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Yzerman, Hull, Robitaille, Leetch Headed to NHL Hall

Harry Kimball — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:42:02 CDT

This year's NHL Hall of Fame class is a stellar one, TSN reports. All three forwards inducted—Brett Hull, Steve Yzerman, and Luc Robitaille—are among the top 10 scorers in pro hockey history. Brian Leetch, meanwhile, was a two-time winner of the Norris Trophy, awarded to the league’s top...

Penguins Pinch Wings 2-1 for Stanley Cup

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:06:21 CDT

Slide over Super Mario and make room on the Stanley Cup for a new batch of Pittsburgh Penguins. Max Talbot scored two second-period goals, and the Penguins overcame the loss of captain Sidney Crosby and a whole lot of history to beat the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 2-1 tonight...

Lord Stanley's Top Game 7s

Will McCahill — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:49:59 CDT

With the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins to decide the Stanley Cup finals tonight, David Schoenfield takes a look at the best Game 7s in NHL championship history for ESPN. Some highlights: 1950: Red Wings 4, Rangers 3 (2 OT). Pete Babando’s goal 8½ minutes into the second overtime...

Hockey Holiness: Penguins Force Game 7

John Johnson — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:56:01 CDT

It may not have the audience or star power of the other big-sport championships, but the Red Wings and Penguins are plugging away in a great Stanley Cup finals. Pittsburgh eked out a 2-1 win tonight to tie the series at 3 and set up those two words so beloved...

Red Wings Give Hard-Luck Detroit Reason to Cheer

Drew Nelles — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:08:24 CDT

As Detroit reels from the automotive crisis, a much-needed emotional uplift is coming from a dependable source: the Red Wings, currently in the Stanley Cup finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins. We “are one of the good stories that are coming out of Detroit right now,” a Red Wings VP tells...

NBC Gives NHL Little Love

Kevin Spak — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:57:11 CDT

NBC is putting the NHL in the penalty box. Unwilling to sacrifice its weeknight programming, particularly Conan’s Tonight Show debut, the network has dictated that games 1 and 2 will be tonight and tomorrow, the first time games have been back-to-back since 1954. Then, it’ll kick games 3 and 4...

Hockey at Wrigley? Wings Beat Blackhawks

Drew Nelles — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:32:09 CST

Two of the NHL's oldest franchises got together for some old-school outdoors hockey today, with the Detroit Red Wings beating the Chicago Blackhawks 6-4, the Chicago Tribune reports. The league's second annual Winter Classic, staged in a converted Wrigley Field, threw the players plenty of curveballs, from chilly temperatures to...

Why This Won't Stink This Year

Katherine Thompson — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:35:55 CDT

That time is upon us again: the season in which we ignore most of what's going on in the NHL. But this year it might behoove sports fans to pay attention, writes Maxim. Here's why: Detroit needs some good news, right? The champs got even stronger. Finally, all of the...

Loyalty Is the Wind Beneath These Wings

Katherine Thompson — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:27:04 CDT

Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom and Finals MVP Henrik Zetterberg both learned their hockey skills in Sweden, but it's not Detroit's strategy of drawing European talent that secured them this year's Stanley Cup. The team's success, writes Scot Burnside for ESPN, is due to management's willingness to gamble on older...