NHL

Late in Saturday's game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Islanders winger Chris Simon took down Pittsburgh's Jarkko Ruutu with his leg along the boards between the team benches. Ruutu fell to his knees. Simon then stomped on the back of Ruutu's leg with his skate. Today the Islanders placed Simon on paid leave, and […]

The Washington Capitals had high expectations coming into this season but have the worst record in the league at 6-14-1, so head coach Glen Hanlon is now out of a job. Bruce Boudreau, coach of their AHL affiliate in Hershey, will take over on an interim basis starting with tomorrow's game. The Caps come to […]

Congratulations are in order for New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur, who picked up his 500th career win with a 6-2 victory at Philadelphia. Brodeur is the second goalie in NHL history, after Patrick Roy (who retired with 551 wins), to reach the 500-win mark. Although it took Brodeur four games to get from 499 […]

I previously discussed in this forum the New Jersey Devils' sad attendance in just their second game in the brand new Prudential Center (which some have now dubbed "The Rock" — mildly clever). In the comments that followed, one of the reasons given was that it was Halloween that night. Well, last night's announced crowd […]

On Wednesday Nashville Predators owner Craig Leipold extended a midnight deadline for local investors, trying to buy the Predators and keep them in Nashville, to finalize the sale or lose exclusive negotiating rights. The local group is negotiating with Nashville city officials on more favorable arena lease terms they deem necessary for the sale to […]

Now that the opening games in London — London, England, not London, Ontario — between the defending Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings are done, the NHL season gets under way in full beginning Wednesday night. There’s a doubleheader on Versus that night, with the Ducks visiting Detroit followed by Dallas at […]