Sidney Crosby is the MVP, Auston Matthews for No. 1 rookie: NHL award picks...
Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid will finally turn 20 on Friday, ending his spectacular run as a teen. And while McDavid has indeed given Sidney Crosby a run for his money as the best player in...
View ArticleSecondary scoring comes through, Carey Price woes continue, as Penguins top...
MONTREAL — It is rare that the name Carey Price is linked with the word “slump” but the Montreal Canadiens star goaltender is starting to hear it. A 4-1 loss on Wednesday night to the Pittsburgh...
View ArticleSidney Crosby surges toward 1,000 career points at the very height of his...
PITTSBURGH — Five years ago, Sidney Crosby spent a winter working out in solitude, wondering when the pain in his neck would ease and the intermittent fog in his head would lift. The lingering effects...
View ArticleIt takes two: Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl just one of...
TORONTO — Lindy Ruff fought the urge for as long as he could, but eventually he couldn’t take it anymore. Down 2-0 to the Toronto Maple Leafs with time winding down in the third period, the Dallas...
View ArticleForecasting Canada’s Olympics men’s hockey team: Young guns have proven their...
Thursday marked the one-year countdown until the 2018 Winter Olympics, and we still don’t know if the NHL will give its players the green light to take part. This much is certain: Whatever the makeup...
View ArticleConnor McDavid outshines Sidney Crosby but Edmonton Oilers end up on the...
You know it’s an important time in the season when a head-to-head showdown between Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby is a side note. But with the Edmonton Oilers having lost three of their previous five...
View ArticleSidney Crosby’s highlights still dazzle opposing coaches after all these years
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twl-2909fCM&w=640&h=390] OTTAWA — Sidney Crosby never ceases to amaze. The Pittsburgh Penguins superstar scored a beauty Tuesday in Buffalo when he beat...
View ArticleSenators defenceman Marc Methot’s finger gruesomely ‘shattered’ by slash from...
Senators defenceman Marc Methot suffered a gruesome injury to a finger on his left hand in a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Ottawa on Thursday. With 5:22 left in the first period and both...
View ArticleOttawa Senators owner blasts Sidney Crosby as a ‘whiner’ who should ‘sit out...
MONTREAL — Eugene Melnyk has seen enough of Sidney Crosby’s act. And the Ottawa Senators owner says the NHL should throw the book at its best player with a suspension for his vicious slash on...
View ArticleSidney Crosby unfazed by broadside from Ottawa Senators owner: ‘He just likes...
Sidney Crosby wasn’t going to get into a war of words with Eugene Melnyk. After the Ottawa Senators owner called Crosby a “whiner beyond belief” Friday, the Pittsburgh Penguins all-star captain...
View Article‘Should be fun for all’: Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews’ playoff debuts...
It’s 2005-06 all over again for Wayne Gretzky when it comes to youngsters Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews making their NHL playoff debuts. The Great One couldn’t help but share his enthusiasm in a...
View ArticleConnor McDavid scores, Erik Karlsson wheels and deals: How solo brilliance...
At times, playoff hockey is so tight, it seems the only way a team might score is on a seeing-eye shot or a head-scratching bounce that catches everyone by surprise. (The first play is how Tom Wilson...
View ArticleSid vs. Ovi still the best rivalry in hockey: Three observations from Game 1...
Washington versus Pittsburgh. When the playoffs began, this is the matchup that all of us desperately wanted to see. And yet, it seems a bit premature that it’s happening in the second round. After...
View ArticleWashington Capitals’ Kevin Shattenkirk scores in overtime to seal...
PITTSBURGH — On Monday morning, Washington Capitals defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk stood in front of his locker and admitted his struggles. Capitals Coach Barry Trotz had criticized his play this...
View ArticlePittsburgh Penguins-Washington Capitals series feels like it will hinge on...
Can the Pittsburgh Penguins win without Sidney Crosby? That’s the question being asked today after Crosby left Game 3 of the conference semi-final with what appeared to be a head and/or leg injury. It...
View ArticlePenguins have some sharp words on Sidney Crosby hit by Matt Niskanen: ‘I...
PITTSBURGH — The lasting images from Monday night’s game, at least from the Pittsburgh Penguins’ perspective, may be captain Sidney Crosby getting cross-checked by Washington Capitals defenceman Matt...
View ArticlePittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby diagnosed with concussion after Game 3 hit
PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby has been diagnosed with a concussion and will not play in Game 4, Penguins Coach Mike Sullivan said Tuesday. Sullivan said Crosby will be “day-to-day from there.” Crosby...
View ArticleAlex Ovechkin’s slash, Matt Niskanen’s hit, Sidney Crosby’s injury epitomize...
Because it’s the Cup. That old NHL marketing campaign, which featured players battling through adversity, injuries and insurmountable obstacles on their way to winning a championship, is one way of...
View ArticleHockey’s Dark Secret: (Some) fans despise Sidney Crosby so much they cheer...
Sidney Crosby was lying face down on the ice. He wasn’t moving. It didn’t look good. Crosby had been thwacked in the back of the head by Alexander Ovechkin’s stick before being crosschecked to the side...
View Article‘I felt ill’: Pittsburgh Penguins’ former GM reflects on Sidney Crosby’s...
Ray Shero was nauseous. Sitting with a number of his scouts on Monday evening, the New Jersey Devils general manager glanced up at the television screen at the Pittsburgh-Washington playoff game and...
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