http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. Welcome to a weekly blog post of thoughts and observations from the past few days and/or decades of NHL hockey. The Three Stars of Comedy Recogniz...]]> May 17, 2013 13:20:41 PDT Paul Stastny had two goals and two assists, and Craig Smith added five assists to help the United States rout Russia 8-3 on Thursday in the world hockey quarterfinals.]]> May 16, 2013 05:04:16 PDT Yankee Stadium will host a pair of NHL games next season, with the New York Rangers playing the New Jersey Devils on Jan. 26 and the Rangers meeting the Islanders three days later.]]> May 15, 2013 09:25:02 PDT The United States, Canada, Russia and Switzerland clinched quarterfinal berths at the hockey world championships Sunday.]]> May 12, 2013 08:18:12 PDT The United States beat France 4-2 Saturday for its fourth win at the ice hockey world championships.]]> May 11, 2013 03:41:34 PDT Craig Smith had a hat trick and teenager John Gibson was stellar in net to lead the United States over host Finland 4-1 at the ice hockey world championship on Wednesday.]]> May 08, 2013 12:55:11 PDT Russia got two late goals to beat the United States 5-3 in a hard fought game, while Canada scored four unanswered goals en route to a 7-1 rout of Norway on Tuesday at the ice hockey world championships.]]> May 07, 2013 13:37:41 PDT Ilya Kovalchuk's hat trick led Russia to a 4-1 victory over Germany at the ice hockey world championships Sunday, and Switzerland stunned Canada in a penalty shootout to win 3-2.]]> May 05, 2013 08:32:17 PDT The United States rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to beat Austria 5-3 in its opening game at the ice hockey world championship Saturday.]]> May 04, 2013 05:48:09 PDT At a glance: After four days off to rest and prepare, the No. 6-seed Rangers and No. 3-seed Capitals finally square off in Washington, D.C., for Game ...]]> May 02, 2013 11:43:03 PDT Ready for another Rangers-Caps playoff series? Hours after the Rangers wrapped up the regular season with a 4-0 blanking of the New Jersey Devils, ...]]> April 27, 2013 19:11:28 PDT At a glance: With a playoff spot already locked up following Thursday's OT win against Carolina, the Rangers wrap up the regular season with a divisio...]]> April 27, 2013 09:55:24 PDT GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Clinching a playoff spot in their penultimate game of the season Thursday night at Carolina, the Rangers don't have much time to c...]]> April 26, 2013 12:33:44 PDT Victoria Matiash provides her final top 75 defensemen rankings of the season and projects fantasy values for the 2013-14 NHL campaign, forecasting Ottawa's Erik Karlsson, Pittsburgh's Kris Letang and Montreal's P.K. Subban as the top three D-men.]]> April 26, 2013 05:38:12 PDT If the Los Angeles Lakers do the improbable -- the very, very improbable -- they would join quite the exclusive club. Ditto the Boston Celtics (or ...]]> April 18, 2013 08:39:07 PDT