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Penny Oleksiak’s brother Jamie seeing gold

Penny Oleksiak used to be Jamie's brother.

Jamie Oleksiak, after all, is a professional hockey player - a former NHL first-round pick who's expected to contribute on the Dallas Stars' blue line next season. One week into the Summer Olympics, though, Jamie is now known as Penny's brother.

The swimmer cemented her legacy as one of Canada's most decorated Olympic athletes on Thursday night, winning a gold medal - her fourth medal at Rio 2016. And she's only 16 years old.

Jamie's in Rio to watch his sister's coming out party, and, much like the rest of Canada, he's seeing gold.

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Foley confirms Vegas considering 3 ‘hawks’ variations for team name

The Las Vegas Nighthawks, the Las Vegas Desert Hawks, or the Las Vegas Red Hawks.

Which one do you prefer? Because there's a good chance it's going to be one of those three.

According to Steve Carp of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Bill Foley, owner of Vegas' expansion NHL franchise, confirmed a Sportslogos.net report Thursday night that the club is close to finalizing its team name, narrowing the choices down to those three and another two.

Foley wouldn't divulge the other two names, Carp added.

An announcement is expected in the very near future.

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Avalanche’s Johnson: ‘We loved playing for Patty’

The transition between coaches won't be an easy one for the Colorado Avalanche.

The club watched as Patrick Roy shocked the hockey world on Thursday, announcing he was leaving the team. The news was hard to take for players, especially defenseman Erik Johnson, who learned about the news after hitting the ice for practice.

"I was skating at the practice rink and when I got off the ice, [I] had a couple missed calls from [Roy] and I'm like, 'Oh god, I got traded, where am I going?'" Johnson said on Altitude Sports Radio 950, according to NHL.com.

"I guess you don't really think the news would be Patty stepping down, but I talked to him on the phone. He just said it was time for him to go and he didn't elaborate too much."

Roy had only spent three seasons as coach of the club, but in his time grew a strong rapport with his players who were saddened by his decision.

"I had a bunch of phone calls right after the news broke from different guys and everyone was super upset because of how much we loved playing for Patty and it's going to be tough for sure, it's going to be an adjustment," Johnson said. "At the end of the day, the players have to be [upset] at themselves. I mean, I'm mad at myself; I'm sure there are a ton of guys that are mad at themselves because if we played better and won, this wouldn't be happening.

"I don't want to share too much of the intricate details of what we talked about but from the players' perspective, myself and probably 90 percent of my teammates, which is a lot on any team because no coach is going to have everyone that loves him, but I can tell you that probably over 90 percent of the guys loved playing for Patty. We respected him, we thought he was a great coach and we'll all really miss him."

The onus now rests on general manager Joe Sakic, who must now quickly find a replacement coach for his young and talented club.

Related: Sakic: Avalanche will look outside team for new coach

As for Johnson, he feels there should be no shortage of candidates interested in the job.

"I would assume coaches would be falling over themselves to coach this team," Johnson said. "While we haven't gotten the results we've wanted over the past couple of years, the talent's there and if you look at our top three forwards, our defense, our goalie, there's a lot of upper echelon talent there and I think a lot of coaches would like to form it into a winning team, which I know we can be."

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Hurricanes’ Murphy takes credit for namesake’s gold medal

Ryan Murphy has captured gold in Rio.

Of course, that is not to say the Carolina Hurricanes defenseman is actually an Olympic swimmer in his spare time, but rather that his namesake captured gold for the second time at these Olympics, most recently in the 200m backstroke on Thursday.

Nevertheless, the Hurricanes' Murphy is taking all the glory he can for the achievement.

Congratulations, Ryan Murphy!

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Sakic: Avalanche will look outside team for new coach

The search for the new coach of the Colorado Avalanche is about to begin.

Following Thursday's news that head coach Patrick Roy had decided to leave the team, general manager Joe Sakic told reporters the team will look outside its own ranks for the replacement.

Related: Patrick Roy's 5 unforgettable moments as Avalanche coach

The team will get together on Friday and start to hammer out a list of candidates for Roy's replacement.

Sakic addressed the fact Roy felt he didn't have a say in the team's decisions, an idea Sakic dismissed.

"We have never had an issue of not getting along. We were friends as players. We’re friends now," said Sakic. "He was always involved. He was aware of all the decisions that we were making … We talked about everything."

Sakic admitted that Roy told him he did not have fun this past season, after finishing ninth in the Western Conference standings.

As for the next coach, Sakic says there is no timetable as to when the new hire will be announced, though he would like to have a decision made before training camp begins.

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Sakic: Avalanche will look outside team for new coach

The search for the new coach of the Colorado Avalanche is about to begin.

Following Thursday's news that head coach Patrick Roy had decided to leave the team, general manager Joe Sakic told reporters the team will look outside its own ranks for the replacement.

Related: Patrick Roy's 5 unforgettable moments as Avalanche coach

The team will get together on Friday and start to hammer out a list of candidates for Roy's replacement.

Sakic addressed the fact Roy felt he didn't have a say in the team's decisions, an idea Sakic dismissed.

"We have never had an issue of not getting along. We were friends as players. We’re friends now," said Sakic. "He was always involved. He was aware of all the decisions that we were making … We talked about everything."

Sakic admitted that Roy told him he did not have fun this past season, after finishing ninth in the Western Conference standings.

As for the next coach, Sakic says there is no timetable as to when the new hire will be announced, though he would like to have a decision made before training camp begins.

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Zetterberg to captain Sweden at World Cup

Captain Henrik Zetterberg.

The Detroit Red Wings captain will keep the "C" on his sweater at the upcoming World Cup of Hockey, Team Sweden announced Wednesday.

"It's a very special thing to be the captain for this team," Zetterberg said. "I'm honored. It's something I'll always remember."

Zetterberg, 35, captained the squad at the Sochi Olympics in 2014, but a back injury limited him to only one game.

Team Sweden advisor Nicklas Lidstrom, who played with Zetterberg in Detroit, called him "the obvious choice."

The World Cup officially begins Sept. 17, and the international appearance will be Zetterberg's 13th with the Tre Kronor.

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Patrick Roy’s 5 unforgettable moments as Avalanche coach

Patrick Roy dropped a bombshell on Thursday, announcing he was stepping down as the head coach and vice president of hockey operations with the Colorado Avalanche.

Related: Patrick Roy announces he's leaving Avalanche

After three seasons as the club's bench boss, Roy walked away - even after saying he wouldn't back in April - stating that he lacked decision-making power.

While Roy's stint with the club was short, it certainly was memorable.

The Hall of Fame goaltender, who previously spent eight seasons with the team during his playing days, brought the same passion and flare that he did on the ice with him behind the bench.

Here are the five moments we will never forget:

Nearly pushing glass over

Roy's first day on the job was one to remember.

Following the conclusion of his first game with the Avalanche - a 6-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks - the 50-year-old got in a war of words with fellow coach Bruce Boudreau.

The incident then saw Roy nearly push the glass separating both benches over. He proved very quickly that his fiery personality was still intact and that he was not intimidated by his more experienced coaching peers.

Losing temper after Jets goal

Once again his temper always made for good television.

This past February, Roy threw another fit after he felt a goal scored by Winnipeg Jets forward Drew Stafford should have been called off after Andrew Ladd appeared to make contact with goaltender Semyon Varlamov.

After challenging the call, it was upheld by the refs and this ensued:

Pulling goalie with 12 minutes to play

If it's not his hot head that will go down in history, it could be his unique game plan.

Quickly into his tenure as head coach, Roy proved that there is no wrong time to pull the goalie. On several occasions, with his team down, Roy would pull the goalie with more than 10 minutes remaining in the game.

In fact sometimes it even worked:

Calling out Duchene

During his time as head coach, Roy proved he was also fearless when it came to calling out his players.

He did so to Varlamov on several occasions, but most notably was this season when he called out Matt Duchene after the forward celebrated his 30th goal of the season with his team still down 4-1 to the St. Louis Blues.

"The thing I have a bit of a hard time with is the reaction of (Duchene) after he scores."

"It's a 4-0 goal. Big cheer. Are you kidding me? What is that? It's not the (reflection) that we want from our guys. Not at all."

Duchene appeared to get the message.

Leading club to division-win

Roy's first season as coach could not have gone much better.

The rookie bench-boss jumped into the fire with a struggling franchise and took them nearly as high as they could go.

Colorado concluded the 2012-13 lockout-shortened season with a dismal 16-25-7 record, good enough for last place in the Western Conference and second last in the NHL.

Enter Roy and under the new coach the team saw a 73-point improvement in his first season in 2013-14. The club saw its goals per game go from 2.38 to 2.99, and their goals against per game go from 3.13 to 2.63.

Averaged over 82 games means the club scored 50 more goals and allowed 40 less, not too shabby.

The club captured their first division title since the 2002-03 season and ended their three-year playoff hiatus - ultimately bowing out in seven games in the first round - taking a drastic step forward in player and team development.

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Patrick Roy announces he’s leaving Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche head coach and vice president of hockey operations Patrick Roy issued a statement Wednesday announcing he will be leaving the organization.

"For the past three years, I have carried out my duties as head coach and vice president of hockey operations for the Colorado Avalanche with energy, passion, and determination," Roy said.

"I have thought long and hard over the course of the summer about how I might improve this team to give it the depth it needs and bring it to a higher level. To achieve this, the vision of the coach and VP-Hockey Operations needs to be perfectly aligned with that of the organization. He must also have a say in the decisions that impact the team's performance. These conditions are not currently met."

The timing of Roy's decision comes off as a huge surprise, as both he and general manager Joe Sakic expressed their desires to keep things the same behind the bench earlier in the offseason.

Roy was named to his position in May 2013, and after leading Colorado to a Central Division tile in his first year behind the bench, the team has struggled to sustain success, missing the playoffs in each of the last two seasons.

On top of coaching duties, Roy has close ties to the entire Avalanche organization, where he played eight seasons and won two Stanley Cups. All told, he finishes his tenure as Colorado's coach with a 130-92-24 record.

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