The general manager of the Vancouver Canucks has been reading the NHL collective agreement, and it doesn't conform to his world view. "I think if you assemble a good team, fans ... Read More

If the mailbag is any indication, there's a good deal of confusion over how shootout statistics are kept: If a goalie is defeated in a shootout, in what otherwise would be ... Read More

The coach of the Atlanta Thrashers pulled off an impressive feat on Thursday. In a close, low-scoring game his team could have won, Bob Hartley managed to make both his ... Read More

A Hollywood producer and former NHL team owner plans to shoot a film about Gordie Howe. The focus won't be his prime years with the Detroit Red Wings, but his ... Read More

With the Buffalo Sabres atop the NHL – nine straight wins to start the season – the media busies itself with a new edition of the Hockey Genius Myth: Much of ... Read More

The housecleaning in Philadelphia might turn out to be good for the team. But it's a sad day for hockey reporters and bloggers. The Flyers abruptly changed course on Sunday, when ... Read More

Courtesy of IGN.com, via Off Wing Opinion, comes this slice of pro hockey, up close and personal. Seeking authentic on-ice sound for its NHL 2K7 video game, the folks at 2KSports ... Read More

Perhaps Bob Dylan himself should do one of those "My NHL" ads, setting his creaky protest song to a highlight package of Tuesday's Sabres-Flyers game. Everyone is talking about the massacre ... Read More

In 2004, John Tortorella reached hockey's summit, as the head coach of a Stanley Cup champion. He might soon join an even more exclusive coaching club, whose members include Ken ... Read More

It's always easier to like a team that wears its sense of humor well. In Edmonton, the new tradition is the nightly battle for the Ugly Coat. TSN.ca reports that the ... Read More

How much can you trust official NHL attendance figures? Consider this: the Detroit Red Wings reported 20,066 through the turnstiles for Wednesday’s game against Phoenix. Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News ... Read More

From the mailbag: I watched the Toronto-Montreal game Saturday night on Hockey Night in Canada, and there were an awful lot of empty seats down low in the center, like rows ... Read More

Here’s a good one from my neck of the woods: The head coach of a high school hockey team in central Newfoundland has resigned over a new anti-fighting policy brought in ... Read More

The Pittsburgh Penguins have been sold to a guy in Ontario, which revives talk of another NHL Team for Canada. Here’s the argument: The buyer is Jim Balsillie of Research in ... Read More

The 2006-07 NHL season opened on Wednesday night with three games, including a shootout, a two-goal comeback and an overtime winner. If your hockey intelligence has lapsed over the summer, ... Read More