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Jacques Martin to Coach Montreal; Mario Tremblay Back As Assistant?

After serving as the Florida Panthers general manager for the past four seasons (and head coach for three of those seasons) Jacques Martin will be named the new head coach of the Montreal Canadiens on Monday. During his four-year stint in charge of the Panthers, the team failed to make the playoffs each season, while he...

Penguins' Chuck Fletcher to Be Wild GM

A crucial offseason, possibly the most significant in franchise history, is underway for the Minnesota Wild. Head coach Jacques Lemaire and general manager Doug Risebrough, the only people to ever hold those positions for the Wild, are both gone. The process of finding a new general manager took precedent for owner Craig...

The Key to Winning in Hockey Is, Obviously, Coaching Changes

It's not exactly a national secret that hockey teams tend to go through coaching changes about as often as a high school kid goes through a change of clothes (speaking on personal experience, that's about once per year). As we begin the conference finals, it's probably worth pointing out that three of the four teams taking...

Canucks' Salo Out; Demitra Questionable

The Vancouver Canucks have come a long way as an offensive team. This group is much more dangerous than previous Canuck teams, and it's a big part of why they're considered a legitimate threat to win the Stanley Cup.That said, Vancouver still thrives with their defense. Coming off a big-time meltdown in Game 2 of the...

Risebrough Dug His Own Grave

In 2000, I had a chance to interview Doug Risebrough on a radio show I hosted in Duluth, Minn. It was an interesting conversation, and it was a bit of an education. Frankly, I didn't know a lot about hockey then, and I certainly didn't know a thing about building an expansion franchise from the ground up.Nearly nine years...

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05/23/12 Slap Shot: Remembering 1994: Q. and A. With Claude... Source: The New York Times - New York NY During the Eastern Conference finals between the Rangers and the Devils, The New York Times will revisit some of the memorable characters of the 1994 conference finals between the teams.
05/11/12 Letters to the sports editor May 12 Source: The Gazette - Montreal - QC - Canada Kudos to Pat Hickey for his Standing Pat column (Gazette, May 11, Ã¢MacLeanÃ¢s comments plain dumbÃ¢).
05/07/12 World Championships an appealing alternative to NHL... Source: The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - Canada Not much, really, just a few minutes of puck possession, some unrestrained creativity, even a few familiar names in the air helps.