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Jere Lehtinen Retires After 14 Seasons

Jere Lehtinen, one of the best defensive forwards and most underrated players in the NHL in recent years, officially announced his retirement Wednesday after playing 14 seasons in the NHL, all of them coming with the Dallas Stars, the franchise that originally selected him in the fourth round of the 1992 draft (when the...

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...

Stars Hire Retread Crawford as Coach

The success of coaches in professional sports is difficult to predict. Bill Belichick was an abject failure in Cleveland, but is now considered one of the top coaches in all of sports. Flip Saunders did pretty well for himself in Minnesota, but could not bring a championship to Detroit. In the NHL, Claude Julien and Paul...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Capitals Power Play Stops Devils Streak

Capitals 5, Devils 2: The Washington Capitals took advantage of their three power play chances on Tuesday night, converting on all of them on their way to a 5-2 win over the New Jersey Devils. Mike Green and Brooks Laich scored a pair of goals with the man advantage just three minutes apart in the first period, while...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Langenbrunner's 2 Goals Lead Devils Over Bruins

Devils 4, Bruins 3: The premier matchup on Thursday's schedule had to be the New Jersey-Boston tilt, and it didn't disappoint as the Devils took a 4-3 decision in overtime. Jamie Langenbrunner scored a pair of goals for the Devils, including the game-winner 1:11 into overtime.After jumping out to a 2-0 lead through the...