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The 23-year-old Hyman played at Michigan last season and was
named first-team All-American and a Hobey Baker finalist after
leading the Big Ten with 54 points (22 goals, 32 assists).
A fifth-round pick in the 2010 draft, Hyman was selected as the
Canadian Junior Hockey League Player of the Year in 2011 after
producing 102 points in 43 games for Hamilton Red Wings.
McKegg played in three games for the Maple Leafs this past
season and had no points. In 62 games for the Toronto Marlies of
the American Hockey League, he had 22 goals, 15 assists and 39
penalty minutes last season.
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John Spano Jr., whose fraudulent attempt to buy the New York
Islanders in the 1990s fell through, was sentenced to 10 years
in prison in Ohio in another fraud case.
In May, Spano pleaded guilty to 16 counts of forgery while
working as a salesman for an Ohio company that provides linens
for health care providers. He collected thousands in commissions
from fake accounts that he set up.
Twenty years ago, Spano pleaded guilty to forgery and theft
charges after he posed as a rich Texas businessman while trying
to buy the Islanders.
He presented the NHL with false documents showing him to be
worth hundreds of millions of dollars and was able to get banks
to loan him $80 million of the $165 million purchase price.
When Spano could produce a $5 million down payment required to
purchase the Islanders, the FBI investigated and uncovered his
scam. He was sentenced in 2000 to almost six years in prison and
directed to pay $11.9 million in restitution.
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The Detroit Red Wings named Todd Nelson as head coach of the
American Hockey League's Grand Rapids Griffins.
Nelson, 46, split the 2014-15 season as head coach of the
Oklahoma City Barons of the AHL and the Edmonton Oilers.
He guided the Barons to a 15-6-2-2 record before taking over for
Dallas Eakins as the interim head coach of the Oilers. In his
first stint as an NHL head coach, Nelson directed Edmonton to a
17-25-9 record in 51 games.
(Editing by Larry Fine)
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