NHL-National Hockey League roundup

Feb 9 (The Sports Xchange) - The Arizona Coyotes reaffirmed their commitment to the Grand Canyon State on Thursday while shooting down a local newspaper's report that they were looking at arenas in the Pacific Northwest.

"Recent reports by the Glendale Star that the Coyotes ownership group has explored arena options outside the Arizona market are completely false," team president and CEO Anthony LeBlanc said in a statement. "The Star referenced an anonymous arena source and an anonymous Coyotes source, and these are a fabrication."

Relocation rumors cropped up after the Glendale Star reported that representatives of the Coyotes had toured arenas in Seattle and Portland in the past three months.

The Coyotes saw their plans to build a new 16,000-seat arena in Tempe fall through last week after Arizona State University pulled out of the potential deal.

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The Buffalo Sabres recalled forwards Derek Grant and Evan Rodrigues from Rochester of the American Hockey League.

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The Minnesota Wild reassigned forward Alex Tuch to Iowa of the American Hockey League.

Tuch made his NHL debut on Saturday versus the Vancouver Canucks and averaged 11:54 of ice time while playing in three games with Minnesota. (Editing by Frank Pingue)