Kane essential in getting Jets over .500

The Jets are settling into their new digs. They even climbed over .500 with an impressive win over the league's hottest team. Give partial credit to Evander Kane and linemates Blake Wheeler and Bryan Little. Getting over .500 (12-11-4) for the first time this season didn't exactly come easy for...

Erika Schnure | News/Southeast | Thursday, December 08 2011 Tags: Winnipeg, Jets, Boston, Bruins, Evander Kane, Blake Wheeler, Bryan Little, Southeast Division, Claude Noel, Erika Schnure, Hockey, NHL, hockeyprimetime.com

Tootoo suspended for collision with Miller

Did Jordin Tootoo pay for Milan Lucic's mistake? Intent or not, Tootoo's collision with Ryan Miller – less than a month after Lucic's – was deemed worthy of a two-game suspension by the NHL.  NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Prior to his hearing with the NHL's vice president of...

Jim Diamond | News/Central | Wednesday, December 07 2011 Tags: Ryan Miller, Jordin Tootoo, Barry Trotz, Nashville, Predators, Buffalo, Sabres, Brendan Shanahan, Suspensions, Jim Diamond, Central Division, NHL, hockey, hockeyprimetime.com

Raymond returns to Vancouver lineup

Canucks forward Mason Raymond was last seen being sent backwards into the boards during the Stanley Cup finals. The hit resulted in a serious back injury that required months of rehab that only now has allowed Raymond to return to the Vancouver lineup. After months of recuperation and...

Mike Cook | News/Northwest | Tuesday, December 06 2011 Tags: Mason Raymond, Alain Vigneault, Vancouver, Canucks, Tanner Glass, Jannik Hansen, Mike Cook, Northwest Division, Hockey, NHL, hockeyprimetime.com

Still losing, Ducks get looser under Boudreau

Bruce Boudreau is two games into coaching the disappointing Anaheim Ducks. He senses there is talent. Now he would like to see his new team protect a lead and start winning. ANAHEIM, Calif. – Evidence that the Anaheim Ducks have a different offensive style could be found 70 seconds into...

Curtis Zupke | News/Pacific | Monday, December 05 2011 Tags: Anaheim, Ducks, Bruce Boudreau, Randy Carlyle, Bobby Ryan, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Teemu Selanne, Curtis Zupke, Pacific Division, Hockey, NHL, Hockeyprimetime.com

Leafs' Gardiner garnering high praise in rookie season

At 21, Jake Gardiner is already averaging more than 20 minutes a night on the Maple Leafs' blue line. Knowing his pedigree, Gardiner's precocious poise should come as no surprise. Brian Burke was the general manager in Anaheim when the Ducks drafted Jake Gardiner in 2008. So Burke knew the young...

Heather Engel | News/Northeast | Saturday, December 03 2011 Tags: Brian Burke, Jake Gardiner, Toronto, Maple Leafs, hockey, NHL, University of Wisconsin, Ron Wilson

Knee surgery sidelines Pronger for a month

Chris Pronger had been playing, and playing impressively, with a knee injury most of the season. After having surgery Tuesday, Pronger will be out between three to six weeks and the Flyers will face their biggest challenge of the season.   Coming into this season, the biggest question for...

Bill Weisbrod | News/Atlantic | Friday, December 02 2011 Tags: Chris Pronger, Philadelphia, Flyers, Paul Maurice, Andreas Lilja, Marc-Andre Bourdon, Kevin Marshall, Atlantic Division, Bill Weisbrod, hockey, NHL, hockeyprimetime.com

Two coaching changes shake up the Southeast

The most dreaded call a coach can receive comes from upper management, telling them their services are no longer needed. For Bruce Boudreau and Paul Maurice that call came Monday, each for different reasons. On Monday morning, two NHL coaches awoke to phone calls they never wanted to receive. ...

Erika Schnure | News/Southeast | Thursday, December 01 2011 Tags: Washington, Capitals, Carolina, Hurricanes, Paul Maurice, Bruce Boudreau, Jim Rutherford, George McPhee, Kirk Muller, Dale Hunter, Eric Staal, Southeast Division, NHL, Hockey, Erika Schnure, Hockeyprimetime.com

Hitchcock has Blues hitting on all cylinders

In his first 10 games behind the bench, Ken Hitchcock set a Blues record for the best start by a coach – 7-1-2 – besting the previous mark set by current Chicago coach Joel Quenneville. Having a couple hot goalies helps. When the St. Louis Blues relieved Davis Payne of his coaching...

Jim Diamond | News/Central | Wednesday, November 30 2011 Tags: NHL Central Division notebook, HPT.com, Jim Diamond, hockeyprimetime.com, St. Louis, Blues, Ken Hitchcock, NHL, hockey

Elliott has stellar debut for Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche have had success with 2009 draftees Matt Duchene and Ryan O'Reilly. The third member of that draft class, Stefan Elliott, appeared ready for the league by scoring a goal in his NHL debut. The top of the 2009 draft appears to be paying off handsomely for the Colorado...

Mike Cook | News/Northwest | Tuesday, November 29 2011 Tags: Matt Duchene, Ryan O'Reilly, Stefan Elliott, Colorado, Avalanche, Shane O'Brien, Joe Sacco, Northwest Division, NHL, Hockey, Mike Cook, hockeyprimetime.com

Kings rearrange lines in latest effort to boost offense

The Los Angeles Kings were tabbed a top-five team in the Western Conference to start the season, neatly summed up in the marketing-department tagline “The time is now." Anyone who bought into that slogan must be wondering where the offense is – and so is coach Terry Murray. EL...

Curtis Zupke | News/Pacific | Monday, November 28 2011 Tags: NHL, Pacific Notebook, Los Angeles, Kings, hockey, Terry Murray, Curtis Zupke, Jarret Stoll, San Jose, Sharks