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Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin knows full well that his playoff failures are adding up.

Veteran NHL coach Mike Keenan has signed a two-year contract to coach the Russian club Metallurg Magnitogorsk.

Grant Sonier breaks down the 2013 draft's top 50 prospects, topped by the trio of Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Drouin and Seth Jones. But the most intriguing prospect in the draft is Russian Valeri Nichushkin, who could be in the running for No. 1.

Story | Conversation | April 15, 2013

LAS VEGAS -- Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin has won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player. The Russian superstar and NHL scoring champion won the Hart for the first time Wednesday night at the NHL Awards ceremony at the Wynn...

Craig Custance reports from the NHL draft combine in Toronto, where top prospects Nail Yakupov and Alex Galchenyuk needed to answer questions about their physical performance as well as their heritage.

Blog | Conversation | June 04, 2012

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Alexander Radulov and Nashville, the battered Bruins, and the rest of the week in the NHL

Ilya Kovalchuk recorded his second hat trick in just more than three weeks to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 5-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday night.

Former NHL scout Grant Sonier breaks down the 2012 prospect group with his first mock draft of the season. Unsurprisingly Nail Yakupov goes No. 1 overall, but Sonier believes a number of teams could find useful parts to round out their rosters.

Story | Conversation | February 16, 2012

Grant Sonier breaks down the top 50 prospects for the 2012 NHL entry draft, topped by Nail Yakupov, who will likely be the third Russian ever to go No. 1 overall.

Story | Conversation | January 17, 2012

The Philadelphia Flyers have announced that top defenseman Chris Pronger is out for the season. After chatting with Paul Holmgren about the topic, Craig Custance presents four possible options the Flyers could pursue to fill the void.

Blog | Conversation | December 16, 2011

Former NHL stars Pavel Bure and Phil Housley are among five chosen for induction into the International Ice Hockey Federation's Hall of Fame.

Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 19 shots, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist as the Oilers beat the road-weary Rangers 2-0 on Saturday night.

Thousands have come to a Slovak ice hockey arena to honor Pavol Demitra, who died in a plane crash that wiped out an entire Russian hockey club.

Two former Blackhawks, Alexander Karpovtsev and Igor Korolev, were among those that died when a plane carrying members of a KHL team went down in Tunoshna, Russia.

A Russian jet carrying a KHL ice hockey team crashed into a river bank Wednesday while taking off in western Russia, killing at least 43 people -- some of whom had ties to New York teams.