NHL Western Conference News

The Tips take on the top team in the Western Conference tonight. Also looking forward to listening to Craig West for the first time this season.

Ducks general manager Bob Murray, his team mired in a rut that has seen it lose nine of 12 games and fall to the bottom of the Western Conference, lashed out Thursday to light a fire under his underachieving squad.

This could have been Record Night in Music City. Instead, when the Devils visit Nashville tonight, they'll be trying to avoid a losing streak.

And at the end of the day, don't give the game away. If the Edmonton Eskimos receivers could just have caught the big-play passes from Ricky Ray, it could have turned out a different way.

If Brett B. MacLean's next 19 games as a Fredericton High School Black Kat are anything like his first, the defending provincial champions are in for a heck of a season.

Will that defeated, forlorn look on Vesa Toskalaa TMs face, be the one we see again tonight, as the Leafs take on the Chicago Blackhawks? With back to back games against two tough Western Conference opponents beginning tonight, the Leafs have their work cut out for them.

During the 2006-07 NHL season, Anaheim Ducks goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere helped lead his team to a Stanley Cup Championship.

The last time the Ducks were about to embark on a daunting road trip, the season had just started and the standings were not a pressing issue.

Brian Ching scored six minutes into overtime and the Houston Dynamo advanced to the Western Conference final for the third time in four years with a 1-0 win over the Seattle Sounders on Sunday.

The Saginaw Spirit will look for the same balanced effort Thursday against the Sarnia Sting as it got one week ago.

Its been awhile since the Tri-City Americans have been on their home ice. The Ams just capped off a 5 game road trip, and on Thursday, they held their first practice in the Tri-Cities in over a week.

Cuban said Friday that he indeed was glad to see Artest on the Western Conference rival because there always is the possibility that Artesta s volatile nature will get the better of him and he will cause problems for the team.

Chivas USA forward Maykel Galindo entered Sunday's first game of the Western Conference playoff semifinals against the Galaxy as a halftime substitute with his team trailing by one goal.

The Los Angeles Lakers were the Champions last year. Will there be a repeat performance or is there another team that is more likely to win the Western Conference? Which team is your pick to win the Western Conference? Lakers.

The photo to the right shows Chris Paul in a position that the 2008-09 edition of the Hornets could ill-afford him to be ina 'sitting on the bench.

The Lakers and Spurs are on course for a titanic Western Conference finals matchup, with great coaches, deep rosters and superstar leadership.

Preface: Some of the pointa TMs totals given for teams may no longer be correct, as this article was written over the weekend and has just now been posted.

Newsome's Kati Kyle is a top contender in the Class 3A, District 4 meet in the 200 individual medley and the 100 back.

Los Angeles - Preview capsules for Western Conference:San Antonio Spurs Last season: 54-28, lost to Dallas in first round Coach: Gregg Popovich Additions: F DeJuan Blair , G-F Keith Bogans , F Richard Jefferson , F-C Antonio McDyess , C Theo Ratliff , F Marcus Haislip Subtractions: F Bruce Bowen, F-C Drew Gooden, C Fabricio Oberto, F-C Kurt Thomas, ...

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