NHL Hockey Betting

Keith Tkachuk, the savvy forward who helped lead the St Louis Blues to the playoffs for the first time since 2004, will be back for another year.
Keith is a veteran leader who played a key role with our clubs success this past season, Blues president John Davidson said Friday. Terms were not disclosed.
Tkachuk, 37, is [...]

Detroit Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk has been picked as hockeys most gentlemanly player for the fourth straight year.
The award was his second of the night, after winning the Selke - given to the top defensive forward - earlier Thursday.
Datsyuk, who was assessed only 22 penalty minutes in 81 games, finished well ahead in voting [...]

Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin is the NHLs most valuable player for the second straight year after leading the league with 56 goals.
Ovechkin beat fellow Russian finalists Evgeni Malkin of Pittsburgh and Detroits Pavel Datsyuk on Thursday night. He also won the Lester Pearson Award awarded by the NHL Players Association to the most outstanding [...]

Journeyman Tim Thomas has been picked overwhelmingly by NHL general managers as the leagues top goalie.
Thomas earned 22 first-place votes to take the Vezina Trophy. Columbus Steve Mason, awarded the Calder Trophy earlier Thursday night as rookie of the year, was the next closest finalist with three first-place votes. Minnesotas Niklas Backstrom received one.
Thomas told [...]

The Boston Bruins say defenseman Andrew Ference has undergone successful surgery to repair an abdominal hernia and a torn groin.
Ferences recovery time is estimated at four to six weeks following the surgery Wednesday at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The 30-year-old Ference played in 47 regular-season games for Boston, recording a goal and 15 assists.
His career NHL totals [...]

Left wing Quintin Laing has re-signed with the Washington Capitals.
Laing signed a one-year contract after playing in only one game with Washington last season. He tore his spleen in his only appearance after being recalled from the AHLs Hershey Bears.
After being sidelined for more than two months, Laing returned to the Bears and helped them [...]

Peter Chiarelli inherited a Bruins team that had the NHLs fifth worst record and needed only three seasons to build a club that finished second best.
Now he has five more years to try to put together a Stanley Cup champion.
Bostons general manager received a four-year extension on top of the one season remaining on his [...]

Jim Balsillie seems to have as much determination as he does money.
The Canadian billionaire is not giving up his quest to buy the Phoenix Coyotes and move them to Hamilton, Ontario, despite the rejection of his bid by a U.S. bankruptcy judge.
While the NHL praised Judge Redfield T. Baums decision and says it is pursuing [...]

The Coyotes are staying in Phoenix, at least for now.
A bankruptcy judge has rejected the proposed sale of the franchise to Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie, who would have moved the team to Hamilton, Ontario.
Judge Redfield T. Baum issued a 21-page ruling late Monday afternoon, concluding the June 29 deadline imposed by Balsillie did not allow [...]

The Carolina Hurricanes knew they wanted Paul Maurice back after he led them to the Eastern Conference finals. Keeping his staff intact was important, too.
The team said Monday it has agreed to terms on a three-year contract for Maurice, who took over at midseason and helped the team return to the playoffs for the first [...]