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Are Marc-Andre Fleury and Cam Ward Franchise Goalies?

If Pittsburgh's Marc-Andre Fleury and Carolina's Cam Ward can repeat their Game 1 performances, when the two youngsters matched each other save-for-save in the Penguins 3-2 win, this series likely won't be decided until a seventh game. Ward, 25, and Fleury, 24, have already helped lead teams to the Stanley Cup Final,...

Calder Trophy Nominees Announced

The nominees for this year's NHL awards are starting to be announced, and on Wednesday we learned that Columbus' Steve Mason, Anaheim's Bobby Ryan and Chicago's Kris Versteeg were the top vote-getters for the Calder Trophy as the league's rookie of the year. There's no surprises here, as it's been assumed for much of the...

Carolina Extends Winning Streak to 7

Newsmakers in the NHL is a weekday morning attempt to clear yesterday's rebounds and look to the day ahead.Hurricanes 4, Rangers 2: Carolina continued its winning ways with a 4-2 win over the Rangers on Thursday night, extending its current winning streak to seven games. Chad LaRose scored a pair of goals in the win, while...

Power Rankings: Red Wings Back on Top

The defending champs claim the top spot in this week's power rankings, while the Anaheim Ducks and Carolina Hurricanes make jumps of their own as they look to earn playoff berths in their respective conferences. There's also a new team taking over the basement, thanks to a pair of blowout losses on home ice in the past...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Olli Jokinen Scores 2 in Calgary Debut

Flames 5, Flyers 1: The Calgary Flames were the big winners during the NHL's trade deadline, picking up Olli Jokinen from the Phoenix Coyotes and Jordan Leopold from the Colorado Avalanche. It didn't take the two newcomers long to make an impact for the Flames, as they each scored in the first period of Calgary's 5-1 win...

PekkaRinne News From the Web

05/29/12 NHL '13 cover vote between Claude Giroux, Pekka Rinne Source: Sporting News While not quite the spectacle that the annual Madden cover vote has become, the vote for the cover of EA Sports' NHL '13 is under way.
05/29/12 New York Islanders: End of the Line for John Tavares Source: 1010 Wins John Tavares 's campaign to reign supreme as a NHL 13 cover finalist came to a screeching halt Tuesday morning.
05/24/12 #NHL NHL 13 cover final 4: Claude Giroux, Evgeni... Source: LetsGoKings.com The EA Sports NHL 13 cover campaign is quickly winding down and after a month of voting we're down to the final four players.
05/21/12 Mayor encourages reading with 'Share a Book' campaign Source: ABC - WKRN News 2 - Nashville TN Nashville Predators' goalie Pekka Rinne joined Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and Nashville Sounds mascot Ozzie at the downtown public library Saturday to kick off the "Share a Book" campaign.
05/16/12 Preds in review: Pekka Rinne Source: Tennessean.com - Nashville TN To say Pekka Rinne had a career-year would be both true and false.