Germany New York Rangers hockey showdown when Wayne Gretzky led the Kings to victory in a similarly unusual and picturesque open-air setting at the famed Las Vegas resort. Joining Ovechkin on the ice will be Vancouver Canucks center and 2009 Selke Trophy ...

By (Reuters) Reuters) - Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby leaves the ice at the end of their 4-0 loss to the New York Rangers in their NHL hockey game in New York, January 5, 2009. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine (UNITED STATES)

By Pookie 1. They were fun and spunky; i.e. they offered a different brand of hockey than the Devils 3. They had good announcers in John Forslund and a Pre-Myth-To-Buy-Into Darryl Reaugh 4. Brendan Shanahan and Nelson Emerson charmed us in their goofy trivia segments on NHLPA’s “Be A Player”

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres (7 p.m. EST; TV: CSN, MSG). Does the HSBC Arena have some sort of weird anti-Caps voodoo? Bruce Boudreau hopes not. Paul Gaustad and Nathan Gerbe are ready for the Sabres. Patrick Kaleta? Not so much.

By Greg Wyshynski • Matt Romig sent over this amazing photo tour from Road Wolf of the Buffalo Sabres' former home, The Aud. He also said that breaking into the old barn is something of an unofficial pastime in Buffalo, as this other photo tour of the arena shows. Great stuff.

By noreply@blogger.com (MaxGiese) 2. Mikkel Boedker, RW, 5-11 200, Kitchener Rangers OHL A creative play maker that can also be a sniper, Boedker is a dynamic talent because of his ability to execute at super sonic speeds. Update2] Filatov up next in NHL Russian revolution - NHL.com.

 - Buffalo (3-2 OT win) On a team with Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr and Alexei Kovalev, no one would have picked Darius Kasparaitis to be the playoff hero in ... Fourth-Line Center Is Flyers’ Voice of Experience New York Times Flyers frozen out on home ice The Gazette (Montreal)

There are lots of games on NHL Center Ice today but it looks as if there will be no Hockey Night In Canada feeds even though there is a 3 PM game between Ottawa and the Rangers which only shows one feed with and HD link that means it ...