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Can Blackhawks Outskate Canucks?

(Getty Images) The NHL cranks up the conference semifinals Thursday night, as Chicago opens their series at Vancouver. With both teams off impressive opening-round victories, who has the advantage? And will we see any hair-pulling theatrics this time around? Chicago Blackhawks...

The Referee Report: Opening Round Playoff Edition

Earlier this season we took a look at the power play/penalty kill differential for every team in the league to gain a better understanding of which team may (or may not) benefit from penalty calls during games. When all was said and done, the Philadelphia Flyers were at the bottom of the barrel, while the Carolina...

Canucks Finish Off Blues in Overtime

Let there be no question that the St. Louis Blues have character. They have guts. They have fire. Oh, and they have some great young players who will only get better as the years go by.Trailing 2-0 in the game and 3-0 in the series, the Blues showed zero quit, rallying to tie the score on two second-period goals, and then...

The Blue Jackets Are in the Playoffs

Newsmakers in the NHL is a weekday morning attempt to clear yesterday's rebounds and look to the day ahead.Blue Jackets 4, Blackhawks 3: Banner night for the Columbus Blue Jackets, as their 4-3 shootout win over the Chicago Blackhawks clinched the first ever playoff berth in the in the eight-year existence of the...

Canucks, Blackhawks in Epic Brawl

Vancouver's Roberto Luongo turned aside 26 shots to earn his seventh shutout of the season in Sunday's 4-0 win over Chicago, but the highlight of the game was the epic line brawl that erupted at the 5:50 mark of the third period.It all started when Chicago's Dustin Byfuglien gave Luongo a jab to the head, which then boiled...

AlexBurrows News From the Web

05/22/12 Remaking Burrows' image Source: Goon's World Last season a major Canadian Newspaper wrote an opinion article that tried to remake Matt Cooke image last year after he was suspended by the National Hockey League Department of Player Safety for the rest of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
05/11/12 Alex Burrows returns to Canadian lineup at worlds for... Source: Brandon Sun Alex Burrows will be back in the lineup when Canada faces host Finland at the IIHF World Hockey Championship on Friday.
05/09/12 5 NHL stories, including Capitals stay alive Source: CBC.ca The second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs will live a few days longer after Braden Holtby, Alex Ovechkin and the rest of the Washington Capitals forced a Game 7 with the New York Rangers.
05/08/12 Did You See That: Anton Volchenkov left crumpled by... Source: CBC.ca Devils at Flyers, Game 5 Watch the live stream and chat online as the New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers play Game 5 on Hockey Night In Canada (CBC, CBCSports.ca, live now).
05/08/12 Burrows approaching return to Canadian lineup at world... Source: CHBC Television Alex Burrows believes he'll return to the Canadian lineup before the end of the IIHF World Hockey Championship.