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Report: Martin out as Panthers coach

MIAMI — Jacques Martin will not serve as the Florida Panthers coach next season, the Miami Herald reported early Friday. Martin has been Florida's general manager and its coach, but the Herald reported on its Web site that team owner Alan Cohen told season ticket holders Thursday night that Martin's duties would be split. "More than anything, we needed a change as coach," Cohen told the newspaper after the event. 11/04/08 1:13 AM

Toronto's postmortem begins in earnest58

When the cold eye of blame is cast on the Toronto Maple Leafs for this NHL season, it is clear everyone from the chairman of the board down to the last player on the roster has to share the responsibility. John Ferguson, the general manager who made too many mistakes in putting together the team, already paid his price with his job. Head coach Paul Maurice, who has one year left on his contract, will probably pay the same price, if not this week, then after the new GM is hired. 06/04/08 9:45 PM 58

Capitals clinch Southeast Division10

WASHINGTON — Make room in the playoffs for MVP front-runner Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals. Tomas Fleischmann, Sergei Fedorov and Alexander Semin scored for the Capitals, who clinched the Southeast Division title with a 3-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night. The win was also the Capitals' seventh in a row, the franchise's longest in 15 years. 05/04/08 9:57 PM 10

Young bucks show their stuff6

The Toronto Maple Leafs' current roster doesn't have a bright future, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment president Richard Peddie said in an interview with Hockey Night in Canada before the Leafs' game with the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. "Actually, I look at this team and I can't see we're making any progress towards winning a Stanley Cup," Peddie told Elliotte Friedman. 30/03/08 8:29 PM 6

Panthers' playoff dream almost over

SUNRISE, Fla. — Mark Recchi scored with 6:13 left in the third period to help the Atlanta Thrashers snap a five-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night. The loss damaged the Panthers' playoff hopes. Florida has 81 points with four games remaining. Boston, which beat Toronto on Thursday, and Philadelphia are tied for the last two playoff spots with 88 points. 27/03/08 11:21 PM

No longer the fall Guy24

Ken Hitchcock can give you all the proper explanations as to how Guy Carbonneau made the leap from thinking man's NHL player to winning head coach, one whose team, the Montreal Canadiens, sits atop the Eastern Conference. Carbonneau learned from the greats when he played in Montreal, Hitchcock said; learned how to compete and how to shoulder the weight of expectations. 26/03/08 7:39 PM 24

NHL scout writes off Leaf chances19

The NHL's regular-season schedule is down to its final 17 days, crunch time for the six teams still in the hunt for the final two playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. The Globe and Mail enlisted the services of an NHL East pro scout to determine which teams have the best chances of qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs based on the current standings, remaining schedule difficulty and recent performance. Boston Bruins: "They're in. 21/03/08 12:07 AM 19

Proof the NHL has an odd sense of justice26

Sentencing guidelines exist in the everyday criminal justice system for a reason. To paraphrase a timeworn cliché: if you do the crime, be prepared to do the time. Now, knowing the penalty doesn't always prevent people from robbing banks or driving drunk or doing all sorts of things society at large forbids. 16/03/08 8:49 PM 26

Ready to carry the load9

OTTAWA — Bryan Murray has heard a lot of criticism directed toward Martin Gerber, but it won't dissuade him from turning to the goaltender and finally putting an end to the Ottawa Senators' season-long goaltending debate. Gerber will be back in net Thursday night when the Senators meet the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre in a key Northeast Division battle. 12/03/08 7:21 PM 9

Leafs need desperation as much as inspiration34

This is the time of year when you know people have been watching too much Miracle or Knute Rockne, All American or all those tiresome video clips of stirring coaches speeches that infest arena scoreboards. More than once yesterday, Paul Maurice was asked whether he has issued any inspirational words to the Toronto Maple Leafs, whose predicament is as dire as any celluloid team's. 10/03/08 7:52 PM 34

No sympathy from the Devils47

TORONTO — The good vibrations the Toronto Maple Leafs fostered during their four-game road trip last week didn't last long. In their first game back at the Air Canada Centre after picking up seven of a possible eight points on the road, the Leafs missed an opportunity to improve their fading playoff hopes in dropping a 4-1 decision to the New Jersey Devils. 04/03/08 11:34 PM 47

Slip sliding away17

TORONTO — The nicest thing that can be said about the Toronto Maple Leafs' loss to the New Jersey Devils last night is that the Devils were the one team they could lose to in the NHL playoff race. The problem is, the 4-1 loss came on a night the Leafs got just one boost from the other NHL games — a 5-2 loss in regulation by the Philadelphia Flyers to the Buffalo Sabres. 04/03/08 11:34 PM 17

NHL Lightning could strike twice for Barrie

Len Barrie, a B.C. property developer and former National Hockey League player, is poised to become a significant investor in the group taking over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Barrie, a journeyman who played for four NHL clubs in a career marked by lengthy stints in the minor leagues and Europe, could take a stake of as much as 47 per cent, people familiar with the situation say. 28/02/08 10:56 PM

Rookie Williams now three times lucky

TAMPA — Jeremy Williams would like to go from being a trivia question to part of the answer for the Toronto Maple Leafs. To do so, the 24-year-old has to do more than just score, which is how he became part of an NHL trivia question. Williams needs to add a little more muscle to his 5-foot-11, 188-pound frame so he doesn't get knocked around so much, and he needs to shorten the gaps between his goals. 28/02/08 8:26 PM

Trivial game full of trivia66

SUNRISE, FLA. — It is too late to mean anything in the NHL playoff race, but Mats Sundin is living up to his words of wanting nothing more than helping the Toronto Maple Leafs win. Most of the credit for the Leafs' come-from-behind 4-3 shootout win over the Florida Panthers can go to the team captain, with a healthy assist to defenceman Tomas Kaberle. 27/02/08 11:27 PM 66