Patrice Bergeron

BOSTON — As each Bruins defenseman goes down, he seems to grow taller and taller. The program lists Zdeno Chara at 6-9. Yet when Claude Julien was forced to start the Eastern Conference semifinals with three rookie defensemen because of injury,...

CHICAGO (AP) — Maybe it was the extra rest, or another raucous crowd at the United Center. Maybe it was just the resumption of one of the NHL's biggest rivalries. Whatever it was, the Chicago Blackhawks finally found that extra gear they talked...

There was less mystery Wednesday about why Viktor Stalberg took up residence in the doghouse, and total clarity about what it cost him: a spot in the lineup against the Red Wings. Stalberg, a third-line regular all season for the Blackhawks, didn't play...

Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews may not have been recognized as a candidate for the league's most valuable player, but he did earn recognition as one of the league's top defensive fowards when he was named a finalist for the 2012-13 Frank J....

Their hockey souls were lost and so was their hockey season. They were gone. They were history. Their coach had summoned his best Robert Louis Stevenson the previous night, calling them Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. And with only a few minutes remaining in...

BOSTON -- The Boston Bruins, their season apparently over early in the third period, came all the way back from a 4-1 deficit and eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs with a stunning 5-4 overtime victory in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference first-round...

TORONTO -- Phil Kessel couldn't have scripted it any better. The former first-round pick of the Bruins had the game-winning goal and was a plus-2 as the Toronto Maple Leafs hung on for a 2-1 win over Boston Sunday night to force a seventh and deciding...

With the NHL regular season ending Sunday, Tribune Blackhawks reporter Chris Kuc and Tribune Newspapers hockey columnist Helene Elliott make their picks for the major awards. Hart (MVP) Kuc: Jonathan Toews, Blackhawks. Runners-up: Sidney Crosby,...

Can't touch Bite Fight Paul Doyle Hartford Courant Luis Suarez was suspended for biting Branislav Ivanovic and the incident — the second time he has been caught chomping on an opponent, by the way — made international headlines. But Suarez...

The season will end Sunday and so will the voting period for the NHL's major trophies. Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Assn. vote for most trophies; the Jack Adams (Coach of the Year) is selected by the NHL Broadcasters' Assn., and the...

BOSTON (AP) — A win for the Bruins would have been an uplifting end to the city's emotional return to major sports after the Boston Marathon bombing. Simply playing the game was good enough. A moving "Star-Spangled Banner," a touching...

The reigning NHL MVP is out indefinitely with an upper body injury. The league's top-scoring defenseman is out, too, apparently because of a lower body issue. Still, it hardly matters for the streaking Pittsburgh Penguins. Sidney Crosby scored his...