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Ed Snider understands the vitriol.

ESPN Insider Craig Custance examines seven surprising player usage trends in the early portion of the 2013-14 season, including Mikael Backlund, Martin Erat and Mark Fayne.

It was no secret Peter Laviolette was on the hot seat in Philadelphia, but what transpired Monday in the City of Brotherly Love was nothing short of farce.

    

NEW YORK, N.Y. - USA Today's Kevin Allen has been named the recipient of the 2013 Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding service to hockey in the United States. Allen has been USA Today's national hockey writer since 1986...

    

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TORONTO - Colorado rookie Nathan MacKinnon was all smiles ahead of Game 3 of his NHL career. The 18-year-old centre from Cole Harbour, N.S., says he's still getting over how well he is being treated in the big leagues. M...

    

NEW YORK -- One of the most respected and prolific chroniclers of the game for nearly four decades, USA Today's national hockey writer Kevin Allen has been named the recipient of the 2013 Lester Patrick Trophy for outsta...

    

The San Jose Sharks look to stay unbeaten on the young season Tuesday night as they conclude a season-opening, three-game homestand versus the New York Rangers.

A pair of unbeaten teams take to the ice on Tuesday, as the Toronto Maple Leafs host the Colorado Avalanche in a battle at Air Canada Centre.

The Minnesota Wild and Nashville Predators will both be trying to avoid starting the season with three straight setbacks as the club's clash on Tuesday night in the home opener at Bridgestone Arena.

The New York Islanders will try to post their first home win of the season when they host the Phoenix Coyotes in Tuesday's clash at Nassau Coliseum.

TORONTO - Hockey Canada has officially unveiled its hockey jerseys for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Amid club music and laser lights, youth players skated onto the ice at Mattamy Arena wearing the red, white and al...

    

    

LOS ANGELES - The new video and song fell painfully flat, but the light show was nifty and the introductions brimmed with rah-rah enthusiasm before the Los Angeles Kings' first game at Staples Center this season.

CHICAGO - They had three days to revel in a satisfying victory over the Capitals to open the season, and then the Blackhawks had three days to stew over a third-period collapse that ended with a shootout defeat to the Li...

Brad Richards scored two goals, Ryan McDonagh got credit for a short-handed goal on a comical mistake by Jonathan Quick and the New York Rangers beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 on Monday night for their first victory of t...

Kings goalie Jonathan Quick loses his stick and knocks the puck into his own net in the third period.