Jacques Lemaire has 11 Stanley Cup championship rings, 500 victories as a coach and is widely considered one of the best coaches in the NHL. Complete Story...
For all the skill he possesses at age 21, all the goals he's scored, all he's done to put the Pittsburgh Penguins three victories away from the Stanley Cup finals, Evgeni Malkin has a weakness.
For all the skill he possesses at age 21, all the goals he's scored, all he's done to put the Pittsburgh Penguins three victories away from the Stanley Cup finals, Evgeni Malkin has a weakness. Give him a breakaway, and one of the NHL's best players becomes just another player.
The Colorado Avalanche want to play a faster, more attacking brand of hockey, similar to the style that brought them two Stanley Cup titles. Now, they're looking for a coach who fits that description.
The New York Rangers couldn't win a high-scoring game in Pittsburgh, couldn't win a low-scoring game, either.
The Dallas Stars are taking their chase of the Stanley Cup into the second round of the playoffs — and the reigning champs aren't.
Mike Modano and Brad Richards scored 55 seconds apart in the third period to lift the Dallas Stars to a 5-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night and give them a 2-0 series lead over the defending Stanley Cup champions.
Brian Boucher made 23 saves, and the San Jose Sharks wrapped up the Pacific Division title with a 3-1 victory Friday night over the defending Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks.
Mathieu Schneider and Teemu Selanne scored for the Anaheim Ducks during a shootout and the defending Stanley Cup champions beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 Wednesday night to clinch a playoff berth.
The surging San Jose Sharks maintained their mastery of the Minnesota Wild to clinch a spot in the playoffs on Wednesday night.
Corey Perry and Scott Niedermayer each had a goal and an assist, Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 24 saves and the Anaheim Ducks beat Ottawa 3-1 Monday night in a rematch of last season's Stanley Cup finals.
Peter Forsberg always realized it was nothing personal, just business. Now, he's back for another run. Forsberg agreed to a $5 million, one-year deal Monday with the Colorado Avalanche, a team he won two Stanley Cup championships with before their split following the league's lockout in 2004-05.
Chris Pronger knows all about booing. He is pretty much a public enemy in all 29 NHL arenas outside of Anaheim. This phenomenon has never plagued fellow Ducks defenseman Scott Niedermayer, especially in New Jersey where he starred for 13 seasons and won three Stanley Cup titles.
Teemu Selanne made his season debut Tuesday night, joining the Anaheim Ducks' starting lineup just when the defending Stanley Cup champions need him most.
Teemu Selanne returned to the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks on Monday after missing the first half of the season while contemplating retirement.
Only at Madison Square Garden does No. 2 fit so perfectly between 11 and 35. It happened Thursday night when the New York Rangers retired Brian Leetch's famous number. They raised a banner next to those of Mark Messier and Mike Richter, the stellar defenseman's teammates on the 1994 Stanley Cup championship team that ended 54 years of waiting.
Dominik Hasek and his Detroit Red Wings teammates knew what was coming against the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks. And they were ready.
Dominik Hasek made 24 saves, and Brian Rafalski and Valtteri Filppula scored to lead the league-best Detroit Red Wings to a 2-1 victory over the defending Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night.
Brandon Bochenski and Corey Perry scored goals and the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks stretched their winning streak to a season-high five games with a 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.
Chris Pronger and Ryan Getzlaf of the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks were among 16 players chosen Thursday to fill out the Western Conference roster for the NHL All-Star game.
Andy McDonald, a key member of the Anaheim Ducks' Stanley Cup championship team last season, was traded Friday to the St. Louis Blues for Doug Weight, Michal Birner and a seventh-round draft pick next year.
NHL playoffs MVP Scott Niedermayer will rejoin the Anaheim Ducks after sitting out the first 28 games of the season. The defending Stanley Cup champions are hoping Teemu Selanne will follow suit.
Tom Johnson, the Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman who coached the Boston Bruins to their last Stanley Cup title in 1972, has died. He was 79.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are the most valuable NHL team, even though the Original Six franchise hasn't captured the Stanley Cup in 40 years, according to Forbes.
If you haven't yet decided to tune into hockey this season, this is the time to do it. A short primer of this year's NHL playoffs, with a few tidbits so you sound like you know what you're talking about.
I dont live in Buffalo, NY anymore, but I was born there, went to college there, and started my career there. I never had season tickets to the Sabres or Bills games, but I've attended my share.
A treasure hunter searching in Florida waters came across a true Canadian find - a Stanley Cup ring marking the last time Toronto's Maple Leafs were able to clinch the hockey championship. The ring has been missing for some thirty years.
George Porros plays hockey for the Anaheim Ducks. As has become tradition, each member of the Stanley Cup-winning team gets to have personal possession of the cup for one day.
He won the Stanley Cup five times as a player. He was assistant coach for Canada's 1972 Summit Series victory over the Soviet Union. And his Winnipeg Jets won the Avco Cup – the WHA's version of Lord Stanley's mug.
Briere rejects Sabres' offer as time ticks away The Sabres seem to be content with going from nearly missing the Stanley Cup to another struggling season.
Networks hit new lows in grim weekly ratings Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:41AM EDT By Paul J. Gough
OTTAWA - Less than two weeks after losing in the Stanley Cup final, the Ottawa Senators fired general manager John Muckler and promoted coach Bryan Murray to replace him Monday.
Of the 21 U.S. markets that have NHL teams, only nine were represented for any of the first three games. That includes local coverage in the Los Angeles area. The Daily News of New York covered the entire series, while The New York Times sent a reporter only to the opener.
The rating was down 18 percent from Carolina's 5-4 victory over Edmonton in last year's opener, which received a 0.88 cable rating (611,000 homes) on OLN, as the same network was known then.
There's only one thing Snoop Dogg loves more than weed; and that's hockey. But Snoop's marriage to hip-hop culture has forced him to take his passion for the NHL underground, which is why he has to wear fake mustaches to the Stanley Cup Finals.
The US will get a gooey slab of great Canadiana served to them on Monday night. Lock up the Women and Children. Donald S. Cherry, Esquire is on the prowl.
Earlier this week Lord Stanley's Cup made a guest appearance on Boston Legal with William Shatner. Shatner's character tried to carve his name into the Stanley Cup because Bobby Orr allegedly borrowed his lucky jockstrap prior to his game winning goal for the Boston Bruins.
So here's my recommendation for the rest of this month: Put Clemens aside until he actually starts pitching and let the NBA guys sort themselves out over the next six weeks. Pull up a chair, watch some hockey and pull for the Sabres.
The Stanley Cup was brought to Afghanistan on Wednesday in an effort to boost troop morale, after Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Rick Hillier said some troops are "pissed off" about the attention given to detainee abuse allegations.
The Sabres can be one of the prettiest teams in the game with their tic-tac passing, their dizzying puck tricks and their ability to deke their way around most defensemen. They've flashed that skill in spurts against the hanging-back Rangers, but Ruff wants it to stop.
Benjamin Rubin, an 18-year-old winger with Patrick Roy's Quebec Remparts, won't be back next season with the Quebec Major Junior hockey club because his religion comes first.
Dont think for a second that I feel bad at all for waking up the toddler kiddies at 10:00 pm on a school night to tell them that the Sabres just scored and it's 2-0 in the 2nd period.
Last night the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Minnesota Wild 4 to 1, winning the first round series 4 games to 1. The Ottawa Senators beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3 to 0 winning their series 4 games to 1.
It was the first Stanley Cup ring presentation in this town in 40 years. And Hall of Fame goalie Johnny Bower hasn't had a save like that since he was in the net the last time the Maple Leafs won it in 1967.
Originally Written by our Basement Blogger AJ Immortality. Everyone dreams of it, and each year, 20 men achieve it. 20 men give all they have, fighting through mental and physical fatigue, immense pain, and all those who oppose them.
With the National Hockey League regular season coming to an end this weekend any questions of who will make the playoffs and who will miss the opportunity have been silenced.
Connolly scored in his return from a concussion sustained in last year's playoffs and Buffalo beat the Washington Capitals 2-0 on Saturday to clinch the best record in the NHL.
I've spent the majority of my existence obsessing far too much over two things: the Detroit Red Wings and "The Simpsons." The former is an NHL franchise that plays in a building where old bathtubs are considered toilets.