The Beatles legend and all-around music icon Sir Paul McCartney has some ties to the NHL — in the form of two stickers placed strategically on one of his most famous guitars. Here's why.
We imagine that in the 1980’s that Dale Hawerchuk pretty much owned the Province of Manitoba in the 1980’s. Coming off a spectacular junior career, Ha...
SUNRISE, Fla. - Denis Potvin in conjunction with the Florida Panthers and FOX Sports Florida announced today his retirement from television broadcasting.
Eric Lindros admitted he knew exactly when the Hockey Hall of Fame's selection committee met each year. Yet, when he received the call from Hall of Fame chairman Lanny McDonald on Monday informing him he had been voted into the 2016 induction class, Lindros was in his car driving home with his wife.As excited as Lindros was to get the call, he didn't pull over.
On Nov. 17, 1979, hockey icons Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe played their first NHL game against each other. Gretzky would go on to play his idol three more times.
Great Canadians: Cassie Campbell-Pascall
The former Captain Canada and two-time Olympic gold medallist shares the lessons hockey taught her, and why...
Fifteen years ago today, Rankin Inlet's Jordin Tootoo became the first Inuk to ever play in the National Hockey League. Check out a report on his debut...
"We just sat on the bench... saying, 'Did I just see that?'"
We look back to Denis Savard's incredible shorthanded goal against one of the best teams in...
Back in 2003, The Hockey News lamented the number of good coaches being fired. But much like today, it didn't take long for those coaches to find work elsewhere.
Every Thursday, we feature an image from the StarPhoenix archives. Today, we see an image of children playing hockey at Coy Avenue and Second Street, from Nov. 29, 1954
We throw back to 1947 when the NHL played their first All-Star Game. Back then it was the defending league champion Maple Leafs against a squad of All-Stars where dust-ups, hard hits and physical play was the norm.
Among the clichés of heroes overcoming impossible odds or hockey really just being about the fights are three excellent cartoons that are required viewing for hockey fans, young and old.
Before the Internet, celebrities used vanity cartoons to brand themselves to children. Which is probably how Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson, and Wayne Gretzky ended up fighting really weird crimes in an animated show called "ProStars."
Come, let us take you back to the origins of hockey. We'll answer the age old question, who invented hockey and the influence that a European game had.
The Tradition ContinuesIt was September of 1952 and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was about to launch the first television stations in Canada. In anticipation of this, Imperial Oil, sponsor of Hockey Night in Canada on radio, had been engaged in talks with the CBC to begin televising hockey for the 1952-53 NHL season.