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The New York Rangers have suddenly become the busiest team in the Stanley Cup playoffs. They were all smiles - and full of relief - after outlasting the Philadelphia Flyers in a tight Game 7 victory that capped the tense opening-round series. To advance to the second round and a meeting with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Rangers had to endure a stretch of the final three games being played in a span...
The Vancouver Canucks fired head coach John Tortorella after just one season, the team announced Thursday. Assistant coach Mike Sullivan will also relieved of his coaching duties. "Today we are making an important change in the direction of our team," Canucks president of hockey operations Trevor Linden said in a statement. "On behalf of the entire organization, we extend our thanks to John, Mike and...
TORONTO (AP) -- Longtime defenseman Tom Poti is retiring from hockey after 14 NHL seasons....
(Reuters) - Following is the schedule for the second-round, best-of-seven series in the National Hockey League playoffs (*-if needed): EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens Game 1 - May 1 at Boston Game 2 - May 3 at Boston Game 3 - May 6 at Montreal Game 4 - May 8 at Montreal Game 5 * May 10 at Boston Game 6 * May 12 at Montreal Game 7 * May 14 at Boston - - Pittsburgh Penguins vs....
The Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins renew one of the NHL's greatest feuds while the Los Angeles Kings battle the Anaheim Ducks in a clash of Southern California rivals as part of a mouthwatering slate of second-round series. The enigmatic Pittsburgh Penguins and equally perplexing New York Rangers should provide fans with more anxious moments while the Chicago Blackhawks continue the defence of...
The Flyers turned the worst start in team history into a playoff berth. The Flyers simply ran out of comebacks. Just as it has in every season since winning it all in 1975, Philadelphia heads home without a Stanley Cup. The New York Rangers eliminated the Flyers with a 2-1 win in Game 7 in the first round on Wednesday, extending their championship drought to 38 seasons, the sixth-longest streak in...
(Reuters) - The Vancouver Canucks fired head coach John Tortorella on Thursday after he led the NHL team to their worst campaign in 15 years in his first season behind the bench. The fiery coach, who was relieved of his duties along with assistant coach Mike Sullivan, was unable to breathe life into a Canucks team that has been in freefall since losing in the Stanley Cup Finals in 2011. "Today we are...
The Vancouver Canucks fired John Tortorella on Thursday, one year into the fiery coach's long-term deal. Tortorella, who signed a five-year contract last summer after being dismissed by the New York Rangers, went 36-35-11 and failed to reach the playoffs behind the Vancouver bench. The Canucks' 25th-place finish in the 30-team NHL, their worst in 14 years, came just three seasons after former coach...
Defenseman Tom Poti called it a career on Thursday after 14 seasons in the NHL. Poti played the final five years with the Washington Capitals. He also was a member of the silver medal-winning U.S. Olympic team in 2002 and a 2003 NHL All-Star....
The Vancouver Canucks fired coach John Tortorella after just one season, the team announced Thursday....
May 1 (The Sports Xchange) - The Vancouver Canucks fired coach John Tortorella after just one season, the team announced Thursday....
Coming into Game 7, the Philadelphia Flyers had to do something they'd yet to do in their first-round series with the New York Rangers: win an even-numbered game. They simply couldn't break the pattern. The Rangers will advance to Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs after a 2-1 Game 7 win over the Flyers in a game that was as close as the series that necessitated it. The first period? A dead heat,...
2014 NHL playoffs: Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers have been all but unbeatable in Game 7s in recent years, as the Philadelphia Flyers found out in a 2-1 defeat at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night....
At the begining of his debut season with the Vancouver Canucks, John Tortorella decried " that damn Twitter ", which he deemed as nothing but trouble. He's probably even less a fan of it now, as TSN's Farhan Lalji used the medium to report that the Canucks will part ways with their coach after just one year in Vancouver. Damn you, Twitter. Damn you to hell. That's correct: on the same day their former...
There's no time to catch your breath from Round 1 as we're going to get going on Round 2 Thursday night with the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens renewing acquaintances. After the New York Rangers, Minnesota Wild and Los Angeles Kings won their respective Game 7s on Wednesday, the NHL has released the Round 2 schedule, with dates, start times and broadcast information. Here's the East:...
No. 1 Star: Nino Niederreiter, Minnesota Wild The Wild winger picked a hell of a time to figure out this whole "playoffs" thing. He scored his first postseason goal in the third period to tie up the game, and in overtime, he scored his second to give the Wild a 5-4 win and a 4-3 series win over the Colorado Avalanche. No. 2 Star: Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings Kopitar had a point in every game of...
The Los Angeles Kings capped a historic comeback by beating the San Jose Sharks 5-1 to reach the second round of the NHL playoffs in one of three games sevens on Wednesday. Goaltender Jonathan Quick made 39 saves for the Kings who joined a select group by becoming just the fourth team in league history to rally from 3-0 series deficit to win in seven. Daniel Carcillo and Benoit Pouliot scored second-period...
Daniel Carcillo and Benoit Pouliot scored second-period goals, and the New York Rangers advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 7 on Wednesday night. The Rangers shook off a 5-2 thrashing in Philadelphia on Tuesday and knocked out the Flyers about 24 hours later, improving to 6-0 in Game 7s at Madison Square Garden. New York will...
Philadelphia Flyers' Wayne Simmonds puts on a playoff show with a hat trick against the New York Rangers in Game 6; the two teams will clash again in Game 7 on Wednesday night. The Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche, as well as the Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks, also skate into winner-take-all showdowns....