Month: June 2009

DETROIT – The Red Wings can accept that Pittsburgh is the Stanley Cup champion. Getting snubbed by Sidney Crosby is another matter.After watching Pittsburgh hoist the Cup on Detroit’s ice, the Red Wings lined up to shake hands with the Penguins as is custom in the NHL playoffs

DETROIT – In many ways, this was just like any other day for Max Talbot.He woke up in the morning feeling like it was going to be the best day of his life – and it turned out that it actually was

DETROIT – The only thing Marian Hossa would like to change is the final result of Game 7.After watching his former teammates celebrate with the Stanley Cup on Friday night, Hossa wasn’t feeling any regret about his decision to sign with the Detroit Red Wings last summer

Scoring summary from Friday’s NHL playoff game:Penguins 2 at Red Wings 1First PeriodNo Scoring.Penalty – Stuart Det (slashing) 11:24.Second Period1

WINNIPEG – Rookie Hershey Bears goalie Michal Neuvirth kept looking down in disbelief at the trophy in his hand.He and his Hershey Bears had just won the American Hockey League Calder Cup championship Friday night with a 4-1 Game 6 victory over the Manitoba Moose and Neuvirth was holding his playoff MVP trophy

Movements in the world of hockey Friday:American Hockey LeagueHARTFORD WOLF PACK-Re-signed D David Urquhart.SPRINGFIELD FALCONS-Named William Bullock senior account executive

DETROIT – A report card look at the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings, evaluating their performance in the Stanley Cup final:FORWARDSPenguins, A: The prevailing thought was that Pittsburgh couldn’t match the Red Wings depth up front – WRONG

PITTSBURGH – Evgeni Malkin didn’t have to say very much during these playoffs to make a statement.The reluctant superstar put together the most productive spring in more than a decade, racking up a playoff-best 36 points and helping lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Stanley Cup

DETROIT – Sidney Crosby left Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final with an injury to his midsection, but returned for the start of the third period

DETROIT – The Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings are scoreless after the first period in the seventh and deciding game of the Stanley Cup

DETROIT – The Red Wings veterans elected to skip Detroit’s game-day skate ahead of Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final, but Sidney Crosby and the entire Pittsburgh Penguins squad was on the ice on Friday morning

The bitter fight for control of the Phoenix Coyotes seems headed to overtime after courthouse hours came and went Friday without a ruling from the Arizona bankruptcy judge presiding over the insolvent team’s fate

CALGARY – Hockey Canada’s summer goalie camp was on the budget chopping block earlier this year, but the organization found the means to run it again

DETROIT – There is almost nothing Matt Cooke wouldn’t do to win a playoff series. And there’s always one thing he’ll do whether he’s successful or not – line up and shake hands with the opposing players

DETROIT – It’s been on top of a 9,000-foot mountain, in a 200-degree sauna and at the bottom of a pool.You name it, the Stanley Cup has been there

Movements in the world of hockey Thursday:National Hockey LeagueDALLAS STARS-Named Marc Crawford coach.American Hockey LeagueBRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS-Signed RW Jason Dale to a one-year contract

PHOENIX – The issue of how much Jim Balsillie should pay the NHL to move the Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton will not be the subject of another hearing in U

DETROIT – President Barack Obama take note: Mike Babcock has claimed Michigan for Canada.”I think Michigan, and Minnesota’s like this too, they’re just parts of Canada that got lost and got put down here,” the Detroit Red Wings coach said Thursday

MONTREAL – Let the bidding begin.Some suitors have begun posturing for the right to buy the Montreal Canadiens while others are still anonymous

A Toronto financial planner has added his data to the argument that an NHL club won’t work in Phoenix.The Coyotes rank 29th out of 30 NHL teams – ahead of only the St