(PhatzRadio / AP) — DETROIT – The young Detroit Red Wings have made the mighty Chicago Blackhawks look vulnerable, beating them two straight times to gain an advantage in their last playoff matchup as Western Conference rivals. Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored 31 seconds apart midway through the second period and Pavel Datsyuk restored [...]
NHL Playoff Roundup: Datsyuk, Miller, Nyquist score to help Red Wings beat Blackhawks 3-1 to take 2-1 series lead
May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
NHL Playoff Roundup: Blackhawks edge Red Wings 4-1 in series opener
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
CHICAGO (AP) — Maybe it was the extra rest, or another raucous crowd at the United Center. Maybe it was just the resumption of one of the NHL’s biggest rivalries. Whatever it was, the Chicago Blackhawks finally found that extra gear they talked about for days. Johnny Oduya and Marcus Kruger scored in the third [...]
NHL Roundup: Red Wings clinch playoff spot with win at Stars
April 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — DALLAS — The Detroit Red Wings are headed to the playoffs for the 22nd straight season after Henrik Zetterberg had two goals and an assist in a 3-0 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night. Jimmy Howard made 17 saves to post his fifth shutout of the season as Detroit [...]
NHL Report: NHL planning six outdoor games
April 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Could Dodger Stadium be the site of an outdoor NHL game between the Kings and Ducks?(Photo: Jayne Kamin-Oncea, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Games could be held at Dodger Stadium, Yankee Stadium, Soldier Field and BC Place Contracts have not been signed yet (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The Winter Classic, always a highlight of [...]
NHL Roundup: Mats Zuccarello scores shootout goal as Rangers beat Leafs, 3-2
April 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
NEW YORK — Mats Zuccarello scored the lone goal in the shootout, and the York Rangers overcame another two-goal performance by Toronto’s Phil Kessel. The Rangers moved back into seventh place in the Eastern Conference. Zuccarello, called out before the game by Rangers coach John Tortorella to score more, connected in the second round of [...]
NHL Roundup: Fedotenko lifts Flyers over Capitals in OT
April 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ruslan Fedotenko scored 1:34 into overtime after Kimmo Timonen got the tying goal with 9.5 seconds left in regulation and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 5-4 on Sunday night. Maxime Talbot, Matt Read and Claude Giroux also scored for the Flyers, who moved within two points of the idle New [...]
NHL Roundup: Teemu Selanne’s goal leads Ducks over Blackhawks, 4-2
March 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ryan Getzlaf set up Bobby Ryan’s tying goal and Teemu Selanne’s tiebreaker 1:04 apart late in the third period, and the Anaheim Ducks rallied for a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night in a meeting of the NHL’s top two teams. Jonas Hiller stopped 22 [...]
NHL realignment plan for 2013-14 approved by Board of Governors
March 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Red Wings’ new home in the Eastern Conference will be in a division that houses four of the Original Six teams. (Francois Lacasse/NHLI via Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / AP) — Even Karl Rove could see this result coming. As expected, the NHL’s Board of Governors voted–overwhelmingly, but not unanimously–today to approve a plan to [...]
NHL Roundup: Crawford starts, wins for Blackhawks against Wings
March 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
DETROIT — Patrick Kane kept the Chicago Blackhawks’ record streak alive. Chicago extended its NHL-record, season-opening points streak to 22 games Sunday when Kane scored the tying goal on a power play with 2:02 left in regulation and had the only goal in a shootout. That lifted Chicago to a 2-1 win over the Detroit [...]
NHL Roundup: Blackhawks improved to 6-0 by beating Red Wings 2-1
January 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Corey Crawford #50 of the Chicago Blackhawks stops a shot from Ryan Johansen #19 of the Columbus Blue Jackets as Nick Leddy #8 of the Chicago Blackhawks looks for the rebound during the second period on January 26, 2013 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. (January 25, 2013 – Source: Kirk Irwin/Getty Images North America) [...]
