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canada.com News Radar, April 11, 2012
PLAYoffs, PLAYoffs? There’s nothing else on the minds of many Canadians today. The Stanley Cup playoffs are here after another grueling, 82-game season for NHL hockey teams. We’ll be having lots of...
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Canada.com news quiz – Slap Shot edition
It’s been an eventful week in the news. Canadians continue to pile up non-mortgage debt and housing starts are… oh who cares, it’s the playoffs! If you need a break from the TV, the beer and the...
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Canada.com news radar – April 20, 2012
Happy 4:20! It would be illegal for anyone to tell you how to commemorate it but we at Canada.com can at least tell you why. There may be other coverage throughout the day showing how Canadians are...
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Vancouver Canucks must find secondary scoring
That heaving sigh you heard last Wednesday night was the sound of thousands of Vancouver Canucks fans relieved that their first-place team will not be knocked out of the playoffs. After a run to the...
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Vancouver Canucks: GM Mike Gillis press conference liveblog
Vancouver Canucks General Manager Mike Gillis is expected to dissect his team’s season at 1 p.m. PDT on Sportsnet. Following along here. – I think our issues began earlier, I thought the game in Boston...
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NHL playoffs: who do Canadians cheer for now?
After all the Canadian teams have been eliminated from the playoffs, it’s the first time since 1996 that we’ve not advanced past the first round. But still, now begins an annual ritual: finding a...
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NHL Playoffs second round preview: Battle of the big D
Now that the champs (Bruins) and the second-place team (Canucks) from last year are resting uncomfortably at home, we know that a brand new set of combatants will meet in the final round of the Stanley...
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Predators’ Alexander Radulov, Andrei Kostitsyn suspended! Here’s some online...
The fury came on strong after the Nashville Predators suspended their top two scorers (Alexander Radulov, Andrei Kostitsyn) for breaking curfew. Loads of NHL watchers weighed in on the gutsy move by GM...
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Phoenix Coyotes being sold, for sure this time, we promise ….
Is the long desert nightmare almost over for the Phoenix Coyotes and the NHL? Not bloody likely. On Monday, the NHL made an announcement about a potential sale to a group headed by Greg Jamison. If you...
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Montreal Canadiens have plenty to think about after Eastern final run
For fans of Les Glorieux, this season was good, but not good enough. For a team that has won more Stanley Cups than any other team, a berth in the NHL’s eastern final was plenty of fun but ultimately...
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New York Rangers’ Lundqvist is best goalie, but Los Angeles Kings are best...
By Stephen Whyno When asked shortly after his team’s victory in Game 7 of the Western Conference final what he thought of the New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings coach Darryl Sutter was his usual...
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Los Angeles Kings ‘never out of a hockey game, never out of a series’
CHICAGO — Only a few minutes after the bitter end of his season, Joel Quenneville walked into the United Center interview room Sunday night looking spent, deflated, as though all the life force had...
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NHL trims New York Rangers Daniel Carcillo’s suspension to six games instead...
NEW YORK, N.Y. — New York Rangers forward Daniel Carcillo will be eligible to return for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final after the NHL trimmed his suspension from 10 games to six on Tuesday. Carcillo...
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Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers take long road to the Stanley Cup
LOS ANGELES — It’s taken the Kings 21 playoff games and the Rangers 20 to get to this Stanley Cup final. They have survived five Game 7s along the way. But in truth, the journey started a lot longer...
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Los Angeles Kings rally to down New York Rangers 3-2 in OT to take Game 1of...
LOS ANGELES — Justin Williams scored 4:36 into overtime as the Los Angeles Kings rallied to edge the New York Rangers 3-2 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final on Wednesday....
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Coach Alain Vigneault: New York Rangers will need to step up their game...
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Kings are a mountain to climb, and the size of the challenge comes home the closer you get. The New York Rangers finally had a first-hand look in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup...
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Playing L.A. takes a toll as the Kings pressure opponents mentally and...
LOS ANGELES — Big, fast and physical, the Los Angeles Kings play a punishing brand of hockey. But it’s also a smart game. There’s more to the Kings than banging bodies. They take a toll mentally on...
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Dustin Brown tip-in wins Game 2 of Stanley Cup final for Kings in double OT
LOS ANGELES — Dustin Brown scored at 10:26 of double overtime as the never-say-die Los Angeles Kings mounted another late comeback to defeat New York 5-4 on Saturday, leaving the Rangers in a 2-0 hole...
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Montreal Canadiens Michel Therrien cool to tool Dustin Tokarski
It was a riverboat gambler’s move. Part bluff, part hunch, part sound reasoning, part desperation. And totally cool, win or lose. Michel Therrien needed brass cojones to go with 24-year-old rookie...
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Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers hope to avoid fatigue in tough Stanley...
NEW YORK — The New York Rangers had just suffered a difficult loss to the Kings in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final, but coach Alain Vigneault didn’t use the long plane ride home from Los Angeles to...
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