After another playoff disappointment, the Pittsburgh Penguins were going to make changes. They’ve apparently decided to clean house at the top. The Penguins announced on Friday that general manager Ray Shero has been fired, hitting the reset button on a management group that’s overseen an eight-season playoff appearance streak and to the Stanley Cup in 2009. They haven't played for another on since...
(Reuters) - The Pittsburgh Penguins fired general manager Ray Shero on Friday, saying they wanted to overhaul the team's operations after being knocked out of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Shero was relieved of his duties three days after Pittsburgh were beaten by the New York Rangers in the second round of the playoffs after blowing a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven series. "We feel it is time to move...
The Pittsburgh Penguins hired Ray Shero as general manager eight years ago with the mandate to build a roster around two of the game's brightest stars and turn ticker-tape parades through downtown into an annual rite of spring. Nearly a decade - but just one Stanley Cup later - Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin find themselves on a perennially underachieving team. The Penguins fired Shero on Friday,...
The Montreal Canadiens can rest easy. They won't be disrespected by their next playoff opponent, If anything, the New York Rangers are giving them too much respect heading into Saturday's opener of the Eastern Conference finals. The Canadiens come in following a bitter matchup with the Boston Bruins that concluded with harsh words in the series-ending handshake line. Bruins forward Milan Lucic reportedly...
Failing to reach Stanley Cup expectations cost Ray Shero his job in Pittsburgh -- and coach Dan Bylsma could be next....
As the New York Rangers get ready for the Eastern Conference Finals against the Montreal Canadians, the team is looking to turn New York City into “Rangerstown” with a 55-foot long sign being unveiled in Herald Square on Saturday, May 17 at 10:30a......
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The Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers are two of the NHL's storied franchises. For two decades, their stories have not included a Stanley Cup. Montreal will meet New York in the Eastern Conference finals - after splitting their previous 14 matchups in the playoffs - and the winner will give have a chance to end a championship drought. Here are five things to watch when Montreal hosts the Rangers...
The Montreal Canadiens also are going to the Eastern Conference finals after eliminating the Boston Bruins in seven games. Next up are the New York Rangers starting Saturday in Montreal. ''It's definitely a special team and if we didn't know it before the playoffs, we definitely know it now,'' said forward Max Pacioretty, who bounced back from a slow start in the series. ''I said when I got here, I...
Coach Alain Vigneault, Brad Richards and the rest of the New York Rangers couldn't hide their excitement about facing the Montreal Canadiens in the Eastern Conference finals. They already knew their next opponent would be a fellow Original Six team, but facing the storied Canadiens carries a little more cache than playing the Boston Bruins. Montreal advanced to the final four with a 3-1 win at Boston...
Sidney Crosby understands the price of disappointment. And while others - namely Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan Bylsma - will likely face the consequences following another early playoff exit, the NHL's brightest star isn't shirking his share of the blame. The way Crosby sees it, Pittsburgh's failings lie with the guys who pull the sweaters over their heads. ''We are the guys that go out there and want...
MINSK, Belarus (AP) -- Star forward Evgeni Malkin will join Russia at the world hockey championship after his Pittsburgh Penguins were eliminated from the NHL playoffs by the New York Rangers....
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The Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers will face off in an Eastern Conference Final that few would have predicted but the matchup of Original Six rivals could be the highlight of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The best-of-seven series, which begins Saturday in Montreal, is both rich in history and subplots, the most intriguing being the looming goaltending duel between the Canadiens' Carey Price and...
BOSTON -- The Montreal Canadiens stunned the Boston Bruins and moved into the Eastern Conference finals with a 3-1 victory in Game 7 on Wednesday night. The Canadiens, who finished 17 points behind the President's Trophy-winning Bruins in the regular season, open the Eastern Conference finals at home against the New York Rangers on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The Rangers upset...
(The Sports Xchange) - It was 21 years ago when the Montreal Canadiens, the proudest of all NHL franchises, last won the Stanley Cup, the 22nd in their history. Now, after completely dominating the Boston Bruins in Games Six and Seven of their second-round playoff series, the Habs have a chance to end the drought. \"We just beat the best team in the league,\" coach Michel Therrien said after his Canadiens...
BOSTON -- It was 21 years ago when the Montreal Canadiens, the proudest of all NHL franchises, last won the Stanley Cup, the 22nd in their history. Now, after completely dominating the Boston Bruins in Games 6 and 7 of their second-round playoff series, the Habs have a chance to end the drought. \"We just beat the best team in the league,\" coach Michel Therrien said after his Canadiens beat the Bruins...
Carey Price has already led Canada to an Olympic gold medal this year. Now he has the nation's last remaining NHL playoff team a step closer to the Stanley Cup finals. The Montreal goalie made 29 saves in a Game 7 victory over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night, helping the Canadiens advance to the Eastern Conference finals. They will face the New York Rangers when the series opens on Saturday in...
The latest playoff Dose provides the Penguins' 2014-15 outlook after they were bounced by the Rangers....
Sidney Crosby will be back. After that, what happens to the Pittsburgh Penguins over another postseason disappointment is anybody's guess. Dan Bylsma, the winningest coach in franchise history, may be out of a job. Ray Shero, the general manager who spent the last half-decade unsuccessfully trying to replicate the success of 2009, could also be gone....