NHL Atlantic Division News

While Sidney Crosby is the best player in the NHL this season, he will not win the Hart Memorial Trophy, recognizing the league MVP, based on just his efforts alone.

In New York Islanders offseason news that made Isles Nation collectively respond with, "Ummma what?" yesterday afternoon, it was reported that the University of Maine had expressed interest in stealing current Isles head coach Jack Capuano away from the organization.

The Pittsburgh Penguins unleashed their fury against the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night, asserting their dominance in scoring and special teams.

The notable thing about the Baskin-Robbins on Richmond Road just after 8 p.m. Wednesday night was that there were no customers in it.

It wasn't that long ago that Scott Gomez was the laughing stock of the NHL . He went on an epic-scoring drought that spanned more than a full calendar year, but the San Jose Sharks saw something in the former New Jersey Devils star that the Montreal Canadiens and the rest of the league missed.

Former Michigan State defenseman Torey Krug of Livonia is the talk of hockey in Boston after scoring goals in each of his first two playoff games for the Bruins as an emergency call-up. Krug, 5-feet-9, had played in three NHL games before being an emergency call-up from the American Hockey League's Providence Bruins last week.

There's no denying that the New Jersey Devils are in a precarious situation with some of the team's leading scorers and several other talented players entering free agency.

Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins celebrates his third period goal with teammates on the bench in Game 4 against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday.

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)

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)

It was one of the more unusual goals you'll see during these NHL Playoffs, but it's the goal that has the Boston Bruins up 3-0 on the New York Rangers and just one win away from the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Rangers powerplay in the 2013 NHL Playoffs is 2 for 38, which is just a hair above 5%. I shouldn't have to tell you that scoring once out of every twenty powerplays opportunities is really, really not good.

The Philadelphia Flyers organization is taking a collective breath today. News reports from the Cezch Republic state that Forward Jakub Voracek has been in a car accident.

How do you make a $12 million man disappear? John Tortorella isn't performing any magic tricks, yet New York Rangers alternate captain Brad Richards finds himself buried on the fourth line and reduced to a near-spectator as the Blueshirts stare down the possibility of a four-game sweep at the hands of the Boston Bruins .

May 19, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; A general view of the Stanley Cup Playoffs logo on on the ice before game two in the second round of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs between the New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins at TD Garden.

Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tomas Vokoun has a .943 save percentage so far in the Eastern Conference Semi-Final series against the Ottawa Senators.

The only appropriate reaction to hearing Paul Maclean called a last-minute timeout in a blowout.

Pittsburgh Penguins' James Neal jumps over the boards for a shift in the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes in Pittsburgh, Saturday, April 27, 2013.

New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella didn't want to talk about the Boston Bruins before their playoff series, but he's paying them some compliments now that they have his team in a 2-0 hole.

New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur reacts during the team's first official practice since the NHL hockey lockout ended, Sunday, Jan.