Many NHL players head for Europe
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National Hockey League players began scattering across the globe yesterday in search of work on Day 1 of the lockout, with no negotiations scheduled between union and management.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (CP) - Before the World Cup of Hockey came to town, every hockey game involving NHL players since the league returned to Minnesota was a sellout.
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Tampa Bay Lightning star Vincent Lecavalier joined a growing list of NHL players Thursday by signing a contract with a team in Russia.
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Kazan, Russia (Sports Network) - Alexei Kovalev, Brad Richards and Nikolai Khabibulin were the latest locked out National Hockey League players to head abroad, as all three signed on to play for Russia&#39;s AK Bars Kazan.
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Now that the traded players are in place, NHL coaches must quickly make them fit.
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It&#39;s certainly not where Cloutier and the other locked-out NHL players wanted to be Friday night but, given their circumstances, they&#39;ll play anywhere now.
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New talk of adding European teams to the National Basketball Association within a decade has some appeal to the league's European stars, but they want to see the details.
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On ice hockey game days, trams rolling  out of smart central Berlin fill up with more and more fans in  team jerseys the farther east they go.
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Nashville Predators right wing Adam Hall and Buffalo Sabres center Tim Connolly signed with European teams, making it 200 NHL players who have headed overseas during the lockout.
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NHL players began scattering across the globe Thursday in search of work on Day 1 of the lockout, with no negotiations scheduled between union and management.    While rinks from Pittsburgh to Montreal to Anaheim figure to be quiet in the coming weeks, the ice will be crowded with high-priced talent in places such as the Czech Republic...
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The NHL will play regular-season games for the first time in Europe with the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings opening the 2007-2008 season by playing two games in London. The games are set for Sept. 29-30 at the O2 Arena, which is set to open in July. It is being built by Anschutz Entertainment Group, the Kings' parent company.
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NEW YORK -- The NHL will play regular-season games for the first time in Europe with the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings opening the 2007-2008 season by playing two games in London.
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European hockey has taken on an NHL look. With an NHL lockout in place, more than 150 players have signed to play in European leagues, including Markus Naslund with Modo (Sweden), Jaromir Jagr with Kladmo (Czech Republic) and Ilya Kovalchuk with AK Bars Kazan (Russia).
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Ottawa Senators right wing Marian Hossa is switching European teams during the NHL lockout.
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Star wings Alex Tanguay of the Colorado Avalanche and Richard Zednik of the Montreal Canadiens are the latest NHL players to head to Europe during the lockout.
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Atlanta Thrashers' Canadian forward Dany  Heatley has become the latest National Hockey League's top  player to move to Russia, joining Ak Bars Kazan.
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Player representatives will gather Tuesday in Toronto for an update on the NHL&#39;s nearly seven-week-old lockout. The meeting will be spiced by recent comments by a handful of players, notably the Calgary Flames