Hockey transactions (May 27)

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:

National Hockey League

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Acquired D Jonathan Sigalet from Boston for the rights to LW Matt Marquardt.

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Bruins acquire forward Marquardt from Columbus for defenceman Sigalet

BOSTON - Boston Bruins have acquired forward Matt Marquardt from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for defenceman Jonathan Sigalet, the club announced Tuesday.

Marquardt, 20, registered 43 goals and 26 assists in 68 games last season, which he split between QMJHL's Baie-Comeau and Moncton.

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Public memorial honours Blue Jackets owner McConnell

COLUMBUS, Ohio - There were captains of industry, professional athletes, famous coaches, celebrities and even little kids wearing Blue Jackets jerseys quietly filing into Nationwide Arena on Wednesday night.

All of them, more than 4,000, came to remember John H. McConnell, the man of meagre means who built a Fortune 500 company, made millions of dollars, gave much to charity and brought the NHL to Columbus, his adopted home town.

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Jan Hejda signs three-year deal with Blue Jackets

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed defenseman Jan Hejda to a three-year contract, bringing back a player who was one of their best finds a year ago.

The 29-year-old Hejda is coming off a solid season.

An unrestricted free agent signed to a...

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Blue Jackets' majority owner John McConnell dies at age 84

COLUMBUS, Ohio - John H. McConnell, a steel magnate who was the majority owner of the Columbus Blue Jackets, died Friday. He was 84.

McConnell, who had been diagnosed with cancer last year, died at a Columbus hospital, said Cathy Lyttle, a spokeswoman with Worthington Industries, a US$3 billion-a-year steel processing company that McConnell started in 1955 with $600 he borrowed against his car.

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