From the locker room to the press box, the final days of 2003 find the hockey world in a rather cranky mood. Maybe They Should Move To Toronto Down in Miami The ... Read More

Florida's goaltender got a real workout on Monday. But then, he gets a real workout every night. The Bruins, meanwhile, dig themselves a little further into their hole. Our NHL ... Read More

Brett Hull isn't the only man in the game with something to say. From Paul Kariya to Bill Wirtz to Alpo Suhonen, here's a selection of the year's most interesting ... Read More

After going scoreless in three games, the Thrashers enjoy a breakout weekend. Ilya Kovalchuk scores big, but Robert Lang stays two steps ahead in the scoring race. But who can ... Read More

For over 30 years, NHL fans could count on one thing: the good guys always wore white, the bad guys always wore dark. But this season, the league has reversed ... Read More

The Flames are road killers, the Stars are road kill, and Giguere finally figures out where the puck is. Our NHL Daily page fills you in on the scores, last ... Read More

A small number of satellite TV subscribers will be choosing their own camera angles and replays as they watch tomorrow night's NHL action. Bell ExpressVu, a Canadian satellite company, will ... Read More

They held their breath in Montreal, awaiting results of the most important x-rays of the season. Meanwhile, it’s a big night for fantasy players, as the Canadiens, Lighting, Senators and ... Read More

At the NHL's request, the American Hockey League will conduct an experiment using wider blue lines and a wider center line. The hope is that the addition of extra paint ... Read More

Detroit is the first NHL team to score 100 goals this season; Curtis Joseph has four wins in five games; and another victory-from-the-jaws-of-defeat performance lifts the Red Wings into a ... Read More

Across Canada, they dream of moments like this. After Tuesday's 3-0 win over Tampa Bay, the Toronto Maple Leafs are... the best team in the NHL! Actually, they're tied with ... Read More

Mike Comrie's brief, eventful tenure as an Edmonton Oiler has ended. The player once projected as the team's next great centerman will now try to work out a new contract ... Read More

Add Keith Magnuson's name to the tragic list that includes Pelle Lindbergh and Steve Chiasson. While Lindbergh and Chiasson died behind the wheel, Magnuson was a passenger in the car ... Read More

Team Canada released six players this morning and announced its roster for the 2004 World Junior Hockey Championship. Meanwhile, Team USA has replaced a couple of injured players, including the ... Read More

Joseph is redeemed, Datsyuk is a star and Zamuner is unwanted. Our new NHL Daily page fills you in on the scores, last night's fantasy hockey whiz, injury news, the ... Read More

Hired in November of 1995, Paul Maurice was the NHL coach with the longest tenure at his current position. He is current no more. The Carolina Hurricanes fired Maurice and ... Read More

How far can a playoff MVP fall? Jean-Sebastian Giguere hopes he has seen the limit. The Anaheim goaltender was back in the net on Sunday, trying to salvage a nightmarish ... Read More

There are an awful lot of hockey books out there. Most of them aren't very good. Here's our pick of ten shinny books that best explain rules, fundamentals and customs, ... Read More

Paul Kariya's sprained wrist, which sounded innocent enough back in October, has now cost him a full quarter of the NHL season. Colorado teammate Peter Forsberg has also missed more ... Read More

Philadelphia had the puck, but New Jersey had the goalie. Martin Brodeur stops 37 shots as the Devils and Flyers tie 3-3. Jeff Hackett makes 18 saves for the Flyers, ... Read More

If you wanted goals on Thursday, the place to be was Washington. A coaching change did little to improve the Capitals' dreadful defense. But the Washington forwards give new coach ... Read More

The showdown between the Edmonton Oilers and center Mike Comrie has officially turned ugly. After failing to agree to a new contract and demanding a trade, Comrie has been on ... Read More

Canadian junior hockey is in the news this week for all the wrong reasons. A prominent player agent says players at the highest level of under-20 hockey are exploited and ... Read More

When Curtis Joseph was waived through the league last week, it seemed safe to assume he was finished as a Red Wing. That was before Manny Legace and Dominik Hasek ... Read More

Chris Levesque was at the University of British Columbia library, cramming for a geography exam, when a friend tracked him down yesterday. The Vancouver Canucks were on the phone, looking ... Read More

No real surprise that the Washington Capitals fired head coach Bruce Cassidy today. The Capitals have big stars, a big payroll and they stink. No coach survives that situation. It's ... Read More

The Penguins did not need another reminder that they gave up on Markus Naslund too soon. Naslund served notice anyway, scoring all four goals as Vancouver defeated Pittsburgh 4-3 in ... Read More

Why is hockey associated with so much bad music? Blame the meathead who runs the sound system at your local rink. These days, the arena soundtrack is the last refuge ... Read More

Well, not quite. But The Man With The Shot fumbled for words to put his latest milestone into perspective. After scoring last night's game-winner against the Los Angeles Kings, Hull ... Read More

The Montreal Canadiens almost beat the Philadelphia Flyers at their own game on Monday, doggedly forechecking and backchecking their way to a 2-1 lead. But late goals by Marcus Ragnarsson ... Read More

Marc-Andre Fleury deserves a break from the role of teenaged saviour. Pittsburgh Penguins’ fans might not like it, but sending him away will benefit the NHL's youngest goaltending star and ... Read More

Marc-Andre Fleury is on his way back to junior hockey, at least for a few weeks. The Pittsburgh Penguins have released their rookie goaltender to play for Canada at the ... Read More

It's getting ugly in Dallas. After a brief surge of life in late November, the Stars have lost four straight and are in the midst of a disastorous road trip. ... Read More

Whatever happened to the Anaheim Might Ducks? The defense is awful, they're an easy mark on the road, and J.S. Giguere looks like a fire hydrant in net. On Friday, ... Read More

ESPN.com addresses a pertinent question in its December 2 NHL Power Rankings: Why use an imperfect and often misleading method of calculating the NHL standings? An ESPN.com reader asks: "How come ... Read More

It's only been a couple of weeks since the sports writers of Toronto were dismissing the Maple Leafs as old and unmotivated, badly in need of a new coach and ... Read More

For those who care about this sort of thing, the NHL has released early results from balloting for the 2004 All Star Game. All those insufferable media snobs who whine ... Read More

Who is this season's best goaltender? Those who see the Nashville Predators regularly swear it's Tomas Vokoun. The Carolina Hurricanes might agree, after Vokoun's 40-save performance against them on Wednesday. ... Read More

Nikolai Zherdev plays about 11 minutes in his first NHL game, as Columbus beats Anaheim 2-1. But the real stars of the evening are David Vyborny and Rick Nash, who ... Read More

The Cold War is over, so it isn't quite accurate to say that Nikolai Zherdev "defected" from Russia this week to join the Columbus Blue Jackets. But that's what it ... Read More

In today's Toronto Sun, NHL vice president Colin Campbell hints that the league is considering rule changes that would limit puck handling and passing by goaltenders. "We've been charting in the ... Read More

The most telling detail of Philadelphia's 12-game unbeaten streak is the pair games that bookend it. On October 12, the Flyers lost 3-2 to New Jersey. They were not beaten ... Read More

Big names like Iginla and Jagr are not the only NHL underachievers this season. A variety of depth players and bright young talents are also having trouble finding the scoresheet. ... Read More

Martin Straka is the latest casualty of the Pittsburgh Penguins' austerity program. Straka has been traded to the Los Angeles Kings for minor league defenseman Martin Strbak and Sergei Anshakov, ... Read More

Like so many NHL games lately, Sunday's meeting of the Colorado Avalanche and New Jersey Devils doesn't quite rev up until after the second intermission. Milan Hejduk and Eric Rasmussen ... Read More