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Minnesota Wild vs. Chicago Blackhawks: 5 Keys for Wild to Record Playoff Upset
As a result of a poor end to the season, the Minnesota Wild will face the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round of the playoffs...
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Firing of Joe Sacco Far from a Cure-All for Colorado Avalanche
Only one thing would have made Sunday's firing of Avalanche coach Joe Sacco an injustice. That's if ownership and management implied: "You wanted us to do something, and we did. We identified the problem, and fired him...
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Wild Owner Leipold: 'We Think Our Team Is Very Much Like the Kings'
Say this about Craig Leipold — he's not short on confidence. Two days after Minnesota made the postseason for the first time since 2008 — as the Western Conference's No...
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Oilers' Yakupov Named April's Rookie of the Month
Edmonton Oilers forward Nail Yakupov made a strong push for Calder Trophy consideration on Monday by capturing the NHL 's rookie of the month award for April...
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NHL Playoffs 2013: Vancouver Canucks vs. San Jose Sharks Series Preview
The third-place Vancouver Canucks (26-15-7) face the sixth-place San Jose Sharks (25-16-7) in their first-round series to open the 2013 NHL playoffs. The series will be broadcast on TSN and will start on Wednesday, May 1...
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Kiprusoff Absent to Talk About Future
Political correctness — or stringing together a bunch of mangled cliches — simply seems like a waste of time to Curtis Glencross...
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Vancouver Canucks Complete Blueprint to Win the 2013 Stanley Cup
The Vancouver Canucks have lost the last two playoffs series they have been in. Last spring, the L.A. Kings took apart the President's Trophy-winning Canucks in a short five-game series...
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Oilers Smyth Still Eager
Ryan Smyth believes he still has game. And while he may have lost a step or two over time, the Edmonton Oilers winger is not ready to be put to pasture...
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5 Lessons the Edmonton Oilers Must Learn from 2013 to Improve Next Season
The 2013 season didn't work out quite as planned for the Edmonton Oilers. A season that started with so much promise, with the high-profile additions of players like Justin Schultz and No...
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Colorado Avalanche Fire Head Coach Joe Sacco After 39-Point Season
Just a few hours after falling to the Minnesota Wild in the season finale, the Colorado Avalanche announced that head coach Joe Sacco would not be back next season (via the team's official Twitter feed )...
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Vancouver Canucks: Playoff History with the San Jose Sharks Predicts the Future?
The official schedule will be released later tonight, but we already know the Vancouver Canucks will be playing the San Jose Sharks in the opening round of 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs...
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Whitney on Oilers: “There Were Definitely Some Other Guys Who Could..."
Oilers defenseman Ryan Whitney is set to be an unrestricted free agent this summer and given what he said today on the team's locker clean-out day, he's eager to get moving...
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Eric Lacroix Leaves Colorado Avalanche in Shake-Up After Sacco Fired
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Video: Avs Have Goal Disallowed vs. Wild
Nothing like a little controversy on the final night of the season. In the second period of a mammoth game int erms of the playoff race in the West, it appeared that the Colorado ...
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Wild Clinch Final Playoff Spot After 3-1 Win vs. Avs
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Wild Recall Zucker and Veilleux for Pivotal Final Game vs. Avalanche
Minnesota's embarrassing 6-1 loss to Edmonton last night has sparked the Wild to make some changes for tonight's potential playoff-clinching games against Colorado ...
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Giguere Eyes Positive Endgame
GLENDALE, Ariz. — A year ago, Avalanche goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere took the regular season-ending 6-1 loss to the visiting Nashville Predators ...
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Paul Stastny and Matt Hunwick Named to U.S. National Hockey Team
Paul Stastny and Matt Hunwick will be taking a trip to Helsinki, Finland, in a few days. They were both named to the U.S. national team today for the upcoming World Championships. The team that will be coached by Joe Sacco...
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Previewing Tonight's Matchup vs. Phoenix
The Phoenix Coyotes have won both of their previous games this season against the Colorado Avalanche . In their last meeting, the Coyotes beat the Avalanche 4-0 on April 6 at Jobing...
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Wild's Pominville (upper Body) Won't Play Against Oilers
Minnesota forward Jason Pominville won't be in the lineup tonight as the Wild look to clinch a playoff berth against Edmonton ...
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Avalanche Defenseman Ryan Wilson Will Not Play Again This Season
Avalanche defenseman Ryan Wilson has officially been shut down for the season, coach Joe Sacco said Friday...
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Can Edmonton Oilers Salvage One Small Piece of Pride Against Wild?
Hockey's a series of small moral victories when points and the playoffs are out of the picture, which brings us to the gutted Edmonton Oilers , who so far this week have failed two ...
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Jason Pominville out Tonight vs. Oilers
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Will the Edmonton Oilers Finally Reach the Playoffs in 2014?
With yet another season without NHL playoff hockey in Edmonton, fans, media and the Edmonton Oilers’ brass need to focus on the 2013-14 season...
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Ranking the Edmonton Oilers' Top Offseason Moves
For the seventh straight season, the Edmonton Oilers have missed the playoffs, and right or wrong Steve Tambellini was relieved of his duties as general manager, and former Oiler player and coach Craig MacTavish was hired...







