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Blue Jackets Not Happy With Late Call

Johan Franzen's power-play goal ended Columbus' season Thursday night, and the Blue Jackets aren't taking it very well.The penalty that gave the Red Wings a late power play happened with 94 seconds left in regulation. Fredrik Modin didn't wait long enough to play a puck as he came off the bench, catching his team with six...

Wings Still Focused on Nash

In hockey, the home team gets the last line change before a faceoff. This typically means the coach of that team will be able to pick the line-on-line matchups throughout the game.For a team like Columbus, one that only has one really lethal line, this can be a major deal. While Rick Nash was shut down in the first two...

NHL Western Conference Playoff Preview

Exactly 1,230 regular season games have been played. We're down to the best eight teams in each conference. The Stanley Cup Playoffs begin Wednesday night with four series lid-lifters.The Western Conference is home to the league's best team (San Jose), the defending champion (Detroit), and the two most intriguing...

Who Are the Columbus Blue Jackets?

With the NHL playoffs just around the corner, FanHouse takes a look at some of the lesser-known teams that qualified. Thursday's installment: the Columbus Blue JacketsOn Saturday, October 7, 2000, the Columbus Blue Jackets played their first ever regular season game. It was a 5-3 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks, and the...

The Western Conference: A Marvelous Mass of Mediocrity

There are certainly at least two really good teams in the NHL's Western Conference. Defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit and fast-starting San Jose appear in the clear to duke it out for the right to play for the Stanley Cup later this year.Of course, we know that anything can happen in a best-of-seven series. In...

KenHitchcock News From the Web

05/17/12 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs: Conn Smythe candidates Source: ESPN With only four teams left, we keep an eye on the top candidates for the Conn Smythe Trophy to tell you whose stock is rising, whose is dropping and who is just treading water.
05/13/12 Alumni mourn closing of Sacred Heart Academy Source: TBO.com - Tampa Bay FL After all, Sacred Heart Academy is such a big part of her personal history, as it is for so many others in Tampa.
05/11/12 The Sports Hub: St. Louis Blues Wrap-Up Show with Ken... Source: KMOX 1120 - St. Louis MO Head Coach of the St. Louis Blues Ken Hitchcock joined Chris Kerber to talk about his first season as Head Coach, this group of players on the Blues, the offseason ahead, Tom Stillman and St. Louis as a sports town.
05/09/12 Hitchcock says Jaroslav Halak faces long rehab Source: Sporting News St. Louis Blues goaltender Jaroslav Halak only got to play in two postseason games because an ankle injury.
05/08/12 Emotions still raw after Blues are ousted from playoffs Source: St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO The Blues are having none of that nonsense.