...emphatically avoided playoff elimination with a 2-0 victory in Game 4 of the conference finals on Sunday.Ray Whitney and Antoine Vermette had assists for the Coyotes, who avoided the sweep by snapping the eighth-seeded Kings' eight-game winning...

...Recalled F Martin Chabada and C Justin Mapletoft from Bridgeport of the AHL. OTTAWA SENATORS--Assigned F Antoine Vermette to Binghamton of the AHL. COLLEGE BUTLER--Named Mike Marshall assistant athletic director for facilities and...

...general manager. NEW YORK RANGERS-Re-signed F Jed Ortmeyer and D Bryce Lampman. OTTAWA SENATORS-Re-signed LW Antoine Vermette to a multiyear contract. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS-Signed C Michael Peca to a one-year contract. VANCOUVER CANUCKS-Named...

...manager. NASHVILLE PREDATORS-Signed C Jarred Smithson to a two-year contract. OTTAWA SENATORS-Re-signed F Antoine Vermette to a two-year contract. PHOENIX COYOTES-Signed RW Francis Lessard. COLLEGE ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE-Named Megan...

...D Jay Leach to Lowell (AHL). OTTAWA SENATORS-Re-signed D Filip Kuba to a three-year contract. Traded F Antoine Vermette to Columbus for G Pascal Leclaire and a 2009 second-round draft pick. Recalled C Peter Regin from Binghamton...

...Released WR Onrea Jones from the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Signed C Antoine Vermette to a five-year contract extension through the 2014-15 season. Assigned D Cam Brodie, D Tim Filangieri, LW...