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TORONTO -- And now we bring you back to your regular scheduled programming, "24/7: NHL Labor Hell." The Hockey Hall of Fame induction weekend gave us a nice respite from the soul-sucking reality of what's currently plaguing the NHL. As we wait ...

TORONTO -- As Mats Sundin and Joe Sakic stood side by side Monday wearing their Hockey Hall of Fame jackets, one couldn't help but wonder just how history would have been rewritten had they never been split apart. Imagine for a moment if instead o...

Being the captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs is no easy task, writes Pierre LeBrun. But that responsibility didn't seem to hold back Hall of Famer Mats Sundin.

Pavel Bure's induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame is long overdue, writes Pierre LeBrun.

Adam Oates is the new head coach of the Washington Capitals.

TORONTO -- Two names should be automatic, and then it will get real interesting -- as it always does when the selection committee for the Hockey Hall of Fame gathers in Toronto -- when this year's inductees are announced on Tuesday. Joe Sakic will...

Here are some news and notes from Monday's Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Toronto: Howe's momentMark Howe had some powerful words at the beginning of his Hockey Hall of Fame induction speech Monday night, when he implored those in power...

TORONTO -- Ed Belfour went undrafted by the NHL. Doug Gilmour went undrafted one year before going in the seventh round the next year. Joe Nieuwendyk didn't think he was good enough for major junior hockey in Canada, so he went to Cornell. ...

TORONTO -- Daniel Alfredsson smiled as he watched the Hockey Hall of Fame pregame ceremony Saturday night. "I wondered if this happened to me in Toronto, what I would say," he said with a laugh. To this day, the Ottawa Senators captain is still...

Joe Nieuwendyk's path to the NHL wasn't a conventional one, but it didn't take long for him to make an impact.

Doug Gilmour waited for the NHL to come calling. He then waited for respect. So it should come as no surprise that he had to wait eight years for induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

TORONTO -- It is time for some repair work at the Hockey Hall of Fame. That is the theme for the class of 2011 if all goes well here Tuesday, when the Hall's 18-member selection committee meets to debate and ultimately select November's new member...

TORONTO -- Now is not the time to back off the NHL's new rule against head shots, despite some frustration with how Rule 48 has worked so far, Washington Capitals GM George McPhee said Monday night. Attending the Hockey Hall of Fame induction cere...

TORONTO -- Now is not the time to back off the NHL's new rule against head shots, despite some frustration with how Rule 48 has worked so far, Washington Capitals GM George McPhee said Monday night. Attending the Hockey Hall of Fame induction cere...

TORONTO -- Picture a Detroit Red Wings blue line with both Nicklas Lidstrom and Ray Bourque on it. Jimmy Devellano certainly did. "One of the guys that I always tried to make a pitch for late in his career, I tried three or four times, was to a...

TORONTO -- Picture a Detroit Red Wings blue line with both Nicklas Lidstrom and Ray Bourque on it. Jimmy Devellano certainly did. "One of the guys that I always tried to make a pitch for late in his career, I tried three or four times, was to a...