Matteau invited to U.S. junior evaluation camp

Stefan Matteau has earned an invitation to the 2013 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp, USA Hockey announced on Thursday.Matteau, 19, will be one of 40 skaters auditioning for spots on the U.S. National Junior Team that will take part ...

NHL, NHLPA agree on mandatory visors

TORONTO -- All players entering the NHL beginning next season could be required to wear a visor.The NHL's Competition Committee met Tuesday here. Among its recommendations was a proposal that would make visors mandatory for all players enterin...

Brodeur battling Bobrovsky in Cover Vote

Brodeur joins CBC's Hockey Night in Canada

CBC’S Hockey Night in Canada today announced the addition of three-time Stanley Cup champion Martin Brodeur to the Studio 42 broadcast team as a guest analyst starting with Game 4 of the Ottawa / Pittsburgh series on Wednesday.“I am thrilled t...

Sweden captures gold at world championship

The nation of Sweden celebrated a gold-medal winning effort Sunday at Globe Arena in Stockholm, while a tremendous run by Switzerland at the 2013 IIHF World Championship finally came to an end.Jhonas Enroth stopped 26 shots and Henrik Sedin ha...

U.S. tops Finland for bronze at world championship

Alex Galchenyuk scored twice in the shootout and John Gibson stopped three of four shootout attempts as the United States edged Finland, 3-2, to win the bronze medal at the 2013 IIHF World Championship in Stockholm on Sunday.Galchenyuk kept th...

Sweden, Switzerland advance to gold medal game

A Switzerland national team with little NHL experience assured the country of its first medal at the IIHF World Ice Hockey Championship in half a century with a 3-0 win against the United States in the semifinals of the 2013 tournament Saturday....

U.S. routs Russia, will face Swiss in semis

Ryan Carter notched a shorthanded goal and an assist for Team USA, which routed Russia, 8-3, in their IIHF World Championship quarterfinal in Helsinki on Thursday. Carter posted his first points of the tournament and was named United States' B...

Brodeur on facing Rangers at Yankee Stadium

Yankee Stadium to host Rangers, Devils, Isles in 2014

Yankee Stadium will host a doubleheader of a different sort this winter.The 2014 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series will see the three New York City metropolitan NHL teams play a pair of games at the home of the New York Yankees. The New York Rang...

U.S. to face Russia in quarterfinals

The match ups are set for the 2013 IIHF World Championship quarterfinals, which get under way Thursday in Helsinki and Stockholm. Team USA, including Stephen Gionta and Ryan Carter, will face Ilya Kovalchuk, Andrei Loktionov and the Russians, ...

U.S. ends prelims with loss to Slovakia

Slovakia needed the game more and it showed.Branko Radivojevic scored 15 seconds after the opening faceoff, Martin Bartek doubled the lead less than four minutes in and Slovakia went on to a 4-1 victory against the United States on Tuesday at ...

Kovalchuk's three-point game fuels Russia

Ilya Kovalchuk collected a goal and an assist on Monday to lead Russia to an 8-4 rout of Austria at the 2013 IIHF World Championship in Helsinki. Kovalchuk recorded his fifth multi-point performance in seven games for the Russians, who jumped ...

Kovalchuk leads Russians past Slovakia

Russia 3, Slovakia 1: Alexander Radulov opened the scoring and then assisted on the game-winning goal by Ilya Kovalchuk as Russia rebounded and got back in the win column in a game at Hartwall Arena.Kovalchuk leads Russia with 10 points (7 goa...

Gionta scores in U.S. blanking of Germany

While the team that drafted John Gibson prepares to play a Game 7 in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the 19-year-old goaltender experienced a special moment of his own Sunday at the 2013 IIHF World Championship.Gibson stopped all 30 shots he faced f...

Gionta scores as U.S. tops France

The United States rode first-period goals by the New Jersey Devils' Stephen Gionta and Bobby Butler of the Nashville Predators to a 4-2 victory against France on Saturday in a preliminary-round game at the 2013 IIHF World Championship.The Colo...

Kovalchuk scores goal, assist in loss to Finland

Ilya Kovalchuk potted a goal and added an assist, but Russia's rally fell short in Friday's 3-2 loss to host Finland at the IIHF World Championship. Petri Kontiola scored twice for Finland, which grabbed the early lead just 3:22 into the first...

France shocks Russia at Worlds

Damien Fleury and Antoine Roussel scored second-period goals and Florian Hardy stopped 28 shots as France recorded a 2-1 upset victory over Russia on Friday at the 2013 IIHF World Championship in a game played at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finlan...

Gionta scores in U.S. win over Finland

Stephen Gionta scored his first goal of the 2013 IIHF World Championship, helping to lead Team USA to a 4-1 preliminary round victory over Finland on Wednesday. Craig Smith notched a hat trick for the Americans, who improved to 3-1. John Gibso...

Kovalchuk nets goal, assist as Russia tops U.S.

Ilya Kovalchuk tallied a goal and assist as Russia improved to 3-0 at the IIHF World Championship in Helsinki with a 5-3 win over the United States on Tuesday.Yevgeni Medvedev broke a 3-3 tie with 6:25 remaining in regulation for the Russians,...

Kovalchuk notches hat trick for Russia

A dominant Ilya Kovalchuk has Russia off to a 2-0 start at the 2013 IIHF World Championship in Helsinki. Kovalchuk posted a hat trick in a 4-1 win over Germany on Sunday and leads the tournament with four goals. He's tied for the points lead (...

Devils nominate Clarkson for King Clancy Memorial Trophy

The New Jersey Devils are proud to announce right wing David Clarkson as their 2013 nominee for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy. Clarkson, 29, just completed his seventh NHL season, all with the Devils. He led the team with 15 goals while play...

Kovalchuk leads Russian world championship roster

The defending world champions will have a number of familiar faces returning to their squad in 2013, but they'll also be adding one of hockey's biggest names. According to RIA Novosti, Ilya Kovalchuk of the New Jersey Devils has been named to ...

Rolston announces retirement from NHL

Brian Rolston, a veteran of 17 NHL seasons, a four time 30-goal scorer, a Stanley Cup champion and a three-time Olympian, officially announced his retirement from the National Hockey League on Tuesday. In a professional career that spanned nea...

Devils keeping 2013 first-round pick

New Jersey Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello told reporters Monday that the organization has decided to retain its first-round pick for the 2013 NHL Draft, which the Devils are hosting, on June 30.In September 2010, the National Hockey Lea...

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2013 Breakup Day: Lou Lamoriello Q&A

Devils President/CEO/GM Lou Lamoriello met with reporters on breakup day to discuss the past season and upcoming offseason. Is this, in your mind, an offseason of uncertainty with all of your potential free agents?I don't think any offseas...

2013 Scotiabank NHL Draft Lottery to be held Monday

The 2013 Scotiabank NHL Draft Lottery, a weighted system to determine the order of selection for the first 14 picks of the 2013 NHL Draft, will take place Monday, April 29, at 8 p.m., ET.The League, in cooperation with TSN, will announce the r...