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Fedotenko Joins Guerin, Takes Less Money to Stay With Penguins

I don't know how Penguins general manager Ray Shero pulled it off, but he managed to not only retain the services of Ruslan Fedotenko and Bill Guerin, two of the teams top-six forwards from their Stanley Cup winning team, but he did so while getting them to take paycuts. After signing Guerin to a one-year deal on Monday,...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Clemmensen Shuts Out Rangers

Devils 3, Rangers 0: Scott Clemmensen has been fantastic for the Devils this season in the absence of Martin Brodeur, and on Monday night he registered his first shutout in New Jersey's 3-0 win over the Rangers. Zach Parise picked up a pair of goals for the Devils, while Bobby Holik scored what proved to be the game-winner...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Jason Blake Finally Brings Leafs Fans to Their Feet

For the most part, Jason Blake has been a rather large free agent bust for the Toronto Maple Leafs. After signing a five-year, $20 million deal with Toronto prior to the 2007 season, Blake scored only 15 goals for Toronto a season ago, and has been a healthy scratch on more than one occasion this season. On Tuesday, Blake...

Yesterday's Newsmakers in the NHL: Hats Off to Sidney Crosby

It's official: Sidney Crosby is on a roll. The Penguins captain netted his second career hat trick on Saturday night, helping lead Pittsburgh to a 4-1 win over New Jersey. Crosby now has 13 goals on the season, and six in his past three games. Crosby opened the scoring just over a minute into the game, when he spun around...

Yesterday's Newsmakers in the NHL: Dainius Zubrus Scores 4 Goals In Win

New Jersey's Dainius Zubrus entered play on Sunday with just two goals in his first 19 games this season. He had no trouble blowing that total out of the water during the Devils' 7-3 win over Tampa Bay, as he scored four goals on eight shots, while New Jersey won its fourth straight game. During the current winning streak,...

MikeRupp News From the Web

05/23/12 Rangers, Devils all even heading into key Game 5 Source: NBC - NBC 40 WTWC - Tallahassee FL Practice for the New York Rangers went from optional to mandatory.
05/23/12 Parise, Devils Rally Behind Suddenly-Fiery Coach DeBoer Source: CBS - WCBS 2 - New York NY The Devils stayed remarkably cool against the chippy Flyers in their last series.
05/23/12 Rangers, Devils all even heading into key Game 5 Source: Times Herald-Record - Middletown NY Practice for the Rangers went from optional to mandatory.
05/23/12 Rangers notes: Rupp's take Source: NorthJersey.com - Hackensack NJ Rugged left wing Mike Rupp did not give a detailed explanation on Tuesday on why he hit Devils goalie Martin Brodeur in the chest in Game 4.
05/23/12 How to Stir the Pot: Punch the Goalie Source: The Daily Fix - The Wall Street Journal A day after he kick-started a memorable donnybrook in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Rangers forward Mike Rupp said that there was nothing premeditated about his actions in the Devils' 4-1 victory Monday at the Prudential Center.