Patrice Bergeron looks for fresh start
If you're Patrice Bergeron, the 2009-10 season will forever be memorable for all kinds of reasons. A mixed bag, really. On the one hand, there's the…
Sidney Crosby's sister to play for Shattuck
Talk about hockey lineage. When the Shattuck-St. Mary's School girls' prep hockey team opens its season this weekend, there will be a Lemieux and a C…
Dion Phaneuf: Goal is to make playoffs
NEW YORK -- For one night and one night only, Dion Phaneuf wasn't on center stage. Nope, he was just one of the thousands of fans jammed into a sold-…
Burning questions heading into camp
Training camps open around the NHL later this week and some burning questions come to mind. Among them has to be one about David Booth, the Florida P…
Stars taking chance on Jonathan Cheechoo
Of the many training camp subplots around the NHL this month, Jonathan Cheechoo's arrival in Dallas is intriguing to say the least. Just five years r…
Checking in with The Great One
It was just over a year ago that Wayne Gretzky stepped down as coach of the Phoenix Coyotes, the game's greatest player exiting the NHL in a hiatus th…
I'm back! Summer memories, predictions
Fully recharged, your humble hockey hack is back at work after an enriching summer vacation. I would like to thank the NHL, the NHL Players' Associat…
My five suggestions to improve NHL
Summer at last. Can you believe I haven't picked up a golf club yet? I've been too busy chasing down the latest in the Ilya Kovalchuk sweepstakes. We…
Stempniak surprised by free-agent trend
While a star player like Ilya Kovalchuk remains unsigned 15 days into unrestricted free agency, perhaps lost is the fact that the second top goal scor…
Latest on Mike Modano; Demitra to KHL
Mike Modano is 40 years old and his best hockey is behind him, but his All-Star career keeps him at the forefront of fans' interests. I can't tell yo…
