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NEW YORK -- Marc Bergevin of the Montreal Canadiens, Bob Murray of the Anaheim Ducks and Ray Shero of the Pittsburgh Penguins were finalists for the NHL general manager of the year on Monday. The winner will be announced during the Stanley Cup final. Each GM is a finalist for the first time. In his first season as an NHL GM, Bergevin guided the Canadiens to a Northeast Division title. Montreal was also the leagues most improved club this past season. The Canadiens were second in the Eastern Conference standings after finishing 28th in the overall standings a year earlier. Bergevin hired Michel Therrien as head coach and selected centre Alex Galchenyuk with the third overall selection in the 2012 NHL Draft. Bergevin strengthened the roster with the signings of defenceman Francis Bouillon and forwards Brandon Prust and Colby Armstrong. He also acquired forward Michael Ryder in a mid-season trade. Murray oversaw a Ducks club that enjoyed its finest regular season in franchise history, capturing the Pacific Division and No. 2 seed in the Western Conference. He strengthened Anaheims goaltending by signing Sweden native Viktor Fasth as a free agent last May. Murray also bolstered the defence corps with the signings of Sheldon Souray and Bryan Allen and a trade for Ben Lovejoy. In addition, Murray enticed forward Teemu Selanne to return for a 20th NHL season and signed forwards Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry to eight-year contract extensions. Shero made key additions to an already-strong roster throughout the year that helped propel the Penguins to their first Atlantic Division title since 2008 and the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. He obtained centre Brandon Sutter and goaltender Tomas Vokoun in off-season trades and later brought defenceman Douglas Murray and forwards Jarome Iginla, Brenden Morrow and Jussi Jokinen to Pittsburgh in deals leading up to the trade deadline. 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The flanker, who has played 65 times for France, is expected to be out for up to four months. Custom Vikings Jersey China . The (11-11-4) Jets are seventh in the Central Division with 26 points. Fifth place Dallas and sixth-seeded Nashville also have 26 points, but the Stars have three games in hand on Winnipeg while Nashville has two.Thanks to lefty Chris Salamida, the Winnipeg Goldeyes have won another series. In Game 2 of a doubleheader (of sorts) in front of 1,390 in Sioux City, Iowa, on Thursday night, Salamida tossed a brilliant three-hit shutout with no walks and six strikeouts to lead the Goldeyes to a 1-0 victory over the Sioux City Explorers. With the win, the Goldeyes won the four-game series in Sioux City, three-games-to-one and will return home to play a three-game weekend series against the Kansas City T-Bones with a record of 45-38. As well, with a rainout between Gary and Wichita, the Goldeyes remained 2 1/2 games back of Gary in the wild card hunt. In the first game on Thursday – the completion of a game suspended by rain on Wednesday night -- the Explorers expanded on a 5-4 pre-rainout lead and whipped the Goldeyes 9-4. "We came out flat in the first game and it carried over a little to the second game," said pitching coach Jamie Vermilyea. "Fortunately we had Salamida, who threw a three-hit shutout. He was great tonight." After three straight victories, the Goldeyes were stopped in their tracks in the suspended game (Game 1) on Thursday, but because of Salamidas brilliance, the Fish took the nightcap and won their eighth series in the last ninne.dddddddddddd The Goldeyes went 8-2 against Sioux City this season. In Game 2 on Thursday, the Goldeyes scored their only run off Sioux City starter Preston Olsen in the third. Luis Alen singled, went to second on a sacrifice bunt by Kevin Moesquit, moved over to third on a single by Fehlandt Lentini and scored on a sacrifice fly by Amos Ramon. Salamida (4-0, 2.48 ERA) was the winning pitcher, while Olsen (1-5, 6.26 ERA) took the loss. Yurendell de Caster went three-for-three and raised his batting average to .400 to lead the Goldeyes at the plate. In Game 1, the Explorers scored two runs in the third, three in the fourth and two more in the fifth and then added two more eighth as they put a halt to the Goldeyes three-game winning streak. The Goldeyes were held to just seven hits. Ryan Scoma had a two-run homer in three trips. Scoma is now hitting .364. Reliever Chris Bodishbaugh (3-1, 1.86 ERA) was the winning pitcher for the Explorers while Pete Gehle (4-7, 5.01 ERA) suffered the loss for Winnipeg. The Goldeyes returned home right after tonights second game and will open a three-game weekend series against the Kansas City T-Bones Friday night at Shaw Park. Matt Rusch (5-3, 4.26 ERA), on short rest, will get the start for the Goldeyes. ' ' '