Forward Christopher Higgins reached a contract agreement Monday with the New York Rangers. It wasn't disclosed how much the Rangers will pay the restricted free agent or how long the contract is for. The Rangers picked up Higgins, Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko from the Montreal Canadiens June 30.

The Montreal Canadiens got Scott Gomez and two other players from the New York Rangers Tuesday for Christopher Higgins and three defensemen.

Goals by Andrei Kostitsyn, Alex Kovalev and Christopher Higgins carried the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-1 come-from-behind win Sunday over the Dallas Stars. Kostitsyn scored with 15 minutes remaining in the second period to tie the score and Kovalev fired in the goal that turned out to be the game-winner

Third period goals Saturday from Christopher Higgins and Saku Koivu helped the Montreal Canadiens rally to beat the Los Angeles Kings, 4-3. Montreal trailed, 3-2, after the second period when Higgins' sixth goal this season at 18:07 of the third created a 3-3 tie. About 90 second later, and with 23

By Carol DeMare, Albany Times Union, N.Y. Jul. 28--ALBANY -- A law to make parents and other adults responsible when minors drink on their property even if the hosts didn't serve or provide the alcohol has been proposed by a county legislator.