Olympics on goalies' minds heading into net clash
Pierre LeBrunOh, sure, it's just a game, and nothing that happens Wednesday night when Martin Brodeur and Roberto Luongo square off in New Jersey will have much be...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2009Too much of the outdoors for fans?
Pierre LeBrun...SC Langnau in February 2007. This spring, the International Ice Hockey Federation is getting into the act. The opening game of the 2010 World Championships will see the host Germans take on Team USA at...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009Team signs letter of intent with KHL
Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.comRussia's KHL, in its second year of operation, announced Thursday it has signed a letter of intent with AIK Stockholm that would see the Swedish club join its league next season.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009Happy times nearing in KHL-NHL relationship?
Pierre LeBrun...different status, National team level competitions, including Olympic Games and World Championships, club level competitions and the future of the European-based Champions Hockey League. The two sides reached an understanding of the need...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009You vented ... I'm answering
Pierre LeBrun...them metamorphose (just in time) into a team that took fewer chances and played smarter, playoff-style hockey. But they had to go down 3-1 in the first-round series before they figured it...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 03, 2009Scoring? Cooking? Stamkos a master of both lately
Pierre LeBrun...in nine games at this past year's world championship in Switzerland, where Stamkos helped lead Canada to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 23, 2009Penguins find defensive answer in Jay McKee
Pierre LeBrunIt was back in June at the NHL awards in Las Vegas when your humble hockey hack ran into Pittsburgh Penguins GM Ray Shero after the show. It didn't take long before...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 12, 2009My not-so-wide-awake report from Helsinki: GM Sexton earning right to stay with Panthers
Pierre LeBrun...all-too-familiar smell of hockey equipment. Near the elevators was...day (I covered the 2003 world championships here six years ago). In...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 29, 2009Friends, and enemies, will be made in 2010
Pierre LeBrun...against Chicago Blackhawks teammate Patrick Sharp in the world championships and the Team Canada forward's warning Kane...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 26, 2009Green and Robidas: Two defensemen on different paths, but their Olympic goal is the same
Pierre LeBrun...week at the Canadian Olympic hockey camp, and beyond, in their...s team at the 2001 world championship in Hannover, Germany, a team...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 26, 2009Latest rumblings: Radulov's Russian dilemma, Biron's future and who needs D
Pierre LeBrun...blueliner Shea Weber at the world championships in Switzerland in April, apparently...retribution from the people running hockey in his mother country when...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 03, 2009'Captain Canada' Ryan Smyth receives Olympic orientation camp invite, and rightfully so
Pierre LeBrun...junior gold medal, a 2002 Olympic gold medal, 2003 and 2004 world championship gold medals and a 2004 World Cup of Hockey championship. All told, he has played 85 games at the national level...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 02, 2009Source: Babcock to coach Olympic team
Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.comMike Babcock will be named head coach of Canada's Olympic hockey team, a source confirmed to ESPN.com Tuesday.
Story | Conversation | June 23, 2009Finals' Game 7 new thing for Wings
Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.comThe Wings have the experience, they are still the defending champs, they are still the NHL's modern-day dynasty, but they have no more Game 7 experience in the Cup finals than the Pens.
Story | Conversation | June 11, 2009Coach Babcock has evolved with Wings
Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.comWe know Detroit has excelled at drafting, developing and assembling championship rosters. But one can't overlook coach Mike Babcock and the job he has done behind the bench.
Story | Conversation | June 08, 2009EDITOR'S PICKS
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