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As is seemingly the case every season, the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs had something for everyone, Scott Burnside writes

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- In the middle of a hotly contested playoff series and with a crucial game in the offing, individual awards may seem relatively inconsequential. But when it was revealed Tuesday morning that Ryan Suter was a finalist for the Norr...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- On a day when life was breathed back into the State of Hockey, it turned out to be the kid from Newport Beach, Calif., who did the resuscitating. Go figure. In what now ranks as one of the most important victories in franchis...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- At the same time Minnesota Wild players were stepping onto the ice for practice, workers outside the Xcel Energy Center were putting up a giant sign: Fight To The End. So far in this Western Conference quarterfinals series betwe...

When you make the playoffs every year since 1990, as the Detroit Red Wings have, you're going to run into some naysayers and skeptics along the way. That's been the case pretty regularly since the last lockout, and yet the Wings keep plugging along, ...

So, maybe we were a bit hasty in assuming the Minnesota Wild were locks to make the playoffs. After a lackluster 4-1 loss Sunday night to the lowly Calgary Flames, the Wild woke up Monday to find that they'd sunk into a tie with the Columbus Blue...

Give the New Jersey Devils this: Even in the face of the inevitable, there is no quit in them. Down 4-0 to the Boston Bruins by the 3:06 mark of the second period Wednesday night, the Devils kept chipping away, and early in the third they had mad...

Despite playing well, Ryan Suter seemed genuinely hurt that the sold-out crowd in Nashville booed him steadily every time he was on the ice, writes Scott Burnside.

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

--Let's start with the reunion of Ryan Suter and his former teammates from Nashville in Minnesota. This won't have the emotional charge of Suter's much-anticipated return to downtown Nashville on March 9, but you know that Suter's old mates were look...

Scott Burnside reviews the big firings, hirings and signings since we last saw some hockey.

Scott Burnside previews five coaches on the hot seat in this shortened season.

Sure, it's hard to remember now, but there were actually plenty of highs in the NHL during 2012, writes Scott Burnside.

Whether it's the Theatre of the Absurd, Thelma and Louise, or two squirrels, this whole labor dispute is driving us nuts, Scott Burnside writes.

If the league's owners can't find a way to make a system with $3.3 billion of revenue work and work on time without simply saying to the players "give us this," then they don't deserve these fans, writes Scott Burnside.

The equation is relatively simple for the Predators: match Shea Weber's deal and remain relevant, or give up any hope of being a contender, of attracting top talent, of being anything other than a team treading water and wondering when the lights will go out for good.