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140 results for "olympics"
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NHL, IOC meet about sending players to Olympics, have 'good worki...
Pierre LeBrunThere is still no deal to send NHL players to Sochi next February for the Olympics, but another meeting Friday advanced the process.
Story | Conversation | April 12, 2013 -
NHL, IOC to meet for Sochi Olympic participation talks, sources
Pierre LeBrunThe NHL has another Olympic meeting on tap for Friday as the parties involved try to continue to make progress.
Story | Conversation | April 10, 2013 -
Team USA playing Olympics waiting game
Pierre LeBrunTORONTO -- 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...
Blog | March 20, 2013 -
Talks continue over NHL participation in 2014 Sochi Olympics
Pierre LeBrunWith the Olympics less than a year away, IOC inspectors are visiting Sochi again to check on preparations for the 2014 Winter Games.
Story | Conversation | March 13, 2013 -
Steve Yzerman back working for gold
Pierre LeBrunNEW YORK -- Watching his Tampa Bay Lightning players go through their morning skate drills Thursday at Madison Square Garden, general manager Steve Yzerman was puzzled at first when this ESPN.com hockey writer wished him a happy third anniversary. ...
Blog | February 28, 2013 -
NHL to meet on Sochi involvement this week, sources say
Pierre LeBrunThe 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.
Story | Conversation | February 11, 2013 -
Final Olympics berths set this weekend
Pierre LeBrunTeam USA and Team Canada will find out who fills out their respective Olympic preliminary groups for Sochi, Russia, after qualification tournaments wrap up across the pond Sunday. Olympic qualifying tournaments in Germany, Latvia and Denmark that ...
Blog | February 08, 2013 -
NHL, union still have questions on Olympics
Pierre LeBrunThe Olympics are not part of this tentative collective bargaining agreement, but that certainly doesn't mean the NHL and the NHL Players' Association are ignoring the matter. The two parties agreed to leave the Olympics out of the CBA, a departure...
Blog | January 08, 2013 -
Yzerman on board for Sochi, but is NHL?
Pierre LeBrunMy first thought after Hockey Canada announced Steve Yzerman was returning to run the 2014 Canadian Olympic hockey team? What his wife said to him after he told her he wanted to do this again. Which likely went along the lines of, "Are you freakin...
Blog | March 05, 2012 -
Steve Yzerman named general manager of Team Canada for Sochi 2014...
Pierre LeBrunSteve Yzerman is returning to run reigning Olympic champion Team Canada for the 2014 Sochi Games.
Story | Conversation | March 05, 2012 -
Canada chooses leadership team for world championships
Pierre LeBrunDavid Nonis, Rob Blake and Bob Murray will run Team Canada's entry at the men's world hockey championships this spring in Slovakia, Hockey Canada announced Thursday.
Story | Conversation | March 17, 2011 -
Steve Yzerman remembers Canada's road to Olympic hockey gold
Pierre LeBrunA year after the Olympic hockey tournament began, we catch up with Team Canada's Steve Yzerman.
Story | Conversation | February 16, 2011 -
Angela James' induction to Hockey Hall of Fame recognizes true pi...
Pierre LeBrunAs one of the true pioneers in women's hockey, Angela James' legacy will not be forgotten as she is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Story | Conversation | November 03, 2010 -
Cammi Granato's Hall of Fame induction is realization of unfathom...
Pierre LeBrunCammi Granato's induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame creates a dream for all girls playing hockey and erases the bitter end to her career.
Story | Conversation | November 03, 2010 -
Ryan Miller's one goal: Stanley Cup
Pierre LeBrunAfter a sensational season in which he captured Olympic MVP honors and his first Vezina Trophy, Ryan Miller decided there was only one way to recharge his batteries this summer. "I disappeared," the Buffalo Sabres' star netminder told ESPN.com thi...
Blog | September 17, 2010 -
Ryan Miller's one goal: Stanley Cup
Pierre LeBrunAfter a sensational season in which he captured Olympic MVP honors and his first Vezina Trophy, Ryan Miller decided there was only one way to recharge his batteries this summer. "I disappeared," the Buffalo Sabres' star netminder told ESPN.com thi...
Blog | September 17, 2010