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NEW YORK -- Marc Bergevin of the Montreal Canadiens, Bob Murray of the Anaheim Ducks and Ray Shero of the Pittsburgh Penguins were finalists for the NHL general manager of the year on Monday. The winner will be announced during the Stanley Cup final. Each GM is a finalist for the first time. In his first season as an NHL GM, Bergevin guided the Canadiens to a Northeast Division title. Montreal was also the leagues most improved club this past season. The Canadiens were second in the Eastern Conference standings after finishing 28th in the overall standings a year earlier. Bergevin hired Michel Therrien as head coach and selected centre Alex Galchenyuk with the third overall selection in the 2012 NHL Draft. Bergevin strengthened the roster with the signings of defenceman Francis Bouillon and forwards Brandon Prust and Colby Armstrong. He also acquired forward Michael Ryder in a mid-season trade. Murray oversaw a Ducks club that enjoyed its finest regular season in franchise history, capturing the Pacific Division and No. 2 seed in the Western Conference. He strengthened Anaheims goaltending by signing Sweden native Viktor Fasth as a free agent last May. Murray also bolstered the defence corps with the signings of Sheldon Souray and Bryan Allen and a trade for Ben Lovejoy. In addition, Murray enticed forward Teemu Selanne to return for a 20th NHL season and signed forwards Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry to eight-year contract extensions. Shero made key additions to an already-strong roster throughout the year that helped propel the Penguins to their first Atlantic Division title since 2008 and the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. He obtained centre Brandon Sutter and goaltender Tomas Vokoun in off-season trades and later brought defenceman Douglas Murray and forwards Jarome Iginla, Brenden Morrow and Jussi Jokinen to Pittsburgh in deals leading up to the trade deadline. 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A source said the NCAA investigation is not related to the schools ongoing sexual assault scandal.In 2015, Baylor officials suspended Briles one game for a violation related to evaluations of prospective recruits in the spring of 2015. Briles, the son of former Baylor coach Art Briles,?and receiver coach Tate Wallis were suspended and not allowed to coach in the 2015 season opener against Lamar.In January 2015, Sports Illustrated reported that the NCAA was looking into whether Briles committed a violation by visiting 2015 recruit J.W. Ketchum during a noncontact period in the fall of 2014.SI reported that NCAA investigators had contacted officials at Ketchums Marshall High School in Missouri City, Texas, about the alleged visit.Since being notified more than a year ago by the NCAA about potential violations involving two assistant football coaches, we have worked cooperatively with the NCAA and Thursdays hearing was just the next step in the process to bring it to closure, Baylor said in a statement to ESPN. We take all NCAA inquiries seriously and look forward to putting this behind us in the near future.Briles has beeen at Baylor since 2008 and is in his second season as Bears offensive coordinator.ddddddddddddHe is regarded as the Bears top recruiter and was named Big 12 recruiter of the year in 2014 by the websites Rivals, Scout and 247Sports.Baylor athletics director Mack Rhoades didnt respond to text messages seeking comment on Thursday night, and a university spokesman also declined to comment. NCAA rules prevent universities from commenting on ongoing investigations.Last week, Briles and other Baylor assistant coaches released a statement via Twitter, in which they disputed claims by a board of regents member that Art Briles was aware of an alleged gang rape involving former Bears players and didnt report it to proper authorities.Art Briles, who guided the Bears to a 65-37 record and at least a share of two Big 12 titles from 2008 to 15, was fired May 26 after an investigation by Philadelphia law firm Pepper Hamilton found widespread problems with the way Baylor responded to allegations of sexual assault by students, including several football players. University president Kenneth Starr was demoted and then fired, and McCaw was suspended and then resigned.On Monday, acting head coach Jim Grobe announced that running back Shock Linwood was suspended for Saturdays game with Oklahoma because of attitude issues. A source told ESPN that Linwood had a dustup during last weeks TCU game and shoved a graduate assistant coach on the sideline. ' ' '