From the pee-wee leagues to the big leagues, it's one of hockey's enduring traditions. Players like to say they "win as a team and lose as a team." But when ... Read More

As always, the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs is serving up enough drama and intrigue to satisfy any soap opera junkie. - In Detroit they are taking hourly reports ... Read More

The 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs might be remembered as the year of the good, old-fashioned butt-kicking. The playoff tournament is not yet a week old, but we've already seen four blowouts ... Read More

Penalty boxes are jam-packed as the NHL follows through on its promise of fastidious officiating in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. After a dozen playoff contests, the average is about 13 power ... Read More

If you haven't seen it, YouTube offers up the hit everyone is talking about: Brian Campbell's demolition of R.J. Umberger in the opening game of the Philadelphia-Buffalo series. Incredibly, reports suggest ... Read More

Two solid months of high-stakes hockey will test the grit, determination and endurance of even the most dedicated fan. It's you, the remote control and a well-stocked fridge against the ... Read More

The most famous fruit bowl in sport has returned to its humble roots. The Stanley Cup is in London to visit its birthplace, a jewelry store on Regent Street. Local ... Read More

Predictions only make you look stupid. So why waste a lot of time analyzing stats, imagining trends and comparing depth charts? The following predictions on the opening round of Stanley ... Read More

Our Stanley Cup Tracker has the complete opening round schedule, with dates, game times and televison coverage listed. See Also: Win Your Fantasy Hockey Playoff Pool (as if...) All-Time Stanley Cup Champions More ... Read More

It's overtime in game seven of the Stanley Cup Final. Fleet-Footed Wizard grabs a loose puck at center ice. The nearest opponent, Butt-Dragging Slug, reaches out his stick for a ... Read More

In San Jose, they're convinced that Joe Thornton is the NHL's Most Valuable Player, and equally convinced that the eastern media nabobs will steal it from him. There is much ... Read More

Your Stanley Cup playoff teams are: Detroit Dallas Calgary Nashville Anaheim San Jose Colorado Edmonton Official NHL standings What's left to watch before the playoffs begin next Friday? The final playoff spot in the East comes down to Tampa Bay, Toronto ... Read More

Pick who you want for all those other NHL awards. But there's only one serious candidate for Surprise Attack of the Year. Who imagined that this guy would have 51 goals ... Read More

...hang by a thread, and it looks like the thread just snapped in Nashville. What fun it must have been to be a Predators fan this season. The team's patience with ... Read More

Is anybody else tired of 1972, the Summit Series, Paul Henderson and the rest of it? (Apologies to those not obsessed with Canadian hockey. Briefly: In 1972, Canada and the Soviet ... Read More

The Wisconsin Badgers have won the 2006 NCAA men's hockey championship, defeating Boston College 2-1 in Saturday's final game. Wisconsin fell behind 1-0 in the first period, pulled even on ... Read More

Recent history says Matt Carle has a 50/50 chance of a productive NHL career. Carle won the Hobey Baker Award Friday night as the outstanding player in American college hockey. He ... Read More

Hockey might not be the biggest game on the college campuses of America. But when it comes to thrills and spills, the NCAA Frozen Four almost always delivers. It will be ... Read More

Hockey fans everywhere should rally 'round Terry Frei at ESPN.com. Like so many of us, he's had enough of the puerile, cacophonous, oppressive, predictable, migraine-inducing "game-night presentation" at every rink ... Read More