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E.J. Hradek: Jaromir Jagr returns to North America in Czech's Olympic win
VANCOUVER -- Turn back the clock, baby. The featured stars on the second day of this Olympic hockey tournament: Teemu Selanne, Peter Forsberg and Jaro...
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E.J. Hradek: Time to start talking Sweden repeat
VANCOUVER -- In the preliminary round, the teams created their road map to the gold medal. After map-questing the field, here are a few thoughts on ea...
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E.J. Hradek: Team Canada invokes junior game plan to stop Ovechkin
VANCOUVER -- What a wonderful Wednesday it was. We watched some wall-to-wall hockey -- four quarterfinal matches. The Americans, Canadiens, Finns and ...
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E.J. Hradek: The seriousness and silliness around dirty hits
If nothing else, Pittsburgh Penguins winger Matt Cooke is consistent. There's never a vulnerable opponent he doesn't take advantage of with an elbow o...
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2010 NHL Playoffs - Stanley Cup - Hradek - Sedin, Ovechkin star as Canucks,...
OK, let's take a quick quiz. Raise your hand if you thought Wednesday night's Boston Bruins and Buffalo Sabres tilt just might go on all night. I know...
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NHL playoffs 2010 - E.J. Hradek: Martin Erat's big mistake, Jonathan Toews'...
I will shed no tears for the Nashville Predators or Ottawa Senators after they ripped defeat from the jaws of victory on Saturday. The Preds are a bit...
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Stanley Cup playoffs: The moment it all went wrong for the Philadelphia Flyers
CHICAGO -- Decisions, decisions, decisions. Coaches have to make dozens and dozens of snap decisions throughout any hockey game. Sometimes they go wit...
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Stanley Cup playoffs: Chicago Blackhawks need just one more win over...
CHICAGO -- Standing outside the dressing room with a decisive 7-4 Game 5 victory in his back pocket and an extra day off to prepare for a possible Cup...
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NHL - E.J. Hradek -- Chicago Blackhawks should try to keep Patrick Sharp,...
Chicago Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman is a pretty fortunate guy. Last week, he won a Stanley Cup. This week, he's getting a lot of calls from his peers a...
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NHL: What the Ilya Kovalchuk ruling means for Chris Pronger, Marian Hossa and...
Arbitrator Richard Bloch is quite a magician. (Literally.) He shuffled 20 pieces of paper and made $102 million disappear. Now you see it. Now y...
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NHL: Recapping the summer of Ilya Kovalchuk
After 65 days (and a roughly 15 additional hours), Ilya Kovalchuk can finally settle into life in northern New Jersey as a true member of the New Jers...
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NHL: For the St. Louis Blues, Boston Bruins, Dallas Stars and Chicago...
It was a short weekend for me. On Sunday afternoon, I visited the Yale Whale (otherwise known as the Ingalls Rink) to call the Bulldogs' ECAC showdown...
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NHL: Alex Ovechkin and Washington Capitals will get a measure of revenge...
Before I make my Tuesday night picks, I have to offer my congratulations to veteran Detroit Red Wings stopper Chris Osgood, who became just the 10th g...
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NHL: Notes from the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs
We haven't played even a week of playoff games, and the defending champs already find themselves on the brink of elimination. That didn't take long! ...
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2011 NHL Playoffs: Roberto Luongo, Marian Gaborik feeling the heat as...
Are you nervous today, Canucks fans? I'd think you might be after suffering your second straight butt-whipping by the champs-on-the-brink Chicago Blac...
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E.J. Hradek: Team USA needs fast start versus Switzerland
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Before I look at Wednesday's quarterfinal matchups, I must offer a tip of the cap to Latvia, Norway and Belarus. Those ...
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