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Kings edge Coyotes 4-3 in overtime to win West
Skating between the circles, Dustin Penner saw the puck bouncing his way. A scrum of players thrashing in front of him, he fired a shot through the crowd and between Phoenix goalie Mike Smith's pads. Fortunate? Maybe a little, but it was all the Los Angeles Kings needed to get ...
Tortorella takes shots at Devils, defends Prust
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 out as coach of the Edmonton Oilers
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 ...
Oilers coach Tom Renney will not return to team
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 ...
NHL questions: Can the Rangers go all the way?
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 ...
Rangers to try for 2-0 series lead
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 ...
Lundqvist, Kreider lift NYR over Devils in opener
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 ...
Column: 'If we're tired, something's the matter'
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 ...
Dale Hunter quits as coach of Washington Capitals
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 ...
US beats Kazakhstan 3-2 at hockey worlds
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 ...
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