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 image of him setting up the winning goal in the Winter Classic at Fenway Park, a moment that ...

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 Crosby on the ice -- Stephanie Lemieux, the 15-year-old daughter of Penguins owner Mario Lemieux, and ...

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-out Yankee Stadium on Monday night to witness the new ballpark's first concert, a doozy headlined by ...

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 Panthers star winger who was limited to 28 games last season after suffering a pair of concussions. ...

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 removed from a Rocket Richard Trophy as the NHL's top goal-scorer, Cheechoo arrives at Stars camp next ...

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 that is entering a second season.The game isn't the same without him, but his return doesn't sound ...

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' Association, the New Jersey Devils and agent Jay Grossman for dutifully wrapping up the Ilya Kovalchuk saga ...

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. Well, when he finally signs, it won't be on my watch. All yours, Scott Burnside and E.J. Hradek.Yes, ...

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 scorer on the market also remains without a team.Lee Stempniak's 28 goals in 2009-10 were second only ...

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 you how many times a day readers ask about the "latest on Modano." ESPN.com reached out to him Thursday ...