Patrice Bergeron tipped home the double-overtime game-winner for the Boston Bruins in their 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 3 on Wednesday night. Quite a playoff thriller Wednesday night that was full of everything great about playoff hockey: back-and-forth action, superb goaltending, players sacrificing their bodies to make plays, (Gregory Campbell reportedly broke his [...]

The Los Angeles Kings cut the Chicago Blackhawks lead in the best-of-7 series to 2-1, with a 3-1 win last night and improved to 8-0 in the postseason at Staples Center. Dating back into the regular season, Los Angeles has won 15 games in a row in its own building. Game 4 will be at Staples Center on [...]

Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks, Patrice Bergeron of the Boston Bruins and Pavel Datsyuk of the Detroit Red Wings are finalists for the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the NHL’s best defensive forward. Bergeron, who won last year, was the NHL’s top face-off man this season at 62.1 percent. He ranked sixth overall and led the Bruins in plus-minus with a plus-24 rating and [...]

Kris Letang of the Pittsburgh Penguins, P.K. Subban of the Montreal Canadians and Ryan Suter of the Minnesota Wild are this year’s finalists for the Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded to the defenseman that shows the “greatest all-round ability” at the position, as voted by the Professional Hockey Writers Association at the end of the regular season. It is the first time each finalist [...]

Boston Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference has been suspended for Game 2 of their first-round playoff series with the Toronto Maple Leafs for an illegal hit to to the head of forward Mikhail Grabovski on Wednesday night. According to the league’s ruling, Ference “made a decision to check Grabovski after playing the puck. However, in doing so he lunges toward Grabovski, extending his [...]

Boston Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference faces an NHL hearing Thursday for a hit he delivered on Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mikhail Grabovski. Ference went unpunished in the first period of Boston’s 4-1 playoff win Wednesday night when he elbowed Grabovski in the head by the boards. The NHL said it was reviewing an illegal check to the head. Grabovski finished the [...]

Brian Rolston retired Tuesday after a 17-year NHL career in which he played for five teams and helped the New Jersey Devils win their first Stanley Cup. The 40-year-old forward from Flint, Mich., did not play this season after splitting time with the New York Islanders and Boston Bruins in 2011-12. As a rookie, he helped the Devils win the [...]

ESPNBoston.com’s James Murphy confirms the Swedish Ice Hockey Association has indeed blocked Carl Soderberg‘s deal with the Boston Bruins. Apparently the national association is fairly intent on Soderberg suiting up for Sweden at the upcoming IIHF World Championship. The tournament ends May 19. The Colorado Avalanche will retire the jersey of longtime defenseman Adam Foote in a ceremony next season. The 41-year-old [...]

ESPNBoston.com reported Tuesday that the Boston Bruins have reached an agreement on a multiyear contract with Swedish forward Carl Soderberg. According to the report, the sides are waiting for the Swedish Ice Hockey Association to approve the transfer of Soderberg from Linkoping in the Elitserien, the top Swedish professional league, to the Bruins. Soderberg can play immediately for [...]

Red Wings GM Ken Holland was active leading up to the trade deadline, but wasn’t able to finalize a deal with another team, the Detroit News reports. Holland made competitive offers for several players in the final week prior to the deadline, but nothing materialized. “When you look at what transpired, you can figure out [...]