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The first-quarter dash has seen some surprising superlatives so far, writes Scott Burnside.

Patrick Kane's Superman cape and Zdeno Chara's blistering hot slap shot wasn't enough to beat Daniel Alfredsson and his team stocked with hometown favorites in the NHL All-Star skills competition Saturday night.

Hockey Prospectus uses its VUKOTA projections to rank the top 10 skaters and top five goalies heading into the 2011-12 season.

Story | Conversation | October 03, 2011

Craig Custance chats with former American NHL great Chris Chelios and other stars in search of the next U.S. standout and comes up with five strong candidates to fill the skates of the retiring Mike Modano.

Blog | Conversation | September 23, 2011

We're pumped for the NHL playoffs. Are you? Here are 75 reasons to watch what happens until the Cup is hoisted in June.

The most important storyline coming out of the Chicago Blackhawks' 2-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday has nothing to do with the playoffs. It has nothing to do with blown leads, point totals, tiebreakers or the Hawks' upcoming tough schedule. ...

CHICAGO -- Finally, we've reached the biggest game of the year for the Chicago Blackhawks. That is until the three against the Detroit Red Wings appear on the calendar. But Saturday night at the United Center will certainly be a showdown against t...

Two Ducks and one Kings player were chosen to the NHL All-Star Game.

The Devils only have one All-Star, while the Rangers send two and the Islanders have only one in the skills competition.

The NHL announced Tuesday the remaining 36 players and 12 rookies chosen by the league's hockey operations department to take part in this month's All-Star festivities that include the traditional game and skills competitions

Sean Allen shakes up the rankings as, for the first time in two seasons, Alex Ovechkin is knocked down from the top rung, making room for Sidney Crosby.

Pardon the interruption (where have I heard that before?), but I've decided to spend my last blog before the Christmas break on my choices for the US and Canadian Olympic teams. I will get back to my usual rookie/prospect-based Wednesday blogging nex...

Blog | Conversation | December 23, 2009