The NHL is on pace to exceed last season's 297 fights. It's not just the heavyweights. Even the skill players are dropping ...

Fighting is one of ice hockey's unique elements, and it is the only sport where throwing punches is not only allowed, but sometimes encouraged. Despite a cooling off in recent years, fighting remains ...

Defenseman Travis Mitchell says it’ll be “pretty special” to give goal puck to dad who is in remission with stage four cancer ...

A fight could be one of highlights of the season in most sports. Baseball fans can vividly remember Jose Ramirez and Tim Anderson squaring up, or Rougned Odor punching Jose Bautista. Hockey takes a ...

There are veterans, and then there are 19-year, 500-goal and 1,000-point-scoring veterans like Jarome Iginla. When the latter speaks, the league should listen. In a recent column for Sports ...

Welcome to part two of The Hockey News’ three-part series of the pre-season fan vote. In part one, the first set of results was revealed, including fans' favorite teams and players, predictions for ...

It’s a sunny Tuesday afternoon in Chicago, crisp but not cold. Practice officially ended more than a half hour ago, and surely Matt Duchene has more exciting places to be. The Dallas Stars got into ...

A lawyer for former NHL players suing the league over concussions says that a 2011 email from deputy commissioner Bill Daly to commissioner Gary Bettman linking fighting to concussions, depression and ...

— -- When the Anaheim Ducks sent Tim Jackman to their American Hockey League affiliate on Nov. 2, it was a difficult assignment for the veteran forward, who had been a healthy scratch much of the ...