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With hockey set to return after a four-month lockout, the NHL is apologizing again.

The NHL season is slipping away. The U.S. faces a "fiscal cliff." Suddenly everything everywhere is brinksmanship. Gamesmanship. Stalemate. Staredown. Everything is Us against Them!

Tim Kavanagh reshuffles his goalie rankings and notes that Dustin Tokarski and Curtis Sanford are gaining playing time thanks to injuries to teammates.

1. NHL promotes You Can PlayAnyone who spends any time around the game understands there's a powerful amount of good work that gets done. Each team has its own foundation helping charities in their communities to the tune of tens of thousands of doll...

It's come to this for the Montreal Canadiens: The Catholic church is asking people to pray for the last-place team.

Today, Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun debate which of the drafted All-Star teams is better. BURNSIDE: Well, my friend, an interesting night in Gatineau, Quebec, just across the Ottawa River from Ottawa, as the NHL tried on its player draft in ad...

Stephen Weiss and Jason Garrison scored and Jose Theodore made 27 saves to lead the Panthers to a 2-0 win over the Islanders on Saturday night.

Sidney Crosby acknowledged he recently had a setback and experienced symptoms during his recovery from a concussion, but the Pittsburgh Penguins star said he isn't worried that he won't be ready for the start of next season.

Tim Kavanagh looks at the fantasy prospects of Semyon Varlamov, who was the NHL's First Star last week and also has a role in a recent "This Is Sportscenter" ad.

Nicklas Backstrom deflected in Alex Ovechkin's drive from the point on a power play with 3:39 left, lifting the Washington Capitals to a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night.

The NHL unveiled its 2010-11 season preview ad campaign over the weekend, and we have to say, "Bravo!" We must admit, these ads sure beat the league's Tom Cruise/"The Last Samurai"/warrior theme from the first post-ockout campaign in 2005. They ar...

The NHL unveiled its 2010-11 season preview ad campaign over the weekend, and we have to say, "Bravo!" We must admit, these ads sure beat the league's Tom Cruise/"The Last Samurai"/warrior theme from the first post-ockout campaign in 2005. They ar...

Patrice Bergeron knows from experience that a 3-1 lead doesn't mean much.

The Colorado Avalanche sent former first-round draft pick Wojtek Wolski to the Phoenix Coyotes for another former first-rounder, Peter Mueller, and Hobey Baker Award winner Kevin Porter.

Stars-Blues Preview

Georges Laraque is apologizing after appearing in an advertisement that violates NHL rules regarding alcohol.