Hockey

Jul 2, 2009

As this point, your heart just goes out to Steven Stamkos. The No. 1 overall pick in 2008 for the Tampa Bay Lightning, the kid battled through absurd expectations placed on him through offseason marketing...

Jul 2, 2009

After seeing their trade for Dany Heatley spiral down the toilet on Tuesday night, the Edmonton Oilers played the waiting game throughout Wednesday to see if he would waive his no-trade clause. The clock...

Jun 30, 2009

Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.• Your USA Hockey orientation...

Jun 30, 2009

Great Thing About Rob Blake Being Re-Signed, Part 1: Searching for images brings several Robert Blake results, which feeds both our fetishes for celebrity murder trials and "Baretta."Great Thing...

Jun 30, 2009

The Sharks agreed to terms with Rob Blake on Monday.

Jun 29, 2009

 Hello, this is a feature that aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.Remember...

Jun 26, 2009

MONTREAL -- There are probably reasons why the NHL Draft is important besides creepy photos of rookies, but we're just not sure what they are. In any event, the first round of the Draft commences tonight...

Jun 25, 2009

MONTREAL - Some news, notes and nonsense from the halls of the hotel headquarters and the many minds roaming it at the NHL Draft.• You can't walk three feet in this joint without hearing someone mention...

Jun 24, 2009 | 7 comments

Ring in the New Year with some NHL action. The Flyers will take on the Boston Bruins at Fenway Park January 1, 2010 in the NHL Winter Classic, the Daily Times’ Anthony J. SanFilippo confirmed.

Jun 23, 2009

Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.• In true Brett Hull fashion,...

Jun 22, 2009

Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team....

Jun 20, 2009

The votes are in. The Puck Daddy No-Foil Stanley Cup Replica contest has been decided. And your winners are ...The results are from noon EST on Friday, the cut-off for voting. Read more about the finalists...

Jun 19, 2009

As Leahy pointed out in last night's outstanding NHL Awards recap, Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara deserved the Norris Trophy; but that didn't stop his victory from being a bit of a surprise -- if...

Jun 19, 2009

A group of NHL players is suing for $25 million after their investment money was used on stripper- and porn-star-fueled parties for retired baseball players.

Jun 18, 2009

The National Hockey League kicked off their Las Vegas experiment without a bang, without the star attractions you come to find in Sin City and celebrated their awards show like they've done in the past:...

Jun 18, 2009 | 7 comments

He's also the league's MOP.

Jun 18, 2009

(Ed. Note: Alright, off to the Puck Daddy/Japers' Rink shindig. Looking forward to seeing some of you there. Follow the fun on Twitter. Leahy'll have an awards wrap up tonight.)Hey, no pre-awards show...

Jun 17, 2009

Brandon Smith contributed the piece shown here to our No-Foil Stanley Cup Replica Contest, with a message that read: "This was a horrible attempt about a year ago for the playoffs to make a Stanley...

Jun 17, 2009 | 1 comment

Pittsburgh has every reason to feel a lot of pride about their teams in 2009, but other cities can stake their claim to best sports year as well.

Jun 17, 2009

The Pittsburgh Penguins have the Cup. The parade is over. Which means it's time to crank up the rumors, scuttlebutt and innuendo for the offseason. Rampant speculation, ahoy!Please to be welcoming back...

Jun 16, 2009 | 2 comments

Game 7 of the 2009 Stanley Cup between the Red Wings and Penguins garnered the largest hockey audience in 40 years.

Jun 15, 2009

The Minnesota Wild appear ready to finalize the obvious and inevitable, making San Jose Sharks assistant coach Todd Richards the second head coach in franchise history after the resignation of Jacques...

Jun 13, 2009

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 to win Game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup finals in Detroit.

Jun 13, 2009

It's as much a tradition of the post-Stanley Cup Final celebration as the player handshake and the captain collecting the Chalice from the commissioner: Moments after the last game ends, dozens of officially...