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Spending the break in the minors playing hockey is OK....

* Buffalo News reporter John Vogl says that Ryan Miller is ready to move on from Buffalo, so why not let him?* PHT writer and FOH (Friend of Haggs) Joe Yerdon has John Tortorella taking the blame after a seventh straight loss for the Vancouver Canucks.* In case you missed, I talked Bruins blueline targets prior once the NHL trade deadline is lifted on Feb. 23.* Evgeni Malkin's is a tale founded in...

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Winger Zach Parise scored a goal and added two assists, center Mikael Granlund had a goal and an assist and goaltender Darcy Kuemper made 31 saves as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Tuesday....

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Despite being hit hard by injuries to star players over the past two months, the Minnesota Wild managed to keep afloat in race for a playoff spot in the Western Conference. With one of the big guns returning to form, Minnesota was able to shoot down one of the best in the NHL. Winger Zach Parise scored a goal and added two assists, center Mikael Granlund had a goal and an assist...

s six-game road trip heading into the Olympic break. Instead, the Blackhawks are now winless in four straight games. Following an overtime loss at Calgary in the opener of the swing, the Blackhawks visit the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night in the first of four straight road games against the Pacific Division's elite. This upcoming series of tests, however, isn...

Tied in points, but St. Louis has three games in hand....

I loved Vinny Prospal, who officially retired on Tuesday. Loved him. He was that instant offense forward that teams crave for their top six, someone that seemed to fit with whatever line he was thrown on. (The world needs more Prospals, Alex Tanguays and Ray Whitneys.) He was never the fastest guy or the most lethal goal-scorer – his career best was 33 goals in 2007-08 – but you were sure you were...

s numbers pale in comparison to teammate Cory Schneider...

The moment Tyler Seguin was traded by the Boston Bruins was the moment Brad Marchand realized he could be next. “If you have half a bad year or you’re not playing up to par, with the cap system nowadays, they’re going to want to improve the team,” he said during the summer. “You don’t want to be that guy to get shipped out.” For the three months of the season, Marchand looked like he might get shipped...

Edmonton finally beat Vancouver this season and gave coach Dallas Eakins two consecutive wins for the first time since December. David Perron scored three goals in a 4-2 victory Monday night to lift the Oilers to their first win against the Canucks in four tries this season. The Oilers earned their consecutive wins after six straight losses, while the Canucks lost for the second time in three games....

No. 1 Star: Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings Bouncing back from the Dodger Stadium loss, Quick pitched a 23-shot shutout of the San Jose Sharks as Anze Kopitar’s goal stood up in the 1-0 win. That included 14 shots in the third for the Sharks. No. 2 Star: David Perron, Edmonton Oilers He didn’t have the game-winner, as that went to Jesse Joensuu, but Perron had the Oilers’ other three goals in their...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- David Perron very easily could have been a Vancouver Canuck. Instead, the left winger wound up as an Edmonton Oiler who enjoys playing against the Canucks. He recorded a hat trick, and fellow left winger Jesse Joensuu scored the winning goal as the Oilers beat Vancouver 4-2 Monday night at Rogers Arena. Both of Perron's hat tricks have come against Vancouver, a tidy coincidence....

s National Hockey League games - - - Penguins 3, Sabres 0 Marc-Andre Fleury's solid goaltending and a welcome return to form for Pittsburgh's offense was more than enough to propel the Eastern Conference-leading Penguins past Buffalo. Fleury stopped 24 shots to post his fourth shutout of the season and his league-leading 29th win for the Penguins (37-14-2) Chris Kunitz netted his 26th goal of the season,...

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The Vancouver Canucks came through in a game full of deflections and bounces. Kevin Bieksa scored his second of the night at 2:15 of overtime as the Canucks came back after twice giving up two-goal leads in a 5-4 win over the Phoenix Coyotes. Bieksa picked up his own rebound and chipped his fourth of the season over Phoenix goalie Mike Smith while falling to the ice. It capped a game where Coyotes...

The Vancouver Canucks have picked up their play of late, even with their head coach absent. Vancouver looks to make it four wins in as many games this season against the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night. The Canucks have gone 2-1 since coach John Tortorella was suspended on Jan. 21, beating Phoenix 5-4 in overtime Sunday. Kevin Bieksa scored his second goal of the game in overtime, lifting Vancouver...

Michael Finewax reports that Alex Chiasson leads all rookies in power play time on ice. Read more in The Power Play Report....

t too many other professions for which this kind of thing is said. “You never want to see a guy get fired, but that crane operator has shown up to work drunk and on sleeping pills every day for the last two weeks.” “You never want to see a guy get fired, but that lawyer keeps taking naps when he's supposed to be cross-examining a witness.” “You never want to see a guy get fired, but that janitor has...