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John Tortorella stood out again at a playoff news conference. Only this time it was because of his feistiness toward the New Jersey Devils and not for his brevity and contentiousness with the media. The New York coach defended Rangers forward Brandon Prust, who was given a one-game suspension Sunday ...
Tom Renney is out as coach of the Edmonton Oilers. The team announced on its Twitter feed Thursday that it won't renew Renney's contract. "Tom's done some great things for our hockey club," general manager Steve Tambellini said in a video statement posted on the Oilers' website. "But we felt ...
The Edmonton Oilers are searching for a new coach after deciding to let Tom Renney go following two losing seasons. The team announced on its Twitter feed Thursday that it decided not to renew Renney's contract. Renney joined the team for the 2010-11 season and finished with an NHL-worst 25-45-12 ...
The NHL's conference finals opened over the weekend without some of the top teams and big stars that highlighted the regular season. Long gone are Pittsburgh's powerful point producers — Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby. With them went the Presidents' Trophy winners, the Vancouver Canucks, the No. 1 seed in ...
For the third straight series, the New York Rangers are basking in the glow of a 1-0 lead earned in the confines of "The World's Most Famous Arena." The Eastern Conference's top-seeded team has failed in its first two attempts to double that edge at Madison Square Garden. Given a ...
Henrik Lundqvist stopped all 21 shots by the New Jersey Devils that got through to him. The other 26 attempts blocked in front by his teammates were every bit as important in the New York Rangers' Eastern Conference finals opening win. "We know that's happening," Devils captain Zach Parise said ...
Coach John Tortorella's postgame news conference was so short you might think that just like the rest of the Rangers, he was trying to conserve energy. After all, his team had less than 48 hours off after beating Washington in Game 7 of their Eastern conference semifinal series to get ...
For quite some time, Washington Capitals general manager George McPhee tried to persuade former player Dale Hunter to return to the team as its coach. This season, McPhee finally got his man — just not for very long. Hunter quit as Washington's coach on Monday after less than six months ...
Justin Faulk of the Carolina Hurricanes scored four minutes into overtime for his second goal of the game Friday, sending the United States to a 3-2 victory over Kazakhstan at hockey's world championships. In Group, Canada beat defending champion Finland 5-3 in its toughest game yet at the tournament. The ...
The National Hockey League Board of Governors has unanimously approved the sale of the St. Louis Blues to a group headed by beer distributor Tom Stillman. The NHL announced the approval on Wednesday. The sale price was not disclosed, but is believed about $130 million. The Stillman group will become ...