The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Friday that the hockey club has assigned forward Carter Ashton to the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League. Ashton, 22, has registered three assists and 19 penalty minutes in 30 games with the Maple Le......
UNIONDALE, N.Y. – The New York Islanders have been on the losing end of many roller-coaster finishes this season. So Lubomir Visnovsky's overtime goal lifting them to a wild 5-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs was especially satisfying. The v......
The Boston Bruins are well on the way to their third division title in four seasons. They have established themselves as the class of the Atlantic Division. Though they haven't commanded their division the way the Pittsburgh Penguins and Anahei......
Canada goaltender Carey Price, who posted back-to-back shutouts in the semifinals and gold-medal game at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, was named the best goaltender at the tournament as voted by the International Ice Hockey Federation directorate. P......
SOCHI -- Victory. Vindication. Another gold medal. Canada got it all Sunday at Bolshoy Ice Dome in a 3-0 victory against Sweden in the gold-medal game of the 2014 Sochi Olympics. For all the scrutinizing of the roster and the analyzing and d......
SOCHI – The chance to win another Olympic medal for Finland was one of the reasons Teemu Selanne threw his golf clubs into a pond at the end of a promotional video in which he announced he would come back for one more season. Mission accomplish......
SOCHI -- Canada won the rematch that was four years in the making. Now it can try to win another gold medal. Jamie Benn's goal early in the second period Friday at Bolshoy Ice Dome was all the Canadians needed to beat the United States 1-0 in t......
SOCHI -- The United States cruised through its three preliminary-round games and one quarterfinal matchup by outscoring its opponents 19-6. Canada eked out back-to-back one-goal wins, including an overtime victory against Finland in the preliminar......
SOCHI -- Hours after the host Russians lost on the same ice surface, Canada survived a scare at Bolshoy Ice Dome on Wednesday. Nashville Predators defenseman Shea Weber scored a power play goal on Canada's 54th shot of the game to break a 1-1 t......
SOCHI -- While their neighbors to the north were fighting to stay alive in the 2014 Sochi Olympics, the United States men's hockey players once again methodically went about their business without any drama or suspense at Shayba Arena. Ryan Sut......
SOCHI -- Phil Kessel has carried his red-hot play from the NHL season into the 2014 Sochi Olympics to help the United States prove its status as a gold-medal contender. With seven points in three games, the Toronto Maple Leafs right wing not only ......
SOCHI -- Phil Kessel had little to say after a night to remember at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Often reticent, Kessel didn't break character after a stunning performance, including a natural hat trick, helped propel the United States to a 5-1 vic......
'Obviously these (elimination) games always have a bit more of a different feel, but you don't want to have to change the way you play a whole lot,'...
s biggest offensive weapon allowed his country to finish in first place in Group B at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. And it...
SOCHI -- A dangling and dazzling Phil Kessel helped the United States clinch an automatic bye into the quarterfinals 24 hours after the Americans grabbed the attention of the sports world in dramatic fashion. Kessel produced the first hat trick......
SOCHI -- It took a while, but the United States drew first blood in the battle of the big boys at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. T.J. Oshie scored four times in an eight-round shootout to give the Americans a 3-2 win on a wild Saturday afternoon that......
After seeing his Capitals teammates score first for their countries on Thursday morning, perhaps Martin Erat took note. He notched the Czech Republic's first goal on Friday in a 4-2 win over Latvia. The Czechs are now 1-1 in Group C Olympic action....
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Michael Finewax looks at the opening games in Olympic Hockey including the 7-1 win for the United States in The Dose....
No. 14 for Vancouver has struggled with injuries this season....