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Ovechkin: "Nobody can say to me, 'You can't play for your country in the Olympic Games'"

Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun

NEW YORK -- More than four years removed from the Sochi Olympic Games in 2014, the battle lines already have been drawn by one of the NHL's biggest...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 09, 2009

PTI : Playing Against the Rules

Alexander Ovechkin is threatening to play for his native hockey team from Russia, even without approval from the NHL to play in the 2014 Olympics.

ESPN Insider Video | September 09, 2009

Green and Robidas: Two defensemen on different paths, but their Olympic goal is the same

Pierre LeBrun

...ends of the spectrum. And yet, both have a lot to prove this week at the Canadian Olympic hockey camp, and beyond, in their bid to make the 23-man roster. Let's be honest...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 26, 2009

Roster includes NHL and KHL players

ESPN.com

The Russian Ice Hockey Federation released its roster for the country's Olympic camp, which will be held Aug. 29-Sept. 1 in Moscow

Story | Conversation | August 03, 2009

You vented ... I'm answering

Pierre LeBrun

Gripe, gripe, gripe ... that's all you guys do. Oh, wait a minute, I keep asking you every week to do just that! Here's a look at the ones I liked the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009

Caps' Fleischmann just having some fun

Pierre LeBrun

...to start playing hockey again." He's played so well that he's likely back on the Olympic radar for the Czech Republic, though he insists that's not a front-burner issue on his...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009

Your rants: Leafs fans want intelligent moves

Pierre LeBrun

...knew it would be harder. I specifically remember a conversation I had with Holland at the Canadian Olympic camp in August. He was confident he still had a real good team, but knew there would...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Happy times nearing in KHL-NHL relationship?

Pierre LeBrun

...NHL, including but not limited to, transfers of players with different status, National team level competitions, including Olympic Games and World Championships, club level competitions and the future of the European-based Champions Hockey League...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009

A safer helmet: An idea whose time has come

Pierre LeBrun

TORONTO -- Somewhere along the line, the mood in the room shifted. It was gradual, it took a long time, but after years of discussing head shots at t...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Your rants: Shoulder pads and OT discontent

Pierre LeBrun

...is about the shootout. I think this is the worst in-season overtime system in all of sports. This has absolutely nothing to do with the team game of hockey. Some teams have a couple...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009

Power Play: Niittymaki the answer

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

A longtime backup the perfect tonic in Tampa Bay? Thus is the case for Antero Niittymaki, whose pristine play between the pipes has the Lightning on a tear.

Story | Conversation | November 09, 2009

In honor of Cheevers and Plante, an ode to the mask

John Buccigross, ESPN.com

...a face. The goalie mask remains the most unique piece of equipment in the history of team sports. For a child, every NHL game was Halloween. For an adult in the 1970s, perhaps an "Eyes...

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You vented ... I'm answering

Pierre LeBrun

Fear not, angst-filled puckheads. Dr. LeBrun is here again this week to soothe you with therapeutic thoughts. I selected the rants I thought were in m...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 03, 2009

Have no fear! There is a new look to Bucci-land

John Buccigross, ESPN.com

This is the ninth year of my hockey column on ESPN.com, and I am still naively surprised when people e-mail me to say they have just discovered my wee...

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Open Ice: Backup goalie roulette

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean Allen looks at the available backup goaltenders who have the best shot at becoming starters this season.

Story | Conversation | October 19, 2009