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Stars move on with marathon win42

DALLAS — After Dallas won the first three games against San Jose, advancing to the Western Conference finals was just a matter of time. A lot of time, it turns out. The Stars lost two games, then needed four overtimes to finally pull out Game 6 and the series. Brenden Morrow scored the final goal by deflecting a pass from Stephane Robidas on a power play 9:03 into the seventh period, giving Dallas a 2-1 victory early Monday morning. 05/05/08 8:01 AM 42

Niedermayer may receive $500,000 levy2

TORONTO — Scott Niedermayer's season is over but just how much he will earn in salary remains in question. The Anaheim Ducks star defenceman already lost about $2-million (all figures U.S.) in wages from his $6.75-million salary for missing the first two months of the season. He was suspended without pay until he returned in mid-December. 21/04/08 4:43 PM 2

Stars knock off defending champs40

DALLAS — Mike Modano skated toward an open net and had to be laughing. This was too easy, too perfect. After five frustrating years, the Dallas Stars were about to win a playoff series and here he was, the franchise icon, getting to put the final touch on it. Modano's simple score came with 3. 21/04/08 1:05 AM 40

Stanley Cup hangover besets Senators, Ducks5

OTTAWA — There was a telling moment in Bryan Murray's news conference Sunday when the Ottawa Senators' head coach and general manager was asked about the fact that both of last year's Stanley Cup finalists are on the ropes this year. The Anaheim Ducks, who won the 2007 Stanley Cup by beating the Senators in five games, are now, like the Senators, down 2-0 in the first round of the NHL playoffs. 13/04/08 8:37 PM 5

Late scoring spree leads Stars past Ducks12

ANAHEIM — Mike Modano and Brad Richards scored 55 seconds apart in the third period to lift the Dallas Stars to a 5-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night and give them a 2-0 series lead over the defending Stanley Cup champions. Modano scored on a slapshot from the blueline during a power play at 5:47. Shortly afterward, Richards wristed a shot from the right circle between Jean-Sebastien Giguere's pads. 13/04/08 12:56 AM 12

Canucks face uphill challenge2

VANCOUVER — When Vancouver Canucks general manager Dave Nonis says missing the NHL playoffs is never an acceptable result in this marketplace, he is in lockstep with the fan base and ensures the lofty expectations that greeted the 2007-08 season will survive into next fall. 08/04/08 9:47 PM 2

Keenan hasn't forgotten how to play referees3

CALGARY — It may be Mike Keenan's first playoff appearance in a dozen years, but he hasn't forgotten the first rule of the NHL coaching handbook: how (and when) to start working the referees. Keenan waited until the scrum surrounding him died down to a manageable few reporters before segueing into his subtle, messaging mode. 08/04/08 8:54 PM 3

Hair we go, it's playoff time7

Welcome to the fourth season. There are actually five in hockey, by a measure once offered up by no less than Wayne Gretzky. There is the exhibition season, which means nothing. There is the regular season, which runs quietly until the trade deadline. Then comes the stretch season, which ended rather dramatically last weekend. Now begins the playoff season, leading up to the Stanley Cup final, which Gretzky always considered a separate season. As season No. 08/04/08 8:46 PM 7

Giguere relishing the task at hand

The statistics were read to Jean-Sébastien Giguère, goaltender of the reigning Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks, and they all focused on the difficult task that lies ahead. For a variety of reasons — short summer, complacency, injuries, Stanley Cup hangover — no NHL team has been able to win back-to-back championships since the 1997 and 1998 Detroit Red Wings. 07/04/08 7:20 PM

The stage is set39

So here is how it shapes up for Canada's three playoff contenders, now that the NHL regular season is finally over: The Montreal Canadiens emerged from the Eastern Conference pack on the final weekend of the season, earning their first conference title in 19 years and the right to play their perennial punching bag, the Boston Bruins, in the opening playoff round. See the 06/04/08 10:52 PM 39

Canucks bow out64

VANCOUVER — Just as the Vancouver Canucks were stepping onto the General Motors Place ice surface Thursday night, the Nashville Predators were celebrating a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues, a win that brought them within a whisker of the NHL's postseason. And so, when the puck dropped, the situation for the Canucks was clear. No more varying scenarios and complicated mathematics. 04/04/08 2:01 AM 64

Canucks try to stay loose13

VANCOUVER — After a dumbfounding 4-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday, one that came despite a two-goal lead and with so much at stake, the Vancouver Canucks retreated to their regular postgame routine on stationary bikes in the General Motors Place exercise room. On this night, virtually every set of eyes was locked on the television, watching highlights of the other important games in the NHL's Western Conference playoff race. 02/04/08 9:18 PM 13

Numminen cleared to play

TORONTO — Sabres defenseman Teppo Numminen was activated from the injury-suspended list and cleared to play Tuesday, more than six months after the 39-year-old had open-heart surgery. "It's a good feeling and nice to be back and healthy, officially with the team," Numminen said following Buffalo's 4-3 shootout victory over Toronto. "I'm ready. It's always a coaching decision, but I'm available. 02/04/08 12:09 AM

Dreaded 'choke' word heard in Ottawa50

OTTAWA — April Fool's Day is supposed to be about joking, not choking. It is a terrible word, choke — the most dreaded curse in all of foul-mouthed hockey — and if it is not being used this morning in Ottawa, it is fast rising to the lips. Trembling lips. 01/04/08 11:22 PM 50

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