Read more hockey stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4148/hockey.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:36:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71013/screw-those-soviet-hockey-players-kid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhat’s more inspiring than watching Kurt Russell speak the words of legendary hockey coach Herb Brooks to the 1980 men’s Olympic team before they played—and beat—the Russians in the film Miracle ? Try the same words coming from a 5-year-old. Well, maybe it’s just cuter, but for whatever...http://www.newser.com/story/71013/screw-those-soviet-hockey-players-kid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 10:46:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62638/yzerman-hull-robitaille-leetch-headed-to-nhl-hall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis 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...http://www.newser.com/story/62638/yzerman-hull-robitaille-leetch-headed-to-nhl-hall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 16:42:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61938/350k-fete-victorious-penguins.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPittsburgh celebrated its Stanley Cup-winning Penguins today with a parade that may have drawn upward of 350,000, the Post-Gazette reports. Revelers began arriving at the parade route in center-city at 4:30am, and by 10:15 there were already 185,000 happy fans. At a downtown Starbucks with lines...http://www.newser.com/story/61938/350k-fete-victorious-penguins.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Jun 2009 14:18:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61772/penguins-pinch-wings-2-1-for-stanley-cup.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSlide 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...http://www.newser.com/story/61772/penguins-pinch-wings-2-1-for-stanley-cup.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Jun 2009 22:06:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60599/red-wings-give-hard-luck-detroit-reason-to-cheer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs 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...http://www.newser.com/story/60599/red-wings-give-hard-luck-detroit-reason-to-cheer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 31 May 2009 16:08:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60541/nbc-gives-nhl-little-love.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNBC 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...http://www.newser.com/story/60541/nbc-gives-nhl-little-love.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 30 May 2009 13:57:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58525/masks-a-goalies-power-play.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUnlike their cookie-cutter colleagues in other sports, NHL goalies wear their hearts on their faces, the Washington Post reports in a retrospective celebrating the 50th birthday of a netminder's best friend—the goalie mask. Players take great pride in personalizing them, sometimes spending $1,000 on images of prizefighters, dead...http://www.newser.com/story/58525/masks-a-goalies-power-play.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 09 May 2009 16:38:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58419/its-magic-vs-bird-on-ice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Capitals-Penguins playoff series, with its two budding superstars, is what the beleaguered NHL has been waiting for, writes Reed Albergotti in the Wall Street Journal . In contrast to the disciplined play of Sidney "Wayne Gretzky" Crosby, Russian phenom Alex Ovechkin is both a firebrand and a goofball. But the...http://www.newser.com/story/58419/its-magic-vs-bird-on-ice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 10:41:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53627/brodeur-has-most-wins-in-nhl-history.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMartin Brodeur posted his 552nd win tonight and passed childhood idol Patrick Roy for the most career victories by a goalie in NHL history. He made 30 saves in the New Jersey Devils' 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. The victory came in Brodeur's 987th game of a 15-year career...http://www.newser.com/story/53627/brodeur-has-most-wins-in-nhl-history.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Mar 2009 21:49:49 CDT