Yes, this was a strange season to be a Canucks fan -- and I think it's going to be the best post-season ever. The Canucks kept racking up wins, but they weren't flashy, fun, wins. They were ugly, nail-biting, old-time New Jersey Devils one goal, frequently in extra time with a "lucky bounce" wins.

Better get those beers chilled and those razors put away. The NHL playoffs start this Wednesday, April 11th with three first-round games: The Detroit ...

MONTREAL - In this sports tale of two cities, there are no best of times.It's been only the worst of times lately for the teams in Canada's two bigges...

The Toronto Maple Leafs have fallen out of the NHL playoff race now for six years straight. So why do Canadians still love to hate a team that doesn't matter? Because even when they're not a factor in the playoff race, the damn media won't stop talking about... oops.

BROSSARD, Que. - Whoever takes over as the next GM of the Montreal Canadiens faces a long list of challenges — and even heavier expectations.The win...

A two-year sentence for a man as putrid as Graham James is as close as you can come to condoning the actions of other sexual predators in Canada who are living, working, and continuing to commit their heinous acts.

It's unlikely that Don Cherry has ever heard of it, even though it's the sort of thing that would appeal to his sense of history: rough, tough, no frills, no tears, and lots of guts.

Listen, if Don Cherry believes that the Leafs should sign players from Ontario just to sign them, he's wrong. There is no benefit to trying to kid yourself that somebody will help your team just because he's from your neck of the woods. The Wings win with Swedes, not Michiganders. The Bruins won with Canadians, not Bay Staters

I remember reading, years ago, a rumour in the now defunct Frank Magazine claiming that one of the Canucks' top defense-men was traded because he was caught "banging the twine" with the goalie's wife. I have no idea if the rumour was true, but it made more sense than the official story in the papers.

MONTREAL - The Toronto Maple Leafs are counting on a coaching change to get them out of a tailspin and back on course for the NHL playoffs.Randy Carly...

OTTAWA - A 15-year-old boy has died in hospital after collapsing during a hockey game in Carp, Ont.Ottawa police say the boy collapsed Sunday evening ...

Two rec-league teams in Port Credit, Ontario, a suburb outside Toronto, got a once-in-a-lifetime surprise when thousands of screaming fans descended o...

A local Canadian association has banned bodychecking from hockey and some kid is feeling cheated. Come on, guys. You're not helping your sons (or daughters) with this initiative. You're only trapping them by stripping the game they love of one of its most essential assets.

SUNRISE, Fla. - Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby skated Friday for the first time in more than a month, and his teammates left little doubt they...

Phil Kessel is heading back to the NHL all-star game and it's hard to imagine he'll have to wait until the end of the draft before hearing his name ca...

MONTREAL - Fans filing into the Bell Centre on Saturday hoping for a Montreal Canadiens win were met by protesters with another goal in mind.They want...

Canada started its furious comeback too late, and for the first time in over a decade the junior hockey power will not play for the gold medal. The...

Canada has a shot at world junior retribution against the Russians on Tuesday. The Canadian junior team, which suffered a mon...

Don Cherry is known for a little emphatic gesturing during his Hockey Night in Canada rants, but this is so much better than mere hand waving. A vi...

EDMONTON - Mark Stone and Jonathan Huberdeau had instant chemistry playing on opposite wings during the Canadian junior hockey team's summer camp in A...

TORONTO - First Michael Buble, now Justin Bieber.One day after Buble took the ice with the Vancouver Canucks, Bieber did the same with the Toronto Map...

TORONTO - Sidney Crosby, Claude Giroux, Chris Pronger — the names of NHL players sidelined by concussion have been piling up like combatants in a be...

CALGARY - The Canadian team charged with reclaiming gold at the world junior hockey championship will be able to count on a big, deep defence, multi-p...