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Pink Slip Index: Complications in Carolina

In the NHL, coach firings are as common as parking tickets in New York City. Throughout the NHL season I'll be taking a bi-weekly look at five coaches who are the most likely to get fired. Be advised your local coach may be axed at any moment. Consider this fair warning. Things have changed quite a bit since our last...

Knuckle Puck: Don Cherry Jerseys, Naked Breakaways and Red Line Love

Each and every Saturday this season I'll be taking a look at the random happenings and absurdities that occur in the world of hockey. Feel free to suggest stories, complain or otherwise babble at me via electronic mail. This has been a banner week for Knuckle Puck, easily the wackiest and most interesting since I started...

Tocchet and Ruutu in War of Words

Jarkko Ruutu is an agitator who always seems to find his way into the news. He's no Sean Avery, but close. In January he was suspended two games for biting Buffalo's Andrew Peters during a scrum and in November it was two for an elbow to the head. So, after Ruutu laid a questionable hit on Tampa Bay's Ryan Craig Sunday,...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Stephane Veilleux Scores 2 for Minnesota

Wild 3, Ducks 2: Thanks to a pair of goals from Stephane Veilleux and 35 saves from Niklas Backstrom, the Minnesota Wild picked up a huge 3-2 win in Anaheim. The Wild had lost eight of their past 11 games entering play on Sunday, and moved to within one point of No. 8 seed Nashville. The Western Conference race is every...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Andrei Kostitsyn, Carey Price Lead Montreal

Montreal's Andrei Kostitsyn recorded his first career hat trick on Saturday night, while Carey Price stopped 31 shots, including 16 in the third period to lead the Canadien's to a 3-2 victory in Pittsburgh. With the win, Montreal moves ahead of the Penguins in the Eastern Conference standings, while the Penguins failed to...

RickTocchet News From the Web

05/09/12 5 NHL stories, including Capitals stay alive Source: CBC.ca The second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs will live a few days longer after Braden Holtby, Alex Ovechkin and the rest of the Washington Capitals forced a Game 7 with the New York Rangers.