The NHL would love to bottle and sell Wednesday’s spectacle. Game Three of the 2008 Stanley Cup Final showcased of speed, skill, passion, athleticism… all the stuff that lifts hockey, ... Read More

After two games of the Stanley Cup Final, the Pittsburgh Penguins are thoroughly perplexed. They have a few questions that need answering: 1) Where's the puck?In Detroit, the only Penguin who ... Read More

If an NHL team is still playing at the end of May, you know it's because they're doing all the right things. So a statistical analysis of the Detroit Red Wings ... Read More

As part of its ongoing effort to drive hockey fans away from the game, the NHL has imposed a five-day break before the start of the 2008 Stanley Cup Final. The ... Read More

The 2008 World Hockey Championship has to be especially satisfying for Russia. It's the country's first world title since 1993, and it comes with a measure of revenge against Canada. A year ... Read More

It's a solemn ritual of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The game ends and the media hordes descend to the bowels of the arena, where each coach steps up to the ... Read More

Update: Friday's semifinals are set: Russia vs. Finland, 1:00 pm Eastern Canada vs. Sweden, 5:00 pm Eastern Hockey must have the dumbest world championship in sport. The tournament always runs concurrent with the ... Read More

There's no question that the temperature went up a couple of degrees after Game 2 between the Dallas Stars and Detroit Red Wings because of what happened between Chris Osgood ... Read More

With the NHL and NBA playoffs occupying the same space on the calendar, comparisons are inevitable. Such comparisons are usually made by the hockey crowd. Tom Jones at Tampabay.com writes ... Read More

After picking seven of eight series winners in Round One, the About.com brain trust slumped to a woeful 1-3 record in our second round forecast. It's time to go against the ... Read More

So what's next for the NHL teams that bowed out over the last week or so? What's the mood in cities where hopes raised by a first-round victory were quickly ... Read More

Western Conference:(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Dallas Stars Series begins Thursday. Eastern Conference:(2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (6) Philadelphia Flyers Series begins Friday. Conference Finals Game Schedule, with television coverage included. Plus all the ... Read More

Players and coaches like to say that the breaks and bounces even out over time. Believing it helps them sleep at night. But there's no evidence that good fortune is ... Read More

Born and raised in Quebec, Martin Biron must have spent his youth as a huge fan of the Montreal Canadiens, right? Well, not exactly: The Flyers goaltender grew up in Lac-St-Charles, a ... Read More