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The United States, Canada, Russia and Switzerland clinched quarterfinal berths at the hockey world championships Sunday.

The United States beat France 4-2 Saturday for its fourth win at the ice hockey world championships.

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.

Kent Wilson of Hockey Prospectus examines silver linings for the bottom five teams in the NHL. Even though the teams are at the bottom of the standings, each fan base has some reason for hope.

Story | Conversation | March 16, 2011

Stephen Weiss scored his second goal of the game 43 seconds into overtime to give the Panthers a 4-3 victory over the Avalanche.

Remember Michigan's Fab Five? Well, the U.S. national development team is in Ann Arbor too, and there are five -- Derek Forbort, Jon Merrill, Stephen Johns, Jarred Tinordi and Justin Faulk -- d-men likely to go in the first two rounds of the NHL draft.

Blog | Conversation | June 11, 2010

Stephen Weiss recorded his second NHL hat trick and scored in the shootout to lift the Panthers to a 6-5 win over the Avalanche.

Talking to an experienced amateur scout, I learned something pretty interesting. The little old U.S.A. is producing some hardcore kid defensemen. Now, I'm not talking about Texas-born Tyler Myers, who's enjoying a heck of a start with the Sabres in...

Blog | Conversation | October 28, 2009

The Avalanche re-signed Dan Hinote, Brad Larsen and Bryan Muir on Tuesday.

An enlightening round of golf with a future Hall of Famer and catching up with a zebra named Stephen.