Roberto Luongo, widely accepted as the best young goaltender in hockey, will average about $6.75 million over the next four years under his new contract with the Vancouver Canucks. That's ... Read More

The Hockey Hall of Fame made the easy and obvious choices yesterday, when it announced that Patrick Roy and Herb Brooks will join the roster this fall. Roy redefined goaltending. ... Read More

A serious case of common sense has broken out in the American Hockey League. As of today, all AHL players must wear a protective visor. League president David Andrews puts ... Read More

Edmonton fans are still reeling from the news that Chris Pronger wants out of town. The man who did more than anyone to bring the Oilers within a game of ... Read More

As expected, burgeoning defensive beast Erik Johnson was the first player selected yesterday at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. The St. Louis Blues hope Johnson can step in and anchor ... Read More

...the team that gets the best player wins the trade. The Vancouver Canucks have undoubtedly nabbed the best player in the first blockbuster deal of the 2006 off-season. It's the ... Read More

No stunning surprises as the NHL Awards were handed out on Thursday - not that it's ever been an edge-of-your-seat affair. Joe Thornton is the 2005-06 MVP, and he's as ... Read More

It looks like Erik Johnson will be living with the "Pronger" label for the next six-to-eight-to-ten years, or however long it takes to define himself as an adult hockey player. Everyone ... Read More

From Whyte Avenue to Kandahar, the heartbreak is nearly palpable. In two consecutive seasons, Canadian hockey fans have seen an inspired underdog from Alberta take the Stanley Cup Final to ... Read More

An epic playoff year ends with a very good (though not quite epic) game, and a very deserving champion. The 2006 Stanley Cup Final was not just a showdown for ... Read More

Hockey is too good to ever be a major sport in the U.S. That's the conclusion of Chris Russell at the Sporting News, who says the breathtaking pace and non-stop ... Read More

"He has a horrible shot - a terrible stick. You watch him in practice and sometimes he winds up and takes a slap shot. My five-year-old can shoot better." Ethan Moreau ... Read More

The Hockey News wonders whether Fernando Pisani is one of those playoff heroes destined to vanish without a trace in future years, following in the tradition of mayflowers like John ... Read More

Edmonton's victory in game three bore all the traits of a desperation reprieve for a team that's destined to lose. The Oilers had everything going for them on Saturday: home ... Read More

Our preliminary list of 2006 NHL free agents shows that close to half of the players in this year's Stanley Cup Final could be on the open market as of ... Read More

Game one of the Stanley Cup Final drew a tiny audience for the OLN network on Monday night. That means we'll likely see more columns like this one, moaning about ... Read More

It's a shame Edmonton lost its starting goaltender to injury in game one of the Stanley Cup Final. Because the team that showed up for game two deserves no excuses. This ... Read More

The Edmonton Oilers' have just presided over one of the great unmitigated disasters in recent Stanley Cup history. How would you feel if your chances for recovery, along with all your ... Read More

Even if the penalty killing slips a little, the defense and goaltending are good enough to give Edmonton a solid chance. So the series will be decided at the other ... Read More

If you had better things to do last weekend than follow the chatter leading up to the Stanley Cup Final, here's what you missed: This is the first championship series between ... Read More

During their stirring playoff run, the Buffalo Sabres earned gushing praise for crafting the perfect model of a modern, salary-capped NHL team: fast, skilled, young, cheap. Management was "blessed with ... Read More