Joe Sakic Retires

After 20 NHL seasons, Colorado Avalanche captain Joe Sakic reportedly is ready to hang up his skates.

In 1,378 games, Sakic has 625 goals and 1,016 assists for 1,641 points, leaving him eighth on the NHL's all-time point list.

Pittsburgh Penguins are 2009 Stanley Cup Champs

Quote of the Day

“They say you have to do your best and work hard and things will happen. You can make it if you try,”

Sidney Crosby, 1995, age 7

Yep, things happened

Hershey Bears Win 10th Calder Cup

The Hershey Bears won the AHL championship Friday night with a 4-1 victory over the Manitoba Moose.

The Game 6 win gave Hershey its 10th league championship and second since 2006. The Bears are the oldest AHL franchise, joining in 1938.

Windsor Spitfires Win Memorial Cup

OHL's Windsor Spitfires captured their 1st Canadian junior hockey championship with a 4-1 victory over the WHL's Kelowna Rockets.

The Spitfires brought out the No. 18 jersey of Mickey Renaud, their former captain who died suddenly during the 2007-08 season. The team keeps the jersey in the locker room so he is not forgotten.

OHL teams have now won 13 times since 1971, with 18 champions coming from the WHL and seven from the QMJHL.

Spitfires Taylor Hall was named most valuable player of the Memorial Cup and also made the tournament all-star team. The all-star team had Cousineau in goal, Tyler Myers and Ryan Ellis on defence, and Taylor Hall, Jamie Benn and Patrice Cormier at forward.

Next year's Memorial Cup will be held in Brandon, Manitoba.

Calgary Roughnecks Win NLL Championship

The Calgary Roughnecks capped a stellar season by topping the New York Titans 12-10 to win their second NLL Championship in franchise history.

Josh Sanderson was awarded Championship Game MVP for his 2 goal, 3 assist performance.

Boston Bruins Playoff Schedule - 2nd Round

Date	Visitor	Home	Time (ET)
Fri May 1, 2009	Hurricanes	Bruins	7:30 PM
Sun May 3, 2009	Hurricanes	Bruins	7:30 PM
Wed May 6, 2009	Bruins	Hurricanes	7:30 PM
Fri May 8, 2009	Bruins	Hurricanes	7:30 PM
Sun May 10, 2009	Hurricanes	Bruins	7:30 PM
Tue May 12, 2009	Bruins	Hurricanes	7:00 PM
Thu May 14, 2009	Hurricanes	Bruins	8:00 PM

Bruins Sweep Canadiens in 4 and Move on to Second Round

Montreal completed its 100th season with 8 straight losses !

It was the Bruins' first series sweep since they beat Montreal 4 straight in the 1992 Adams Division final.

Tim Thomas Playoff Journal

Tim Thomas is keeping a Playoff blog on USA Today, hope we'll have something to read up to the Stanley Cup !

Boston Bruins Playoff Schedule - 1st Round

Thu Apr 16, 2009	Canadiens	Bruins			7:00 PM
Sat Apr 18, 2009	Canadiens	Bruins			8:00 PM
Mon Apr 20, 2009	Bruins	Canadiens			7:00 PM
Wed Apr 22, 2009	Bruins	Canadiens			7:00 PM
Sat Apr 25, 2009	Canadiens	Bruins			7:00 PM
Mon Apr 27, 2009	Bruins	Canadiens			TBD
Wed Apr 29, 2009	Canadiens	Bruins			TBD

Boston U wins Frozen Four

Trailing by 2 goals with a minute left in regulation, the Terriers stormed back to force overtime and then beat Miami RedHawks 4-3.

Colby Cohen was credited with the winning goal on a slapshot that ricocheted off sliding defenceman Kevin Roeder's leg 11:47 into OT and gave BU its fifth national hockey title – and first since 1995.

UNB Varsity Reds win 2nd University Cup in 3 years

Lachlan MacIntosh scored a hat-trick as the New Brunswick Varsity Reds captured their second University Cup in three years with a 4-2 win over the Western Ontario Mustangs in the gold-medal final of the 2009 CIS men's hockey championship.



UNIVERSITY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-STARS

MVP: Lachlan MacIntosh, UNB

All-Star Team:

Goaltender: Travis Fullerton, UNB
Defence: Dustin Friesen, UNB
Defence: Chris Petrow, Western
Forward: Lachlan MacIntosh, UNB
Forward: Kyle Bailey, UNB
Forward: Joe McCann, Western

Martin Brodeur Becomes NHL's Winningest Goalie With 552nd Win

Boston Bruins February Schedule

Date	Visitor	Home	Time (ET)
Sun Feb 1	Bruins	Canadiens	2:00 PM
Wed Feb 4	Bruins	Flyers	7:00 PM
Thu Feb 5	Bruins	Senators	7:00 PM
Sat Feb 7	Flyers	Bruins	1:00 PM
Tue Feb 10	Sharks	Bruins	7:00 PM
Fri Feb 13	Bruins	Devils	7:00 PM
Sat Feb 14	Bruins	Predators	8:00 PM
Tue Feb 17	Bruins	Hurricanes	7:00 PM
Sat Feb 21	Bruins	Panthers	7:00 PM
Sun Feb 22	Bruins	Lightning	5:00 PM
Tue Feb 24	Panthers	Bruins	7:00 PM
Thu Feb 26	Ducks	Bruins	7:00 PM
Sat Feb 28	Capitals	Bruins	1:00 PM

Canada Wins Gold... Again

Canada’s National Junior Team has captured the gold medal at the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship, defeating Sweden 5-1 on Monday night in Ottawa. Canada has now won five consecutive gold medals, and 11 consecutive medals overall, at the IIHF World Junior Championship.

John Tavares was named Top Forward and MVP by the IIHF Directorate and also earned a spot on the media all-star team.

IIHF Directorate award winners:
Top Forward – John Tavares (Canada)
Top Defenceman – Erik Karlsson (Sweden)
Top Goaltender – Jacob Markstrom (Sweden)
Most Valuable Player – John Tavares (Canada)

Media all-star team:
G – Jaroslav Janus (Slovakia)
D – Erik Karlsson (Sweden)
D – PK Subban (Canada)
F – Nikita Filatov (Russia)
F – Cody Hodgson (Canada)
F – John Tavares (Canada)

Tournament photo gallery