The stories of Stanley Cup lore are celebrated in vignettes and recollected fondly for decades afterward. But what about those who fail in the journey? Save a tear for them [ … ]

Joe Thornton and the San Jose Sharks have something in common. Neither has won the Stanley Cup. The Sharks have been trying since 1991. Thornton has been trying since 1997. [ … ]

When Robert Bortuzzo swooped in and lifted a backhander past San Jose Sharks goalie Martin Jones to snap a 2-2 tie and spark the St. Louis Blues to a 4-2 [ … ]

When the St. Louis Blues advanced to the Western Conference final with a 2-1 Game 7 double-overtime victory over the Dallas Stars, rookie forward Robert Thomas, 19, was among the [ … ]

Which one of these two fellows enjoyed a lengthy NHL career? Well, actually, this is a trick question, because they both did. The smiling fellow in the Toronto Maple Leafs [ … ]

The St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars are meeting for the 14th time in a Stanley Cup playoff series and for the fifth time, they are going seven games. But [ … ]

Ben Bishop, all 6-foot-6 of him, is a three-time Vezina Trophy finalist who is tending goal for the Dallas Stars in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Most saves in a regulation [ … ]

It wasn’t No. 1 of all-time but the stunning sweep of the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Tampa Bay Lightning by the Columbus Blue Jackets rates right up there with the most astonishing [ … ]

When Great Britain competes in the upcoming IIHF World Championship, it will be the country’s first appearance in the top division of world competition since 1994. And while they may [ … ]

For the first time since expansion doubled the NHL from six to 12 teams in 1967-68, creating East and West Divisions, the top team in the East and the West [ … ]