Puck Drops, With Emphasis on Saving Careers
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With new N.H.L. rules emphasizing speed and skill over brawn and intimidation, resistance to wearing visors seems to be softening.
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TORONTO -- The NHL won&#39;t take a second look at the NHL Players&#39; Association&#39;s offer to save the season. In an eight-page memo obtained by TSN yesterday, NHL VP Bill Daly outlined why the league is going to
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- It is a thankless job. Play limited minutes. Bring energy when you're on the ice. Grind in the corners and in front of the net. Drop the gloves to defend a teammate.
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The Montreal Canadiens have perfected a unique method of wearing down their opponents.
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The NHL, as Marc Savard calls it, is now a special-teams league. So it's no coincidence that yesterday at Ristuccia Arena, as the hours ticked away until tomorrow's season opener against the Florida Panthers, the Bruins spent much of practice working on man-up and man-down situations.
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PITTSBURGH -- Maxime Talbot loves playing hockey and, perhaps even more, talking about it. The enjoyment he gets from playing the sport is difficult to disguise.
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The NHL players' association is taking its case public.
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TORONTO: A labour shutdown in North Americaâs elite professional ice hockey league has not just left Canada bereft of its premier sporting love - it has started to bite into the countryâs economic prosperity.
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The final days of summer are ticking down on the hockey clock -- some training camps open as early as Sept. 10 -- and a sprinkling of bigger-name free agents remain on the open market.
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The problem with having a lot to play for is the prospect of losing it all.
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A small group of National Hockey League players are to begin testing heated skate blades designed to cut down on friction and allow players to move faster and save energy.
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What looks good on paper hasn't been tested through a season yet, so Bruce Crowder said he'll reserve judgment. He wasn't talking about rosters; he was talking about a commitment from college hockey authorities to rid the game of all the clutching and grabbing, the pinning, and tugging.
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NEW YORK - In what could be a last-second breakthrough, both sides of the NHL lockout have given significant ground: The players' association will accept a salary cap, and the league has backed off its demand for a link between revenues and player costs.
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Last summer, Boston College hockey captain Brian Boyle had to make an important decision, whether to remain in college or turn pro with the Los Angeles Kings.
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Eventually, they&#39;ll play hockey again. Maybe the owners will get their way and institute a salary cap. Maybe the players will get their way and a luxury tax will be imposed.
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Fans booing and shouting from the moment the puck drops. Close games that turn on a single bad bounce. And, oh yes, a couple scraps here and there.
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Europe's ice hockey leagues are feeling the benefit of the NHL lockout.