Allison Baver

His communication with the players has been honest and non-political. He couldn't have done this three years ago, when ego prevented him from fulfilling his potential as an NHL head coach. That he was the given the chance to do this at all tracks back to ...  

Beginning at 10 a.m. June 5, 5,000 free general admission tickets will be available for the 2012 NHL entry draft, which will be held June 22 and 23 at Consol Energy Center. The link for the tickets will be found at www.pittsburghpenguins.com/draft.There ...  

The Los Angeles Kings have toyed with the Phoenix Coyotes long enough, now it's time to put this team to sleep for good. After taking the first three games from the Coyotes, and out-scoring them 10-3 in the process, the Kings faltered in Game 4. They were ...  

We don't know who will be playing in the Stanley Cup Final yet, but we do know when they will be playing. Every game will start at 8 p.m. ET. I'm sure they are going to love that in L.A. trying to get to Staples Center in downtown L.A. for a 5 o'clock ...  

It's more than fair to say this season was a disappointment for the Buffalo Sabres. They almost came back at the end of the season but it was a day late and a dollar short. Now this summer becomes about fixing the roster. And GM Darcy Regier knows where he ...  

At this point in time neither of the NHL Conference Final series have been decided, but that fact has not prevented the league from assembling the seven game schedule for the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals. You see, both remaining Eastern Conference teams had ...  

The New York Rangers suffered a rough loss at the hands of the New Jersey Devils in Game 5 of their best-of-seven series. They were emasculated for most of the game, as the Devils put up a three-spot on net minder Henrik Lundqvist (and an empty-netter ...  

The Vancouver Canucks rewarded head coach Alain Vigneault with a contract extension on Wednesday after he led the team to the best record in the National Hockey League (NHL) in each of the last two seasons. Vigneault, whose job status was uncertain after ...  

The playoffs are a time when controversy and conspiracies seem to thrive. Game 5 between the Phoenix Coyotes and the Los Angeles Kings was no different. There were a number of questionable hits throughout the series, but one will rise above the others.  

In six seasons as Vancouver's coach, Vigneault has a record of 287-155-50. The Canucks had the best regular-season record in the NHL this season, but lost in the opening round of the playoffs to the Los Angeles Kings in five games. The team got to the ...  

This is a beginning of a series of conversations on the NHL drafted players who has done the poorly after being selected with high expectations in the NHL. The Toronto Maple Leafs have first hand experience of players who did not pan out after being ...  

The Michigan House has voted to let hockey fans buy booze at Michigan Stadium when the home of Wolverines' football hosts a game between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs on New Year's Day. Scio Township Republican state Rep. Mark Ouimet ...  

He's still involved in another tournament, too. The Penguins and their fans are pushing Malkin to become the cover boy of the EA Sports video game "NHL 2013." He has reached the Final Four of the tournament. The Penguins' website is running a number of ...  

According to a report from a Czech newspaper, passed along by CBC's Elliotte Friedman, goaltender Dominik Hasek may be looking to make a return to the NHL. Zdenek Matejovsky of Czech station TV Nova showed me an article from newspaper "Daily Sports ...  

Incidents after the Phoenix Coyotes' Game 5 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday reportedly are being investigated by the NHL. The Coyotes' "actions were unprofessional and unacceptable," NHL executive vice president Colin Campbell told ESPN.com on ...  

The New Jersey Devils defeated the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference final to earn a berth in the National Hockey League's (NHL) Stanley Cup final. * Founded as the Kansas City Scouts in 1974, then became the Colorado Rockies in 1976 before ...  

To this point it wouldn't be unfair to say he's been a bust for the Bruins, having produced just four assists in 20 NHL games. He spent most of this past season playing for the Bruins AHL team in Providence, scoring eight goals to go with 13 assists in 41 games.  

GM Connected and NHL Moments Live Provide All-New Experiences that Connect Hockey Fans to Their Friends and the Real-World of the NHL NHL 13 - True Performance Skating (Photo: Business Wire) “The NHL team has been a leader when it comes to innovation in ...  

I want to thank Tom for his work that he’s done with us." The Oilers were 32-40-10 this season, the second-worst record in the NHL, after going a league-worst 25-45-12 in 2010-11 in Renney’s first season with the team. The 57-year-old Renney also has ...  

The Los Angeles Kings have steamrolled their way through the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs. The eighth seeded Kings defeated the President’s Trophy winning Vancouver Canucks in five games, before sweeping the St. Louis Blues, the No. 2 seed, in four games.  

NHL scoring champion Yevgeni Malkin scored a hat-trick in the world championship semi-final to put Russia into the title-decider and dethrone defending champions Finland following a 6-2 win here on Saturday. Washington Capitals sharpshooter Alexander ...  

There have been numerous press releases from both the NHL and the NBC sports network trumpeting the increase in viewers in these playoffs in the U.S. and the numbers only lie when you really want them too. Of course much of the success, perhaps the lion ...  

NEW YORK -- Not much more than an hour after a phone hearing with NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan over his elbow on New Jersey's Anton Volchenkov in Game 3, Rangers tough guy Brandon Prust responded to accusations by Devils coach Pete DeBoer that he ...  

Say what you will about their fans and accents, but Boston is a great sports city. Despite the success of the Celtics (and at times the Bruins), Boston was known for its tortured but passionate Red Sox fans for decades. Then, in February 2002, the Patriots ...  

You want proof we're approaching the silly season? Alex Ovechkin trade speculation stories are popping up. I know the Capitals have so much tied up in Ovechkin; he's the face of their franchise. He's one of the most marketable hockey players in the world.  

Stay up to date with all the NHL's latest at Playoff Central. So how close is Dubinsky to returning to the Rangers’ lineup? “I'm not sure if you've talked to Torts or not. It's usually a 'yes' or a 'no' and for tonight, it's a 'no.' We'll keep going ...  

Game 4 of the NHL Eastern Conference final go t intense when New York Rangers forward Mike Rupp punched New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur, Ryan Carter and Stu Bickel squared off and the two coaches began jawing at each other. No supplementary ...  

As the days and minutes inch closer towards the opening ceremonies in London this summer, the national outlook for the United States is very clear. Yes we all know about Phelps making history and the star-studded men’s basketball team that seems to tower ...  

The win put host Shawinigan (2-2) into the semifinal on Friday night against the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champion Saint John Sea Dogs (2-1). It will be the Cataractes' third game in as many nights. The winner advances to the final Sunday night ...  

Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada is heading west to Lloydminster, Alta./Sask., in February 2013 for its 13th annual broadcast. Ron MacLean will host the live broadcast that culminates a week of community activities and events celebrating the game across ...  

The first June playoff appearance by a Toronto-branded pro hockey team is close to becoming reality. It's not the Maple Leafs and it's not the Stanley Cup, but don't try and tell the American Hockey League Marlies that a trip to the Calder Cup would be meaningless.  

In 2010, Hasek signed a one-year deal with the Spartak Moscow in the Kontinental Hockey League. He retired once more last year. "I am working hard almost every day. I am in great shape. And the other side knows that. If the deal is done, I would start with ...  

Both the NHL and NBC will win with the 2012 Stanley Cup Final matchup between the New Jersey Devils and the Los Angeles Kings because it involves two exciting teams based in large markets that play an exciting brand of hockey. Let's examine why the league ...  

"Rick Dudley is a very knowledgeable and proficient hockey executive and we are pleased to welcome him in our organization in the position of assistant general manager," Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin said in a statement. "Rick has been actively ...  

TRAVERSE CITY — The Midwest Junior Hockey League, slated to start up for the 2012-13 season, is expected to have at least 14 teams. League commissioner Pat Pylypuik said Traverse City and Bloomington, Ind., are the first two confirmed cities in the newly ...  

Points to ponder while wondering how many folks decided to pay a little closer attention to hockey thanks to the Rangers and Devils providing one heck of a show in the conference finals. It's a great sport, it really is, and perhaps others agree that we ...  

In 1998, a sold-out Corestates Spectrum set an American Hockey League attendance record by witnessing the completion of Philadelphia’s first professional sports championship in 18 years. Occupying the former home of the parent Flyers, the Phantoms capped ...  

No, after a subpar performance in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoffs for the Quebec Remparts -- one where he produced just three points in a seven-game loss to the Halifax Mooseheads in the second round -- Grigorenko says the criticism and ...  

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2012, file photo, Edmonton Oilers coach Tom Renney talks to his team during an NHL hockey game against the Detroit Red Wings in Detroit. The Oilers are searching for a new coach after deciding to let Renney go following two losing seasons.  

Hard hitting. Tight checking. Low scoring. Indeed, as it's played under the microscope of the New York metropolitan area media, this has been hockey with an edge ... but not so edgy as to cross the line. The two games at Madison Square Garden were similar.  

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Developer EA Sports has announced that it plans to make NHL 13 the most innovative game in the hockey simulation series since the 07 installment by introducing a new True Performance Skating system and by completely revamping the Artificial Intelligence of ...  

On Friday, reporters of TSN broadcasting the World Hockey Championships tournament caught up with Edmonton Oilers veteran scorer Ales Hemsky about his thoughts about the recent announcement that the team decided not to bring back head coach Tom Renney for ...  

New York goaltender Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves and the Rangers blanked the New Jersey Devils 3-0 on Saturday to take the lead in their National Hockey League playoff series. The visiting Rangers seized a 2-1 edge in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference ...  

Russia and Slovakia will meet in the world hockey championship final Sunday for the first time since the Slovaks won their only title a decade ago against the Russians. HELSINKI -- Russia and Slovakia will meet in the world hockey championship final Sunday ...  

HELSINKI (AP) Russia and Slovakia will meet in the world hockey championship final on Sunday for the first time since the Slovaks won their only title a decade ago against the Russians. Malkin, the NHL regular-season scoring king for the Pittsburgh ...  

Martin Erat's Czech Republic team suffered a major blow Saturday when they were upset by Slovakia, 3-1, in the semifinal game of the IIHF World Hockey Championships. But Erat personally suffered a major blow when he was absolutely crushed by Libor Hudacek ...  

The six-hour workout with the Navy Seals included 1,000 push-ups, 1,000 sit-ups, 1,000 jumping jacks, three miles of rowing, lifting a 250-pound log with seven teammates and carrying it the length of a football field, and a run up a mountain. When she ...  

Newark, NJ (Sports Network) - The New Jersey Devils got 27 saves from Martin Brodeur to tie their Eastern Conference Finals series with a 4-1 win over the New York Rangers in Game 4. Coming off a shutout at the hands of Henrik Lundqvist on Saturday ...  

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Los Angeles Kings' 7-0 road record is such a dangerous topic of conversation at their end, and such a tantalizing target for the Phoenix Coyotes that both teams are pooh-poohing its relevance heading into Game 5 of the Western ...  

[Kings] • PK and Malcolm Subban talk race and hockey with Complex. And also, the ladies. Who "pulls the most ladies" in the Subban family? PK says: "Wow, well definitely me. I'm the oldest, I have the most experience, and I'm the best looking. I've been ...  

This column appeared in the May 21 edition of Newsweek magazine. The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. It must be killing Gary Bettman to keep so much good news on ice. The National Hockey League is Bettman ...  

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State's first season in Division I hockey will feature six games against NCAA tournament teams and four matchups with future Big Ten opponents Michigan State and Wisconsin. The Nittany Lions open Oct. 12 at home against ...  

In the UConn men's hockey locker room several players traded their skates for a role in a "You Can Play" video. The public service announcement is for the You Can Play Project which is dedicated to fighting homophobia in sports. Garrett Bartus is a senior ...  

No, this time, it ended in the last week of May with his team just one step removed from the Stanley Cup Final before the Coyotes' captain tasted the disappointment that haunts every hockey player. And, it hurt. It hurt perhaps more than any of the ...  

The Kookaburras are favourites to win the gold medal in London but Charlesworth said the schedule was unfair and would be disruptive to his top-seeded team. "I don't expect special treatment, I expect not to be disadvantaged, out of five matches you may ...  

The Kings rolled over the Canucks, Blues and Coyotes by playing aggressive, hard-hitting hockey. Team captain Dustin Brown led that charge while earning consideration for the Conn Smyth Trophy as the MVP of the Stanley Cup playoffs. But individuals and ...  

Terms of the deal were not revealed. "Alain has established himself as one of the premiere coaches in the National Hockey League," Canucks GM Mike Gillis said. "He has demonstrated a commitment to winning that has led to back-to-back Presidents' Trophies ...  

Chuck Fletcher can watch playoff hockey again. The emotions of a challenging regular season were still too fresh during the earliest rounds to appreciate the hockey being played by his rivals. This season, the Minnesota Wild jumped out to one of the NHL's ...  

On Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Kings earned just their second trip to the Stanley Cup Final in franchise history, after defeating the Phoenix Coyotes, 4-3 in overtime, to win the Western Conference Final in five games. The Kings, who barely qualified ...  

MADISON--The University of Wisconsin men's hockey team has won the MacNaughton Cup only three times in program history, so to do so in 2012-13 would be out of the ordinary. It also would be forever symbolic. UW will embark on its final season as a member ...  

The theme for Hockey Canada’s 93rd annual general meeting is R and R, only it has nothing to do with rest and relaxation and everything to do with recruitment and retention – how to get kids into hockey and how to keep them there. As hundreds of hockey ...  

"We were the only (Indian) team that could have to Beijing, and when we failed to qualify, people were hard on us," V Raghunath said. (TOI Photo) When the Indian hockey squad, which included young Kodava V Raghunath, did not qualify for the 2008 ...  

If you can't get enough hockey and the Stanley Cup Playoffs aren't enough, the NHL Network is picking up coverage of the Memorial Cup starting Friday night. The Memorial Cup, essentially the final four of Canadian junior hockey, this year should ...  

Practice for the New York Rangers went from optional to mandatory. Their attitude shifted from agitated to optimistic. For the third straight series, the Eastern Conference's top-seeded team is all even through four games, and each time New York ...  

Mikael Granlund's arrival in Minnesota has been eagerly awaited by frustrated Wild fans looking for more star power and offensive skill on a team stuck in mediocrity since entering the NHL 12 years ago. If the 20-year-old forward turns out to be ...  

New York Rangers winger Brandon Prust has a hearing with the NHL on Sunday following his second-period elbow to the back of New Jersey Devils defenseman Anton Volchenkov's head Saturday, a source told ESPNNewYork.com's Katie Strang. Devils coach ...  

Larry Brooks of the New York Post eyes a scenario that might not have Alexander Radulov returning to the KHL. If Patrick Roy becomes coach of the Canadiens, Montreal general manager Marc Bergevin likely would inquire about Alexander Radulov, the ...  

New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur earned his 109 th NHL playoff win Monday night, the same night he set another league record while also laughing off being shoved in the chest by an opponent who stood 6-foot-5, and who weighed 243 pounds.  

STOCKHOLM -- Alexander Syomin scored twice and Yevgeni Malkin netted another as Russia romped to a 6-2 victory over Slovakia in the final of the world ice hockey championship in Helsinki on Sunday. Malkin scored in the dying minutes to take his ...  

The New York Rangers play the New Jersey Devils Saturday in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Delta Airlines is offering free plane tickets to New Jersey for some lucky Rangers fans. The flight time for the 20 mile trip is 17 minutes but ...  

What this means for hockey fans is clear. It's the Stanley Cup Final, and that is self-explanatory. What it means for non-hockey fans, though, is even more important. Sutter and whichever coach comes out of the Eastern Conference semifinals can ...  

The City of Glendale on Tuesday approved a preliminary budget that includes $17 million to be paid to the prospective buyer of the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes for operating costs for the city's Jobing.com Arena. By Wednesday afternoon, the Goldwater ...  

From the other side of the ice, Martin Brodeur kept looking for a sign: a spinning red light. Upraised hockey sticks. A gathering dog pile. Anything. Hey, it’s a good 180 or so feet from where he was standing, inside the sky-blue Devils crease ...  

HELSINKI -- Russia and Slovakia will meet in the world hockey championship final Sunday for the first time since the Slovaks won their only title a decade ago against the Russians. After Evgeni Malkin scored a hat trick to lead Russia to a 6-2 ...  

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's men's hockey coach Ric Charlesworth has slammed London Olympic schedulers for lumbering his team with three early starts in their round-robin matches at the Games. The 'Kookaburras' are favourites to win the gold ...  

Several hockey-related items owned by former Red Wings player and coach Johnny Wilson will be auctioned today in Walled Lake. Wilson, a four-time Stanley Cup champion, set an NHL record by appearing in 580 consecutive games. He died in Dec. 27 ...  

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -- Somewhere in Marty McSorley's home is a hockey stick with a blade that's curved at least a quarter-inch more than the legal limit. The longtime NHL tough guy doesn't keep the stick on display, yet it has a place near ...  

"If the hockey game runs over, all bets are really off," Staples Center General Manager Lee Zeidman said. It takes about 2 hours, 15 minutes to convert the ice rink to a basketball court. If the Kings go into a third overtime, the start of the ...  

HELSINKI — Russia and Slovakia will meet in the world hockey championship final on Sunday for the first time since the Slovaks won their only title a decade ago against the Russians. After Evgeni Malkin scored a hat trick to lead Russia to a 6 ...  

Clubs around the National Hockey League are celebrating Vancouver-not the Canucks, but the innovations of two Vancouverites responsible for hockey as we know it today. Lester and Frank Patrick were two professional hockey players form Montreal ...  

On Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Kings earned just their second trip to the Stanley Cup Final in franchise history, after defeating the Phoenix Coyotes, 4-3 in overtime, to win the Western Conference Final in five games. The Kings, who barely ...  

LEE COUNTY, Fla.-- Hockey fever isn't melting away any time soon, after the Florida Everblades captured the Kelly Cup last night. The championship win is bringing a whole new meaning to ice hockey in Southwest Florida. 17-year-old Jon Davidson ...  

With Martin Brodeur nearing his 40th birthday and entering the final year of his contract, this season at first had the look of a last hurrah for the New Jersey Devils' goalie great. Well, the hurrah part was right. It's been one hurrah after ...  

Promising major innovations that will change the way you play hockey video games, EA Sports announced Friday the “NHL 13” feature set, including a special “NHL 13 Stanley Cup Collector’s Edition.” It’s that feature set that should attract the ...  

HELSINKI— Russia and Slovakia will meet in the world hockey championship final on Sunday for the first time since the Slovaks won their only title a decade ago against the Russians. After Evgeni Malkin scored a hat trick to lead Russia to a 6 ...  

Russia and Slovakia will meet in the world hockey championship final on Sunday for the first time since the Slovaks won their only title a decade ago against the Russians. After Evgeni Malkin scored three goals to lead Russia to a 6-2 rout of ...  

NEWARK, N.J. -- For one game, at least, in the Eastern Conference finals, the New Jersey Devils found a way to beat Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers. After losing Game 1, the Devils found a solution in Game 2. They forechecked, moved ...  

The CBC hopes to expand the national hockey audience with new online programming featuring a pair of best girlfriends gabbing about the hairstyles and uniforms of hockey players during next week’s Stanley Cup Finals. Lena Sutherland and Jules ...  

Although reports surfaced in the hours after the Rangers' season-ending loss to the Devils that Norwegian forward Mats Zuccarello is bolting for Russia's Kontinental Hockey League, those reports appear to be premature. Although Zuccarello has ...  

It is Stanley Cup season, so with the Mets headed to Toronto this weekend, each player donned a hockey jersey for the trip north. R.A. Dickey sported a Nashville Predators sweater, Murphy rocked the Tampa Bay Lightning, Dillon Gee modeled the ...  

NEWARK, N.J.-- Wearing a neutral white shirt, showing no favoritism to the Rangers or the Devils, Eric LeGrand was just happy to have parked his motorized wheelchair in the area behind Section 17 at Prudential Center to catch some playoff hockey.  

WNBC-TV New York’s Bruce Beck is reporting about Ilya Kovalchuk and the Devils’ mindset: Ilya Kovalchuk had the best quote on the #Rangers, #Devils rivalry - "this is not chess - this is hockey. It's a man's game!" — Bruce Beck (@BruceBeck4NY ...  

This was going to be the best of it for the Rangers, the great moment so far in the great hockey spring at Madison Square Garden, even after the two Game 7s the Rangers had already played, even after Brad Richards’ goal in the last seven seconds.  

In acquiring left winger Chris Bourque — son of Bruins [team stats] Hall of Famer Ray Bourque — yesterday from the Washington Capitals in exchange for center Zach Hamill, the B’s swapped players who came to pro hockey with big names and high ...  

Dustin Penner scored 17:42 into overtime and the Los Angeles Kings are headed to the Stanley Cup finals for the second time as a franchise after beating the Phoenix Coyotes with a 4-3 win in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals Tuesday night.  

They played hard, utilized their skill and size, and won away from home like no other team in NHL history. After losing Game 4 at home, Los Angeles closed out Phoenix in the desert for its NHL record eighth straight road victory of the playoffs.  

May 18, 2012 - It's not that the current collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and the NHL Players' Association has treated them poorly. Since the league locked its players out for the entire 2004-05 season, the NHL has seen record ...  

What's more, his 794 career points trail only Jaromir Jagr (1,653) and Patrik Elias (894) among Czech-born players who have suited up in the NHL. However, Hejduk's production slipped last season as he finished with just 14 goals. That's well ...  

Martin Brodeur made 27 saves as the New Jersey Devils tied up the NHL's Eastern Conference finals at 2-2 with a 4-1 win over the New York Rangers in Newark. Brodeur also recorded an assist on Zach Parise's empty netter in the third period, a ...  

Dayton is losing a professional hockey team, but apparently is gaining another. The Dayton Gems have posted a note to its Web site saying the team has ceased operations. The team’s current ownership group took over in December, 2009, and has ...  

Yevet Anderson, who pioneered women's hockey in Erie and founded the Erie Lady Lions Girls Hockey Association, has stepped down as a coach and administrator of the organization. Anderson, an Erie resident, had coached the Lady Lions under-19 ...  

Dwight King scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Jonathan Quick made 18 saves, and the host Los Angeles Kings rolled to the brink of their first Stanley Cup finals in 19 years with a 2-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on ...  

It wasn't very surprising that the NHL Sunday suspended Brandon Prust for Monday night's Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals for an elbow to the back of Devils defenseman Anton Volchenkov's helmet in the second period of Game 3 on Saturday.  

Kreider, 21, is no longer breaking glass panels, but he is breaking ground by jumping directly from college hockey to being a significant contributor on a team competing in the Eastern Conference final. He has four goals, including two game ...  

Related Kings beat Coyotes, edge closer to Stanley Cup finals Los Angeles Kings left wing Dwight King hands a stick to fans after defeating the Phoenix Coyotes in Game 3 of the NHL Western Conference final hockey playoffs in Los Angeles Los ...  

For those who like ice in their scotch while they watch hockey or basketball life has gotten better at MadisonSquare Garden as a result of the arena’s nearly completed $980 million, multi-year renovation. Unfortunately, the New York Rangers ...  

DURHAM -- The Fighting Irish are coming. The Huskies of the University of Connecticut may not be far behind. Hockey East announced early last October that the University of Notre Dame will join the league for the 2013-14 season. “It's a big ...  

DURHAM -- The Fighting Irish are coming. The Huskies of the University of Connecticut may not be far behind. Hockey East announced early last October that the University of Notre Dame will join the league for the 2013-14 season. “It's a big ...  

Only three teams in NHL history have won a seven-game series after losing the first three games. The Philadelphia Flyers were the last club to achieve the 3-0 comeback when they beat Boston in the 2010 Eastern Conference semifinals. Daymond ...  

I’m just focused on this game tomorrow and looking forward to the opportunity of having home ice.” The NHL took no further action on the scrum, which also featured coaches John Tortorella and Peter DeBoer screaming at each other from their ...  

Next season will mark the 36-year-old forward's 14th in the NHL, all of which have been spent with the Avalanche. He will enter the season nine games shy of becoming the first player in Avalanche history to appear in 1,000 games with the team.  

LOS ANGELES — The Clarence Campbell Bowl was in Staples Center for the first time, waiting to be presented by Commissioner Gary Bettman to the NHL’s Western Conference champions. The Los Angeles Kings’ long-suffering fans gathered downtown ...  

Bangalore: India will open their campaign in the 2012 Olympics hockey competition in London with a game against the Netherlands July 30, according to the schedule released by the International Hockey Federation (IHF) Tuesday. India, ranked ...  

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA - News) announced today the key features for EA SPORTS TM NHL ® 13, promising the biggest change to the franchise since the introduction of the Skill Stick in NHL ® 07. Headlined by all-new True Performance ...  

Now it’s an old-fashioned hockey war. Having dominated the Rangers for more than two periods tonight, the Devils couldn’t have been shocked that their rivals and explosive coach John Tortorella seem prepared to turn the Eastern Conference ...  

OK, about to watch Thunder-Spurs, here are my NHL and NBA picks, along with an admission that I never would have picked LA or Jersey to make it to the finals in the NHL, had I bothered to pick at the beginning of the Stanley Cup playoffs ...  

“But I was feeling really good after maybe two, three weeks. I knew at that point I was going to play hockey again.” Gagne skated with the Kings for this first time since the concussion during practice Friday and Saturday. “It’s great to ...  

LOS ANGELES — Dwight King scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Jonathan Quick made 18 saves, and the Los Angeles Kings rolled to the brink of their first Stanley Cup final in 19 years with a 2-1 victory over the Phoenix ...  

Shane Doan scored two goals, Mike Smith made 36 saves in his third playoff shutout, and the Phoenix Coyotes emphatically avoided a sweep with a 2-0 victory over the host Los Angeles Kings in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals on Sunday.  

Dwight King scored the game-winning goal as the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Phoenix Coyotes 2-1 to move within one win of advancing to the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup Final. The Kings have a 3-0 advantage in the best-of-seven ...  

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – For one game, at least, in the Eastern Conference finals, the New Jersey Devils found a way to beat Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers. After losing out in the Rangers' block party in Game 1, the Devils found a ...  

You’re welcome at the University of Connecticut. That is the message the school’s men’s hockey team is sending out in two videos for a program called You Can Play. The goal of the international initiative, which was launched in March, is ...  

It's the climax of the hockey and basketball seasons, but both have potential playoff visibility problems. Let me explain. OK, the NBA first. As you know, basketball is the most individualized, celebrity-ized team game. Like movie stars ...  

Dozens of high school students in Greater Boston experienced head injuries while playing ice hockey and basketball this winter, according to a Boston Globe survey of more than 40 leading programs. The numbers, while far lower than those ...  

The New Jersey Devils usually hold a Fan Fest outside the Prudential Center before playoff games, next to a great rough-hewed steel hockey player, 22 feet tall and in mid-stride, almost Soviet in its iconography. It is raining, though ...  

It's the climax of the hockey and basketball seasons, but both have potential playoff visibility problems. Let me explain. The NBA first -- as you know, basketball is the most individualized, celebrity-ized team game. Like movie stars ...  

“What is up with that goalie? He is shaking his head like a fish out of water. You totally missed it. Look at him, see. I think his helmet’s too tight.” “His hair is in his face, Jules. He can’t even stick a hand in there to move it away.  

STORRS, Conn. — Gay and play hockey? You’re welcome at the University of Connecticut. That is the message the school’s men’s hockey team is sending out in two videos for a program called "You Can Play." The goal of the international ...  

Flopping is cheating. It’s deceitful and undignified. It poisons the well of sportsmanship, sending mixed messages to young athletes. And now it’s permeating the NHL, the last honest professional team sport. “You can almost feel it ...  

Drive down Whitney Avenue in Hamden and there’s a sign in front of Rainbow Cleaners that reads, “Good Luck Jon Quick LA Kings.” It’s less than a mile from the house in which the Kings goaltender — one of the best in the NHL — grew up.  

also appeared in 12 games with the Canucks last season, collecting one assist. In 89 career NHL games, Sulzer has four goals and 16 points. He would have become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.