Canada defeated Team USA in an overtime thriller 3-2 to earn the gold medal in what was a remarkable 2010 Olympics.
Jonathan Toews scored the first goal for Canada, Corey Perry the second, and Sidney Crosby netted the game-winner 7:40 into overtime.
Down 2-0, USA fought back to tie the game, with goals from Ryan Kesler and [...]

With the last stretch of the season set to begin on Tuesday for the Rangers against the Senators, it’s a good time to take a look at their remaining games.
Currently tied for 9th in the East, the Rangers are one point behind the Canadians. They have 20 games left, 12 of them on the road. [...]

Just some quick hits coming off today’s practice, according to Andrew Gross:
Michael Del Zotto returned after having his 50 stitches removed and ended up staying after practice for conditioning work. It is still unclear whether he will play against Ottawa on Tuesday, but will be re-examined tomorrow. He’ll play with a protective pad underneath is [...]

With quite possibly one of the most hyped games in several decades to be played in Canadian soil, the North American match-up certainly has the hockey world buzzing. While I’m sure the players and coaches would rather keep quiet, the news media has pressed the issue, and a piece on NHL.com has various quotes from [...]

The news for Rangers prospect at Boston College, Chris Kreider, continues to be raving. Despite not starting the season as hot as all the accolades that surrounded him, Kreider has now hit full stride, scoring in nine of his past 11 games – the latest goal coming in an OT thriller against the University of [...]

Just to recap some of yesterday’s news makers in case you missed out:
Rangers claimed Alex Auld off waivers from the Dallas Stars and will be responsible for half of his salary at $250,000. Read more from yesterday here.
Henrik Lundqvist also made it back to New York yesterday, as pictures surfaced with him out to dinner [...]

According to both Ken Campbell of the Hockey News and Pierre LeBrun of ESPN.com, the KHL team in St. Petersburg will make an extremely lucrative offer to Ilya Kovalchuk if he hits free agency.
…This is the biggest wild card of the off-season, he can get more money to get back and play in Russia.
KHL president [...]

Slovakia coughed up a 3-1 in the third period, allowing Finland to score four unanswered goals to earn the Bronze Medal with a 5-3 victory.
Olli Jokinen (3) scored twice – the tying goal and the game-winner, while Sami Salo and Niklas Hagman chipped in with a goal apiece. Valterri Filpulla scored the empty-netter. Along with [...]

Update:9:30PM: Michael Russo tweets that Gaborik was the first skater on the ice for Slovakia
…Good and bad. Good that he isn’t hurt or hurt enough that he can’t play. Bad that whatever hampered him yesterday clearly can’t be gone by now and of  course could flare up again.
Update:12:11PM: Darren Dreger says that the injury to [...]

Besides just winning back the starting job for the New York Islanders, the oft-injured Rick Dipietro still has hope that he could vie for the number one starter job in the 2014 Olympics. Since signing a 15-year extension a few years ago, DiPietro has been nothing short of a disaster. During the Olympics in Turin [...]