Pierre LeBrun

Pierre LeBrun

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Pierre LeBrun covers the NHL for ESPN.com. He spent 13 years with The Canadian Press as its national hockey columnist before joining ESPN.com in September 2008. LeBrun, who is based in Toronto, is also a regular contributor on CBC's "Hockey Night in Canada." He studied journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa and, shortly after his graduation, was hired by The CP in August 1995. In 2005, he won Sports Media Canada's top sportswriting award for his coverage of the 2004-05 NHL lockout.

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Latest on Isles' goalies, Foppa, GMs meeting

Pierre LeBrun

The NHL's 30 GMs meet Tuesday and Wednesday in Toronto on the heels of Hockey Hall of Fame weekend, and yes, head shots will definitely be a headliner...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2009

Predators must again find way to survive

Pierre LeBrun

Just about every NHL team has been hampered by injuries this season, with more than 100 players in the medical ward right now around the league. Amazi...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009

The night Carey Price got his mojo back?

Pierre LeBrun

There is a time in a season when a player has that moment that changes everything. I wonder whether Carey Price had his Thursday night in Boston. His...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009

Pressure building for Vincent Lecavalier

Pierre LeBrun

Any other year, and Vincent Lecavalier's so-so start to the season wouldn't have generated this much attention. But this happens to be the first seas...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2009

A look at goal total trends since the lockout

Pierre LeBrun

The NHL averaged 5.9 total goals per game in the opening month of the regular season, just a slight dip from the 6.0 average through October last seas...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2009

Kessel shows little rust in Toronto debut

Pierre LeBrun

TORONTO -- If first impressions mean anything, welcome to Toronto, Phil Kessel. The 22-year-old star winger was downright dynamite Tuesday night in h...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 03, 2009

Ovechkin lands with IMG ... and it's about time

Pierre LeBrun

It is with great interest that I see Alex Ovechkin has come to his senses and signed with a big agency to handle his marketing. It was announced Mond...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 03, 2009

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...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 03, 2009

U.S. coach says Avs' Anderson in 'very good spot'

Pierre LeBrun

Don't think the coach of the 2010 U.S. Olympic hockey team hasn't noticed what Craig Anderson has done in the opening month of the NHL season. The Col...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009

Kessel expected to make Leafs debut Tuesday

Pierre LeBrun

TORONTO -- Phil Kessel skated to the net in practice Monday, froze Jonas Gustavsson with a fake shot and dished it off to linemate Matt Stajan, who pu...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009

Sources: Talks pick up for NHLPA board

Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.com

Pierre LeBrun covers the NHL for ESPN.com.

Story | Conversation | November 02, 2009

It's Monday morning ... need to vent? Send us your beefs now

Pierre LeBrun

Got the Monday morning blues? Need to get a hockey rant off your chest? Well, this is the blog for you. Send in your NHL beefs to me before 4 p.m. ET...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009

Caps' future and our Ducks-Leafs trade advice

Pierre LeBrun

Just who is running the ghost ship that is the office of the NHL Players' Association? Well, for now, it's Mike Ouellet and Rolland Lee. Sources conf...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 31, 2009

More resignations follow Ian Penny's

Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.com

Sources confirmed to ESPN.com on Saturday that the four-man review committee has asked Ouellet, the union's chief of business affairs, and Lee, NHLPA associate counsel, to run the union office until the executive board can reconvene.

Story | Conversation | October 31, 2009