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Offseason Roadmap: Pacific Division

It's officially the offseason, meaning the time is right to look into the future. We continue our division-by-division preview of the potential wheeling and dealing with the Pacific Division.San Jose saw its Presidents' Trophy campaign come to a surprising end in the first round of the NHL playoffs, Los Angeles is still...

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...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Columbus' Steve Mason Finally Gives Up a Goal

Columbus goalie Steve Mason entered Friday's game in Colorado having registered three consecutive shutouts. He managed to keep the Avalanche off the board for 17 minutes, until Darcy Tucker snapped Mason's streak with his fifth goal of the season at the 17:20 mark of the opening frame. The 20-year old rookie posted 199...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Hats Off to Petr Sykora, Pascal Dupuis, and Scott Hartnell

Entering Thursday's game against the Islanders, Pittsburgh found itself with a three-game losing streak. Consider the streak over, as the Penguins systematically dismantled New York with a 9-2 thumping at Mellon Arena. The Penguins received hat tricks from both Petr Sykora and Pascal Dupuis (each player's first ever hat...

ZbynekMichalek News From the Web

05/09/12 Penguins' D Michalek undergoes hip surgery Source: The Sports Network The Pittsburgh Penguins announced that defenseman Zbynek Michalek underwent successful hip surgery on Wednesday.
05/05/12 No consensus likely means no suspension for Alex... Source: Sporting News Other than that, there was minimal consensus on the collision, which came in the second period of the Capitals' series-tying Game 4 win on Saturday afternoonâthe players involved disagreed over which parts of their bodies banged together, and repeated replays didn't help.