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NEW YORK -- The New York Rangers signed forward Chris Kreider to a four-year contract worth $18.5 million in a last-minute deal that helped the sides avoid arbitration.General manager Jeff Gorton announced the agreement on Friday. Hours later, he also announced the signing of the Rangers other major restricted free agent, center Kevin Hayes.Hayes signed a two-year contract for $5.2 million. He was scheduled to have an arbitration hearing next week.Kreiders new contract will pay him an average of $4.6 million and keep him the team through 2020. It also includes a modified no-trade clause that prevents Kreider, 25, from being traded to 11 teams.What happens in this type of deal is that both sides have stated positions and when the specter of arb comes, it drives both sides closer, Matt Keator, Kreiders agent, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. For us, the term was the right amount and for the team that amount was the right amount, so we were able to come together on both sides.It worked out fine, and Chris loves New York and wants to be there.Keator said both sides were ready to present their cases Friday morning before reaching an agreement.Kreider had 21 goals, 22 assists and a plus-10 rating in 79 games for New York last season. He established career-highs in even-strength goals (16) and hits (177), and he tied his career-high in goals, set the previous season.Kreider was one of six NHL players who registered at least 20 goals, 40 points, a plus-10 rating and 50 penalty minutes this past season. Alex Ovechkin, Jonathan Toews, Milan Lucic, Brad Marchand?and James Neal were the others.Kreider ranked third on the team in power-play goals (five), fourth in even-strength goals, fifth in goals and even-strength points (35), and tied for fifth in points. Kreider also led the Rangers in goals (15) and ranked second on the team in points (26) on the road.The 6-foot-3, 226-pounder had two goals in five playoff games.Kreider has skated in 248 career NHL games with the Rangers, registering 61 goals and 68 assists, along with a plus-47 rating. He is the only Ranger who has recorded at least 20 goals in each of the last two seasons.In 65 career NHL playoff games, Kreider has 20 goals and 13 assists.The native of Boxford, Massachusetts, was selected by the Rangers in the first round, 19th overall, of the 2009 NHL entry draft.Hayes, 24, had 14 goals and 22 assists in 79 games last season He established career-highs in game-winning goals (three), power-play goals (three), power-play points (six) and shots on goal (133).Hayes tied for fifth on the team in even-strength assists (19), was sixth in primary assists (14) and tied for sixth in assists, power-play goals and even-strength points (30).The 6-foot-5, 227-pounder, who was signed as a free agent in 2014, has 31 goals and 50 assists and a plus-19 rating in 158 career games with the Rangers.Nike MLB Jerseys China . Oaklands loss to Seattle clinched the ALs best record for the Red Sox with one day to spare in the regular season. 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Cundiff, who had the unenviable job of replacing Dawson last season, agreed Thursday to a one-year, $1.KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Prosecutors charged Western Michigan basketball player Joeviair Kennedy with murder and armed robbery Monday, accusing him of gunning down a fellow student during a robbery of a cellphone and money.Kennedy, 20, was arraigned Monday in the shooting of 19-year-old Jacob Jones at an off-campus Kalamazoo apartment on Thursday. Kennedy, who is from Muskegon, was denied bond and did not yet have an attorney.Kennedy is charged with murder, armed robbery and using a gun during a felony. The charging document says others were present.An uncle, Lucious Kennedy, told WWMT-TV at the courthouse: I dont know who did it but I feel bad for the family. This aint my nephew.On Friday, WMU athletic director Kathy Beauregard said an athlete had been suspended after being identified by police as a person of interest in the shooting. She didnt identify the athlete or the sport the student participated in.Kennedy, who has appeared in eight games for the Broncos this season, was not on the roster for Saturdays home game against James Madison. The school would not confirm that Kennedy was the athlete identified by police, but coach Steve Hawkins spooke a bit in general terms about the situation after the game.ddddddddddddIts a devastating loss for our university. Its a devastating tragedy for everybody involved, Hawkins said Saturday. Lives were changed forever, and so, were very, very respectful of that. Were very shook by the whole thing. Now, its up to us to try and -- as you always do, trying to mentor young people -- you just try and pick up the pieces and move forward. Theres a lot not known. So thats where were at.Kennedy signed a letter of intent in 2015 to play for WMU. After redshirting in 2015-16, he was averaging 7.4 minutes a game this season.The Kalamazoo area has had to deal with several tragic events this year, including the random fatal shootings of six people and wounding of two others in February. In June, five bicyclists were killed in a road crash in Kalamazoo Countys Cooper Township.P.J. Fleck, the coach of WMUs undefeated football team, said earlier this month he hoped his team had been able to provide some energy and hope for the area. ' ' '