Ice Hockey News

After putting the Mansfield High School foreign exchange programs on hold due to reports of student misbehavior during a 2012 exchange in Spain, the Mansfield School Committee is discussing the possibility of allowing a French exchange during the 2013-14 school year.

Sam Judge scores for Scotland in an internationa match against the US in the World League in Brazil.

Tom Peck is a reporter on The Independent's news desk with an interest in just about everything.

Two fine performances from Ireland in the recent two match series against Germany augurs well for the future of Irish hockey under Andrew Meredith.

According to the Mastercard Memorial Cup website , Airdrie, Alberta raised Ty Rattie and Calgary Flames' draft pick Tyler Wotherspoon each scored for the Portland Winterhawks in their 2-1 victory over the London Knights in the semi-final of the 2013 Mastercard Memorial Cup in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on Friday evening.

The battle for wrestling to regain its place on the roster of Olympic sports is already a long, drawn-out fight.

Meagan Hindman of the St. Ignatius Falcons hits a return shot to Jacquie Cleghorn of the Hammarskjold Vikings during the Thunder Bay high school junior tennis championships on Friday.

The last month of exhilarating hockey has been a perfect example to why the theater and drama of the NHL playoffs is far superior to any postseason action in all other sports.

GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland international Lyanne Diotte is hoping ball hockey will be opened up to a whole new audience over the next few years.

You get the feeling that after Thursday night's 3-0 victory by Los Angeles - by far the Kings' best performance of the series - the Sharks will look at the video and see how uninspiring they were except for brief spurts.

WASHINGTON, May 24 Next month firefighters from New York, Boston and Russia will trade in their flame-resistant gear for shoulder pads and ice skates and team up against each other and some of the best known names in hockey for the third annual 'Battles On Ice,' a two-part annual competition in New York that organizers say represents both tragedy ... (more)

Life was never the same for the Blong children - Chris, Darren and Rosie - after their dad, Ross, and mum, Nell, announced they had bought an ice skating rink and were moving the family to Auckland.

"We're not panicking, but we do have the red light on saying, 'hey we have to get better,'" president Bob Nicholson told delegates to Hockey Canada's annual general meeting Friday morning in Charlottetown.

"Million Dollar Arm" is the next big baseball movie, it and began shooting this month in Mumbai, India.

SOUTHAMPTON hockey player Alex Danson is celebrating after her Reading side completed a magnificent treble - becoming the first English side to win the European crown and two domestic trophies in the same season.

Patrick Roy holds the Conn Smythe trophy as playoff MVP after the Montreal Canadiens beat the Calgary Flames in Calgary to win the Stanley Cup in May 1986.

Vancouver Canucks assistant coach Newell Brown talks to Canucks stars Daniel and Henrik Sedin during an April 22, 2013 National Hockey League game against the Chicago Blackhawks at Rogers Arena.

We've seen the pictures of the slick, state-of-the-art downtown arena, which will surely be a landmark when it opens in 2016 for all Edmontonians.

Shea McAleese chills out at home in Napier in between fulfilling his Olympic ambassador's role in schools and meeting the international demands of playing hockey.

Walter Gretzky remained optimistic as San Jose was driving the final nail in the Vancouver Canucks' coffin during Game 4 of their first-round matchup.