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Updated: 35 weeks 6 days ago
NHL team jetting back to Winnipeg from Atlanta (The Canadian Press)
WINNIPEG - The National Hockey League officially came home to Manitoba on Tuesday, greeted by thousands of fans in red, white and blue Jets jerseys, cheering, waving flags and playing impromptu games of street hockey.
Long wait for Stanley Cup will end for one starved city (Yahoo! Sports)
For one ravenous hockey city, a long wait for Lord Stanley's Cup will end. After 82 regular-season games and 18 more playoff contests per team, the Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks sit four games from a National Hockey League championship.
What We Learned: Old Man Mark Recchi’s astonishing longevity (Yahoo! Sports)
Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about … Continue reading →
Vancouver Stanley Cup angst over; experts (The Canadian Press)
VANCOUVER - Both Vancouver's city and its hockey team have had a tortured relationship with the Stanley Cup, but experts say the Olympics healed the wounds of the 1994 hockey riot.
Boston Bruins/Vancouver Canucks Stanley Cup History (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
The 2011 Stanley Cup Finals matchup is set, and the Boston Bruins will take on the Vancouver Canucks in a series that has been years in the making - literally: neither team has been to the Cup Finals in over 15 years. The Canucks have yet to win a Cup in their 40 season history,...
Islanders Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
Doug Weight closed the book on an excellent 19-year NHL career on May 26, but the four-time All-Star center isn't bidding farewell to the Islanders just yet.
Weight, who appeared in just 54 games the last two seasons as captain of the Isles because of shoulder and back injuries, will remain with the organization as an assistant coach and a special adviser to GM Garth Snow, the team announced.
"I knew the writing was on the wall and it was something I was going to have to face," a teary Weight said during his retirement press conference, according to the New York Daily News. "Saying goodbye and never playing again, it's terrible. It's tough. It's a sickening, sad feeling.
"But it's also a new chapter to hopefully the greatest chapter of my life."
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Roloson almost perfect, but Thomas was (The Canadian Press)
BOSTON - Tim Thomas and Dwayne Roloson matched each other save for save for more than 50 minutes in the decisive seventh game of the Eastern Conference finals.
Canucks, Bruins unfamiliar Cup final foes (CBC.ca)
The Vancouver Canucks are the Western Conference champions for the first time in 17 years, and they will take on the Boston Bruins to determine the 2011 Stanley Cup champion.
Chances improve for Malhotra's return (The Canadian Press)
VANCOUVER - The chances of Manny Malhotra returning to play in the Stanley Cup final have improved now that the Vancouver Canuck centre has been cleared for light contact in practice.
Doug Weight hangs up his skates (The Edmonton Journal)
Former Edmonton Oilers captain Doug Weight retired on Thursday after 19 NHL seasons, eight wearing the Oil drop on his chest. Weight had 577 points in 588 games as an Oiler after joining the team in 1993. He was traded to Edmonton from the New York Islanders for Esa Tikkanen.
Canucks to open Stanley Cup on Wednesday (The Canadian Press)
VANCOUVER - There's nothing like some time off late in the Stanley Cup playoff grind.
Doug Weight’s retirement and passing of the USA Hockey torch (Yahoo! Sports)
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Before he could even get out the word "retirement" during the opening line of his speech, the emotions started hitting Doug Weight. As a tribute video highlighting his 19-year NHL career played just moments before, there were … Continue reading →
Isles' Weight retires after 19 NHL seasons (The Canadian Press)
UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Age and injury finally caught up to Doug Weight, who retired from the NHL after a three-decade career that ended with a stint as the New York Islanders' captain.
Isles' Doug Weight retires after 19 NHL seasons (AP)
Age and injury finally caught up to Doug Weight, who retired from the NHL after a three-decade career that ended with a stint as the New York Islanders' captain. The longtime captain who played for six teams announced his retirement Thursday at a Long Island hotel -- about a slap shot away from the Nassau Coliseum -- and accepted a job with the Islanders as an assistant coach and senior...
Islanders' Doug Weight retires (Yahoo! Sports)
After 19 seasons in the NHL, New York Islanders captain Doug Weight announced his retirement Thursday during a news conference at a hotel behind Nassau Coliseum. Weight cited injuries for his main reason behind the decision, as he played in only 18 games during the 2010-11 season...
Listen to Puck Daddy Radio for Bruins/Lightning, rating playoffs (Yahoo! Sports)
It's a Thursday edition of Puck Daddy Radio, and we're chatting about the following and much more: • Special Guest Star: Joe Haggerty of CSNNE talks Boston Bruins hockey in preparation for Game 7. • Breaking down the Tampa Bay … Continue reading →
Old Canucks now have big chance to win it all (The Province)
After the Vancouver Canucks qualified for the Stanley Cup final Tuesday it was nice to hear everyone saying how happy they are for Sami Salo, given he's been in the league 14 years and never been this far.
Lightning stave off elimination (CBC.ca)
The Eastern Conference final will go the distance after a 5-4 Lightning win over the visiting Boston Bruins in Game 6 on Wednesday.
Okposo agrees to 5-year deal with Islanders (The Canadian Press)
UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Kyle Okposo agreed to a five-year, US$14 million deal on Wednesday to stay with the New York Islanders.
Kyle Okposo commits to Islanders for 5 years; new captain? (Yahoo! Sports)
New York Islanders GM Garth Snow appears to have a thing for chronological symbolism. Please recall earlier this month when the Islanders announced a $400 million plan to construct a new arena and then followed it with news that Michael … Continue reading →