Phil Housley

Team USA won the gold medal at the World Junior Hockey Championships on Saturday, riding two goals by Southern California native Rocco Grimaldi and another strong goaltending effort by Ducks prospect John Gibson to a 3-1 victory over defending champion...

Miracle in Ufa? Well, something along those lines. Not only did the U.S. beat Canada in the semifinals at the World Junior Hockey Championships, it did so in devastating fashion, with a 5-1 victory in Ufa, Russia. Team USA will play defending champion...

The NHL and the players association met for more than three hours Sunday morning in New York to discuss aspects of the proposed collective-bargaining agreement the league had presented to the union late Thursday, but the sides parted without holding a...

Team USA goaltender John Gibson, who was chosen by the Ducks in the second round of the 2011 entry draft, stopped 28 shots but he and his teammates lost to Russia, 2-1, on Friday in a preliminary-round game at the World Junior Championships. Winnipeg...

The NHL and NHL Players’ Assn. have not had recent contact and nothing new is planned, NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said on Monday. The league on Friday filed a class-action suit in U.S. District Court in New York alleging the union’s...

The Whalers Monday night completed the biggest trade in their history when they sent Ron Francis, Ulf Samuelsson and Grant Jennings to the Pittsburgh Penguins for John Cullen, Zarley Zalapski and Jeff Parker. General manager Ed Johnston, who had served...

A heated confrontation in a Nashville bar nearly a week ago did something for the Blackhawks that its miserable on-ice performance couldn't: It returned the sputtering franchise to the spotlight. A published report on a confrontation between coach...

I hate to pick on one guy, but besides his size, what good does Mark Bell bring to the team? He takes bad penalties, has poor shot selection, and seems lazy and out of position often. Shouldn't he be in front of the net instead of Fleury or Sullivan?...

If the Blackhawks were happy with their one point in Saturday's overtime loss to Nashville, they were positively giddy with their one point in Sunday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Colorado Avalanche. "Darn rights [sic]," Hawks coach Brian Sutter said....

Everything that anyone could have asked for was on display Monday night at Joe Louis Arena. Great goals? Check, in abundance. Strange goals? Had a couple of those too. Great saves? Oh, yes, nearly a great save for every goal. Stirring comeback? Yep,...

It's a fear. Not a "shaking in your skates, paralyzed" type of fear. But a fear nonetheless. That's how Jocelyn Thibault explains the Blackhawks' success against the class of the NHL the last few seasons and their most bitter rival, the Detroit Red...

Eric Daze returned Friday night after missing the season's first 15 games because of back surgery. But with 1 minute 26 seconds to play in regulation, another Blackhawks left wing, Chris Simon, stole the show to keep his former team from stealing the...