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Puck Previews: Oilers visit Maple Leafs; Red Wings go for Coyotes sweep (Yahoo! Sports)
Here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general frivolity. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished. • The Bruins made … Continue reading →

Puck Headlines: Sam Gagner didn’t score 8 points; Stewart waived; Crosby update (Yahoo! Sports)
Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • Via reader Bryce Rankin, an NHL desk calendar fail of the … Continue reading →

What We Learned: NHL could learn a thing or two from the Super Bowl (Yahoo! Sports)
Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about … Continue reading →

Ducks Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

With personnel like Bobby Ryan and Saku Koivu that can't crack the top unit of a power play because of people like Teemu Selanne, Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry occupying those spots, the Ducks' power play should be one of the NHL's best.

These players have produced great success with the man advantage in the past, producing success rates that were tied for fourth in 2008-09 (23.6 percent) and 2009-10 (21 percent) before improving to third last season (23.5).

But while they scored once in five chances Friday against Columbus, the Ducks also failed to come through on opportunities to bury the Blue Jackets as they allowed them to come back for a 3-2 overtime victory.

The Ducks have been successful on 31 of 174 opportunities for only 17.8 percent and that actually...

Two more reasons Teemu Selanne rules: Holding ceramic pig, wearing panty-dropper shirt (Photo) (Yahoo! Sports)
On Saturday night, the Anaheim Ducks held their annual skills competition at Honda Center to the delight of 7,000 fans. Teemu Selanne's team was victorious for the second straight year, earning him the much-coveted ceramic pig and the opportunity to … Continue reading →

Cogs wishes he’d been here for Gags’ big night (The Edmonton Journal)
In 2008, Sam Gagner had a front row seat for Andrew Cogliano’s record setting run that started on March 7 and ended a hard-to-fathom three overtime games later. When the tables turned this week, and Gagner was the talk of the NHL, Cogliano was keeping tabs from his new home in Anaheim.

Game Story: Flames 3, Blackhawks 1 (The Calgary Herald)
Herald’s three stars are Olli Jokinen, Jay Bouwmeester and Miikka Kiprusoff

Blue Jackets snap skid, beat Ducks in OT (The Canadian Press)
ANAHEIM, Calif. - A little extra time on the clock went the Columbus Blue Jackets' way this time in Southern California.

Friday’s Three Stars: Brassard wins it for Blue Jackets in overtime; Halak blanks Kings (Yahoo! Sports)
Check out the very different reactions of the guy in the Canada jersey and the lady beside him. No. 1 Star: Derek Brassard, Columbus Blue Jackets The Blue Jackets accomplished a rare feat on Friday, at least for them. For … Continue reading →

NHL Capsules: Iginla, Flames down Chicago (The Canadian Press)
CALGARY - Jarome Iginla had a goal and an assist to help Calgary Flames beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Friday night.

CBA sticking points: The players' cut & team-by-team revenues (Yahoo! Sports)
Neither the league nor union have gone public, but the players' percentage and how much each market makes appear to be the main issues.

Proteau: Apologies from 30 NHL teams (TheHockeyNews.com)
Every NHL team has something to be sorry for so Adam Proteau does it for them in this week's column.

Stars rout Ducks 6-2 in return from break (The Canadian Press)
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Stephane Robidas knew the Dallas Stars were overdue for a big offensive game, and Ryan Getzlaf figured the Anaheim Ducks couldn't keep up their torrid pace forever.

Wednesday’s Three Stars: Lundqvist, Reimer post shutouts; Samuelsson’s far out goal (Yahoo! Sports)
No. 1 Star: Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers King Henrik recorded his third shutout in five starts with a 34-save night during a 1-0 shootout win over the Buffalo Sabres. After a scoreless regulation and overtime, Marian Gaborik and Ryan … Continue reading →

Red Wings have earned the love (The Vancouver Sun)
Nobody hates the Detroit Red Wings and it’s making me sick. It’s unbelievable the free pass this organization gets compared to nearly all the other top teams in the National Hockey League.

Puck Previews: Penguins, Leafs meet again; Ray Ferraro apologizes (Yahoo! Sports)
Here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general frivolity. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished. • Youppi! showing the … Continue reading →

What are the biggest questions facing each NHL team down the stretch of 2011-12 season? (Yahoo! Sports)
The NHL All-Star Game isn't the midway point of the season, but it does drop the checkered flag for rampant trade deadline speculation and big debates about the direction of teams down the stretch. With that, we look at all … Continue reading →

Tuesday’s Three Stars: Cogliano’s quick trick; Leafs, Wild, blow three-goal leads late (Yahoo! Sports)
This photo nicely illustrates the quality of the netminding Cogliano faced during his second period scoring spree. No. 1 Star: John Tavares, New York Islanders Though Tavares was able to pick up a 2nd goal and a 2nd assist on … Continue reading →

Cogliano's hat trick leads Ducks past Coyotes (AP)
Andrew Cogliano has made a point of shooting more in recent games. With the luck he had against Phoenix, he might just start shooting on every touch. Taking advantage of shaky goaltending, Cogliano had the second-fastest hat trick in Ducks history, scoring three goals in less than 7 minutes to help Anaheim open the second half of the season with a 4-1 win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Tuesday night.

Maple Leafs trading Mikhail Grabovski? (Yahoo! Sports)
The NHL trade deadline is on Feb. 27, but the Toronto Maple Leafs' locker room is already thick with rumors of who is going where for what, according to the Toronto Sun. On Monday, Mikhail Grabovski and Clarke MacArthur both … Continue reading →

Oilers aim to not give up on season despite dismal record (The Edmonton Journal)
Not even a handful of days away could change the cold hard facts awaiting the Edmonton Oilers when they returned to Rexall Place on Monday.

NHL boss reiterates support for shootout (The Canadian Press)
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The NHL emerged from the lockout with a new look, including a bold new way to determine a winner for each regular-season game.

Eighth place in the Western Conference is up for grabs; Who takes it? (Yahoo! Sports)
With the All-Star break now behind us, it's time to look ahead to the next two major dates of the year: February 27 and April 7 -- the trade deadline and the last day of the regular season, respectively. (Also, … Continue reading →

What We Learned: Toronto is the league’s most intriguing second-half team (Yahoo! Sports)
Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about … Continue reading →

Team Alfredsson win NHL skills contest (The Ottawa Citizen)
Daniel Alfredsson clearly remains the city's biggest hockey hero, but Patrick Kane played the role of Superman at the all-star skills competition.

Fan Fair a true All-Star experience (The Ottawa Citizen)
Fan Fair, the National Hockey League's extravaganza, officially came to a close on Saturday at the Ottawa Convention Centre, but not until more than 40 NHL players dropped in, along with tens of thousands of visitors.