Walt Disney's NHL experiment is over. The Disney Company has sold the Anaheim Mighty Ducks to "well-known Orange County entrepreneurs and philanthropists," Dr. Henry Samueli and his wife Susan. The purchase ... Read More

The time for taking sides is over. The NHL lockout is an insult to the game and its fans. How do we respond? Let both sides know that you take ... Read More

Gary Bettman says he was "set up" by the NHL Players' Association last weekend. The NHL commissioner told WFAN radio in New York that Saturday's failed negotiating session was orchestrated by ... Read More

The captain of the Vancouver Canucks says the lawsuit against his team and his friend is just a money grab by a lousy hockey player. Steve Moore is suing the Canucks ... Read More

The Globe and Mail reports that the leaders of the NHL lockout are secure in their jobs. Nobody is planning a coup to replace Bob Goodenow as head of the ... Read More

Tuesday marks the 25th anniversary of a hockey milestone, a bad day for the Soviets and the greatest upset in the history of American sport. It's also an event that ... Read More

Having already canceled the 2004-05 season, the NHL continues to humiliate itself in public. An unexpected negotiating session on Saturday raised hopes across the hockey world. But the end result, ... Read More

Three days after writing off the season, the NHL and NHL Players' Association have agreed to meet again. They'll get together Saturday in New York, which suggets that a settlement to ... Read More

What's a locked out NHL jock to do? How about a little junket to the Caribbean for some sun, some shinny and a few tequila shooters? The world's largest tequila producer ... Read More

This is the scene today in Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, where 96 teams of tongue-wagging rink rats are gathered for the World Pond Hockey Championship. Plaster Rock (population 1,200) has hosted ... Read More

Yesterday we asked, Where Does the NHL Players' Asscoiation Go From Here? It seems a few players are asking the same question. For what it's worth, rumors continue to suggest that ... Read More

After Wednesday, who would have guessed that the headlines could get any worse for the NHL? The Denver Post reports that Steve Moore has launched a lawsuit in connection with Todd ... Read More

The season is dead, but the media is feeding on the corpse. Various sources, including The Hockey News, are floating thin rumors about efforts to resurrect the fiasco of 2004-05 and ... Read More

A curious article from The Canadian Press today, guaging the fallout from yesterday's collapse of the NHL season. It begins by declaring that the cancellation of the season "left barely a ... Read More

When last efforts to save the 2004-05 season fell apart, the NHL Players’ Association was left with the no hockey, no income, a divided membership and compromised principles. The players ... Read More

"It's a fresh start, everything is off the table and we begin anew." So says the head of the NHL Players' Association, in response to the formal cancellation of the 2004-05 ... Read More

Wiping out an entire season is a lead pipe to the shaky knees of the pro hockey industry, and an insult to NHL fans. We knew that all along. But ... Read More

Handed a golden opportunity to end the NHL lockout, the league commissioner is doing his best to alienate the players. Gary Bettman wrote NHL Players' Association president Bob Goodenow Tuesday, telling ... Read More

The adversaries in the NHL labor war picked a fine time to start talking peace and harmony - the middle of February, with 834 games already cancelled. But the league ... Read More

Commissioner Gary Bettman is supposed to cancel the NHL season on Wednesday. But frantic last-minute talks have brought new concessions in an attempt to end the lockout. On Monday, both sides ... Read More

Boston University has prevailed in one of hockey's great local rivalries. With last night's 3-2 overtime win against Northeastern, the Terriers won the coveted Beanpot. Completing the perfect picture for local ... Read More

Monday night marks the annual American Hockey League All Star Game, an event that would normally escape the notice of most hockey fans. But these are not normal times. The ... Read More

A summation of today's negotiations between the NHL and NHL Players' Association: Talks ended... blah, blah... no progress... blah, blah.... bleak prospects... blah, blah... no further talks... blah, blah... unreasonable... blah, ... Read More

I don't know if he ever played the game. But there is no more worthy candidate for the Hockey Hall of Fame than Louis John Sutter. Put him in the ... Read More

When he broke with the Detroit Red Wings back in the 1970s, after 25 seasons as a player and a couple of years in an office, Gordie Howe said he ... Read More

A college hockey tradition resumes today, as New England schools fight it out for a mythical crock of beans. "The Beanpot" opens in Boston with a pair of games this afternoon. ... Read More

Eric Duhatschek of the Toronto Globe and Mail has it right: Gary Bettman's obligation is now clear. The NHL commissioner must cancel the season as soon as possible. To leave ... Read More

Dany Heatley has been sentenced to three years' probation and community service for the car crash that killed a team mate in 2003. The Atlanta Thrashers' star pleaded guilty to second-degree ... Read More

Tired of waiting on NHL negotiations, three Detroit Red Wings have signed with the Motor City Mechanics of the United Hockey League. Chris Chelios, Derian Hatcher and Kris Draper join ... Read More

It's February 1, the very dead of winter. If you're not playing hockey by now, there's no point in starting. Same goes for the NHL. The idea that the boneheads running ... Read More