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 "The totality of the credible evidence - the proof - does not
sufficiently substantiate the complainant's allegation that she was
raped by Patrick Kane," Erie County District Attorney Frank A.
Sedita III said in a statement Thursday.
"This so-called 'case' is rife with reasonable doubt," added Sedita,
who will not present the case to a grand jury after the three-month
investigation.
In a statement released by the Blackhawks, Kane said: "I have
repeatedly said that I did nothing wrong. I have respected the legal
process and I am glad that this matter has now been closed and I
will have nothing further to say going forward."
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Toronto Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock was named coach of Team
Canada on Thursday for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
Babcock, 52, coached Canada to gold medals at the 2010 Vancouver
Olympics and 2014 Sochi Olympics. He also won a Stanley Cup in 2008
as coach of the Detroit Red Wings.
The World Cup will take place in Toronto from Sept. 17 through Oct.
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Named as assistants are NHL coaches Claude Julien of the Boston
Bruins, Joel Quenneville of the Chicago Blackhawks, Barry Trotz of
the Washington Capitals and Bill Peters of the Carolina Hurricanes.
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NHL owners likely won't be voting on expansion in December.
The league confirmed this week in an email to the Las Vegas
Review-Journal that any action regarding potential expansion is not
expected during executive committee meetings on Dec. 7-8 in Pebble
Beach, Calif.
A 10-person committee is studying the feasibility of expansion and
is expected to make recommendations to the Board of Governors in the
near future.
Las Vegas is among the cities trying to land an NHL team along with
Seattle and Quebec City.
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The San Jose Sharks recalled forwards Micheal Haley and Nikolay
Goldobin from the San Jose Barracuda of the American Hockey League.
Haley, 29, leads the Barracuda with four goals and six points
through six games. In 57 career NHL games, he has two goals, one
assist and 174 penalty minutes.
Goldobin, 20, has one goal and one assist in five games for the
Barracuda this season. A first-round pick by the Sharks in the 2014
NHL draft, Goldobin has a goal and a plus-one rating in three games
with the Sharks this season.
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The St. Louis Blues assigned defenseman Chris Butler to the Chicago
Wolves of the American Hockey League, the team announced.
Butler, 29, played in two games for the Blues before being sent
down.
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The Calgary Flames reassigned defenseman Keegan Kanzig from Stockton
of the American Hockey League to the Calgary Hitmen of the Western
Hockey League, the team announced.
Kanzig, 20, was a third-round pick of the Flames in the 2013 draft.
He played in one game with Stockton prior to being reassigned.
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