Hockey History

Hockey History: A Tale of Two Hockey Lifers

Hockey Lifers can be described as people who fell in love with the sport at an early age and found a way to stay involved with the game even when their playing days were over. In most modern-day cases, players move into coaching, scouting or broadcasting. But back in the days of the Original Six, those opportunities were few and far between.

Retro Rangers: Time for a Banner Night for Brad Park

Retro Rangers: Time for a Banner Night for Brad Park

While Billy Joel, Harry Styles and the band Phish all have banners hanging from the rafters at Madison Square Garden, there is still nothing up there honoring former Rangers captain and NHL Hall of Famer Brad Park. It’s time for that to change.

Gerald Eskenazi Remembers the 1972 Summit Series

Gerald Eskenazi Remembers the 1972 Summit Series

It’s hard to believe in this technology-laden age of 24-Hour sports coverage, but 50 years ago when Canada faced off against Russia in their now famous Summit Series, the games were not initially scheduled to be broadcast in the United States. None of the major networks were interested, including NBC, which was about to embark on their “Peter Puck” era of hockey coverage.

Follow along as the Capitals star chases down Wayne Gretzky's record, including highlights of each goal and the upcoming schedule. [...]

The 4 Nations Face-Off was a game-changer. How will the NHL capitalize on it -- and what comes next for its midseason events? [...]

Alex Ovechkin scored his 880th, 881st and 882nd career goals to move 13 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record and give the Washington Capitals a 7-3 victory over [...]

The Utah Hockey Club put defenseman Juuso Valimaki on waivers after he fell out of the team's lineup with John Marino and Sean Durzi each back from a long-term injury. [...]

Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm will need another surgery on his injured knee and is unlikely to return this year, general manager Don Sweeney said. [...]

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