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The 2011-12 NHL regular season resumes Tuesday with 13 games. All-Star captains Daniel Alfredsson of the Ottawa Senators and Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins will meet in Boston two days after facing off over All-Star Weekend in Ottawa. The Bruins (31-14-2, 64 points) and Senators (27-19-6, 60 points) will meet four times over the [...]

NAIL YAKUPOV Sarnia • OHL 5’11” 189 lbs. Right wing, shoots left Born: Oct. 6, 1993 in Nizhnekamsk, Russia Mid-Season Ranking: 1 • North American Skater *Yakupov represented Russia at the 2012 World Junior Championships. He tied for the tournament lead in assists with nine (0-9–9) helping Russia win silver — he recorded four assists [...]

NEW YORK (January 25, 2012) — Pittsburgh Penguins forward James Neal has been added to the NHL All-Star roster for the 2012 NHL All-Star Weekend in Ottawa Jan. 26-29, the National Hockey League announced today. Neal replaces Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin. Neal began the regular season with nine goals in his first 12 games [...]

BOARD OF GOVERNORS APPROVES FOUR-CONFERENCE FORMAT Authorizes Commissioner To Implement, Pending Input From NHL Players’ Association PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (Dec. 5, 2011) — The National Hockey League Board of Governors tonight approved a four-Conference alignment format and authorized Commissioner Gary Bettman to implement this proposal, pending input from the National Hockey League Players’ Association. The [...]

An Interview With: EDDIE OLCZYK JIMMY HOWARD TIM THOMAS DAVID KEON: Good afternoon, everyone. I’m David Keon of the National Hockey League’s public relations department, and I’d like to welcome you to today’s call. With us today we have Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas, Detroit Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard, and NBC analyst and retired [...]

Via Press Release: TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning unveiled its ‘Be The Thunder’ marketing campaign for the 2011-12 regular season today, calling on all hockey fans throughout the Bay Area to come together and be loud in support of the Bolts all season long as the highly-anticipated start of the regular campaign quickly [...]

NBC SPORTS GROUP CONTINUES STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT OF ITS ASSETS VERSUS to be re-branded as NBC Sports Network NBC Sports to adopt redesigned logo NEW YORK – August 1, 2011 – As part of a new strategy to bring all four tiers of its assets (broadcast network, two national cable networks, 11 regional sports networks and [...]

Darryl’s Dispatch 2011-12 Top 300 NHL Prospects By Darryl Houston Smith NHL Prospect Analyst The goal of this list is to place a raw ranking or value on a given young player’s ability to adapt and mature his game during those crucial first few seasons after he is drafted or signed by an NHL team. [...]