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The Detroit Red Wings are in the hunt for the playoffs and their head coach Derek Lalonde said fans helped the team with a recent win.

The Buffalo Sabres brawl against the Ottawa Senators was 17 years ago today.

The Buffalo Sabres playoff odds are even lower than you might think.

The Buffalo Sabres were dealt more terrible news on Sunday. They will be without one of their best players for the remainder of the season.

Three members of the RPI Engineers' men's hockey program --- Max Smolinski, Nick Strom and coach Dave Smith --- joined 'The Drive' this week.

A group of people tried to take fake 1936 Stanley Cup championship rings over the border to Canada, but only got as far as customs in Upstate New York with them.

The Bruins and Blackhawks, two Original 6 teams, meet for the right to raise Lord Stanley.  Boston is 9-1 in the postseason since toppling Toronto in overtime of Game 7 in the opening round.  Chicago is 7-1 since being down 3-1 to rival Detroit and beat last year's Cup champion Kings in the Western Conference Finals...

Oh those feisty Detroit Red Wings. Paying little mind to the prognosticators who looked at the Red Wings as a mere bump in the road (I raise my hand), Detroit used a solid goaltending effort from Jimmy Howard to defeat the heavily favored Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 and grab a 2-1 lead in the best of 7 Western Conference semi finals...

Mike Lindsley talked with ESPN NHL analyst and insider Barry Melrose about the upcoming series between the Rangers and Bruins, the Game 7's those two teams battled through in Round 1 and other upcoming series.  Hear it here:

The Rangers are charging hard after two wins to even the series with Washington.  The Penguins are talented but getting everything they can handle from the upstart Islanders.  The Sharks are moving on.  The Red Wings are in trouble.  The Blackhawks look like possible champs again...

Oh for us hockey fans it is Christmas time. The presents can be found every night. For some coal is to be had. For others glory. The Blackhawks and Blues tasted glory. For Jonathan Quick and the LA Kings Not so much. The Chicago Blackhawks are the overwhelming favorite to get out of the west...

Two games in the column and two thrilling finishes. In Pittsburgh, the Penguins blew a 3-0 lead and watched the Philadelphia Flyers come all the way back and then win in sudden death OT 4-3. The always-playoff-shaky Ilya Bryzgalov gave up early goals (as usual), but this time the Flyers had enough fire power and Bryzgalov toughened up, shutting the door on Pittsburgh the rest of the way... Read Mo