Steve Yzerman

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Panthers at Lightning Both teams look to end a disappointing season on a positive note when the Florida Panthers visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. The Panthers, who won the Southeast Division title in 2011-12, started...

The Pittsburgh Penguins took most of the fun out of speculation leading up to Wednesday's noon Pacific trade deadline when they pulled off major deals last week for veteran wingers Brenden Morrow and Jarome Iginla and defenseman Douglas Murray. Their...

A day after his club fell behind by four goals in the first period of a 5-3 loss to the Senators in Ottawa, Guy Boucher has been fired as coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Although General Manager Steve Yzerman said in a statement that “Guy has...

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings started practicing for this lockout-delayed season without numbers or names on their jerseys. Red Wings general manager Ken Holland heard someone joke that the move was made to make it less obvious there was no...

Author/journalist/broadcaster Rob Simpson will be signing his book, "The Winged Wheel," an illustrated history of the Detroit Red Wings, from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at McLean & Eakin, Booksellers in Petoskey. The Winged Wheel contains more than 340...

Long speeches ... cheesy jokes ... sounds like a Hollywood awards show, but not quite. The NHL will hand out its major individual awards Wednesday night at The Palms in Las Vegas, honoring players, the coach of the year and......

The Kings' eight-man delegation had about 90 minutes to make a presentation to Brad Richards and his agent, Pat Morris, on Friday in Toronto, emerging optimistic about luring the prize free agent forward to the West Coast. Tim Leiweke, chief......

    For the first time in 21 years, the Boston Bruins are headed for the Stanley Cup Final. In a series that was as even as anyone could imagine, the Bruins got a goal from Nathan Horton with 7:33 remaining in regulation Friday night to beat the...

Pavel Datsyuk scored twice, Danny Cleary had a goal and two assists and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 on Thursday night. Niklas Kronwall, Justin Abdelkader and Darren Helm also scored for the Red Wings, who have won three in a...

Writers from around the Tribune Co. weigh in on the topic. Check back throughout the day for more responses, and feel free to leave a comment of your own. Chris Korman, Baltimore Sun That the Flyers, who made it to......

Commissioner Gary Bettman said Tuesday that the NHL’s general managers haven’t shown enough support for an outright ban on hits to the head but the league will continue to focus on “dangerous hits; hits when a player is vulnerable, or......