http://www.nhl.com/rssNHL FEATURE STORIESNHL Enterprises, L.P. (c) 2012 NHL. All Rights Reserveden-usSun, 05 Feb 2012 14:52:52 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615418NHL.com fantasy insider Pete Jensen has you covered all season long with the weekly Fantasy Hockey Mailbag. The most compelling questions posed each week will be answered in an effort to provide you with the best chance to succeed in your particul...Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:08:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615418http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615417DALLAS -- Before Saturday's game between the Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center, the Stars honored Ed Belfour, a 2011 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee and key contributor to their only Stanley Cup championship team in franchis...Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:59:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615417http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615413The Edmonton Oilers have been waiting for Sam Gagner to deliver on the promise that made him their first-round pick in the 2007 NHL Draft. But not even in their wildest dreams could they have pictured what happened last week. In the context of ...Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:08:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615413http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615271 MONTREAL -- This was not exactly the way Alex Ovechkin wanted to make the highlight reels off his grand return from a three-game suspension, but at least he was able to see the humor in his own rust. Ovechkin came off a 12-day layoff in the W...Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:46:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615271http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615267CALGARY -- He's been retired since 1999, but No. 99 is still piling up the assists. Mired in a 15-game scoreless drought, Olli Jokinen turned to a piece of advice bestowed upon him by Wayne Gretzky during his tenure as coach of the Phoenix Coyo...Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:58:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615267http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615265Given the complex, never-steady landscape of fantasy hockey, each week, NHL.com Fantasy Insider Sergei Feldman will give you The Real Spiel on some of the quirks and trends that permeated your week of fantasy hockey by way of in-depth analysis. T...Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:55:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615265http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615293The calendar has flipped to February, and in the course of this NHL season that means it is trade deadline month. There were a couple of interesting trades in January, but hockey's swapping season is likely to pick up in the coming days. Here at N...Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:33:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615293http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615032Each week NHL.com wants you, the fan, to vote on the best plays of the week. We'll select the top goal, save and hit and you get to decide which of those three plays is the best of all. There is really no wrong answer here, but we want to know wha...Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:30:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615032http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615104 WILMINGTON, Mass. – The notoriety Tyler Seguin has around the city of Boston, and especially Bruins fans, continues to astound him even now that he's more than halfway through his second full NHL season.                 The latest example of Bos...Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:04:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615104http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615100Wayne Gretzky, Paul Coffey and ... Sam Gagner? Yes, that's the type of company Gagner is keeping these days. Well, at least he did for one night. Gagner lit up the Chicago Blackhawks with four goals and four assists Thursday night, authoring the ...Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:46:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615100http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615093The calendar has flipped to February, and in the course of this NHL season that means it is trade deadline month. There were a couple of interesting trades in January, but hockey's swapping season is likely to pick up in the coming days. Here at N...Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:04:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615093http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615078SUNRISE, Fla. — Between former Hart Trophy winner Jose Theodore and top prospect Jacob Markstrom, it was easy to overlook Scott Clemmensen in the Florida Panthers goalie troika. But as the Panthers begin their second-half push to make the Stanley...Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:48:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615078http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615028Across the National Hockey League, elite goalie prospects are flooding team depth charts with an abundance of talent. This is due in part to the natural evolution of the position, but it's also due to more NHL teams investing more resources than...Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:03:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615028http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615027 Gordie Howe never had eight points in a game. Neither did Bobby Hull, Bobby Orr, Mark Messier, Mike Bossy or Brett Hull. In fact, before Thursday night, only 10 players in the history of the League had managed that feat. That's what makes Sam G...Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:32:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615027http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615013It wasn't all that long ago when Garth Snow was stopping pucks for the New York Islanders, the final stop in a five-team, 12-season career for the 1987 sixth-round draft pick of the Quebec Nordiques. Yet Snow is already in his sixth season as gen...Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:44:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615013http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614971 NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman addressed the controversial ending to Wednesday night's game between the Los Angeles Kings and Columbus Blue Jackets during his weekly radio show Thursday night. Drew Doughty scored a power-play goal with :00.4 sec...Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:44:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614971http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614934Doug Weight is in a good place. It is late morning, and he is dangling the puck on the bright, white ice inside RBC Center in Raleigh. High above him in the rafters hangs the Carolina Hurricanes' 2006 Stanley Cup banner. Weight played for that t...Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:08:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614934http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614928Every Thursday during the season, NHL.com fantasy hockey expert Matt Cubeta will provide you with an in-depth analysis of fantasy left wings in our weekly segment: "Turn Left Here." From updated left wing rankings to guys you should keep a close e...mcubeta@nhl.comThu, 02 Feb 2012 13:46:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614928http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614872 The calendar has flipped to February, and in the course of this NHL season that means it is trade deadline month. There were a couple of interesting trades in January, but hockey's swapping season is likely to pick up in the coming days. Here at ...Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:24:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614872http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614867ST. LOUIS -- After the Blues poured everything they had physically, emotionally and mentally into a 3-2 shootout loss to Pittsburgh in their final game leading into the All-Star break, players, coaches and even management looked forward to some re...Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:26:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614867http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614858Trade talk is heating up, Sidney Crosby is again dominating headlines, and the Ducks are having fun. However, there are situations with players in Toronto and Minnesota that are worth paying attention to. And there's reason to focus on Chicago's r...Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:28:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614858http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614831KELOWNA, B.C. -- Thomas Wilson said his goal coming into the 2012 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game was to get a few hits early in the game to set the tone. The big Plymouth Whalers forward did just that early and often Wednesday night her...Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:29:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614831http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614828 KELOWNA, B.C. -- If the 2012 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game here at Prospera Place proved anything, it's that defense likely will reign supreme in the early rounds of the 2012 NHL Draft on June 22-23 in Pittsburgh.   In a game that saw ...Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:02:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614828http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614830KELOWNA, B.C. -- Branden Troock certainly made the most of his time at the 2012 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. Troock, a right wing with the Seattle Thunderbirds, set up Team Orr's first goal and scored the game-winner with 24.5 second...Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:52:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614830http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614819KELOWNA, B.C. - Three-time Stanley Cup champion Mark Recchi is having a blast serving as one of the coaches at the 2012 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. Recchi will lead Team Cherry when it takes the ice Wednesday for the Top Prospects Game (10 p.m. E...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:28:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614819http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614815 SAN JOSE – Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Nyjer Morgan traded his baseball bat for a hockey stick and had his "dream come true" Wednesday when he practiced with the San Jose Sharks, his hometown team. Morgan was born in San Francisco but spent mos...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:17:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614815http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614758BOSTON -- Not many things -- as the proverb goes -- are worth a pile of beans. At 60 years running, however, the most valuable is likely the mythical stash inside the Beanpot Trophy. Awarded the second Monday each February in Beantown to the win...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:36:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614758http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614774With the Feb. 27 trade deadline less than a month away, the rumor mill will now roll into overdrive. Enjoy! For my part, I offer you a list of 10 players (with expiring contracts) that figure to hear their names mentioned in a lot of deadline ch...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:15:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614774http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614752Every Wednesday during the season, NHL.com fantasy hockey expert Matt Cubeta will provide you with an in-depth analysis of fantasy centers in our weekly segment: "Center Stage." From updated center rankings to guys you should keep a close eye on a...mcubeta@nhl.comWed, 01 Feb 2012 14:38:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614752http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614688 The calendar has flipped to February, meaning it is trade deadline month in the NHL. There were a couple of interesting trades in January, but hockey's swap meet is likely to pick up in the coming days as the 3 p.m. deadline on Feb. 27 approaches...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:13:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614688http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614742One month into the return of Marc Staal from a concussion, New York Rangers coach John Tortorella is facing a conundrum with his top defenseman -- in order to get Staal back to form, he needs to play more minutes, but since he's still behind the c...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:32:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614742http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614678 Vancouver Canucks backup Cory Schneider has already done a lot this season to prove to the hockey world that he's ready for a No. 1 job in the NHL. The Canucks seem intent on showing the rest of the League he's a big-game goalie, too. Of the t...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:33:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614678http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614543The age-old hockey axiom that scoring wins fans but defense wins championships translates just as easily into Czech as it does to the game's other languages. It is no coincidence that the team which has by far allowed the fewest goals in the Extra...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:00:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614543http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614612KELOWNA, B.C. -- The NHL stars of tomorrow took center stage Tuesday at Prospera Place during the skills competition at the 2012 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game.   The event was a prelude to the Top Prospects Game, scheduled here Wednesda...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:15:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614612http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614611KELOWNA, B.C. -- The injury bug certainly reaped havoc on the rosters for the 17th CHL/NHL Home Hardware Top Prospects Game, which is slated for Wednesday at Prospera Place.   In fact, seven players had to be replaced for the game (10 p.m. ET, NHL...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:11:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614611http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614609 KELOWNA, B.C. -- At the skills competition at the 2010 Top Prospects Game, Nino Niederreiter put on a show in the Breakaway Challenge, tossing his glove while skating in and scoring one-handed. Watching was Tim Bozon, who, like Niederreiter, ...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:29:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614609http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614602 NEWARK, N.J. -- One bounce can change the fortunes of a hockey team. On Tuesday night, it turned a sure victory for the New York Rangers into one of their more frustrating losses of the season. Devils defenseman Andy Greene launched a slap shot ...Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:44:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614602http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614537 Heading into the 2012 Tim Hortons NHL All-Star Game, Penguins center Evgeni Malkin enjoyed a three-point cushion atop the list of NHL scoring leaders. So it's hardly surprising that his was one of the first names mentioned when players competing ...Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:44:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614537http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614535The 2012 NHL All-Star Game is in the books and as always it was an exciting event that showcased the skills of some of the best and brightest the league has to offer. Though there were 42 vets selected to participate in the game itself, the League...Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:46:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614535http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614521TAMPA -- Guy Boucher is sitting behind his desk at the practice facility of the Tampa Bay Lightning, picking idly at a plate of mixed vegetables. He's in the midst of his second season as coach and unlike the first season, when the team exceeded a...Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:08:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=614521