Good luck trying to find an American city whose hockey fans are more angst-ridden than those in Philadelphia, where the big checks that Flyers general manager Bob Clarke dished out last summer amidst much hope now give way to grey gloom and doom, Philadelphia-style.

Connecticut native Ryan Shannon scored three times to lead Portland to a 6-2 win over Hartford in Game 1 of the Atlantic Division Finals at the Hartford Civic Center on Tuesday night. Game 2 is Thursday in Hartford, before Portland hosts the next four games (if necessary) of the best-of-seven series. Zenon Konopka added a […]

The second round of the 2006 Calder Cup Playoffs get started tonight as the Hartford Wolf Pack meet the Portland Pirates in Game 1 of the Atlantic Division Finals. The action from the Hartford Civic Center gets underway at 7:00 p.m. ET. The Pirates, who finished with the best record in the Eastern Conference during […]

The Nashville Predators on Monday reassigned forward Scottie Upshall, defenseman Shea Weber and goaltender Pekka Rinne to the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League. Upshall played in 23 regular-season games for the Admirals, posting an impressive 33 points (17g, 16a), including two hat tricks, a plus-11 rating and 44 penalty minutes. Nashville’s first-round pick […]

Hartford Wolf Pack general manager/head coach Jim Schoenfeld announced on Monday that the New York Rangers have returned center Jarkko Immonen and defenseman Thomas Pock to the Wolf Pack. Immonen, 24, made his NHL debut when he was recalled by the Rangers on Apr. 6. In six games with New York, Immonen netted two goals […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … It took 15 overtime games and three Game 7’s, but the field of 16 is down to eight as the first round of the 2006 Calder Cup Playoffs concluded on Sunday evening. By the time the division semifinals ended, seven of the top eight seeds had prevailed, with Manitoba pulling off the […]