Ice Hockey News

With tensions running high over Crimea, a fledgling Russian team on Tuesday go head to head with defending champions the United States in a sledge hockey clash at the Sochi Paralympics.

Oxford Hawks gave title-chasing visitors Slough a scare before falling to a 4-1 defeat in the Investec Western Conference on Saturday.

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of the rock band Kiss have put down their instruments, wiped away the face paint and unveiled their own arena football franchise, promising to pair the niche sport with the pyrotechnic theatre of their concerts.

Monday's game between the Dallas Stars and Columbus Blue Jackets has been postponed after Stars' forward Rich Peverley suffered a medical emergency while on the bench early in the first period.

At this time of year over the past decade or so, various Sudbury and area girls high school teams have travelled to the provincial hockey championships as front and center medal contenders.

Bobby Hill, left, and his father Robert Hill, both goalies, congratulate the other team after winning a goal medal in the Unified Floor Hockey event during the Special Olympics Alaska Winter Games at East High School on Sunday, March 9, 2014.

On the day after the NHL trade deadline, it seemed perfectly fitting that Butch Goring was hanging around Rexall Place in his current duties as the New York Islanders TV colourman.

Rumour has it - and when the source is hockey insider extraordinaire Bob McKenzie , it's hardly mere industry gossip anymore - that George Stroumboulopoulos is the new face, the new 'tude, of Hockey Night in Canada .

Fans filed into the First Niagara Center and took their seats shortly before the players took the ice - for the morning skate.

The Buffalo Sabres head west to Calgary, Alberta, Canada for a match-up against the Flames on Tuesday, March 18th; game time is 9 p.m. ET.

The Hawks, who already have made history this season with a franchise-high 21-game win streak, honored that legacy with a 4-1 win against the Vancouver Giants before 9,609 fans at the Moda Center.

It has been so cold around here this winter that Katia Pashkevitch went to Russia to warm up.

While the rest of the Washington Capitals enjoyed a day off Sunday morning, Evgeny Kuznetsov took his first skate after signing his entry-level NHL contract and said he's ready to jump into the lineup whenever Coach Adam Oates will have him.

Canadian sledge hockey player Dominic Larocque, seen during practice before the 2014 Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, had a goal and an assist as Canada beat Norway 4-0 on March 9, 2014.

Eighty-three-year old Ron Kilmartin was in a hospice, dying of lung cancer. His daughter was at his bedside, cracking jokes about it.

Shannon Szabados is turning pro. The 27-year-old Edmontonian, who backstopped Canada's Olympic women's hockey team to gold in Sochi last month, is joining the Columbus Cottonmouths of the Southern Professional Hockey League for the rest of their season.

I'm mad at the Canadians. It started a few weeks ago when their men's and women's Olympic hockey teams knocked out the Americans for the second straight winter Olympics.

The Mount Allison University women's hockey team celebrates an overtime win Thursday against the Universite de Moncton.

According to the Canadian Press , Canadian Olympic gold medalist Shannon Szabados of Edmonton, Alberta has signed on with the Columbus Cottonmouths of the Southern Professional Hockey League on Friday.

Greg Westlake of Canada is challenged by Marcus Holm of Sweden during the Preliminary Round Group A match between Canada and Sweden at Shayba Arena on March 8, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.