Steven Stamkos’ goal barrage could earn him Hart edge
With just a week and a half remaining in the National Hockey League’s regular season, two clear candidates have emerged for the Hart Trophy as league MVP — Tampa Bay Lightning sniper Steven Stamkos and...
View ArticlePre-playoff stat bonanza: 20 NHL numbers that stand out
While everyone is gearing up for what should be a playoff tournament full of dramatic goals, overblown controversies and ridiculously biased fan bases, the regular season saw more than its share of...
View ArticleChris Pronger’s absence leaves hole in hockey
PITTSBURGH — It was cold that day in Winnipeg, really cold, and the Philadelphia Flyers didn’t have many places to go, so if you were in the same hotel you saw them everywhere. The mall beneath the...
View ArticleNHL, players blind to eye injuries
Each time another puck or stick strikes another National Hockey League player in or about the eye, and crimson splatters the ice, and teammates and opponents alike wave to the medics to get out there —...
View ArticleBeing Chara is no big deal
BOSTON — Quick Zdeno Chara story: He’s in Ottawa, and he comes off the ice, and Darren Dreger is waiting to interview him on television. Dreger isn’t 6-9, so he gets a crate to stand on. Chara shakes...
View ArticleJones, MacKinnon and Drouin top prospects to watch at Sunday’s NHL draft
NEW YORK — As far as Seth Jones is concerned, there’s nothing more to be done now, so whatever happens on Sunday at the NHL entry draft is out of his hands. The defenceman, pegged on some lists as the...
View ArticleCanada’s roster hopes at mercy of injuries
CALGARY — They came, they saw, they played ball hockey. Was it everything Team Canada’s coaches and management group hoped to get out of their three-day Olympic orientation camp? Strangely enough, most...
View ArticleBryzgalov warms up to opportunity with Edmonton Oilers
This is a bit unexpected. Ilya Bryzgalov — the eccentric Russian goaltender that the Philadelphia Flyers are currently paying $23 million NOT to play for them — is being welcomed back to the NHL fold....
View ArticleCam Cole: Pronger can spot a dirty play like none other
The talented Nick Cotsonika of Yahoo Sports, who ought to be on everyone’s list as a go-to source of hockey wisdom and sober second thought, broke the story of the season Wednesday. Of course, it was...
View ArticleGary Bettman is fine with Chris Pronger as candidate for NHL safety job
LOS ANGELES – NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman would have no problem with Chris Pronger working in the league’s department of player safety even while the former defenceman is still on the Philadelphia...
View ArticleChris Pronger hired to work in NHL department of player safety
By Stephen Whyno The NHL has hired Chris Pronger to work in the department of player safety, deciding that having the future Hall of Fame defenceman in its office was worth the perceived conflict of...
View ArticleCam Cole: The NHL’s new panel of hard hitters goes to work on Alex Burrows
VANCOUVER — Timing is everything. If Alex Burrows could have just overcome the urge to lower his shoulder at the inviting target of Montreal Canadiens defenceman Alexei Emelin until the teams’ next...
View ArticleBrian Burke and his hair return to Toronto as Calgary Flames take on Maple Leafs
With truculent locks honed to a razor sharpness, Calgary Flames’ President Brian Burke will lead his surprisingly-solid Calgary Flames to Toronto for a meeting with the Maple Leafs Tuesday. But hockey...
View ArticlePronger, Lidstrom, Fedorov, Housley among those elected to Hockey Hall of Fame
By Stephen Whyno TORONTO — Nicklas Lidstrom, Chris Pronger, Sergei Fedorov, Phil Housley, Angela Ruggiero , Bill Hay and Peter Karmanos Jr. were named as the Hockey Hall of Fame’s class of 2015....
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