For the first time in eons, the city that was once the heart of hockey (with Montreal being the soul) was back in the Stanley Cup playoff picture. All told, it was good for the franchise, good for the fans, and good for the city. Hell, it was good for hockey...

BOSTON - It was supposed to be Boston's night. But thanks to a desperate performance by the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Bruins merely added to their rece...

Less than a year ago the thought of Tim Thomas donning a Leafs jersey would have implanted a CN Tower-sized grin across my face. But then he went from Tim Thomas, hockey god, to Tim Thomas, Tea Partier. This kicks down the mental door that separates two of my unwavering, and usually frustrating, passions; hockey and politics.

No team is this much fun to watch lose. No team is this much fun to watch win. I'm talking of course, about the Washington Capitals.

Too often, high-budget films with casts that read like an IMDB Top 200 forget to be the one thing that movies have to be -- enjoyable. Assembled casts don't always work. The New York Rangers have figured that out, after years of trying to buy every big name free agent in the NHL.

TORONTO - Daniel Alfredsson of the Ottawa Senators and Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins will be the captains for this year's NHL all-star game.The pai...

Maybe Rodney Dangerfield was on to something. On the ice, Monday night's Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins game was a goaltending battle betwee...

Former Boston Bruins' Michael Ryder brought the Stanley Cup home to Bonavista, Newfoundland on Tuesday to excited crowds of hockey fans, locals and di...

Real Canucks fans realized it wasn't their night and proceeded to shake hands with the Bruins hands around them. Real Canucks fans had honour, like hockey players have honour.

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- The Boston Bruins are making their celebratory trip through city streets with hundreds of thousands of fans crowding sidewalks t...

International TV will soon move onto far bigger riots picked from today's turbulent world, where young people are legitimately fighting for human rights, food, democracy or maybe an end to their local tyrant. Vancouver's riot won't be remembered with such gravitas.

UPDATE: The Toronto Star has identified the heroic bystander as Robert MacKay. Read his story here. As rioters smashed windows, set cars on fire, a...

I wish I could've gone around to the many places filled with calm and peaceful Canadians and tweeted photos and video footage of them. It would've definitely overwhelmed the groups of young nutjobs trashing a few square blocks of lovely Vancouver.

Both winning teams were obviously close-knit and held each other accountable. They sacrificed their bodies, playing through an array of injuries. There was something else, though. The champions played with less hubris and more honour.

It started as a simple (but big) hockey game, the Boston Bruins winning the Stanley Cup after beating the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 in Game 7. But minutes...

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- VANCOUVER - Patrice Bergeron scored two goals, one of them short handed, while goaltender Tim Thomas made 37 stops for the shuto...

FINAL Vancouver: 0 Boston: 4 We will update the score from the Stanley Cup Final Game 7 in Vancouver between the Canucks and the Boston Bruins ...

UPDATE: Updates and photos from game 7 here. CBC — More than 100,000 nervous Vancouver Canucks fans are expected to pack the streets of downtown ...

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- VANCOUVER — Vancouver's hopes of a Cup celebration fizzled early Monday. Everyone was ready for a party — fans in their b...

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- BOSTON - Given the chance to level Nathan Horton again, Aaron Rome would probably make the same play that got him kicked out of ...

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- VANCOUVER - It has cradled newborn babies and bid farewell to the dying, stood tall in the middle of a war zone and gazed down u...

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- VANCOUVER - It's the last road trip they will make this season and the Vancouver Canucks are hoping to return home carrying some...

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- VANCOUVER - Maxim Lapierre scored early in the third period and goaltender Roberto Luongo made 31 saves for the shutout as the V...