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Craig MacTavish Out As Oilers Coach

After eight years, the Edmonton Oilers and head coach Craig MacTavish will be parting ways following the team's third consecutive non-playoff season. The Oilers compiled a 301-252-103 during MacTavish's watch, while also playing in the Stanley Cup Final in 2005-06, losing to the Carolina Hurricanes in seven games.Oilers...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Sidney Crosby's Controversial Overtime Winner

Oh my, they're not going to like this in Buffalo. After the Penguins and Sabres skated to a 3-3 tie in regulation, Sidney Crosby deflected an Evgeni Malkin slap shot behind Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller in overtime, giving the Penguins a 4-3 win. As you can see from the above video, it was oh-so-close to being a high-stick....

Newsmakers in the NHL: Columbus' Steve Mason Stops San Jose

After setting an NHL record for the best start through 30 games, the San Jose Sharks ran into a brick wall on Wednesday by the name of Steve Mason. The Columbus rookie netminder stopped 47 shots in a 2-1 overtime win for the Blue Jackets. For the Sharks, the loss snaps a three-game winning streak, though, they still...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Simeon Varlamov's Big Night

Thanks to a series of injuries to goalies Jose Theodore and Brent Johnson, the Washington Capitals have had some rather unfamiliar faces suiting up the past two nights. On Friday, Ted Starkey told you the story of Brett Leonhardt, the Capitals web producer who had the opportunity to sit on the bench and serve as the backup...

Yesterday's Newsmakers in the NHL: Pascal Leclaire's Rough Night in Columbus

Tuesday night's game against Edmonton is probably one that Columbus goalie Pascal Leclaire would like to permanently erase from his memory, seeing as how it's probably the worst game he's ever played in the NHL. Leclaire gave up seven goals on just 19 shots, as the Oilers rolled to a 7-2 victory, snapping a three-game...

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Kings Beat Coyotes In Overtime, Advance To Stanley Cup Finals After Dustin Penner's Goal

Dustin Penner scored 17:42 into overtime and the Los Angeles Kings are headed to the Stanley Cup finals for the second time as a franchise after beating the Phoenix Coyotes with a 4-3 win in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals Tuesday night.

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05/24/12 Coyotes 'chirped' Kings during handshake Source: The London Free Press - London ON - Canada The handshake line after the Los Angeles-Phoenix Western final got a bit animated Tuesday night, with some Coyotes criticizing the Kings' Dustin Brown for his hit on Michal Roszival late in Game 5.
05/24/12 Dustin Penner is playoff plus for Kings Source: The Dawson Trail Dispatch There are some guys you just know will garner headlines.
05/24/12 #LAKings In which Penner, Carter and Richards edit... Source: LetsGoKings.com Why are the Los Angeles Kings in the 2012 Stanley Cup Final?
05/24/12 Kings await opponent in Cup finals Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia PA About 4,000 fans showed up at the airport in Los Angeles early Wednesday to welcome the Western Conference champion Kings back from Arizona.
05/23/12 LA Kings conquer West, await Cup final opponent... Source: Mountain Home News - Elmore County ID LOS ANGELES (AP) The crowd was dozens deep and hundreds wide, screaming and chanting and surrounding the Los Angeles Kings' cars as they drove home after writing another improbable chapter in the big, mostly empty book that holds their franchise history.