Sports agate
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Originally published 03:05 p.m., September 24, 2007
Updated 03:05 p.m., September 24, 2007
Pro Baseball
Major League Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
z-Boston 92 64 .590 — New York 90 65 .581 1 1/2
Toronto 78 77 .503 13 1/2
Baltimore 66 89 .426 25 1/2
Tampa Bay 64 92 .410 28 Central Division
x-Cleveland 92 63 .594 — Detroit 85 71 .545 7 1/2
Minnesota 76 79 .490 16 Chicago 68 88 .436 24 1/2
Kansas City 67 88 .432 25 West Division
x-Los Angeles 92 64 .590 — Seattle 83 72 .535 8 1/2
Oakland 75 82 .478 17 1/2
Texas 72 84 .462 20 x-clinched division
z-clinched playoff spot
Sunday’s Games
Cleveland 6, Oakland 2
N.Y. Yankees 7, Toronto 5
Detroit 7, Kansas City 2
Tampa Bay 5, Boston 4
Minnesota 7, Chicago White Sox 1
Texas 3, Baltimore 0
L.A. Angels 7, Seattle 4
Today’s Games
Toronto (Burnett 9-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 14-8), 12:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Silva 12-14) at Detroit (Robertson 8-12), 6:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Meche 9-12) at Baltimore (D.Cabrera 9-17), 6:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Santana 7-13) at Texas (Galarraga 0-0), 7:05 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Oakland (Gaudin 11-12) at Boston (Lester 4-0), 6:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Garza 4-6) at Detroit (Bonderman 11-9), 6:05 p.m.
Toronto (Litsch 6-9) at Baltimore (Burres 6-6), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Clemens 6-6) at Tampa Bay (Hammel 2-5), 6:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 13-7) at Texas (McCarthy 5-10), 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Bannister 12-9) at Chicago White Sox (Contreras 10-16), 7:11 p.m.
Cleveland (Sabathia 18-7) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 13-7), 9:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 87 68 .561 — Philadelphia 85 71 .545 2 1/2
Atlanta 82 74 .526 5 1/2
Washington 69 87 .442 18 1/2
Florida 66 90 .423 21 1/2
Central Division
Chicago 83 73 .532 — Milwaukee 79 76 .510 3 1/2
St. Louis 73 82 .471 9 1/2
Cincinnati 71 85 .455 12 Houston 68 88 .436 15 Pittsburgh 66 90 .423 17 West Division
Arizona 88 68 .564 — San Diego 85 70 .548 2 1/2
Colorado 84 72 .538 4 Los Angeles 80 76 .513 8 San Francisco 69 87 .442 19
Sunday’s Games
Washington 5, Philadelphia 3
N.Y. Mets 7, Florida 6, 11 innings
Atlanta 7, Milwaukee 4
Chicago Cubs 8, Pittsburgh 0
Colorado 7, San Diego 3
San Francisco 5, Cincinnati 4
L.A. Dodgers 7, Arizona 1
St. Louis 4, Houston 3
Today’s Games
Washington (Chico 5-9) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 3-7), 6:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Wainwright 13-11) at Milwaukee (Bush 11-10), 7:05 p.m.
San Diego (Young 9-7) at San Francisco (Zito 9-13), 9:15 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Chicago Cubs (Lilly 15-7) at Florida (Willis 9-15), 6:05 p.m.
Arizona (Davis 13-12) at Pittsburgh (Snell 9-12), 6:05 p.m.
Atlanta (James 11-10) at Philadelphia (Moyer 13-11), 6:05 p.m.
Washington (Bergmann 5-5) at N.Y. Mets (Glavine 13-6), 6:10 p.m.
Houston (Gutierrez 1-1) at Cincinnati (Bailey 3-2), 6:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Looper 12-11) at Milwaukee (Suppan 10-12), 7:05 p.m.
Colorado (Fogg 9-9) at L.A. Dodgers (Penny 16-4), 9:10 p.m.
San Diego (Tomko 4-11) at San Francisco (Cain 7-16), 9:15 p.m.
Tigers 7, Royals 2
KANSAS CITY DETROIT
ab r h bi ab r h bi
DJesus cf 4 0 0 0 Maybin cf 4 0 0 0
Gthrght lf 3 0 1 0 Planco 2b 4 1 2 0
Brown lf 2 0 0 0 Raburn rf 4 2 2 2
Gload 1b 4 0 1 0 CGillen dh 4 1 1 1
Butler dh 4 1 1 1 Thmes lf 4 2 2 3
Teahen rf 4 1 2 0 Clevlen lf 0 0 0 0
Gordon 3b 2 0 0 0 Hssmn 1b 3 0 0 0
Buck c 4 0 1 0 Inge 3b 3 0 0 0
JSmith 2b 4 0 1 1 Rabelo c 3 0 0 0
TPena ss 3 0 0 0 RSntgo ss 2 1 0 0
Brzel ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 35 2 7 2 Totals 31 7 7 6
Kansas City 010 001 000 — 2 7 2
Detroit 411 000 01x — 7 7 1
E — Gordon (14), JSmith (5), RSantiago (1). DP — Kansas City 1. LOB — Kansas City 10, Detroit 2. 2B — Teahen (29), Raburn (11). HR — Butler (8), Raburn (4), Thames 2 (17).
IP H R ER BB SO
Kansas City
La Rsa L,8-12 1 4 4 4 1 1
Hochevar 3 1-3 2 2 1 0 3
Nunez 3 2-3 1 1 1 0 4
Detroit
Vrlnder W,18-6 6 5 2 2 2 6
Seay 1 1-3 2 0 0 0 2
Zumaya 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 2
HBP — by Verlander (Gload), by Hochevar (RSantiago), by Verlander (DeJesus). WP — De La Rosa, Hochevar. Balk — Verlander.
Umpires — Home, Eric Cooper; First, Mike Reilly; Second, Jeff Kellogg; Third, Andy Fletcher.
T — 2:42. Att — 40,068 (41,070).
League Leaders
American League
BATTING — MOrdonez, Detroit, .358; ISuzuki, Seattle, .350; Polanco, Detroit, .342; Posada, New York, .337; Lowell, Boston, .324; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, .323; DOrtiz, Boston, .321.
RUNS — ARodriguez, New York, 138; Granderson, Detroit, 117; Sizemore, Cleveland, 117; BAbreu, New York, 115; MOrdonez, Detroit, 113; ISuzuki, Seattle, 109; Rios, Toronto, 108; DOrtiz, Boston, 108.
RBI — ARodriguez, New York, 146; MOrdonez, Detroit, 133; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 123; CPena, Tampa Bay, 116; DOrtiz, Boston, 112; Lowell, Boston, 110; Morneau, Minnesota, 109.
HITS — ISuzuki, Seattle, 227; MOrdonez, Detroit, 207; Jeter, New York, 197; MYoung, Texas, 195; Polanco, Detroit, 193; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 190; Rios, Toronto, 184; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 184; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 184.
DOUBLES — MOrdonez, Detroit, 50; DOrtiz, Boston, 48; AHill, Toronto, 45; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 45; THunter, Minnesota, 44; Markakis, Baltimore, 43; Rios, Toronto, 41; BRoberts, Baltimore, 41; Posada, New York, 41.
TRIPLES — Granderson, Detroit, 22; DeJesus, Kansas City, 9; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 9; CGuillen, Detroit, 9; Iwamura, Tampa Bay, 8; MeCabrera, New York, 8; Teahen, Kansas City, 8.
HOME RUNS — ARodriguez, New York, 52; CPena, Tampa Bay, 42; DOrtiz, Boston, 32; Thome, Chicago, 32; Morneau, Minnesota, 30; Konerko, Chicago, 29; THunter, Minnesota, 28.
STOLEN BASES — Crawford, Tampa Bay, 50; BRoberts, Baltimore, 48; Figgins, Los Angeles, 40; ISuzuki, Seattle, 37; CPatterson, Baltimore, 37; Sizemore, Cleveland, 33; JLugo, Boston, 30.
PITCHING (15 Decisions) — Beckett, Boston, 20-6, .769, 3.14; Verlander, Detroit, 18-6, .750, 3.68; Bedard, Baltimore, 13-5, .722, 3.16; Wang, New York, 18-7, .720, 3.72; Sabathia, Cleveland, 18-7, .720, 3.19; KEscobar, Los Angeles, 17-7, .708, 3.46; Carmona, Cleveland, 18-8, .692, 3.03.
STRIKEOUTS — JoSantana, Minnesota, 231; Kazmir, Tampa Bay, 229; Bedard, Baltimore, 221; Sabathia, Cleveland, 205; JVazquez, Chicago, 204; Matsuzaka, Boston, 193; Beckett, Boston, 188.
SAVES — Borowski, Cleveland, 43; Jenks, Chicago, 39; Putz, Seattle, 39; FrRodriguez, Los Angeles, 38; TJones, Detroit, 38; Papelbon, Boston, 36; Nathan, Minnesota, 34.
National League
BATTING — CJones, Atlanta, .341; Holliday, Colorado, .337; Utley, Philadelphia, .335; HaRamirez, Florida, .333; Renteria, Atlanta, .332; Pujols, St. Louis, .323; DYoung, Washington, .323.
RUNS — Rollins, Philadelphia, 132; HaRamirez, Florida, 118; JBReyes, New York, 116; Holliday, Colorado, 113; Uggla, Florida, 108; Wright, New York, 107; BPhillips, Cincinnati, 106.
RBI — Holliday, Colorado, 131; Howard, Philadelphia, 125; CaLee, Houston, 115; Fielder, Milwaukee, 112; MiCabrera, Florida, 112; Hawpe, Colorado, 106; Dunn, Cincinnati, 106.
HITS — HaRamirez, Florida, 205; Holliday, Colorado, 205; Rollins, Philadelphia, 203; Pierre, Los Angeles, 189; JBReyes, New York, 186; Wright, New York, 184; BPhillips, Cincinnati, 184; Rowand, Philadelphia, 184.
DOUBLES — Uggla, Florida, 48; Holliday, Colorado, 48; Utley, Philadelphia, 47; HaRamirez, Florida, 45; Rowand, Philadelphia, 44; KGreene, San Diego, 42; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 42; FSanchez, Pittsburgh, 42.
TRIPLES — Rollins, Philadelphia, 18; JBReyes, New York, 12; Johnson, Atlanta, 10; Pence, Houston, 9; Amezaga, Florida, 9; OHudson, Arizona, 9; DRoberts, San Francisco, 9.
HOME RUNS — Fielder, Milwaukee, 47; Howard, Philadelphia, 42; Dunn, Cincinnati, 40; Holliday, Colorado, 36; MiCabrera, Florida, 33; Braun, Milwaukee, 32; CBYoung, Arizona, 32.
STOLEN BASES — JBReyes, New York, 78; Pierre, Los Angeles, 61; HaRamirez, Florida, 50; Byrnes, Arizona, 47; Victorino, Philadelphia, 37; Rollins, Philadelphia, 37; Wright, New York, 34.
PITCHING (15 Decisions) — Penny, Los Angeles, 16-4, .800, 2.93; Harang, Cincinnati, 16-5, .762, 3.70; Peavy, San Diego, 18-6, .750, 2.36; Hamels, Philadelphia, 14-5, .737, 3.54; Billingsley, Los Angeles, 12-5, .706, 3.09; BSheets, Milwaukee, 12-5, .706, 3.82; CVargas, Milwaukee, 11-5, .687, 5.10.
STRIKEOUTS — Peavy, San Diego, 233; Harang, Cincinnati, 205; Webb, Arizona, 192; Smoltz, Atlanta, 189; RHill, Chicago, 179; CZambrano, Chicago, 173; Snell, Pittsburgh, 171.
SAVES — Valverde, Arizona, 46; FCordero, Milwaukee, 44; Hoffman, San Diego, 40; Saito, Los Angeles, 39; CCordero, Washington, 36; BWagner, New York, 34; Weathers, Cincinnati, 33.
Pro Football
National Football League
American Conference
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 3 0 0 1.000 114 35
N.Y. Jets 1 2 0 .333 58 86
Buffalo 0 3 0 .000 24 79
Miami 0 3 0 .000 61 84
South
Indianapolis 3 0 0 1.000 93 54
Houston 2 1 0 .667 78 54
Jacksonville 2 1 0 .667 46 34
Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 33 32
North
Pittsburgh 3 0 0 1.000 97 26
Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 66 63
Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 93 95
Cleveland 1 2 0 .333 82 105
West
Denver 2 1 0 .667 52 57
Kansas City 1 2 0 .333 26 50
Oakland 1 2 0 .333 67 83
San Diego 1 2 0 .333 52 72
National Conference
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Dallas 3 0 0 1.000 116 65
Washington 2 1 0 .667 53 49
N.Y. Giants 1 2 0 .333 72 97
Philadelphia 1 2 0 .333 81 57
South
Carolina 2 1 0 .667 75 67
Tampa Bay 2 1 0 .667 61 37
New Orleans 0 2 0 .000 24 72
Atlanta 0 3 0 .000 30 64
North
Green Bay 3 0 0 1.000 82 50
Detroit 2 1 0 .667 77 94
Chicago 1 2 0 .333 33 58
Minnesota 1 2 0 .333 51 36
West
San Francisco 2 1 0 .667 53 70
Seattle 2 1 0 .667 64 50
Arizona 1 2 0 .333 63 66
St. Louis 0 3 0 .000 32 68
Sunday’s Games
N.Y. Jets 31, Miami 28
Baltimore 26, Arizona 23
Green Bay 31, San Diego 24
New England 38, Buffalo 7
Indianapolis 30, Houston 24
Kansas City 13, Minnesota 10
Pittsburgh 37, San Francisco 16
Tampa Bay 24, St. Louis 3
Philadelphia 56, Detroit 21
Oakland 26, Cleveland 24
Seattle 24, Cincinnati 21
Jacksonville 23, Denver 14
Carolina 27, Atlanta 20
N.Y. Giants 24, Washington 17
Dallas 34, Chicago 10
Today’s Game
Tennessee at New Orleans, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 30
Chicago at Detroit, noon
St. Louis at Dallas, noon
Oakland at Miami, noon
Houston at Atlanta, noon
N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, noon
Green Bay at Minnesota, noon
Baltimore at Cleveland, noon
Seattle at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Carolina, 3:05 p.m.
Denver at Indianapolis, 3:15 p.m.
Kansas City at San Diego, 3:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Arizona, 3:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 7:15 p.m.
Open: Washington, Jacksonville, New Orleans, Tennessee
Monday, Oct. 1
New England at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
Auto Racing
2007 Nextel Cup Schedule
Feb. 10 — x-Budweiser Shootout, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Tony Stewart)
Feb. 18 — Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Kevin Harvick)
Feb. 25 — Auto Club 500, Fontana, Calif. (Matt Kenseth)
March 11 — UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400, Las Vegas (Jimmie Johnson)
March 18 — Kobalt Tools 500, Hampton, Ga. (Jimmie Johnson)
March 25 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Kyle Busch)
April 1 — Goody’s 500, Martinsville, Va. (Jimmie Johnson)
April 15 — Samsung 500, Fort Worth, Texas (Jeff Burton)
April 21 — Subway Fresh Fit 500, Avondale, Ariz. (Jeff Gordon)
April 29 — Aaron’s 499, Talladega, Ala. (Jeff Gordon)
May 5 — Crown Royal 400, Richmond, Va. (Jimmie Johnson)
May 12 — Dodge Avenger 500, Darlington, S.C. (Jeff Gordon)
May 19 — x-NASCAR Nextel All-Star Challenge, Concord, N.C. (Kevin Harvick)
May 27 — Coca Cola 600, Concord, N.C. (Casey Mears)
June 4 — Autism Speaks 400, Dover, Del. (Martin Truex Jr.)
June 10 — Pocono 500, Long Pond, Pa. (Jeff Gordon)
June 17 — Citizens Bank 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Carl Edwards)
June 24 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. (Juan Pablo Montoya)
July 1 — LENOX Industrial Tools 300, Loudon, N.H. (Denny Hamlin)
July 7 — Pepsi 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Jamie McMurray)
July 15 — USG Sheetrock 400, Joliet, Ill. (Tony Stewart)
July 29 — Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, Indianapolis (Tony Stewart)
Aug. 5 — Pennsylvania 500, Long Pond, Pa. (Kurt Busch)
Aug. 12 — Centurion Boats at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. (Tony Stewart)
Aug. 21 — 3M Performance 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Kurt Busch)
Aug. 25 — Sharpie 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Carl Edwards)
Sept. 2 — NASCAR Nextel Cup Series 500, Fontana, Calif. (Jimmie Johnson)
Sept. 8 — Chevy Rock-and-Roll 400, Richmond, Va.
Sept. 16 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H. (Clint Bowyer)
Sept. 23 — Dover 400, Dover, Del. (Carl Edwards)
Sept. 30 — Kansas 400, Kansas City, Kan.
Oct. 7 — UAW-Ford 500, Talladega, Ala.
Oct. 13 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C.
Oct. 21 — Subway 500, Martinsville, Va.
Oct. 28 — Georgia 500, Hampton, Ga.
Nov. 4 — Dickies 500, Fort Worth, Texas.
Nov. 11 — Checker Auto Parts 500, Avondale, Ariz.
Nov. 18 — Ford 400, Homestead, Fla.
x-non-points race
Nextel Cup Standings
1. Jeff Gordon 5,340
2. Tony Stewart 5,338
3. Carl Edwards 5,337
4. Jimmie Johnson 5,336
5. Kyle Busch 5,330
6. Clint Bowyer 5,322
7. Martin Truez Jr. 5,294
8. Jeff Burton 5,265
9. Kevin Harvick 5,225
10. Matt Kenseth 5,224
11. Kurt Busch 5,189
12. Denny Hamlin 5,182
College Football
Division II
MIAA Standings
Conf. All
W L W L
Central Missouri 2 0 3 1
Northwest Missouri 2 0 2 1
Emporia State 1 1 3 1
Fort Hays State 1 1 3 1
Missouri Southern 1 1 3 1
Missouri Western 1 1 3 1
Pittsburg State 1 1 3 1
Washburn 1 1 2 2
Truman State 0 2 2 2
Southwest Baptist 0 2 0 4
Saturday’s results
Northwest Missouri State 53, Truman State 6
Central Missouri 28, Washburn 14
Missouri Western 39, Pittsburg State 32
Missouri Southern 17, Southwest Baptist 16
Fort Hays State 26, Emporia State 12
Next Saturday’s games
Fort Hays State at Truman, 1 p.m.
Pittsburg State at Central Missouri, 1:30 p.m.
Washburn at Missouri Western, 1:30 p.m.
Emporia State at Missouri Southern, 6 p.m.
Southwest Baptist at Northwest Missouri State, 6 p.m.
Big 12 Standings
NORTH
Big 12 All
Kansas 0-0 4-0
Missouri 0-0 4-0
Nebraska 0-0 3-1
Kansas State 0-0 2-1
Colorado 0-0 2-2
Iowa State 0-0 1-3
SOUTH
Big 12 All
Oklahoma State 1-0 2-2
Oklahoma 0-0 4-0
Texas 0-0 4-0
Baylor 0-0 3-1
Texas A&M 0-0 3-1
Texas Tech 0-1 3-1
Thursday’s Game
Miami (Fla.) 34, Texas A&M 17
Friday’s Game
Oklahoma 62, Tulsa 21
Saturday’s Games
Nebraska 41, Ball State 40
Missouri 38, Illinois State 17
Texas 58, Rice 14
Colorado 42, Miami (Ohio) 0
Oklahoma State 49, Texas Tech 45
Baylor 34, Buffalo 21
Kansas 55, Florida International 3
Toledo 36, Iowa State 35
High School
Football
Centennial League Standings
League Overall
Hayden 4-0 4-0
Junction City 4-0 4-0
Emporia 3-0 3-1
Shawnee Heights 3-1 3-1
Manhattan 2-1 2-2
Seaman 2-2 2-2
Topeka High 1-3 1-3
Highland Park 0-4 0-4
Topeka West 0-4 0-4
Washburn Rural 0-4 0-4
Friday’s Games
Emporia vs. Shawnee Heights
Hayden vs. Junction City
Highland Park vs Washburn Rural
Seaman vs. Manhattan
Topeka West vs Topeka High
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Purchased the contract of OF John-Ford Griffin from Syracuse (IL). Placed OF Vernon Wells on the 60-day DL.
National League
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Recalled OF Fred Lewis from San Jose (Cal).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
DALLAS MAVERICKS — Signed G Devin Harris to a five-year contract extension through the 2012-13 season.
MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Signed F Michael Ruffin.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL — Fined Tennessee QB Vince Young $7,500 for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in a Sept. 16 game against Indianapolis. Fined Cleveland S Brodney Pool $5,000 for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Cincinnati WR Glenn Holt in a Sept. 16 game.
NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed FB Robert Douglas from the practice squad. Waived DE Marquies Gunn.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Released WR Travis Taylor. Signed LB Jon Alston from their practice squad.
GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed OT Orrin Thompson from their practice squad.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed WR Shaun Bodiford to the practice squad. Released OL Justin Geisinger from the practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ATLANTA THRASHERS — Assigned G Fred Brathwaite, G Dan Turple, C Jason Krog, D Nathan Oystrick, F Alexandre Giroux and F Milan Bartovic to Chicago (AHL).
BOSTON BRUINS — Assigned F Mikko Lehtonen and D Jonathan Sigalet to Providence (AHL). Returned C Vladimir Sobotka to his Finnish Elite League team.
CAROLINA HURRICANES — Assigned F Keith Aucoin, F Patrick Dwyer, D J.D. Forrest and D Noah Babin to Albany (AHL).
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Assigned G Michael Brodeur, G Wade Flaherty, D Jordan Hendry, D Jim Fahey, D J.C. Sawyer, D Steve Marr, D Ryan Stokes, F Michael Blunden, F Troy Brouwer, F Kris Versteeg, F Evan Brophey, F Pierre Parenteau, F Bryan Bickell, F Colin Fraser, F Adam Hobson, F Bryan McGregor, F Adam Berti and F Jake Dowell to Rockford (AHL).
DALLAS STARS — Assigned D Trevor Byrne and RW Marius Holtet to Iowa (AHL).
LOS ANGELES KINGS — Assigned G Dan Cloutier to Manchester (AHL).
MINNESOTA WILD — Assigned C Serge Payer and LW Aaron Voros to Houston (AHL). Released C Adrian Foster.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned F Jason Guerriero, F Ryan Maki, F Cal O’Reilly, F Rich Peverley, F Antti Pihlstrom, F Mike Santorelli, F Oliver Setzinger, F Andreas Thuresson, F John Vigilante, F Shane Willis, F Kelsey Wilson, D Cody Franson, D Alex Henry, D Mark Matheson, D Richard Stehlik, D Alexander Sulzer, D Nolan Yonkman, G Maxime Daigneault and G Dov Grumet-Morris to Milwaukee (AHL).
NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned F Hugh Jessiman, D Ivan Baranka and D David Liffiton to Hartford (AHL).
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Assigned C Nathan Smith, D Joe Rullier, F Conner James, F Tyler Kennedy, F Chris Minard, F Jeff Taffe, F Tim Wallace, D Alex Goligoski, D Ryan Lannon, D Ben Lovejoy and G Ty Conklin to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL). Returned C Dustin Jeffrey to Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) and Angelo Esposito to Quebec (QMJHL).
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Assigned D Dan Jancevski, C Blair Jones, D Jay Leach, RW Norm Milley, D David Schneider and LW Karl Stewart to Norfolk (AHL).
VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Assigned D Daniel Rahimi to Manitoba (AHL).
COLLEGE
OHIO STATE — Signed Thad Matta, men’s basketball coach, to a contract extension through the 2016 season.