If Hockey Is Out, Best Thing on Ice May Be a Computer Game
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A cable channel plans to resurrect each of the 1,230 regular-season games listed on the league's defunct 2004-2005 schedule by setting them in motion on a video game console.
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While the wintry weather of frozen ponds and icicles hasn't arrived, make no mistake about it, this is hockey season, and the boys of Division 3 are itching to play.
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Marcus Camby is a hockey fan. He wasn&#39;t happy when his hometown Hartford Whalers bolted to North Carolina in 1997. But the Denver Nuggets center realizes the NHL lockout can benefit his team.
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Is there a potential thaw in the cold war between National Hockey League owners and players?
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Is the NHL season over because of the league&#39;s rejection of the union offer - and vice versa? But the sands are flowing through big-league hockey&#39;s hourglass.
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No checking. No fighting. You call that hockey? It is to tens of thousands of American adults who make up a fast-growing segment of the hockey-playing population. And if people like Elizabeth Larkin of Brookline have their way, this nonviolent version of the sport will keep on growing.
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Unless and until the National Hockey League gets back in business, hockey fans are going to have to get their fix watching other levels of the sport. Fortunately for those in New England, there is a minor league club in Providence and many strong college teams.
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The boards are going up, the ice is going down and everything is back on schedule for the N.H.L.âs outdoor game between the Buffalo Sabres and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Whenever the University of New Hampshire menâs hockey team practices, heâs the best player on the ice. In fact, he stands out like a 70-degree day in December.
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In a first for the National  Hockey League, sportscasters for the Sports Network, Canada's  cable sports channel, will call the New York Rangers-Buffalo  Sabres game at ice level.
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ORCHARD PARK, New York  - Outdoor games could become a regular fixture on the NHL calendar following another stunning success at the Winter Classic on Tuesday despite freezing temperatures and blizzard conditions.
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The NHL is disappearing right before our eyes, and the reason is simple.
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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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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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By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Feb. 6--When you head out onto a frozen lake to compete for hundreds of dollars in prize money, it pays to have a game plan ... and a few tricks up your sleeve.
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Facing its toughest opponent of the season, Coyle-Cassidy picked a good time to play its best hockey.
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Hockey is back in North America, even if it's only for the 22 days of the World Cup.