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SWINDON'S Lyanne Diotte and Great Britain and Northern Ireland secured victory in one of their six games at the World Championships.

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Game 3 Averages 4.001 Million Viewers, Making It Most-Watched Stanley Cup Final Game on Cable in 11 Years Last night's Stanley Cup Final Game 3 averaged 4.001 million viewers on NBC Sports Network , making it the most-watched NHL game in the network's history , and the most-watched Stanley Cup Final game on cable in 11 years, according to The ... (more)

On Jan. 22 at the Pepsi Center, Ralph Backstrom honors 2012 Calder Trophy winner Gabe Landeskog with the trophy Backstrom won in 1959 with the Montreal Canadiens.

SPOT BOOKED: The Black Sticks have booked a spot in the World League semifinal and is a step closer to World Cup qualification.

Actor Jay Baruchel accepted kudos for his work behind the camera on his hockey comedy Goon on Tuesday, with the avid Montreal Canadiens fan awarded Telefilm's Golden Box Office prize at the Hockey Hall of Fame.

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Team Israel recorded a surprise triumph last week by claiming a bronze medal at the 2013 World Ball Hockey Championships in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

Five members of the varsity hockey team were selected to skate for team Metro. They include goalie AJ Ansaldi, forwards Jake Moore, Brendan Hussey, and DJ Galvin, and defenseman Brian Whooley.

With the Stanley Cup Finals under way and the 2014 Winter Olympics looming in February, Canada-a nation where hockey is less a sport than a cultural obsession-is getting increasingly anxious to meet one of its most troubling challenges: Finding a way to replenish the country's once-abundant supply of elite goaltenders.

Saturday night's Stanley Cup Final Game 2 averaged 3.964 million viewers on NBC Sports Network , making it the most-watched NHL game in the network's history , the most-watched Game 2 on cable in 16 years, and the most-watched Stanley Cup Final game on cable in 11 years, according to Fast National data provided by The Nielsen Company.

During the fifth inning of ESPN's Sunday night telecast of the tilt between the defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants and the Atlanta Braves, during which Atlanta had many chances to score but only led 2-0, color commentator Orel Hershiser noted, "This game has a very Bruins-Blackhawks first-period feel to it."

Manu Ginobili had 24 points and 10 assists in a surprise start to spark the San Antonio Spurs to a 114-104 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, pushing the Spurs one... My friends and family are likely sick of my vocal admiration for the fatty oil of a coconut palm but my love won't wane.

USA Hockey announced on Friday, June 14 that Providence College men's hockey goalie Jon Gillies was one of four goalies invited to the National Junior Evaluation Camp, Aug. 3-10, in Lake Placid, N.Y. The netminders will be auditioning for spots on the U.S. National Junior Team that will take part in the 2014 International Ice Hockey Federation ... (more)

In the five home games he has played at TD Garden in the last two months, the defenseman has been a little more concerned with making his playoff debut.

It's in the apparel kids wear around the parish. If they sport a red hockey sweater, it's almost always a knockoff of Hawks star right wing and son of Slovakia Marian Hossa.

By chance, Ronald "Popeye" Jones bumped into Joe Sakic in the weight room of the arena in Denver way back when.

It may have been car-free, but Vancouver's four-location Car Free Day featured many other modes of transport.

By Dan Bernstein CBSChicago.com Senior Columnist - As soon as a well-meant charitable effort is twisted into a Stanley Cup rallying cry, all bets are off.

Russia's Alexander Ovechkin speaks during a press conference Wednesday, May 15, 2013 held prior to Thursday's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships Group B Quarter-Final match Russia vs USA in Helsinki, Finland.