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The last time Original Six rivals the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks met in the playoffs was in the 2009 Western Conference finals, with the Blackhawks the young bucks still figuring things out and the Red Wings the veteran contenders en ro...

The San Jose Sharks still talk to this day about their bitter disappointment from losing the 2011 Western Conference finals to the Vancouver Canucks. They felt the five-game series loss was such a misrepresentation of how close the level of play real...

The NHL will not discipline players on the Phoenix Coyotes after conducting an investigation of their postgame actions and comments following their season-ending, overtime loss in the Western Conference finals, Colin Campbell said Wednesday.

The NHL is further investigating the postgame actions and comments of some Phoenix Coyotes players after their season-ending, overtime loss in the Western Conference finals, league executive vice-president Colin Campbell told ESPN.com on Thursday.

Wayne Gretzky kept a low profile for obvious reasons during the Western Conference finals, but you can expect to see him at Staples Center for the Stanley Cup finals. "For sure, I'll be at Game 3," The Great One told ESPN.com Wednesday. Gretzky...

Drew Doughty has brought his game to the level most people expected of him when he signed the big contract late last year, writes Pierre LeBrun.

With their season hanging by a thread, it's hard not to wonder whether the Coyotes will be playing their last game as a Phoenix-based franchise Sunday, writes Pierre LeBrun.

The NHL has suspended Phoenix Coyotes center Martin Hanzal for one game for his boarding penalty on Los Angeles Kings captain Dustin Brown in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals on Tuesday night.

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Game 2 of the Western Conference finals turned a little nasty Tuesday night with a pair of boarding majors that luckily didn't result in serious injury. Coyotes captain Shane Doan got five minutes and the game for his hit from b...

As the Coyotes get set to host the Los Angeles Kings in their Western Conference finals opener Sunday night, Whitney has become an even more important player off the ice, Pierre LeBrun writes.

Pierre LeBrun and Scott Burnside take a look at five storylines to watch in the third round of the 2012 NHL postseason.

One could only imagine what Jack Kent Cooke, the original owner of the Los Angeles Kings, would have said in 1967 if told the Kings would one day play the Phoenix Coyotes in the NHL's Western Conference finals. A team in Phoenix? And the Kings survi...

At some point, the hockey world will want to stand up and recognize a little ownerless team in the desert up to some mighty impressive things this spring, Pierre LeBrun writes.

HOME OFFICE, Toronto -- When we last saw the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference finals, we left Rogers Arena in Vancouver thinking they had to make acquiring a top-four defenseman their top priority in the offseason. Well, that didn't take ...

After killing off five power plays, the Canucks made the most of the gifts they were given, converting three straight 5-on-3s to push the Sharks to the brink of elimination.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The betting money is on Keith Ballard and Andrew Alberts to lace them up for Sunday's Game 4 of the Western Conference finals in the place of injured Vancouver Canucks blueliners Christian Ehrhoff and Aaron Rome. Mind you, as i...