IIHF president: IOC won't pay costs to send NHL players to Olympics The negotiations to have the NHL send its players to a sixth straight Winter Olympics has become “even more difficult” than before, says IIHF president Rene Fasel. Speaking to Inside the Games, Fasel revealed that the International Olympic Committee has decided against paying transportation and insurance costs to have NHL … [Read more...]

Neuvirth shocks Capitals with 44-save shutout, Flyers win Game 5 Before joining the Philadelphia Flyers, Michal Neuvirth played 134 regular-season and nine playoff games as a member of the Washington Capitals from 2008-14.  None of those performances are in the same conversation with the 44-save masterpiece he painted at Verizon Center on Friday night, with the Flyers facing elimination and … [Read more...]

Lucic wants to stay in LA; Lecavalier waits to address retirement LOS ANGELES – Milan Lucic doesn’t want to leave Los Angeles this summer as an unrestricted free agent. The hulking winger, who was acquired by the Los Angeles Kings last offseason was hopeful he and the team could work out a deal that could keep him in Southern California. He just finished the final season of a three-year $18 … [Read more...]

Sharks eliminate LA Kings with Game 5 win LOS ANGELES – For over a week the San Jose Sharks have said this is a different group than the one that blew a 3-0 lead to the Los Angeles Kings in the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs.  Even as the Sharks continued to pour goals on the Kings and hold Los Angeles’ big weapons off the scoresheet there was always some belief the Kings would come back. This … [Read more...]

NHL Three Stars: Neuvirth saves Flyers; Koivu powers Wild No. 1 Star: Michael Neuvirth, Philadelphia Flyers Neuvirth was outstanding in helping the Flyers force a Game 6 with a 2-0 win over the Washington Capitals. As the team in front of him mustered only 11 shots, Neuvirth stood on his head stopping all 44 Capitals shots. Neuvirth has now stopped 75 of 76 shots since replacing Steve Mason … [Read more...]

Alan Quine's double OT goal gives Islanders Game 5 victory (Video) Alan Quine’s goal in double overtime helped the New York Islanders to a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers and a 3-2 series lead. There was a bit of mystery prior to Game 5 involving Quine as either he or Ryan Strome were going to be healthy scratched. Quine ended up playing and Islanders head coach Jack Capuano started him … [Read more...]

Flyers shut out Caps, avoid elimination again Nothing can change a playoff series like a hot goaltender, and in his first two starts for the Philadelphia Flyers in their first round series against the Washington Capitals, Michal Neuvirth is starting to look like that type of goalie. After a strong performance in Game 4 to help the Flyers avoid a sweep and stay in the series, Neuvirth took his game … [Read more...]

Why Joe Thornton is running wild on LA Kings (Trending Topics) At some point you have to accept that even at his age, Joe Thornton is going to be able to push most teams around.  When he's paired with Joe Pavelski, one of the quietly dominant goalscorers in the league (thanks in no small part to his long partnership with Thornton) and Tomas Hertl, an emerging power forward with high-level … [Read more...]

Penguins' power play stays red-hot in Game 4 victory NEW YORK, N.Y. — On the back of three power play goals, the Pittsburgh Penguins won Game 4 against the New York Rangers 5-0 and will now head home with a chance to close out the series on Saturday. The Rangers again had no answers for the Penguins power play, which through three games has seven goals on 19 opportunities (36.8 percent).  It … [Read more...]

Mike Milbury trashes Blackhawks’ Pat Foley for ‘late start’ rant (Video) Game 5 of the divisional playoff series between the Chicago Blackhawks and the host St. Louis Blues started at 8:42 p.m. local time in order to accommodate the national broadcasting schedule – their game would just be underway as the 7 p.m. ET games were ending.  The late start time has become the norm in this Western … [Read more...]