The St. Louis Blues, last overall in the NHL despite a change in ownership and several player upgrades, fired coach Mike Kitchen on Monday night and replaced him with former Los Angeles Kings coach Andy Murray. Blues president John Davidson said Murr ...

Ken Hitchcock heard the whispers but ignored them. He knew what some people were saying after he got fired by the Philadelphia Flyers earlier this season. The new NHL wasn't for him, they said. Wonder what they're saying now. The Columbus Blue Jacke ...

Longtime NHL forward John LeClair was assigned to the minors by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday for the second time this month. LeClair was placed on waivers last week but was not claimed by another team. The Penguins then assigned him to Wilkes- ...

Darcy Tucker slammed Carlo Colaiacovo into the boards, yelled some four-letter words at nobody in particular on his way back to his practice drill position, and slashed at a water bottle when he got there. The Toronto Maple Leafs' leading scorer was ...

The Stars signed defenceman Stephane Robidas to a three-year contract extension worth US ...

Edmonton Oilers forward Ryan Smyth is outindefinitely after suffering a fractured thumb in Saturday night's4-0 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Smyth played only two shifts in the first period before sufferingthe injury. He was wearing a cast afte ...

The Calgary Flames are retiring the number of goaltender Mike Vernon, who led the Flames to their Stanley Cup win of 1989. Vernon, a Calgary native, spent 13 of his 20 NHL seasons with the Flames. He had three shutouts and 16 wins for the Flames in t ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs solved their logjam in goal by sending Mikael Tellqvist to the Phoenix Coyotes for forward Tyson Nash and a fourth-round 2007 draft pick Tuesday. Tellqvist had been a third-stringer this season and appeared in only one game, a ...

This won't be the first time Chris Pronger returns to play a former team but it will surely be the most anticipated. The 32-year-old star defenceman, now with Anaheim, plays in Edmonton on Tuesday for the first time since requesting to leave the Oile ...

Marc-Andre Bergeron won the speed drill, Petr Sykora was the most accurate shooter and Joffrey Lupul was best in the shootout during the Edmonton Oilers' skills contests Sunday. More than 15,000 _ a record for the annual event _ streamed into Rexall ...