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August 2007
- Oilers Poach Duck With 'Dumb' Offer
  
  USA Today | Aug 3, 07 5:29 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Ducks have lost their first marquee player since winning the Stanley Cup in June, and GM Brian Burke is enraged. Embattled Edmonton GM Kevin Lowe offered 24-year-old winger Dustin Penner a deal averaging $4.25 million, a nine-fold salary increase that Burke sees as desperate and fears will spur salary inflation across the league. More »
July 2007
- Sid the Kid to Stay in the Burgh
  
  Canada.com | Jul 11, 07 4:25 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Pittsburgh locked up young talent Sidney Crosby, hockey's reigning MVP, through 2013, with a contract extension that will pay $8.7 million per year starting in 2008. That figure was carefully chosen; Crosby's team number is 87. The Penguins also recently signed defenseman Ryan Whitney to an extension, shoring up their formidable array of young talent. More »
- Rangers Steal Free Agents Gomez, Drury
  
  Associated Press | Jul 2, 07 10:13 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The New York Rangers signed free-agent centers Scott Gomez and Chris Drury yesterday, stealing two powerful offensive weapons from their rivals. Gomez was pinched from the neighboring Devils, and Drury—whose play against the Rangers in last year's postseason contributed to their demise—from the Buffalo Sabres. More »
June 2007
- Sid the Kid Collects Hardware
  
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Jun 15, 07 5:45 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Pittsburgh phenom Sidney Crosby was voted hockey's MVP by both writers and players, adding the Hart trophy and the Pearson award to his collection. Only Wayne Gretzky received the Hart at a younger age, edging out the 19-year-old Crosby by two months. Fellow Penguin Evgeni Malkin, at twenty, won top rookie honors. More »
- Duck! Anaheim Wins Cup in Rout
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jun 7, 07 4:24 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The NHL Finals ended in a blowout, with Anaheim humiliating Ottawa in Game 5 for the franchise's (and state's) first Stanley Cup. Travis Moen had two goals, one of which was actually an own goal; Chris Phillips accidentally deflected the puck into the goal off python-owner and keeper Ray Emery. More »
- Pronger Is Menace to Others, Self
  
  ESPN | Jun 4, 07 4:27 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Chris Pronger will be suspended for Game 4 of the NHL Finals for administering a blow to the head of Ottawa winger Dean McAmmond, who may also miss Game 4 with lingering wooziness. It is the second suspension of the playoffs for Pronger, who left Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom bloody on the ice after smashing his head into a wall. More »
May 2007
- Home Cooking Proves Delicious for Ducks
  
  CBC (Canada) | May 31, 07 4:32 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Anaheim outshot Ottawa 31-16 at home in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals, but had nothing to show for their advantage until Samuel Pahlsson scored the game's only goal with less than six minutes remaining. The series heads now to Ottawa, where the Senators will try to overcome a 2-0 series deficit. More »
- Nashville Doesn't Take to the Ice
  
  Globe and Mail | May 25, 07 4:49 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - BlackBerry magnate Jim Balsillie will pay $220 million for the Nashville Predators, one of the NHL's best and lowest-revenue teams, and likely move them out of Tennessee. Possible new homes include Kansas City, which is courting teams for its new arena, and Kitchener-Waterloo and Hamilton in Ontario, threatening the theft of fans of nearby Toronto and Buffalo. More »
- Ducks Clip Wings in Overtime
  
  Toronto Star (Canada) | May 20, 07 10:49 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Playing six on four during a power play and without a goalie, the Ducks tied the Red Wings with 48 seconds remaining, and Teemu Selanne scored on a steal to win Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals in overtime. Detroit had outshot Anaheim 34-18 in regulation and kept the puck out of their zone for most of the game. More »
- Ottawa Continues Playoff Rampage
  
  Canada.com | May 15, 07 5:41 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Ottawa Senators needed only one goal from their vaunted line of Heatley, Alfredsson, and Spezza to extend their playoff winning streak to six, as python-owner and goalie Ray Emery scored his third shutout of the postseason. Ottawa, a fourth seed, hopes to sweep the NHL's highest-scoring team at home on Wednesday. More »
- Senators on Verge of Exorcising Devils
  
  Yahoo! | May 2, 07 10:47 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ironman goalie Martin Brodeur was good, but the Ottawa front line was even better in a 3-2 Game 4 victory that has New Jersey on the verge of crashing out of the playoffs. Winger Dany Heatley played the hero before an electrified home crowd; he assisted on Daniel Alfredsson's goal, then put one between Brodeur's pads himself. More »
April 2007
- Male Sportswriter Switches Teams
  
  Los Angeles Times | Apr 26, 07 4:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A veteran Los Angeles Times sports columnist has announced to his readers that he's becoming a she. In lieu of his customary Mighty Ducks deconstruction, Mike Penner penned a poignant account of his lost overtime battle with his inner woman, and his ultimate decision to undergo a operation that will render him Christine Danner. More »
- Senators Knock Crosby, Pens Out of Playoffs
  
  Canada.com | Apr 19, 07 11:02 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Ottawa Senators looked dominant in closing out their series against Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and the other gifted, snotty-nosed young upstarts of Pittsburgh. Ray Emery, the tattooed, python-owning goalie who got his start with the Senators during last year's playoffs, stopped all 19 Penguins shots. More »
- The Owner Fans Love to Hate
  
  Wall Street Journal | Apr 18, 07 9:49 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Chicago hockey fans have reviled Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz ever since he failed to re-sign wildly popular winger Bobby Hull, who carried the team to their last championship 45 years ago. The team's eight-year playoff drought hasn't helped Wirtz's case, nor has the fact that most Hawks home games aren't televised. More »
- Crosby Wins Scoring Title
  
  Yahoo! | Apr 9, 07 12:50 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - At 19 and in his second season, Pittsburgh's Sidney "Sid the Kid" Crosby has won the league scoring title at 120 points and is taking his team to the playoffs. He's achieved both milestones in far less time than it took Mario "Super Mario" Lemieux, the Penguins' current owner and former heartthrob phenom. More »
- Lamoriello Pulls Another Riley
  
  Sports Illustrated | Apr 2, 07 7:02 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Despite his team's first-place standing in the NHL's Atlantic Division, New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello has summarily dismissed coach Claude Julien and will coach the team himself for the remainder of the season, which consists of a week and then the playoffs. This is the second time in as many years the perfectionistic Lamoriello has taken his own coach's job. More »