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Thrashers send Chelios back to AHL Chicago
ATLANTA (AP) -- The Atlanta Thrashers have assigned 48-year-old defenseman Chris Chelios, an 11-time All-Star, to the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey
Sabres enter final week minus Vanek, Connolly
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- There's a chance the Buffalo Sabres could play the final week of the regular season without top-line forwards Thomas Vanek and Tim
Head shots battle just beginning
There are times, many times, when I think that NHL stands not for National Hockey League, but No Hope League. Surprisingly, this is not one of those times.
NHL's lack of leadership making head shots carnage worse
Anyone seen Gary Bettman, the Commissioner of the National Hockey League lately? Normally those two questions don't appear together, but at a time when the
NHL too late, as usual, heading off possible Bruins-Penguins mayhem
This match, of course, is the reprise of the last Bruins-Penguins game in which Marc Savard was separated from his senses by a high and almost certainly late
Head shots proposal is latest example of NHL's fuzzy thinking
I don't say that lightly. I harbor the hope that the rule proposed this week by the 30 general managers can put the brakes on out of control head-hunting. I


Athletes Then & Now: Chris Chelios
As 48-year-old Chris Chelios gets ready to lace up the skates for the Thrashers, we look back at 1984, when the 22-year-old defenseman was a rookie trying to

NHL's replay credibility problem, Khabibulin's slide, more
I don't have room to get into individual letters here, but a surprising number of you wrote regarding my column on the Capitals being jobbed in a controversial
Morning Jolt: No more NHL players at Olympics?
Tuesday, February 23 Today's must-see content delivered straight to you. NBC hockey freeze may lead to pull out The Olympics may have finally frozen out
NHL stumbles along road to Sochi
This is not, to borrow from Keith Olbermann, The Worst Decision in the World. Somewhere else in this fabulous city Olympic ice dancing will be occurring at
NHL's replay credibility problem, Khabibulin's slide, more
I don't have room to get into individual letters here, but a surprising number of you wrote regarding my column on the Capitals being jobbed in a controversial
NHL hindsight is golden at the Olympic break
With hockey underway at the Olympic Games, there's a pause in the NHL schedule. With pause comes reflection. Looking back on my preseason predictions, well,
Crashing the Net: NHL First half awards and an Olympic preview
Crashing the Net takes you around the league touching on hot and cold players, battles for ice-time and what's going on in net. Normally this piece takes a

Gainey to resign as Canadiens' GM
MONTREAL (AP) -- The president of the Montreal Canadiens says Bob Gainey is stepping aside as general manager and being replaced by Pierre Gauthier. Team