Alex Ovechkin almost stopped playing hockey. Raised in the final years of the Soviet sports system by parents who were ...

Born Sept. 17, 1985, and coming of age just as the Soviet Union was giving way to a new Russia, Alex Ovechkin was drawn to ...

Entering this rematch, the Lightning and Stars might be previewing this year's Stanley Cup Finals. Both teams have ... and Stars are at the top of that list. Each roster is loaded and experienced.

That Canadiens team passed the torch to the NHL's next dynasty, the New York Islanders, who followed up Montreal's four-peat with four Stanley Cup finals wins of their own from 1980 to '83.

Alex Ovechkin almost stopped playing hockey. His mother, Tatyana, was a basketball player, his father, Mikhail, was a soccer ...

Consider the ranking of each Stanley Cup champion since the 2007-08 season ... and surely is already atop head coach Patrick Roy’s focus list this off-season.

During the New York Rangers’ December swoon it seemed like a matter of days before they would move on from Peter Laviolette.

The Florida Panthers are the reigning Stanley Cup champions, and they continue to ... Matthew Tkachuk on the long-term injured reserve list for the rest of the regular season.

Lord Stanley's Cup is the oldest trophy in North American professional sports, having been donated by the Governor General of Canada, Lord Stanley Preston, all the way back in 1892. It initially ...

Five of the past seven Stanley Cup champions have ranked among the league ... already-towering D-corps added that much more beef. The list of the biggest clubs includes several other top-tier ...