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Eddie the Eagle is a Hall of Famer.
Former All-Star goalie Ed Belfour was elected Tuesday to the Hockey Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, joining Doug Gilmour, Mark Howe and Joe Nieuwendyk as the newest class of inductees.
The four former NHL stars were chosen by the halls 18-member [...]
Zdeno Chara hoisted the Stanley Cup as captain of the Boston Bruins two weeks ago. Next, the big defenseman will be meeting with the Montreal police.
Police say they intend to question Chara in the coming weeks and decide whether to press charges for the hit that sidelined Montreal forward Max Pacioretty with a [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron to a two-year contract.
Bergeron played in 14 playoff games with the Lightning last season, recording two goals and three points.
“He played particularly well for us during the playoffs and his passing skills as well as shot make him a valuable contributor to [...]
There may have been feelings of shock, anger and resentment when Jeff Carter discovered he had been traded from the Philadelphia Flyers to the Blue Jackets last week.
But that was last week.
“Im in Columbus now,” Carter said. “Im not worried about whats going on [in Philadelphia] anymore.”
Indeed it may [...]
The Chicago Blackhawks have sent wing Tomas Kopecky to Florida in exchange for a seventh-round draft pick.
The team said Monday it will receive a 2012 pick, conditional to Nashville. If that pick is not available, Chicago gets Floridas seventh-round pick in 2013.
The 29-year-old Kopecky had 25 goals and 38 assists in [...]
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins took center stage when the Edmonton Oilers made him the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft.
It was quite fitting. Center was clearly the coveted position as player after player came off the board.
Nugent-Hopkins was the first to go Friday night, starting a run of pivots with six of [...]
Winnipeg introduced a new head coach and had the seventh pick in the NHL draft.
But the biggest news of the day came when the franchise formally brought back the old nickname: the Jets.
Claude Noel was hired as coach of the transplanted franchise Friday, returning to the NHL and joining a team [...]
The San Jose Sharks acquired the topflight defenseman they had been seeking, sending a package headlined by forward Devin Setoguchi to the Minnesota Wild for All-Star Brent Burns.
The Sharks paid a steep price to acquire the 26-year-old Burns, who is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent after next season.
They sent [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed defenseman Eric Brewer to a four-year contract.
The team announced the move on Friday.
“We are very pleased to get Eric re-signed,” Tampa Bay general manager Steve Yzerman said in a statement. “He was an important part of our team after being acquired and he played a [...]
Corey Perry crashed the Sedins NHL MVP party.
The Anaheim Ducks forward, who scored a league-best 50 goals, won the Hart Trophy on Wednesday night. His surprise win came at the expense of scoring champion Daniel Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks, who was trying to complete an unprecedented MVP double dip after his twin [...]