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Joe Sakic: A class act hangs 'em up
Eric Duhatschek Last updated on Tuesday, Jul. 07, 2009 10:24PM EDT O fficially, Joe Sakic's career will go into the record books this way: 20 years, 1,378 NHL games, 1,641 points, two Stanley Cup championships, voted into 13 all-star games, one Olympic gold medal and a legacy of class and respect only a handful of players could ever approach or ...
Hawks draft defenseman; resign Bolland
On a day when the Blackhawks made their biggest news off the ice by agreeing to terms with free-agent center Dave Bolland, they felt they filled one of their long-term needs Friday night in the first round of the NHL entry draft by selecting defenseman Dylan Olsen.
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Former Avs coach Tony Granato: Nice guys get sacked
Won't be seeing Tony Granato on this bench anymore.... Yesterday afternoon, during a conversation with Sandy Clough and Mike Evans of FM 104.3/The Fan , Tony Granato, who'd beeen canned as head coach of your Colorado Avalanche a short time earlier, came across as the classiest of class acts, expressing gratitude to the franchise that treated him ...
Avalanche fire coach Granato, hire Greg Sherman as GM
Avalanche head coach Tony Granato was fired Wednesday in the second major move by the team in the last two months.
Frei: Roy talks seal Granato's fate
Tony Granato's credibility is slammed into the boards by the Avs' flirtation with Patrick Roy about the team's head coaching job.
Patrick Roy cites family reasons for declining Avs' coaching offer. Pierre Lacroix's nickname among many in the hockey world is "The Godfather," partly for his ability to make offers people can't refuse.
Although he stands 6-foot-3, Jim Playfair must feel considerably shorter having been kicked in the shins so many times.
Wings finish off Hawks in overtime
Good for Granato : Now that Patrick Roy has turned down his job, Colorado Avalanche coach Tony Granato can get on with his life.
Report has Roy adding GM title too
The Colorado Avalanche have sweetened their offer in pursuit of Patrick Roy, according to a report out of Montreal.
Babcock a part of friendly rivalry
Red Wings coach Mike Babcock isn't on speaking terms with his good friend this week.
Patrick Roy says Avs have not offered him coaching job, talks ongoing
Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy talked at length Wednesday with a Toronto radio station about a recent report that he was offered the Colorado Avalanche head coaching job.
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Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville's off-day presser transcript
Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville took part in a press conference after the Blackhawks practiced on Monday, and here's the transcript thereof: May 18, NHLMedia.com : Q. Before we get to X's and O's on the series, your thoughts on Patrick Roy being offered the Colorado Avalanche job? JOEL QUENNEVILLE: I think it's speculation.
Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy has denied being offered the Colorado Avalanche's coaching job, a position currently held by Tony Granato.
Quenneville's misfortune good luck for Red Wings
Seasons and teams have changed, but the Blackhawks' coach has known all too well the pain of losing to Detroit, Bob Duff writes.
A friendly rivalry for Quenneville, Babcock
The coaching matchup in the Western Conference finals is a friendly one. The Detroit Red Wings' Mike Babcock and the Hawks' Joel Quenneville worked together during the World Hockey Championships five years ago.
Red Wings give Blackhawks' Joel Quenneville fits
Joel Quenneville has been one of the NHL's more successful coaches the past dozen years.
Blackhawks assistant coach made fateful off-season call
As a player notorious for his pranks in 20 years in the NHL Marc Bergevin once dipped a dozen glazed doughnuts in the hot wax used to coat hockey sticks and watched a teammate down two of them before realizing something tasted funny.
Krieger: Avs' best move? Hire Roy
Patrick Roy, General Manager and Head Coach, Quebec Remparts Hey, as Pierre Lacroix might explain if he were explaining, which he's not, better late than never.
There is the story. And then there is the rest of the story. There is the story of Joel Quenneville being hired four games into the season to take over as head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks, leading the team to a 104-point season and returning here yesterday tied 1-1 in the Western Conference semifinal with the Vancouver Canucks.
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There are always going to be those 14 teams that don't make it into the postseason.