Red Wings' star winger Henrik Zetterberg signed a 12-year, $73 million deal with Detroit. The contract could keep him in 'Hockeytown' until 2021. The Swedish left wing was playoff MVP last season when the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Red Wings' Zetterberg Signs 12-year Contract
Monday, January 26, 2009
East Wins NHL All-Star Game, 12-11
The East beat the West in a shootout, 12-11, in the NHL All-Star Game. Montreal's Alexei Kovalev was named game MVP. Boston goalie Tim Thomas stopped 19 of 22 shots in the third period and overtime.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Kovalev scores 2 goals, another in SO to lift East
MONTREAL (AP) -- The NHL All-Star game was settled in the newest of ways in hockey's oldest city.
Alex Ovechkin sealed the Eastern Conference's 12-11 victory Sunday night with a goal in the third round of the shootout. It capped off the busiest of nights for the NHL's reigning MVP, who also had a goal and two assists.
The biggest cheer of the night went to hometown hero Alex Kovalev, the Canadiens star who earned MVP honors with a pair of breakaway goals and then another in the shootout against Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo.
Kovalev scores 2 goals, another in SO to lift East....
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Fantasy Sports Girl: NHL Studs and Duds
We're getting close to the All-Star break and Fantasy Sports Girl Chy is her with some of the guys who are cooling off.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Rangers Down Ducks for Division Lead
The New York Rangers are back atop the NHL's Atlantic Division. The Rangers got there by beating the Anaheim Ducks, 4-2, Tuesday night. Scott Gomez scored a key goal in the third period.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
HARTFORD: City Officials Meet With NHL Chief
Mayor Eddie A. Perez and business leaders met Wednesday with National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman in Manhattan to discuss nascent plans for a new arena in the city, Perez said in a press release.
Also at the meeting were Andy Bessette, chief administrative officer of the Travelers Property Casualty Corp., and R. Nelson "Oz" Griebel, head of the MetroHartford Alliance.
City and state officials have long agreed that major league hockey would need a new arena to replace the city-owned XL Center to entice it to Hartford. In the press release, Perez said that the meeting was a good chance for him to tell Bettman that Hartford still wants an NHL team. But he noted that "difficult financial times" mean that it would take "a considerable amount of work" to make an arena a reality.
HARTFORD: City Officials Meet With NHL Chief....
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Fantasy Sports Girl: Fantasy NHL Studs and Duds
Rookie Steve Mason is on a roll, and Fantasy Sports Girl Lina So has a few more guys, with sticks, you need to watch out for.
Monday, January 12, 2009
NHL Report Card at Season's Midpoint
At roughly the midpoint of the NHL season, a number of teams are doing surprisingly well. But some other squads are struggling. Pittsburgh reached the finals last season, but is slumping in the new campaign.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Fantasy Sports Girl: Fantasy Hockey Studs and Duds
Fantasy Sports Girl Jessi returns with who's hot and who's not on the frozen pond.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
4 Canadiens elected for NHL East stars in Montreal
By IRA PODELL
AP Hockey Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Only Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin prevented the Montreal Canadiens from an All-Star sweep.
The NHL announced the starting lineups Saturday for the midseason classic, and the host Canadiens filled four of the six slots for the Eastern Conference.
Crosby and Malkin, teammates and linemates with the defending East champion Pittsburgh Penguins, both broke the record for the most votes and claimed two forward positions. They will be joined up front by Montreal's Alex Kovalev.
Washington's Alex Ovechkin, the league's reigning MVP and second this season in goals and points entering Saturday, finished only sixth among Eastern Conference forwards in the voting - which mystified his coach.
"It's dumb," Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said, adding: "It's not right the best player in the game is not a starter."
4 Canadiens elected for NHL East stars in Montreal....
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