http://www.nhl.com/rssNHL FEATURE STORIESNHL Enterprises, L.P. (c) 2012 NHL. All Rights Reserveden-usWed, 16 May 2012 06:29:27 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631818GLENDALE, Ariz. – Two games into the Western Conference Finals, the Phoenix Coyotes have yet to leave the starting blocks. After facing 87 shots in the first six periods, Coyotes goalie Mike Smith wondered aloud after a 4-0 loss to the Los Ang...Wed, 16 May 2012 02:18:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631818http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631810GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Jeff Carter carved his way into the same record book as Wayne Gretzky in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals. Carter became the first Kings player since Gretzky in 1993 to record a hat trick in a playoff game. He increase...Wed, 16 May 2012 01:48:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631810http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631817GLENDALE, Ariz. – In Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, the Phoenix Coyotes lost their home-ice advantage to the Los Angeles Kings. In Game 2, they lost their composure as well. Before the 4-0 loss to the Kings at Jobing.com Arena was com...Wed, 16 May 2012 01:29:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631817http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631813Bill Cowher reached the pinnacle of his sport by leading the Pittsburgh Steelers to a Super Bowl victory. But through all his years on NFL sidelines, he never forgot about another sport he loved. Cowher grew up in Pittsburgh as a fan of the AHL...Tue, 15 May 2012 20:45:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631813http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631804NEW YORK -- Ryan McDonagh spent Tuesday trying tried to deflect some of the attention placed on his rise for the New York Rangers in his first full NHL season. He mentioned other members of the blue-line corps who saw an increase in responsibi...Tue, 15 May 2012 17:50:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631804http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631791In the 56 games waged in the preliminary round of the 2012 IIHF World Hockey Championship, teams provided tightly-contested matches, emphatic blowouts, and everything in between, as a field of 16 national teams was whittled down to eight quarterfi...Tue, 15 May 2012 17:07:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631791http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631796NEW YORK -- Ruslan Fedotenko sat at his locker after the New York Rangers' optional practice, drinking from a bottle of water as he was asked what it meant for the team to grab a 2-0 lead in a series for once. During the first two rounds of the...Tue, 15 May 2012 16:15:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631796http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631785NEWARK, N.J. -- So the New Jersey Devils find themselves down in a playoff series. What else is new? For the third straight time this spring, the Devils will be forced to rally from behind in a playoff matchup in order to earn the right to adv...Tue, 15 May 2012 14:55:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631785http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631777Over the course of the last decade, Norway's once-maligned hockey program has made slow but steady progress. More than once in recent years, Norway has thrown scares into Canada and Russia at the IIHF World Championship. These games usually were l...Tue, 15 May 2012 11:44:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631777http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631758NEW YORK -- The New Jersey Devils forged their way into the Eastern Conference Finals on the back of their relentless forecheck. The ability to harass the puck handler in his own zone and force turnovers led to the stunning five-game ouster of ...Tue, 15 May 2012 10:55:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631758http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631774Dale Hunter's not-so-surprising departure, Jackets' hiring of Todd Richards full time, a trio of American captains, the Hudson River Rivalry, Dave Tippett's response, the new perfect human, and the Kings' road success all make up this playoff edit...Tue, 15 May 2012 09:40:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631774http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631690NEW YORK -- Did John Tortorella expect the Rangers to be tired after concluding their second straight seven-game series two nights ago? "I don't know where you guys get all this stuff being tired. If we're tired this time of the year, there's s...Tue, 15 May 2012 00:30:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631690http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631689NEW YORK -- Players of all ages and experience deal with peaks and valleys during the Stanley Cup Playoffs. But the rise and fall and rise again of Rangers rookie Chris Kreider over the past month is nothing short of remarkable. Kreider, who jo...Tue, 15 May 2012 00:27:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631689http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631688NEW YORK -- The New Jersey Devils knew all along that opposing bodies would be in their crosshairs when winding up for shots on New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist. They weren't disappointed in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on M...Tue, 15 May 2012 00:19:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631688http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631687GLENDALE, Ariz. – Struggling to find their stride in the opening game of a playoff series is nothing new for the Phoenix Coyotes. Losing that game? That's new. The Coyotes were outplayed early by Chicago in Game 1 in the first round and dom...Mon, 14 May 2012 22:19:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631687http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631686GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Winning in the playoffs gets a heck of a lot easier when you can steal momentum while shorthanded. The Kings have been doing a masterful job of it since Game 5 against the Vancouver Canucks and their perfect penalty kill is a ma...Mon, 14 May 2012 20:42:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631686http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631684GLENDALE, Ariz. -- In order to trade Jack Johnson to Columbus in exchange for Jeff Carter in February, members of the Kings' brass had to have confidence that Slava Voynov could fit right in and play in the top four. They did, and Voynov is rew...Mon, 14 May 2012 20:17:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631684http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631682GLENDALE, Ariz. – It has been the albatross around the neck of the Phoenix Coyotes all season. A stumbling block they must overcome. They have managed to scratch and claw all the way to the Western Conference Final – all the while dragging its Ach...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:49:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631682http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631681GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Matt Greene says the mere presence of Jonathan Quick makes the job of Los Angeles' six defensemen so much easier. "He is by far and away the biggest part of our defense," Greene told NHL.com. Fair enough, but Quick isn't t...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:31:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631681http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631648Dale Hunter's departure from Washington was as surprising as his arrival. Citing a desire to spend more time with his family and run the family business -- the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League -- Hunter announced Monday that he woul...Mon, 14 May 2012 14:33:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631648http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631642While most of the hockey world will be enthralled by the conference finals of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the future of the game will be on display at the 2012 MasterCard Memorial Cup. The championship series of the three biggest Canadian ju...Mon, 14 May 2012 13:17:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631642http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631643For older hockey fans in the metropolitan New York area, it seems like 18 minutes, not 18 long years, since the Devils and Rangers saw their border battle blossom into one of the elite rivalries in the League. And it was an unforgettable Easter...Mon, 14 May 2012 13:14:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631643http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631632NEWARK, N.J. -- New Jersey Devils defenseman Bryce Salvador prefers the glass half-full. How else can you explain his determined ascent up the team's defensive depth chart in 2011-12 after sitting out an entire 82-game season with an inner-ear...Mon, 14 May 2012 10:48:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631632http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631524It’s been a busy couple of seasons for the Western Hockey League’s Regina Pats. For their hottest young star, Chandler Stephenson, it’s been an even more hectic two years. The 18-year-old forward spent the 2010-11 season, his first in the WHL,...Mon, 14 May 2012 09:00:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631524http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631614GLENDALE, Ariz. – While the Los Angeles Kings' top line of Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar and Justin Williams continued to generate quality chances Sunday night in the opening game of the Western Conference Final, the Phoenix Coyotes' top threesome wa...Mon, 14 May 2012 01:20:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631614http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631613GLENDALE, Ariz. -- As soon as he heard the question being asked in the direction of teammate Jarret Stoll, Los Angeles Kings captain Dustin Brown looked down and started adjusting his cuff links and playing with the sleeves on his dress shirt. It ...Mon, 14 May 2012 00:47:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631613http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631592GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Phoenix Coyotes were outshot and out-chanced badly by the Los Angeles Kings in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final on Sunday. Nothing new there – Phoenix was outshot in nine of its first 11 games in this postseason – winni...Mon, 14 May 2012 00:42:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631592http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631588The New York Rangers are the fourth-youngest team in the NHL and youngest team left in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but winning two consecutive seven-game series has them growing up very quickly. Brad Richards is one of the few Rangers with an ext...Sun, 13 May 2012 20:13:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631588http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631581NEWARK, N.J. -- New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur says he always enjoys the playoff battles against the New York Rangers. On Monday, he'll step between the pipes in his fifth playoff series against the Broadway Blueshirts. It will also m...Sun, 13 May 2012 15:36:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631581http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631573So much changed for the Washington Capitals in one month, but then so much remained the same. The Capitals began the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs as a No. 7 seed facing the defending champs Apr. 12 in Boston. After a month of white-knuckle hockey,...Sun, 13 May 2012 12:02:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631573http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631531In their final meeting of the regular season at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers and Devils took their bitter rivalry to another level. Three seconds after the puck was dropped, a brawl erupted with the Rangers' Brandon Prust, Mike Rupp and S...Sun, 13 May 2012 11:06:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631531http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631557NEW YORK -- This is why Brad Richards came to New York. This is why the New York Rangers wanted Brad Richards. In the biggest game of the season, the 32-year-old showed why the Rangers signed him to a nine-year, $60 million contract last July. ...Sun, 13 May 2012 00:35:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631557http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631556NEW YORK -- The Washington Capitals have spent nearly the entire 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs one shot away from an outcome that would elicit incredible elation or harrowing despair. For seven games they went toe-to-toe with the defending Stanley ...Sun, 13 May 2012 00:12:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631556http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631555While there is still plenty of Stanley Cup Playoff hockey to be played this spring -- as many as 21 games remain -- two rounds of an unforgettable spring are already in the record books. And, with 69 games in the rear-view mirror, there is a si...Sat, 12 May 2012 23:35:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631555http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631430Four teams left, eight wins to go, but before we go in that direction let's take a look back at the Conference Semifinals. Here are eight highlights that help define why the Devils, Rangers/Capitals, Kings and Coyotes have made it to the NHL's ...Sat, 12 May 2012 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631430http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631494New York Rangers Seed: 1 • 51-24-7 • 109 Pts. New Jersey Devils Seed: 6 • 48-28-6 • 102 Pts. New York metropolitan-area hockey fans will have their dreams answered in the Eastern Conference Finals, as the top-seeded New York Rangers face ...Sat, 12 May 2012 22:58:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631494http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631169It may seem redundant calling a Conn Smythe Trophy winner a key piece for the New York Rangers as they enter the Eastern Conference Finals against the New Jersey Devils. But in a postseason that has seen its share of unbelievable moments, Range...Sat, 12 May 2012 22:08:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631169http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631213As the New Jersey Devils eliminated the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday, the goal that clinched their Game 5 win was emblematic of the series as a whole. As Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov looked to play the puck from his crease with 7:15 to go in ...Sat, 12 May 2012 22:06:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631213http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631491GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Kings are back on schedule -- almost. OK, so the players' routines might be thrown off slightly because there won't be a morning skate prior to Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals on Sunday at Jobing.com Arena as a re...Sat, 12 May 2012 20:26:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631491http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631489GLENDALE, Ariz. – As he walked down the tunnel after Saturday's workout and headed for the dressing room, Coyotes coach Dave Tippett yelled out the four words hockey fans in Phoenix and Los Angeles have been thinking all week. "Enough practice,...Sat, 12 May 2012 19:24:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631489