, CGY 67 20 54 74

Alex Ovechkin, WAS 66 40 32 72

Anze Kopitar, LA 66 27 44 71

Jakub Voracek, PHI 66 14 57 71

Sidney Crosby, PIT 67 22 48 70

Mathew Barzal, NYI 67 18 51 69

2 tied with 67 pts.

BASEBALL

MLB Spring Training

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

All Times PST

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Tuesday’s Games

Minnesota 9, Baltimore 8

Boston 9, Tampa Bay 1

Houston (ss) 10, Washington 5

N.Y. Yankees 7, Detroit 2

St. Louis 4, Miami 4

Atlanta 5, Toronto 1

N.Y. Mets 9, Houston (ss) 5

Cincinnati 7, Cleveland 6

Chicago Cubs 9, L.A. Dodgers 5

Chicago White Sox 6, Milwaukee 4

Oakland 5, Texas 3

Arizona 5, L.A. Angels 4

San Diego 5, Kansas City 4

Colorado 3, Seattle 2

College

Pac-12

All Times PST

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Tuesday’s Games

Arizona St. 10, Pepperdine 7

Arizona 13, San Diego St. 4

Oregon St. 6, Portland 3

UCLA 12, Loyola Marymount 1

Seattle 8, Washington 3

California 13, Xavier 3

Thursday’s Games

Saint Mary’s (Calif.) at Washington St., 4 p.m.

Stanford at Texas, 4:30 p.m.

UC Davis at Oregon, 6 p.m.

SOCCER

MLS

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

All Times PST

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Eastern Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

New York City FC 0 0 0 0 0 0

Philadelphia 1 0 0 3 2 0

Columbus 1 0 0 3 2 0

Orlando City 0 0 1 1 1 1

D.C. United 0 0 1 1 1 1

New York City FC 0 0 0 0 0 0

Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0

New York 0 0 0 0 0 0

Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0

Toronto FC 0 1 0 0 0 2

New England 0 1 0 0 0 2

Atlanta United FC 0 1 0 0 0 4

Western Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

Houston 1 0 0 3 4 0

San Jose 1 0 0 3 3 2

FC Dallas 0 0 1 1 1 1

Real Salt Lake 0 0 1 1 1 1

Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0

Seattle 0 0 0 0 0 0

Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0

Portland 0 0 0 0 0 0

Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0

Los Angeles Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0

Minnesota United 0 1 0 0 2 3

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Saturday’s Games

Montreal at Columbus, 10 a.m.

Colorado at New England, 10:30 a.m.

Los Angeles at Real Salt Lake, 12:30 p.m.

Sporting Kansas City at Chicago, 3 p.m.

Vancouver at Houston, 3 p.m.

Portland at New York, 4 p.m.

Minnesota United at Orlando City, 4:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

D.C. United at Atlanta United FC, noon

Los Angeles at New York City FC, 2 p.m.

BASKETBALL

Men’s college

PAC-12

All Times PST

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Tournament

At Las Vegas

Wednesday’s Games

First Round

Colorado vs. Arizona State, noon

Stanford vs. California, 3:30 p.m.

Washington vs. Oregon State, 6 p.m.

Oregon vs. Washington State, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Quarterfinals

Arizona vs. Colorado-Arizona State winner, noon

UCLA vs. Stanford-California winner, 2:30 p.m.

Southern Cal vs. Washington-Oregon State winner, 6 p.m.

Utah vs. Oregon-Washington State winner, 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Semifinals

Arizona—Colorado-Arizona State winner vs. UCLA—Stanford-California winner, 6 p.m.

Southern Cal—Washington-Oregon State winner vs. Utah—Oregon-Washington State winner, 8:30 p.m.

Championship

Saturday, March 10

Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

SCORES

Tuesday’s Games

TOP 25

No. 6 Gonzaga 74, BYU 54

EAST

Boston College 87, Georgia Tech 77

LIU Brooklyn 71, Wagner 61

Syracuse 73, Wake Forest 64

UMBC 75, Hartford 60

Vermont 70, Stony Brook 51

SOUTH

Coll. of Charleston 83, Northeastern 76, OT

Florida A&M 88, Howard 78

Morgan St. 83, SC State 80

NC Central 60, Coppin St. 48

Southern U. 62, Jackson St. 60, OT

MIDWEST

North Dakota 76, Montana St. 74

Notre Dame 67, Pittsburgh 64

S. Dakota St. 97, South Dakota 87

Wright St. 74, Cleveland St. 57

SOUTHWEST

Ark.-Pine Bluff 77, MVSU 73

Prairie View 87, Alcorn St. 71

Texas Southern 90, Alabama St. 76

FAR WEST

Gonzaga 74, BYU 54

N. Colorado 82, N. Arizona 59

S. Utah 76, Idaho St. 68

Portland State 71, Sacramento St. 67

Women’s college

SCORES

Tuesday’s Games

TOP 25

No. 1 UConn 70, South Florida 54

Green Bay 62, Wright St. 44

EAST

Md.-Eastern Shore 77, Delaware St. 60

UConn 70, South Florida 54

SOUTH

Coastal Carolina 74, Georgia St. 55

Grambling St. 80, Alcorn St. 71

Louisiana-Lafayette 88, Georgia Southern 81

SC State 76, NC Central 67

South Alabama 80, Louisiana-Monroe 54

Southern U. 70, Ark.-Pine Bluff 60

MIDWEST

DePaul 98, Marquette 63

Green Bay 62, Wright St. 44

S. Dakota St. 65, South Dakota 50

SOUTHWEST

Appalachian St. 79, Arkansas St. 68

Prairie View 66, Jackson St. 64

Texas Southern 70, Alabama St. 42

FAR WEST

Boise St. 60, Air Force 46

CS Northridge 62, Hawaii 57

Colorado St. 71, Fresno St. 55

Gonzaga 79, San Diego 71

Nevada 77, UNLV 73

UC Riverside 79, Long Beach St. 66

Wyoming 69, New Mexico 66

POLL

USA Today Top 25

Record Pts Prv

1. UConn (32) 31-0 800 1

2. Baylor 31-1 757 3

3. Louisville 32-2 728 5

4. Mississippi State 32-1 703 2

5. Oregon 30-4 660 6

6. Notre Dame 29-3 648 4

7. South Carolina 26-6 623 8

8. Texas 26-6 567 7

9. UCLA 24-7 517 9

10. Ohio State 27-6 500 14

11. Florida State 25-6 478 11

12. Oregon State 23-7 420 10

13. Tennessee 24-7 410 12

14. Missouri 24-7 324 13

15. Texas A&M 24-9 322 16

16. Maryland 25-7 293 17

17. Georgia 25-6 271 18

18. Duke 22-8 258 15

19. South Florida 26-6 250 19

20. Stanford 22-10 231 20

21. Green Bay 28-3 193 21

22. N.C. State 24-8 148 22

23. Mercer 30-2 70 25

24. DePaul 25-7 40 —

25. Belmont 31-3 28 —

Others receiving votes: Florida Gulf Coast 25, Syracuse 22, Michigan 21, LSU 16, Marquette 15, Central Michigan 14, Miami 14, Buffalo 11, Minnesota 6, Oklahoma State 5, Virginia 4, UALR 2, Iowa 2, UCF 1, Nebraska 1, Quinnipiac 1, Virginia Tech 1.

SOFTBALL

College

PAC-12

All Times PST

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Tuesday’s Game

Arizona St. 8, South Dakota 0
Wednesday’s Game

Georgetown at Arizona St., 5 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Miami (Ohio) vs. Utah, at College Park, Md., 11 a.m.

Utah at Maryland, 1:30 p.,m.

South Dakota at Arizona, 5 p.m.

Toledo at Oregon, 5:30 p.m.

Golf

Professional

World Golf Ranking

Through March 4

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1, Dustin Johnson, U.S., 10.50. 2, Justin Thomas, U.S., 9.44. 3, Jon Rahm, Spain, 8.67. 4, Jordan Spieth, U.S., 8.24. 5, Justin Rose, England, 7.22. 6, Hideki Matsuyama, Japan, 7.13. 7, Rickie Fowler, U.S., 6.35.

8, Brooks Koepka, U.S., 5.86. 9, Jason Day, Australia, 5.75. 10, Tommy Fleetwood, England, 5.58.

11, Sergio Garcia, Spain, 5.56. 12, Rory McIlroy, N. Ireland, 5.52. 13, Tyrrell Hatton, England, 5.01. 14, Henrik Stenson, Sweden, 4.97. 15, Alex Noren, Sweden, 4.91. 16, Marc Leishman, Australia, 4.91. 17, Paul Casey, England, 4.48. 18, Phil Mickelson, U.S., 4.47. 19, Pat Perez, U.S., 4.41. 20, Matt Kuchar, U.S., 4.30.

21, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Spain, 4.13 22, Brian Harman, U.S., 3.93. 23, Xander Schauffele, U.S., 3.52. 24, Francesco Molinari, Italy, 3.47. 25, Charley Hoffman, U.S., 3.46. 26, Gary Woodland, U.S., 3.28. 27, Patrick Reed, U.S., 3.24. 28, Branden Grace, South Africa, 3.21. 29, Ross Fisher, England, 3.18. 30, Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa, 3.18.

PGA Tour

STATISTICS

Through March 4

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FedExCup Season Points — 1, Justin Thomas, 1,573.125. 2, Patton Kizzire, 1,313.590. 3, Phil Mickelson, 1,149.117. 4, Dustin Johnson, 1,044.083. 5, Jon Rahm, 982.317. 6, Brendan Steele, 866.273. 7, Tony Finau, 849.697. 8, Pat Perez, 836.675. 9, Jason Day, 814.000. 10, Chez Reavie, 800.200.

Scoring Average — 1, Dustin Johnson, 68.843. 2, Justin Thomas, 69.054. 3, Alex Noren, 69.156. 4, Tommy Fleetwood, 69.308. 5, Jason Day, 69.473. 6, Rafa Cabrera Bello, 69.488. 7 , Phil Mickelson, 69.511. 8, Webb Simpson, 69.568. 9, Brian Harman, 69.625. 10, Zach Johnson, 69.706.

Driving Distance — 1, Tony Finau, 323.7. 2, Trey Mullinax, 319.5. 3, Kevin Tway, 318.1. 4, Bubba Watson, 317.4. 5, Luke List, 317.1. 6, Justin Rose, 316.8. 7, Jason Day, 315.4. 8, Ryan Palmer, 315.3. 9, Gary Woodland, 312.8. 10, Justin Thomas, 312.5.

Driving Accuracy Percentage — 1, Ken Duke, 77.03. 2, John Oda, 72.62. 3, Ryan Armour, 71.92. 4, Chez Reavie, 71.71. 5, Colt Knost, 71.66. 6, Brian Stuard, 71.37. 7, Pat Perez, 71.18. 8, Kyle Stanley, 70.80. 9, Kevin Kisner, 69.97. 10, K.J. Choi, 69.71.

Greens in Regulation Percentage — 1, Kevin Streelman, 74.86. t2, Gary Woodland and Sam Ryder, 73.50. 4, Brian Harman, 73.20. 5, John Peterson, 73.15. 6, Russell Knox, 72.84. 7, Kyle Stanley, 72.74. 8, Pat Perez, 72.57. 9, Keegan Bradley, 72.42. 10, Paul Casey, 71.99.

Total Driving — 1, Jason Day, 38. t2, Paul Casey and Byeong Hun An, 41. 4, Keegan Bradley, 49. 5, Ryan Palmer, 74. 6, Gary Woodland, 79. 7, Tommy Fleetwood, 85. 8, Emiliano Grillo, 87. 9, Alex Noren, 93. 10, Kevin Chappell, 98.

Strokes Gained: Putting — 1, Jason Day, 1.861. 2, Phil Mickelson, 1.082. 3, Greg Chalmers, .928. 4, Kevin Kisner, .903. 5, Brian Harman, .885. 6, Webb Simpson, .880. 7, Peter Malnati, .800. 8, Chris Stroud, .794. 9, Sam Burns, .784. 10, Whee Kim, .756.

Birdie Average — 1, Jason Day, 5.00. 2, Dustin Johnson, 4.95. 3, Jon Rahm, 4.93. 4, Justin Rose, 4.92. 5, Phil Mickelson, 4.77. 6, Pat Perez, 4.72. 7, Justin Thomas, 4.56. 8, Ollie Schniederjans, 4.53. 9, John Peterson, 4.50. 10, Austin Cook, 4.46.

Eagles (Holes per) — 1, Dustin Johnson, 51.4. 2, Justin Thomas, 57.6. 3, Rafa Cabrera Bello, 63.0. t4, Ryan Palmer and Brandon Harkins, 72.0. 6, Tony Finau, 76.5. 7, Ryan Moore, 79.2. t8, Cameron Percy and Keegan Bradley, 84.0. 10, Conrad Shindler, 86.4.

Sand Save Percentage — 1, Webb Simpson, 66.67. 2, Paul Casey, 65.52. t3, Brian Davis and Brandt Snedeker, 65.00. 5, Johnson Wagner, 64.71. 6, David Lipsky, 64.00. t7, Kevin Na, Rob Oppenheim and Sam Burns, 63.64. 10, Ben Crane, 63.27.

All-Around Ranking — 1, Justin Thomas, 205. 2, Dustin Johnson, 250. 3, Alex Noren, 305. 4, Paul Casey, 309. 5, Brendan Steele, 342. 6, Cameron Smith, 373. 7, Tommy Fleetwood, 381. 8, Chesson Hadley, 387. 9, Rickie Fowler, 390. 10, Brian Harman, 396.

Tennis

ATP World Tour

MONEY LEADERS

Through March 4

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1, Roger Federer, $3,656,655. 2, Marin Cilic, $1,631,735. 3, Hyeon Chung, $793,691. 4, Roberto Bautista Agut, $724,686.

5, Kyle Edmund, $714,926. 6, Grigor Dimitrov, $634,630. 7, Diego Schwartzman, $628,816. 8, Lucas Pouille, $542,386. 9, Juan Martin Del Potro, $523,011. 10, Tomas Berdych, $462,970.

11, Dominic Thiem, $448,153. 12, Fabio Fognini, $422,198. 13, Gael Monfils, $397,778. 14, Kevin Anderson, $394,082. 15, Tennys Sandgren, $388,418. 16, Fernando Verdasco, $373,191. nt17, Oliver Marach, $368,414. t17, Mate Pavic, $368,414. 19, Rafael Nadal, $348,128. 20, Andreas Seppi, $338,737.

21, Andrey Rublev, $338,451. 22, Karen Khachanov, $311,400.23, Nick Kyrgios, $282,926. 24, Damir Dzumhur, $278,624. 25, Pablo Carreno Busta, $277,502. 26, Albert Ramos-Vinolas, $257,850. 27, Pierre-Hugues Herbert, $253,648. 28, Robin Haase, $251,568. 29, Ryan Harrison, $250,704. 30, Filip Krajinovic, $245,473.

WTA Tour

MONEY LEADERS

Through March 4

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1, Caroline Wozniacki, $3,225,104. 2, Simona Halep, $1,841,498. 3, Elina Svitolina, $1,211,593. 4, Angelique Kerber, $1,058,569. 5, Petra Kvitova, $785,644. 6, Elise Mertens, $762,452. 7, Garbine Muguruza, $583,264. 8, Daria Kasatkina, $483,298. 9, Karolina Pliskova, $468,417. 10, Timea Babos, $450,893.

11, Kristina Mladenovic, $447,134. 12, Carla Suarez Navarro, $383,925 13, Madison Keys, $359,902. 14, Caroline Garcia, $314,923. 15, Elena Vesnina, $299,531. 16, Su-Wei Hsieh, $298,253. 17, Barbora Strycova, $291,951. 18, Ekaterina Makarova, $284,187. 19, Jelena Ostpenko, $279,519. 20, Naomi Osaka, $248,145.

21, Anett Kontaveit, $229,417. 22, Katerina Siniakova, $228,088. 23, Julia Goerges, $218,491. 24, Gabriela Dabrowski, $218,089. 25, Irina-Camelia Begu, $217,020. 26, Aliaksandra Sasnovich, $212,995. 27, Ashleigh Barty, $206,266. 28, Magdalena Rybarikova, $205,562. 29, Anastasija Sevastova, $195,194. 30, Lucie Safarova, $191,891.

Deals

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHP Stefan Crichton, RHP Michael Kelly and RHP Yefry Ramirez to Norfolk (IL).

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned OF Charlie Tilson and RHP Thyago Vieira to Charlotte (IL) and RHP Jose Ruiz to Winston-Salem (Carolina). Reassigned INF Jake Burger, RHPs Dylan Covey and Michael Ynoa, C Alfredo Gonzalez and LHP Jordan Guerrero to minor league camp.

DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned 3B Dawel Lugo to Toledo (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Placed RHP Jesse Hahn on the 60-day DL. Agreed to terms with OF Jon Jay on a one-year contract.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Released DH Brandon Moss.

TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Tim Lincecum on a one-year contract.

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned SS Domingo Leyba to Jackson (SL).

ATLANTA BRAVES — Assigned RHP Josh Ravin outright to Gwinnett (IL).

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned RHP Drew Anderson to Lehigh Valley (IL).

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA — Fined Boston G Marcus Smart $15,000 for public criticism of officiating.

Women’s NBA

PHOENIX MERCURY — Traded G Danielle Robinson to Minnesota for the No. 12 pick in the 2018 draft.

INDIANA FEVER — Traded G Briann January to Phoenix for the No. 8 pick in the 2018 draft.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL — Announced the retirements of referees Ed Hochuli and Jeff Triplette. Promoted back judge Shawn Hochuli and side judge Alex Kemp to referees.

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed DE Brent Urban to a one-year contract.

BUFFALO BILLS — Agreed to terms with RB Chris Ivory on a two-year contract.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Agreed to terms with PK Graham Gano on a four-year contract extension.

CHICAGO BEARS — Placed the transition tag on DB Kyle Fuller.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Placed the franchise tag on RB Le’Veon Bell.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Re-signed S Deshazor Everett to a multiyear contract. Waived RBs Kenny Hilliard and Dare Ogunbowale and OT Kevin Bowen.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NHL — RW Jonathan Cheechoo announced his retirement.

ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled G Adin Hill from Tucson (AHL) on an emergency basis. Signed F Tyler Steenbergen to a three-year, entry-level contract.

BOSTON BRUINS — Reassigned G Dan Vladar from Atlanta (ECHL) to Providence (AHL).

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Agreed to terms with D Erik Gustafsson on a two-year contract extension and F Tyler Sikura on a one-year contract.

DALLAS STARS — Recalled F Roope Hintz and G Mike McKenna from Texas (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Assigned G Peter Budaj to Syracuse (AHL) for conditioning.

OLYMPIC SPORTS

USADA — Announced American swimmer Mike Alexandrov accepted a one-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation.

COLLEGE

MARIST — Fired men’s basketball coach Mike Maker.