By NNL Sports Desk A Whole New Rink of Dreams Thunder Bay, get ready—this year’s NHL playoffs are serving up more plotlines than a playoff overtime thriller. The torch has officially been passed as ...

The playoffs begin on Saturday, with five Canadian teams looking to bring the Stanley Cup home for the first time since 1993.

The Stars-Avalanche series leads USA TODAY's power rankings of the NHL's eight Stanley Cup playoffs first-round matchups. Here are the rest: 2. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Florida Panthers One of these ...

As of Wednesday afternoon, here are the confirmed matchups for Round 1, which is set to begin this weekend.

If the Bruins want to try to pull a coach out of the college ranks, surely the top candidates would be David Carle from the University of Denver, Nate Leaman from Providence College and Jay Pandolfo ...

As the Eastern Conference race finally seems to be firming up, what are the strengths and weaknesses of the eight teams?

Irish amateur rider Patrick Mullins has won the Grand National on 33/1 shot Nick Rockett - a horse trained by his father Willie Mullins. It was a 1-2-3 finish for Mullins Snr as he also trains I ...

Jockey Patrick Mullins won the Grand National on Nick Rockett as his trainer father Willie Mullins took the first three places in the race at Aintree. The 33-1 chance denied last year's winner I ...

Since the four nations break, Nick Suzuki is on fire. We know the story: he went to see Kent Hughes before the deadline to ask him to keep the group intact, and since then, he has simply put the club ...

Suzuki had a goal and an assist in a 4-1 win over Boston on Thursday. Suzuki has three multi-point games in a row for the fourth time this season. The last time a Montreal player pulled that off ...

Nick Suzuki is now in his third season wearing the C for the Habs, and it's already the best of his young career. In 75 games, the London, Ontario native is already up to 81 points (26 goals ...