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Wings Surge Past Canucks
 Wings Surge Past Canucks
Oct 24, 2007 11:21 PM CDT

Wings Surge Past Canucks

Holmstrom scores two to carry Detroit to a 3-2 win

(Newser) - Tomas Holmstrom had two goals to carry the Red Wings past the floundering Canucks last night by a score of 3-2. Matt Ellis started the scoring for the Wings in the first. With Holmstrom's two in the second, Detroit never relinquished the lead, though the Canucks closed the gap to...

Blues and Ducks Duke it Out, Also Play Some Hockey

3 fights flare up in St. Louis's 4-2 victory

(Newser) - The Anaheim Ducks, the NHL's defending champions, have yet to put up a road victory this season, and last night that winless streak extended to on-ice fights. The Ducks came out the worse for wear in three rumbles. They also watched their former franchise player Paul Kariya play a role...

Kovalchuk Is Thrashers' Hero in Shootout

Adds capper to earlier goal, assist in road win over Toronto

(Newser) - Ilya Kovalchuck demonstrated his offensive chops last night, leading the struggling Thrashers to a 5-4 victory over Toronto with a decisive shootout goal. Kovalchuck also had an assist and scored Atlanta's second goal of  the game, keeping things competitive despite a Leaf's goal 13 seconds into the first and another...

Penguins Topple Rangers, 1-0
Penguins Topple Rangers, 1-0
Oct 24, 2007 12:26 AM CDT

Penguins Topple Rangers, 1-0

New York offense doesn't show up again

(Newser) - The supposed high-powered offense of the Rangers continued to flounder as New York fell to Pittsburgh, 1-0. Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 36 shots to earn his first shutout since last March. The game’s lone goal came 44 seconds into the second period, when Evgeni Malkin beat New York’...

Hurricanes Blow Away Leafs, 7-1
Hurricanes Blow Away Leafs, 7-1
Oct 10, 2007 2:00 AM CDT

Hurricanes Blow Away Leafs, 7-1

Worst home loss for Toronto in two years

(Newser) - Fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs had little to be thankful for a day after Canada’s Thanksgiving. The home town crowd saw their team lose to the Carolina Hurricanes, 7-1, dropping their record to 1-2-1. Toronto center Mats Sundin said that “there are no excuses” for the lack...

Pens, Sabres Will Play Outside
Pens, Sabres Will Play Outside
Sep 19, 2007 6:06 AM CDT

Pens, Sabres Will Play Outside

Tickets sell out within half-hour for NHL's first outdoor match in 4 years

(Newser) - The NHL has scheduled its first outdoor game since 2003, with Pittsburgh visiting Buffalo in the 73,000-seat Ralph Wilson Stadium on New Years Day, 2008. The current NHL attendance record is 57,167, when Montreal visited Edmonton; this is poised to be shattered, as tickets for Buffalo-Pittsburgh sold out...

Oilers Poach Duck With 'Dumb' Offer

Anaheim, Edmonton GMs trade barbs over Penner salary

(Newser) - The Ducks have lost their first marquee player since winning the Stanley Cup in June, and GM Brian Burke is enraged. Embattled Edmonton GM Kevin Lowe offered 24-year-old winger Dustin Penner a deal averaging $4.25 million, a nine-fold salary increase that Burke sees as desperate and fears will spur...

Rangers Steal Free Agents Gomez, Drury

New York seizes big-time centers from Jersey, Buffalo

(Newser) - The New York Rangers signed free-agent centers Scott Gomez and Chris Drury yesterday, stealing two powerful offensive weapons from their rivals. Gomez was pinched from the neighboring Devils, and Drury—whose play against the Rangers in last year's postseason contributed to their demise—from the Buffalo Sabres.  

Sid the Kid Collects Hardware
Sid the Kid Collects Hardware
Jun 15, 2007 5:45 AM CDT

Sid the Kid Collects Hardware

At 19, Crosby adds MVP honors to scoring title

(Newser) - Pittsburgh phenom Sidney Crosby was voted hockey's MVP by both writers and players, adding the Hart trophy and the Pearson award to his collection. Only Wayne Gretzky received the Hart at a younger age, edging out the 19-year-old Crosby by two months. Fellow Penguin Evgeni Malkin, at twenty, won top...

Pronger Is Menace to Others, Self
Pronger Is Menace to Others, Self
Jun 4, 2007 4:27 AM CDT

Pronger Is Menace to Others, Self

Another hit to the head, another suspension for Ducks enforcer

(Newser) - Chris Pronger will be suspended for Game 4 of the NHL Finals for administering a blow to the head of Ottawa winger Dean McAmmond, who may also miss Game 4 with lingering wooziness.  It is the second suspension of the playoffs for Pronger, who left Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom bloody...

Home Cooking Proves Delicious for Ducks

Third-period goal gives Ducks 1-0 victory, 2-0 series lead in finals

(Newser) - Anaheim outshot Ottawa 31-16 at home in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals, but had nothing to show for their advantage until Samuel Pahlsson scored the game's only goal with less than six minutes remaining. The series heads now to Ottawa, where the Senators will try to overcome a...

Nashville Doesn't Take to the Ice
Nashville Doesn't Take to the Ice
May 25, 2007 4:49 AM CDT

Nashville Doesn't Take to the Ice

Canadian billionaire may move Predators north of the border

(Newser) - BlackBerry magnate Jim Balsillie will pay $220 million for the Nashville Predators, one of the NHL's best and lowest-revenue teams, and likely move them out of Tennessee. Possible new homes include Kansas City, which is courting teams for its new arena, and Kitchener-Waterloo and Hamilton in Ontario, threatening the theft...

Ducks Clip Wings in Overtime
Ducks Clip Wings in Overtime
May 20, 2007 10:49 PM CDT

Ducks Clip Wings in Overtime

Detroit demoralized by last-minute equalizer; Anaheim takes 3-2 series lead

(Newser) - Playing six on four during a power play and without a goalie, the Ducks tied the Red Wings with 48 seconds remaining, and Teemu Selanne scored on a steal to win Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals in overtime.  Detroit had outshot Anaheim 34-18 in regulation and kept...

Ottawa Continues Playoff Rampage
Ottawa Continues Playoff Rampage
May 15, 2007 5:41 AM CDT

Ottawa Continues Playoff Rampage

Senators on brink of finals after sheathing Sabres

(Newser) - The Ottawa Senators needed only one goal from their vaunted line of Heatley, Alfredsson, and Spezza to extend their playoff winning streak to six, as python-owner and goalie Ray Emery scored his third shutout of the postseason. Ottawa, a fourth seed, hopes to sweep the NHL's highest-scoring team at home...

Senators on Verge of Exorcising Devils

Ottawa takes a 3-1 series lead against the East's top seed

(Newser) - Ironman goalie Martin Brodeur was good, but the Ottawa front line was even better in a 3-2 Game 4 victory that has New Jersey on the verge of crashing out of the playoffs. Winger Dany Heatley played the hero before an electrified home crowd; he assisted on Daniel Alfredsson's goal,...

Senators Knock Crosby, Pens Out of Playoffs

Shutout marks the end of Pittsburgh prodigies' first playoff venture

(Newser) - The Ottawa Senators looked dominant in closing out their series against Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and the other gifted, snotty-nosed young upstarts of Pittsburgh.  Ray Emery, the tattooed, python-owning goalie who got his start with the Senators during last year's playoffs, stopped all 19 Penguins shots.

The Owner Fans Love to Hate
The Owner Fans Love to Hate
Apr 18, 2007 9:49 AM CDT

The Owner Fans Love to Hate

Once more, NHL playoffs commence without Chicago's other lovable losers

(Newser) - Chicago hockey fans have reviled Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz ever since he failed to re-sign wildly popular winger Bobby Hull, who carried the team to their last championship 45 years ago. The team's eight-year playoff drought hasn't helped Wirtz's case, nor has the fact that most Hawks home games aren't...

Crosby Wins Scoring Title
Crosby Wins Scoring Title
Apr 9, 2007 12:50 PM CDT

Crosby Wins Scoring Title

(Newser) - At 19 and in his second season, Pittsburgh's Sidney "Sid the Kid" Crosby has won the league scoring title at 120 points and is taking his team to the playoffs. He's achieved both milestones in far less time than it took Mario "Super Mario" Lemieux, the Penguins' current...

Lamoriello Pulls Another Riley
Lamoriello  Pulls Another Riley
Apr 2, 2007 7:02 PM CDT

Lamoriello Pulls Another Riley

Devils GM takes his own coach's job for second year in a row

(Newser) - Despite his team's first-place standing in the NHL's Atlantic Division, New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello has summarily dismissed coach Claude Julien and will coach the team himself for the remainder of the season, which consists of a week and then the playoffs.  This is the second time in...

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