2004 NHL Entry Draft: Results From the First Three Rounds
Sunday June 27, 2004
It will be remembered as the Alexander Ovechkin draft. But like every such event, the 2004 player derby will surely produce a few hidden gems. Here are the results from ... Read More
Kings, Senators and Canadiens Lead the Trading on Draft Day
Sunday June 27, 2004
After another disappointing playoff, the Ottawa Senators changed the coach and promised more changes to come. True to their word, the Senators were the most active traders draft day, dispatching ... Read More
NHL Draft: No Surprises at the Top
Saturday June 26, 2004
The opening round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft unfolded more or less as expected on Saturday.
To begin the day, the Washington Capitals squashed all trade rumors by calling the ... Read More
Bertuzzi Charged With Assault
Thursday June 24, 2004
One of hockey's most disreputable traditions continued today, as Todd Bertuzzi became the latest player to face criminal charges for his actions on the ice. The Vancouver Canucks' winger is ... Read More
Rumors Build in Advance of Saturday's NHL Draft
Tuesday June 22, 2004
With the 2004 NHL Entry Draft approaching, rumors are beginning to take shape. Most of them concern the possible destination of this year's most coveted prodigy, Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin.
Nobody ... Read More
2003-04 NHL All Stars Named
Thursday June 10, 2004
They did not get far in the playoffs, but the New Jersey Devils and Toronto Maple Leafs provide four of the 12 players named to the NHL First and Second ... Read More
Martin St. Louis Caps Off a Career Year
Thursday June 10, 2004
Martin St. Louis concluded a hockey season for the ages on Thursday night by going home with a mittful of trophies. The Tampa Bay Lightning forward and NHL scoring champ ... Read More
Three Defensemen for the Hall of Fame
Thursday June 10, 2004
The Hockey Hall of Fame has made a few questionable moves in recent years. When Clarke Gillies and Bernie Federko were inducted in 2002, some suggested the institution should be ... Read More
Ottawa Looks to California for a New Coach
Wednesday June 9, 2004
The Ottawa Senators will be a more physical and more creative team the next time they take the ice. That's the word from Bryan Murray, who was hired yesterday as ... Read More
Stanley Cup Heads South to Tampa
Monday June 7, 2004
The Tampa Bay Lightning outplayed the Calgary Flames for 50 minutes, then held off a desperate Calgary charge to clinch the 2004 Stanley Cup on Monday night. Ruslan Fedotenko scored ... Read More
Stanley Cup Final Goes Down to One More Game
Saturday June 5, 2004
Calgary was one shot away from the Cup, but the NHL scoring champion rescued his team and turned the 2003-04 NHL season into a one game, winner-take-all showdown on Monday ... Read More
Oleg Puts Calgary Within Reach of the Grail
Friday June 4, 2004
Oleg Saprykin has had a tough time establishing himself as an NHL player - often sent to the minor leagues; often accused of indifferent or timid play. But the 23-year-old ... Read More
Hockey Reporters or Home Team Toadies? You be the Judge.
Thursday June 3, 2004
Darryl Sutter knows how to bait the media: serve up a few choice quotes with a straight face, then sit back and enjoy the fallout in newspaper columns and TV ... Read More