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The National Hockey League is riding high and as Craig Custance writes, planning extends from outdoor games to Champions League to the sale of the Coyotes.

Blog | Conversation | April 08, 2013

With nine NHL games scheduled for Tuesday night and another four on Wednesday, it's hard to know how to allocate your attention. Here's our recommendation for the most interesting of the week's early matchups. Boston at New York Islanders Tuesday...

Picking through the signal and the noise one-fifth of the way through the (abbreviated) NHL season.

The United States won the junior ice hockey championships on Saturday after Rocco Grimaldi scored twice and Vince Trocheck added an empty-net goal to clinch a 3-1 win over Sweden in the final.

Jake McCabe and John Gaudreau scored two goals each Thursday to lead the United States to the final of the world junior hockey championships with a 5-1 win over Canada.

Neil Greenberg compares the historical bar for entry into the Hockey Hall of Fame with the production of current NHL players to see which are worthy of lock status going forward.

Story | Conversation | November 12, 2012

Russia won the world championship Sunday by defeating Slovakia 6-2.

Craig Custance provides his list of the most likely candidates to be the head coach for Team USA at the 2014 Olympics.

Blog | Conversation | March 06, 2012

Steve Yzerman is returning to run reigning Olympic champion Team Canada for the 2014 Sochi Games.

Craig Custance ranks the five candidates most likely to be the U.S. team's starting goalie in the 2014 Olympics.

Blog | Conversation | January 04, 2012

Sven Tumba, the three-sport star who was honored as the best hockey player in Sweden and later became a golf pioneer in his country and the former Soviet Union, has died. He was 80.

Police underestimated the number of people who would descend on Vancouver's downtown and faced communication problems when they lost control of the massive, alcohol-fueled crowd that rioted following the Vancouver Canucks' defeat in the National Hockey Le

Despite the blowouts, finger-biting, and rampant ill-behavior, the Vancouver Canucks are on the verge of a Stanley Cup. How on earth did that happen?

Team USA and Team Canada usually are on opposite sides, fighting for Olympic gold and world championships. They appear to agree on one thing, however: picking Vancouver to win the Stanley Cup.

Sean Allen previews the week ahead and looks at which players are primed to have strong finishes.

E.J. Hradek takes a look at each of the first-round series, sniffing out key reasons that each series could be closer than it first may appear.

Blog | Conversation | April 14, 2010