The Montreal Canadiens are returning to familiar hands.

George Gillett has reached an agreement in principle to sell the storied hockey franchise and the Bell Centre to the Molson family, the National Hockey League team announced Saturday.

A news conference will be held when the deal is finalized following approval by the league's board of governors. The vote is expected in late August.

Read more: Gillett agrees to sell Canadiens to Molson family

DETROIT (AP)—Max Talbot scored two second-period goals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins overcame the loss of captain Sidney Crosby and a whole lot of history to beat the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Friday night in Game 7 and win the Stanley Cup for the third time.

Instead of the Red Wings becoming the NHL’s first repeat champion since they won consecutive titles in 1997 and 1998, this turned into a Penguins party for the first time since now-team owner Mario Lemieux captained them to championships in 1991 and ’92.

Read more: Talbot’s 2 lift Penguins to Stanley Cup title

Detroit will be celebrating a Stanley Cup victory over Pittsburgh for the second straight season. In 10,000 simulations of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Red Wings and Penguins the defending champs come out on top 53.2% of the time, with the most common occurrence a seven game series. Though Hockeytown USA will cheer the loudest, all hockey fans will win with an entertaining, competitive and dramatic series.

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PITTSBURGH (AP)—No clincher by the Detroit Red Wings in Pittsburgh, not this time in Game 6. Marc-Andre Fleury(notes) wouldn’t let it happen as a wildly unpredictable Stanley Cup finals is now going the distance.

Third-line teammates Jordan Staal(notes) and Tyler Kennedy(notes) gave the Penguins a two-goal lead, and Marc-Andre Fleury held off the defending champion Red Wings repeatedly during a frantic third period as Pittsburgh beat Detroit 2-1 on Tuesday night to tie the finals at three games.

Read more: Fleury, Pens beat Red Wings 2-1 to force Game 7

PITTSBURGH -- As soon as a crowd of reporters dispersed from Jordan Staal's dressing room spot, Tyler Kennedy turned, and loud enough for everyone to hear, asked his Penguins teammate why he was so grumpy.

"Because you took a shot at [me in practice]," Staal snapped in an equally audible tone before snarling at scrub Eric Godard as he tried to horn in on the discussion and was told to mind his own business.

It went back and forth for a couple of minutes until they all cracked up, letting the media in on the joke that had several Pittsburgh players in the know looking quite bemused. Still it seemed a bit incongruous considering most of them had just finished repeating their clichéd "take it one game at day," "we're not worrying about Game 7" and "we'll be fine if we play the game the way we can" comments with earnest looks to the assembled masses.

"We're trying to keep it light in here," Chris Kunitz said.

Read more: Cup within reach, Wings bearing down as Pens buck up

Is it just me, or has this postseason been particularly busy? In the midst of the on-ice excellence of the playoffs, four teams changed GMs (Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota, Florida) and four (Colorado, Minnesota, Calgary, Montreal) changed coaches. Two (Phoenix, Florida) are in the process of changing ownership. Kind of gives new meaning to the term multi-tasking.

At the league level, off-ice happenings must have Commissioner Gary Bettman wondering how he can be in two places at once. On Tuesday, there is the matter of that bankruptcy ruling in Phoenix -- which will dictate whether the Coyotes remain in the desert and possibly touch off relocation issues in four major pro sports as well as a round of lawsuits, as my SI.com colleague Jim Kelley has pointed out.

Read more: Gary Bettman's in for a crazy day

Red Wings star Pavel Datsyuk says his status will be determined just before Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals.

The MVP finalist participated in the morning skate on Thursday, then stayed on the ice afterward in an attempt to be ready to face the Pittsburgh Penguins in the night game.

Read more: Datsyuk suspense