Patrick Roy will not be the new coach of the Colorado Avalanche.

Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said this morning six-time Norris Trophy winner Nicklas Lidstrom and Hart Trophy nominee Pavel Datsyuk will not play Wednesday night in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals.

This group of older, wiser and better Pens have the right stuff to bring home a Cup, writes Allan Muir.

Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins are headed back to the Stanley Cup finals.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Pittsburgh’s Jordan Staal sat in the cramped visitors’ dressing room at the RBC Center smiling the smile reserved only for winners at this point in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

But that smile, as big as it was, didn’t quit…

RALEIGH, N.C. — As disappointing as it is for the Carolina Hurricanes to have their season come to an end, there might be a silver lining in all this.

At least their players won’t have to answer any more questions about Pittsburgh’s Si…

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes needed this game in order to extend their season, and center Eric Staal and goalie Cam Ward played like it.

When the Hurricanes needed a determined push up ice, there was Staal leading the way. W…

Peter Zezel, a center who played 15 NHL seasons after breaking into the league with the Philadelphia Flyers as a teenager, has died. He was 44.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Forget tradition. Sidney Crosby is ready to create his own legacy for these Pittsburgh Penguins.

Bucking years of superstitious belief, Crosby happily pulled the Prince of Wales Trophy out of the hands of NHL Deputy Com…

Sidney Crosby saved his most daring move for after the game: He spurned hockey superstition and hoisted the Prince of Wales Trophy. If he keeps playing like this, it might not be the only prize the Pittsburgh Penguins’ young captain raises. The Penguins are headed back to the Stanley Cup finals, clinching a return trip with a 4-1 rout of the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night that finished off a…