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Honest medal hopefuls or just happy to be there?...

The NHL suspended Colorado Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson for two games, without pay, on Tuesday for slashing New York Islanders forward Frans Nielsen....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Colorado Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson has been suspended by the NHL for two games without pay on Tuesday for slashing New York Islanders forward Frans Nielsen....

The incident occurred during Saturday's game against the New York Islanders....

Ryan Dadoun, Corey Abbott and Michael Finewax preview all the Pool A players including Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia and the U.S. in Olympic Preview....

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s greatest players will jet off for the event. No decision, obviously, has been made about whether the league will participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea four years from now, considering the 2014 men's hockey tournament doesn't even begin for another two days. But you get the sense that the tide is certainly shifting toward a solid “no” vote four years from now. The simple fact is that...

Islanders GM Garth Snow initially raised some eyebrows with his decision....

NEW YORK -- The first two hockey games at Yankee Stadium are going to provide a pretty good case for why professional hockey should be played indoors in a climate-controlled arena. They're also going to provide a pretty good case for the continuation of the Stadium Series and other outdoor games in the NHL. The elements are likely to play as big a part in the outcome Wednesday night -- when the temperatures...

first game in Boston as a visitor with a 6-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night. ''I think I might've enjoyed myself watching the State of the Union more,'...

BOSTON Perhaps it was watching Bostons No. 2 PBR line amass nine points against the Islanders on Monday night, or maybe it was a little extra excitement suiting up against Tim Thomas in his first Boston appearance wearing a different NHL uniform. It could have even been simply that Milan Lucic was due for an offensive explosion after snapping a stretch of 14 games where hed just scored a single goal,...

The Rangers will become the first NHL team to play in consecutive outdoor regular season contests....

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t work, try here. ] It's a Wednesday edition of Marek vs. Wyshynski beginning at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT, and we're talking about the following and more: Special Guest Star: Arthur Staple of Newsday joins us to talk about tonight's Yankee Stadium game between the New York Rangers and New York Islanders.  • Marty Brodeur and his Devils...

ll be looking to hand the New York Islanders a fourth straight loss Wednesday night as the rivals renew acquaintances in a Stadium Series game. John Tavares recorded three assists as the Islanders claimed a 5-3 victory at Madison Square Garden last Tuesday, their second straight in the series after they had dropped eight of the previous 10, including this season...

ll more than make up for in glares. Unrelated: Raffi Torres has yet to appear in an outdoor NHL game. Also, Tyler Bozak is kicking himself right now for a missed opportunity in Ann Arbor. UPDATE: Katie Strang of ESPN asked Clutterbuck about the black all up on his face: "Cal Clutterbuck said he didn...

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This wasn't the way we had hoped to go into the outdoor game against the Rangers. It was a pretty bad start by us. They were all over us there, but I thought we rebounded well and clawed our way back into the game. The late goal they got in the se......