Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin and Patrick Kane are as good as hockey players get. Their teammates are pretty good, too.In the NHL playoffs, that guarantees nothing.Superstars and teams that were successful...

...earn points. Players must adhere to strict rules of engagement, including no elbows, tripping or fighting. Like hockey, players who commit a penalty must sit in a penalty box while the jam continues.The rules give roller derby structure just...

...auctioned off jerseys after a game, and proceeds went to the fund."As human beings, more importantly than as hockey players, what we went through with Matt's son, our guys showed a lot of character and really bonded around him tighter...

...9 billion), Major League Baseball ($7.5 billion) and the NBA ($5 billion), and the deal will lower the hockey players' percentage from 57 to 50 ? owners originally had proposed 46 percent.This was the third lockout among the major...

NEW YORK - Anticipating a possible antitrust suit, the NHL has brought its labor fight against hockey players to federal court.The league on Friday filed a class action suit in U.S. District Court in New York, seeking to establish...

...This changes the complexion of our team," Sather said. "He is a world-class player. This kind of quality hockey player doesn't come along very often."The move to New York and a perennial playoff team should be a boon to his career...

...four and six guys that we normally wouldn't get."With injuries and things like that and him being local, I told him he could probably get into some games this year. It's not like there's hockey players right around the corner."

...upstate New York on Monday. He said the cut was stitched up and she should be fine."It's no different than a hockey player getting a little cut on his forehead and getting stitched up," Mott said. "They're athletes."Royal Delta was...

...doesn't seem like much to ask for these grown men to play nice for just a few seconds in the public eye. After all, hockey players who might have just fought can line up like civilized men.However, most of these same athletes and coaches can't...

...distraction on a light sports weekend."All I know is that we're missing some really good hockey players, but there's a lot of good hockey players in this league," Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien said Friday."Even when there's a few...