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Kings left wing Ryan Smyth (pictured at right) is scheduled to play in his 1,000th NHL game Saturday, when the Kings face the Nashville Predators at Staples Center. He will become the 257th player in league history to play in......

Whalers owner Richard Gordon brought the media to his Trumbull Street office Tuesday to confirm he had fired Ed Johnston as vice president and general manager -- three years to the day he was hired. But the more Gordon spoke at the 75-minute press...

There was no Claude Lemieux this time. But there still was Russ Courtnall. It was the longest, most brilliant hockey match in Whalers history. But the Whalers still lost. Their season is still over. The ghosts in Montreal Forum still had the last laugh....

November 1971 -- The World Hockey Association awards franchise to sports enthusiasts and businessmen Howard Baldwin, John Colburn, Godfrey Wood and William Barnes. January 1972 -- Jack Kelley, a successful coach at Boston University, joins the New...

A as in Arthur Christer Abrahamsson, 1974-77 Thommy Abrahamsson, 1974-77/80-81 Greg Adams, 1982-83 Jim Agnew, 1992-93 Kevin Ahearn, 1972-74 Steve Alley, 1979-81 Ray Allison, 1979-81 John Anderson, 1985-89 Russ Anderson, 1981-83 Mikael Andersson,...

An old saying—the first game of a road trip is your last game at home—was making the rounds in the Blackhawks' locker room before Sunday night's game against the Rangers. If that's true, the next two weeks will be quite a ride for the Hawks. On the eve...

I read a lot about a "trapping defense." What exactly is it? --Jeff Butler, Skokie, Ill. Jeff, a "trap" is when all five skaters collapse into the neutral zone. Normally a team will have one or maybe two forwards pressure the opposition in their own...