Matt Stajan's face registers zero surprise Monday morning when, post-practice, he enters the Calgary Flames' dressing room and sees his stall already encircled by reporters.
It is difficult to be a good hockey player when you don't feel like a good person.
The Vancouver Canucks needed a shootout to down the Phoenix Coyotes 2-1 on Monday night
Special teams came up short for the Montreal Canadiens in Monday’s third period and it cost them a key couple of points in the standings.
Mike Comrie, a centre who played for the Edmonton Oilers and Ottawa Senators during a 10-year NHL career, announced Monday he is retiring from hockey to pursue business interests in Los Angeles.
Matt Stajan is quite capable of reading the schedule, so he wasn't surprised when he entered the Calgary Flames' dressing room on Monday morning and sees his stall already encircled by reporters.
A 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers Sunday at Joe Louis Arena was Detroit's 20th straight home victory, allowing them to line up alongside the 1975-76 Flyers of Clarke, Barber and Leach, and the 1929-30 Boston Bruins of Shore, Clapper and Thompson in the annals of hockey history.
Mike Comrie's heart was still in the game, but a third hip operation was too much to bear for the former Edmonton Oiler centre, who announced his retirement from the NHL on Monday.
Brian Cowen went golfing here Sunday. Dean Smith went deepsea fishing.
The Edmonton Oilers on Monday signed veteran defenceman Andy Sutton to a one-year contract extension, effectively removing Sutton from the trade market as the NHL's Feb. 27 deadline approaches.
With the return of the Western Hockey League to Victoria, those expecting a constant barrage of blinding flashiness on Blanshard Street from future NHL stars have perhaps been mildly underwhelmed. But that certainly wasn't the case in October when Emerson Etem of the Medicine Hat Tigers, the complete package of strength and speed, roared through Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre to score five goals in a two-game set against the Royals.