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Wild, Avs, Rangers among the winners at NHL trade deadline

By LARRY LAGE Lightning looked as if they
AP Hockey Writer did on Friday by acquiring
Marc-Andre Fleury may 23-year-old forward Bran-
have been the biggest win- don Hagel — who scored
ner at the NHL trade dead- 21 goals for a second
line, getting dealt by the straight season in Chicago
rebuilding Chicago Black- — for a pair of first-round
hawks to the potentially picks.
contending Minnesota Tampa Bay also added a
Wild. layer of toughness by add-
Minnesota acquired the ing 6-foot-3, 225-pound
biggest name available on forward Nick Paul from Ot-
Monday, adding a three- tawa in a quest to become
time Stanley Cup winner. the NHL's first team to win
The bold move boosts the three straight Stanley Cups
Wild's chances of making since the New York Island-
the playoffs and perhaps ers won four in a row from
making a deep run for the 1980 to 1983.
first time since reaching the "Everybody's trying to get
2003 Western Conference that extra edge — whatev-
finals. er they think that is," coach
The Wild gave up a con- Jon Cooper said.
ditional first-round pick in FLORIDA PANTHERS
this year's draft, and Chi- Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury (29) makes a save during the second period The Panthers, who lead the
cago agreed to pay half of of an NHL hockey game against the Ottawa Senators Saturday, March 12, 2022 in Ottawa, Ontario. rival Lightning in the Atlan-
what is left on the last year Associated Press tic Division, made a splash
of Fleury's three-year con- just a year ago. The high- season for the third time in along with a pair of minor Saturday by acquiring
tract. scoring Wild effectively four years, improved their league prospects. seven-time All-Star forward
"It was a very open, collab- exchanged Fleury for Kaa- chances of making noise COLORADO AVALANCHE Claude Giroux from Phila-
orative process and Minne- po Kahkonen, who they in the postseason for the The NHL-leading Avs, clear- delphia a few days after
sota obviously was a very traded to San Jose for a first time since reaching the ly, are not content with adding standout defense-
favorable location for him," fifth-round pick, and gave 2015 Eastern Conference their place in the standings man Ben Chiarot of Mon-
Chicago's first-year general themselves an option in net finals. by acquiring forward Artturi treal.
manager Kyle Davidson other than Cam Talbot. New York bolstered its de- Lehkonen from Montreal to PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
said. "I'm glad we could Here's a look at some of the fense by acquiring Phila- make plays at both ends of Vying with Carolina and
work out something that other winners at the dead- delphia's Justin Braun and the ice. They also landed the Rangers to win the
worked for the Wild, Marc line, when 33 deals were improved their depth up San Jose forward Andrew Metropolitan Division, the
and also the Blackhawks." made involving 54 players, front, adding Tyler Motte Cogliano to add depth Penguins added 16-goal
The 37-year-old Fleury, and in the days leading up from Vancouver and Win- after bolstering the blue scorer Rickard Rakell from
who was 19-21-1 with four to the potentially pivotal nipeg's Andrew Copp. The line after acquiring defen- Anaheim. His 154 goals in
shutouts in Chicago, won day: Rangers gave up a total seman Josh Manson from 550 games rank fifth on the
the Vezina Trophy as the NEW YORK RANGERS of five picks, including two Anaheim last week. Ducks' all-time list and his
league's top goalie with The Rangers, who failed conditional second-round TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING secondary scoring is need-
the Vegas Golden Knights to make the playoffs last selections to Winnipeg, Winners find a way, and the ed in Pittsburgh.q

Top colleges accused of violating

Black athletes’ rights

By RALPH D. RUSSO first acknowledge the re- ly harms Black athletes,
AP College Sports Writer ality of the business that is while predominantly white
A group that advocates college football," Stanford coaches and administra-
for college athletes has football player Elijah Higgins tors make millions of dollars,"
filed a federal complaint said in a statement through said NCPA Executive Direc-
that claims NCAA Division I the NCPA. tor Ramogi Huma, a former
schools are violating the civ- Citing a 2018 study by the UCLA football player. "Col-
il rights of Black basketball University of Southern Cali- lege athletes throughout
players and major college fornia's Race and Equity predominantly white sports
football players by prohibit- Center, the complaint said receive fair market com-
ing compensation. "Black men were 2.4% of pensation, but athletes in
The National College Play- undergraduate students the only predominantly
ers Association announced enrolled at the 65 (Power Black sports do not." The NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis is shown in this March
Tuesday it had submitted a Five conference) universi- The College Football Play- 12, 2020.
complaint to the Office for ties, but comprised 55% of off, which operates outside Associated Press
Civil Rights in the Education football teams and 56% of the NCAA, is worth more Southeastern conferences. tens of thousands of dollars
Department. The NCPA men's basketball teams on than $470 million annually to The NCPA claims that rela- in compensation annually.
says NCAA rules prohibiting those campuses." the 10 conferences that run tive to the revenue gener- The group has also pushed
schools from compensating "This multibillion college it, with the majority of that ated by their sports, Division for college athletes to re-
athletes disproportionately sports enterprise imposes money going to the Power I football players and men's ceive employee status, a
impacts Black students. discriminatory practices Five — the Atlantic Coast, and women's basketball step university officials large-
"I believe it's important to that disproportionate- Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and players have been denied ly oppose.q