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Pierre LeBrunChats | NHLPierre 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. |
Gretzky on hockey future: 'I honestly don't know'
Pierre LeBrunAs the calendar prepares to switch over to 2010, the greatest player in the history of the NHL and the sport's greatest ambassador remains on the side...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 23, 2009Hitchcock: 'Players have to stay in the moment'
Pierre LeBrunIf there's a team that needs a win before the Christmas break, it's the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight in Dallas. One win in 11 December games (1-7-3)...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 23, 2009Your rants, my answers
Pierre LeBrunThe holiday spirit did nothing to assuage our loyal ESPN.com puckheads from ranting away again Monday, and I say good for you. Let's take a look: Mic...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 22, 2009Sharks will be hungrier in third clash with Hawks
Pierre LeBrunOnce in a while, there's a game on the NHL docket that makes your spine tingle, and that's exactly what you've got tonight when the San Jose Sharks vi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 22, 2009Buffalo's Ryan Miller could be latest Olympic difference-maker in net
Pierre LeBrunTORONTO -- In 1998, the Czech Republic entered the first of the NHL's foray into the Olympics as not quite the gold-medal favorite. Sure, the Czechs ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 21, 2009It's Monday morning ... need to vent?
Pierre LeBrunGot 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 | December 21, 2009Canada closing in on final roster; latest on Marty Turco, David Booth
Pierre LeBrunTeam USA's management team brainstormed earlier this week in Pebble Beach, Calif., before the NHL's board of governors meetings. Now, it's Team Canada...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 19, 2009Players can't shake Olympic fever
Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.comWe're less than two weeks away from finding out who will play for Canada and the United States in the Olympics. Are players nervous? One game out west gave us our answer.
Story | Conversation | December 19, 2009How Marleau bought into Sharks' "C" move
Pierre LeBrunSAN JOSE, Calif. -- Patrick Marleau was quick to correct me. As I stood there in the San Jose Sharks' dressing room asking him about the way he's res...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2009Catching up with Mike Ricci
Pierre LeBrunSAN JOSE, Calif. -- He had the long hair, the big smile, the hunting hat and was chewing tobacco. Yep, that was indeed Mike Ricci at the San Jose Shar...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 17, 2009Times have changed for Canadian clubs
Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.comIt wasn't that long ago when Canadian teams were barely surviving in the NHL. Now, it's those same teams north of the border that are keeping the league level.
Story | Conversation | December 16, 2009Wrap-up from BOG meetings
Pierre LeBrunPEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- The Phoenix Coyotes were once again front and center Wednesday on the second and final day of the NHL's board of governors mee...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 16, 2009League planning for Canada to host
Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.comThe NHL wants to hold a second outdoor game, this one in Canada, commissioner Gary Bettman confirmed Wednesday.
Story | Conversation | December 16, 2009Phoenix's future, next season's cap and relo talk
Pierre LeBrunPEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Day 1 of the NHL's board of governors meetings wrapped up after an address from NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and director of ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 15, 2009Board of Governors under way
Pierre LeBrunPEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- The NHL's board of governors meeting is under way here at the posh resort where $600 gets you a room. So much for belt-tighte...
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