Ilya Kovalchuk News

It's not like Alexei Ponikarovsky is pinching himself to make sure this is all true, but he's pretty darned close.

All eyes are always on Ilya Kovalchuk the New Jersey Devils winger and the NHL's $102-million man, but there will be one set watching him with just a little more interest that the others at the Prudential Center tonight.

He was told he had acute thrombophlebitis. In plain English: a blood clot that would sideline him about two months.

Canadian shot putter Dylan Armstrong reached the podium for the second straight time on the Diamond League circuit on Saturday, achieving a season's best.

Anze Kopitar's spectacular breakaway goal in overtime has helped the Los Angeles Kings earn their ninth road game in the playoffs and take a lead in the Stanley Cup final series against the New Jersey Devils.

Public school trustees say they will re-examine how students are assessed after a high school teacher was suspended for grading students with zeros.

Public school trustees say they will re-examine how students are assessed after a high school teacher was suspended for grading students with zeros.

Public school trustees say they will re-examine how students are assessed after a high school teacher was suspended for grading students with zeros.

Devils coach Pete DeBoer said he will forego the right at home to keep Ilya Kovalchuk away from the Kings defensive pair of Drew Doughty and Rob Scuderi, rather than lose his four-line rotation.

Newark, N.J. The New Jersey Devils, off a 2-1 overtime loss, vow to bring more at the Kings in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final tonight and have the body of work to support it.

Neither the New Jersey Devils nor the Los Angeles Kings seem to be too concerned about who is on the ice against high-powered Devils forward Ilya Kovalchuk.

Disappointed. Dissatisfied. Dejected. Depressed. Devastated. Disheartened. Heartbroken. Frustrated.

Peter DeBoer scoffed at the question Thursday and perhaps understandably so. The Devils lost the opener in the Stanley Cup final and were trying to make sure the series doesn't get away from them.

Sabres' MacIntyre Signs With KHL Club : After a disappointing season with Rochester , MacIntryre has decided to sign with HC Lev of the KHL, according to of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.

The Devils may have lacked offensive sharpness, but Jonathan Quick kept his composure.

When Florida Panthers General Manager Dale Tallon began his major overhaul of the roster last summer, he preceded that tumultuous free agency period by firing head coach Peter DeBoer after a respectable three seasons behind the Florida bench.

PHERSY: Well Mr. Feldman, we're down to brass tacks in the NHL, with the Kings and Devils kicking things off last night in the quest for Lord Stanley's Cup.

By MARK EVERSON The playoffs' leading scorer says the Kings' goalie won't be what The King wasn't. "He's not a difference," Ilya Kovalchuk told The Post yesterday, speaking of upstart star Jonathan Quick.

Curtis Granderson and Robinson Cano homered during New York's five-run third inning, Rafael Soriano retired Mark Trumbo on a broken-bat flyout to end it, and the Yankees snapped the Los Angeles Angels' eight-game... Paul Goldschmidt hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning to help Ian Kennedy snap a five-start losing streak, and the Arizona ... (more)

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