NHL Players News

Mike Babcock has done much to goad the Red Wings to the verge of exterminating the best team in hockey's regular season, to jam well-timed adrenaline needles into his club.

Several years ago the NHL started handing out an award for leadership and they aptly named it after Mark Messier, who was undoubtedly one of the greatest captains his sport has ever seen.

Jonathan Quick made 24 saves in his seventh career playoff shutout, and the Los Angeles Kings moved to the brink of their second straight trip to the Western Conference finals with a 3-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks in Game 5 on Thursday night.

Yet he knows if the Senators can't find a way to slow down slow down the Pittsburgh Penguins, it's coming soon.

The NHL's best team during the regular season will have to finish the season strong to avoid flopping out of the playoffs in the second round.

Jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial resume deliberations Thursday after they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time... Jurors who spent five months determining Jodi Arias' fate couldn't decide whether she should get life in prison or die for murdering her ... (more)

New York, which erased 2-0 and 3-2 deficits in the critical Game 4 matchup in the Eastern Conference semifinals, still trails the series 3-1. The Rangers will need to win again on Saturday in Boston to force a Game 6 back in Madison Square Garden.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are wearing Penguins hockey jerseys on their road trip to Milwaukee and Detroit that begins with a flight tonight, but former Detroit Tigers infielder and alleged Red Wings fan Brandon Inge might have trouble getting through airport security.

The team reached an agreement in principle Thursday with Roy to lead the Avs and also gave him the title of vice president of hockey operations.

Struggling Rangers centre Brad Richards of Murray Harbour, P.E.I., said he will be a healthy scratch when New York faces elimination in Game 4 against the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.

Several seconds of silence passed after she asked, "You've played alongside Kopitar and known him long enough, you've seen him go through slumps before, goal-scoring slumps before, do you see anything different in him now in terms of goals not going in?" "Um, do I see anything different?" Williams said at last.

A Saskatchewan Penitentiary inmate serving time for participating in a violent prison assault more than four years ago addressed a Prince Albert courtroom Wednesday to plead for a chance to prove he can... There is some validity to the theory proffered by Ken Coates that immigrants coming to Saskatchewan are "not necessarily well-disposed towards ... (more)

Jimmy Howard's cat-quick reflexes in net and easygoing nature out of it are big reasons the Detroit Red Wings are on a roll.

Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis also scored for Pittsburgh, and Tomas Vokoun made 30 saves.

The Vancouver Canucks have reportedly fired head coach Alain Vigneault along with his entire coaching staff, in the wake of a disappointing first-round playoff exit.

Dominant through two periods, the San Jose Sharks held on for dear life in the third to beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 Tuesday and even their Western Conference semifinal series at two wins apiece.

Sutton's NHL career started with the San Jose Sharks in 1998-99, before he went on to play with the Minnesota Wild, Atlanta Thrashers, New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, Anaheim Ducks and finally the Edmonton Oilers where he finished his career.

Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock, top, yells his team during the first period of Game 1 of a the Western Conference semifinal against the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

If there's a silver lining to be found from the time Jussi Jokinen has spent scratched from the Penguins lineup, he figures the view from above might have provided insight into his opponent's tendencies in the faceoff circle.

Daniel Paille snapped a tie with 3:31 left in the third period, and the Boston Bruins put the New York Rangers on the brink of elimination with a 2-1 victory in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series on Tuesday night.