NHL Western Conference News

Coming off a 4-3 win over one of the NHL's hottest teams in the Minnesota Wild, the Vancouver Canucks look to extend their win streak to three games when they host the surprising Los Angeles Kings at GM Place, who enter tonight's game sitting atop the Western Conference standings.

Maloney to appear on NHL Live! NHL.com Phoenix Coyotes GM Don Maloney will be among the guests on NHL Live! on Monday, scheduled from noon-2 p.m. on NHL Network and NHL.com and broadcast on XM Radio.

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Given that it is the middle of December, it would be premature for the Abbotsford Heat to use the term "must win" just yet.

There would be no hat trick from Johnny Lazo on Wednesday night, but the Americans managed to provide plenty of offense without it.

With 21 teams spread around Russia, as well as single entries from Belarus, Latvia and Kazakhstan, the Kontinental Hockey League encompasses an enormous amount of territory in Europe and Eurasia.

It's been a strange year for the Dallas Stars . They turned a page in the offseason, hiring neophyte GM Joe Nieuwendyk and veteran coach Marc Crawford.

Jennifer Wakefield of the Fraser Valley Avalanche was named Western Conference first star of the month Wednesday by the National Ringette League.

Heading into the 2009-10 National Hockey League season, there were a lot of question marks.

The team has called a news conference for Thursday afternoon. Kane and Toews, both 21, led the Blackhawks to the Western Conference finals last season.

's debut with the Chicago Blackhawks six days ago was a hit, a two-goal performance in a rout of the Western Conference-leading San Jose Sharks .

I really hope Jay Cutler hasn't blinded you with interceptions. Because, if your vision is still intact, perhaps you have noticed that our Blackhawks - you know, "the good team" - are rolling as of late.

The Dynamo finished another strong season this fall - second place in the Western Conference.

Leland Irving has earned his spot as the No. 1 goalie in Abbotsford with one shutout, eight wins and a save percentage of 0.916 in 17 games.

The Tips take on the top team in the Western Conference tonight. Also looking forward to listening to Craig West for the first time this season.

Ducks general manager Bob Murray, his team mired in a rut that has seen it lose nine of 12 games and fall to the bottom of the Western Conference, lashed out Thursday to light a fire under his underachieving squad.

This could have been Record Night in Music City. Instead, when the Devils visit Nashville tonight, they'll be trying to avoid a losing streak.

And at the end of the day, don't give the game away. If the Edmonton Eskimos receivers could just have caught the big-play passes from Ricky Ray, it could have turned out a different way.

If Brett B. MacLean's next 19 games as a Fredericton High School Black Kat are anything like his first, the defending provincial champions are in for a heck of a season.

Will that defeated, forlorn look on Vesa Toskalaa TMs face, be the one we see again tonight, as the Leafs take on the Chicago Blackhawks? With back to back games against two tough Western Conference opponents beginning tonight, the Leafs have their work cut out for them.