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The NHL continues to work toward an agreement for participation in the 2014 Sochi Olympics, with a tentative two-week period slated for February.

ESPN Insider scouting guru Grant Sonier offers up 10 NHL prospects whose play at the recent IIHF World Under-18 Championship boosted their draft stocks, including goaltender Philippe Desrosiers and defenseman Samuel Morin.

Blog | Conversation | May 07, 2013

It is across the ocean and not the NHL, but coaching Team Canada at the IIHF men's world championship is a prideful honor that puts Lindy Ruff back behind a players' bench, where he belongs. "I can't wait, really," Ruff told ESPN.com on Wednesday ...

There is still no deal to send NHL players to Sochi next February for the Olympics, but another meeting Friday advanced the process.

Last year, the Canadians beat the United States in the gold medal game in Vermont. Tuesday, Amanda Kessel's third-period goal -- on Canadian ice -- avenged that loss.

The head of the International Ice Hockey Federation believes the 2013 women's world hockey championship has been competitive enough to quell any threat of the sport being dropped from the Olympics.

The United States and Canada have met in every final of the IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championships. Canada has won 10 of the 14 gold medals and has the home-ice advantage Tuesday night.

Other countries have shown significant improvement, but the U.S. and Canada still dominate women's hockey. With a little more money and resources at their disposal, most countries likely would be much more competitive.

From the Canada-United States rivalry to Russia's medal hopes, here are five things to watch for at this week's World Women's Hockey Championship in Ottawa.

TORONTO -- USA Hockey huddled up its NHL GM advisory group here Tuesday night with a focus on the upcoming IIHF men's world championship, but it was also a chance to update player evaluations for next February's Olympic team. Brian Burke, Don Wadd...

With the Olympics less than a year away, IOC inspectors are visiting Sochi again to check on preparations for the 2014 Winter Games.

Two days of talks between the NHL and Olympic officials wrapped up Friday with signs of progress toward a resolution on the issue of having the league send its players to the 2014 Sochi Games.

The NHL's continued involvement in the Olympic Games will be discussed later this week when the league meets with the IOC, the International Ice Hockey Federation and the NHL Players' Association.

Assuming that the NHL and its players are able to resolve outstanding issues with the International Olympic Committee and do agree to take part in the Sochi Games, it will be just one part of an evolving international landscape for the league, Scott Burnside writes.

Craig Custance checks in with the NHL scouts in Ufa, Russia to see which players have impressed them most in the World Junior Championships.

Blog | Conversation | January 02, 2013

The IIHF world junior championship in Ufa, Russia, is taking center stage in the hockey world over the holidays even more than usual thanks to the NHL lockout. Hockey-starved fans in North America need a fix and finally got it with Canada and the ...