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The only legacy Patrice Bergeron cares about? A winning tradition in Boston.

Whatever damage was caused by the latest long NHL lockout, the league isn't feeling the fallout as it gets set to start this year's playoffs.

Craig Custance dives into his mailbag as readers offer up some potential improvements for the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Blog | Conversation | April 19, 2013

The Winter Classic between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings at Michigan Stadium, canceled this season due to the NHL lockout, has been rescheduled for Jan. 1 next season.

A court in the Czech Republic has banned eight fans from a stadium for one year for racially abusing Philadelphia Flyers winger Wayne Simmonds in October when he was playing there during the NHL lockout.

BOSTON -- Peter Budaj, the Canadiens' starting goaltender for Sunday's game against the Bruins, has an interesting history against the Boston organization. During the 2004-05 NHL lockout, Budaj was a prospect in the Colorado Avalanche organi...

The puck scored by Patrick Kane to win the Chicago Blackhawks the 2010 Stanley Cup may have gone missing, but at least they didn't lose the trophy itself. That's the issue the Flying Farangs of Bangkok, Thailand encountered after winning their own...

The Chicago Blackhawks are in an unique position of time in terms of appreciating their fan base. On the one hand, the Blackhawks are getting accustomed to being one of the hottest tickets in town. They've led the NHL in home attendance for the pa...

Who feels like a little escrow talk? Zzzzzz. Nevertheless, I forge onward. The NHL and NHL Players' Association agreed this week to withhold 10 percent of each player's paycheck this season and put it into the escrow fund. If players' com...

EHC Biel coach Kevin Schlapfer may just take credit in Switzerland for Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane's hot start to the NHL season. Schlapfer coached Kane for 20 games during the NHL lockout, and now Kane started his NHL season with two ...

Sure, it's great that the NHL is back. But longtime fan Chris Jones wonders if the lockout was this league's last chance to correct the broken, bloated monster it's become.

Thomas Vanek scored twice and added three assists in leading the Buffalo Sabres to a 5-2 season-opening win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday afternoon.

Teemu Selanne had two goals and two assists Saturday to help make Cory Schneider's first NHL season-opening start a short one and the Anaheim Ducks thumped the Vancouver Canucks 7-3.

The Los Angeles Kings raised their first Stanley Cup championship banner Saturday in a joyous ceremony delayed more than three months by the NHL lockout.

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LOS ANGELES - When the NHL lockout finally ended, it looked like the Los Angeles Kings wouldn't have many questions heading into this season. Well, at least not as many as their counterparts. After all, they were primed to be the first team in recent...