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Canucks to Retire Former Captain Markus Naslund's Jersey

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- The Vancouver Canucks will retire former captain Markus Naslund's jersey as they celebrate their 40th NHL season in 2010-11. The club announced during Tuesday night's Summer Summit with season ticket holders that it will lift Naslund's No. 19 jersey to the rafters on December 11th against the Tampa...

Pavel Bure's Case for the Hall of Fame

On Tuesday, the NHL Hall of Fame will announce its class of 2009 and it's pretty much assumed -- and for good reason -- that Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull and Brian Leetch will be getting their calls for enshrinement in Toronto. Easy choices, all of them. As Brian Costello of The Hockey News points out, the fourth spot is...

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...

Let's Not Give Up On Hockey Just Yet

There was a time when my favorite sport was, without hesitation, baseball. Recently, however, my interest in the game has been lost. Not because of a steroid scandal or the incompetence of Bud Selig, but mostly because the team I grew up cheering for, the Pittsburgh Pirates, has been a Major League Baseball team in name...

Alex Ovechkin Scores 50th of Season

After being stuck on 49 goals for two whole games, Alex Ovechkin became the first -- and perhaps only -- player to hit the 50-goal plateau this season, beating Tampa Bay's Mike McKenna midway through the first period of Washington's 5-2 win. And then he celebrated as only Ovechkin can. I have no idea what that was supposed...

PAvel Bure News From the Web

05/20/12 Russian hockey player included in world Hall of Fame Source: Voice of Russia Legendary Russian hockey player Pavel Bure has been included in the Hall of Fame of the International Ice Hockey Federation.
04/10/12 NHL scouts pin hopes on Russian youngster Yakupov Source: Russia Today NHL's Central Scouting has put Russian hockey prodigy, Nail Yakupov, top of the list of the best North American players eligible for the league's draft this year.