Dany Heatley

The top-seeded Chicago Blackhawks got the result they wanted to open their Western Conference first-round series against the eighth-seeded Minnesota Wild, but the game was full of surprises. Chicago will try for a more conventional victory when it hosts...

Offense The Hawks roll four lines and finished second in the NHL with an average of 3.10 goals per game. Center Dave Bolland is battling a groin injury, but if he's at full strength, a shift back to the third line could be in order as Michal Handzus has...

The Minnesota Wild have recalled rookie left wing Jason Zucker from the AHL to help their struggling offense.   The move was made on Friday, after the Wild were shut out by St. Louis and Chicago this week. Minnesota had lost five of seven.   The 21-...

|TV SPORTS| Tennis--WTA Family Circle Cup, Noon (ESPN2) High School Basketball--National Invitational boys’ semifinals, 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Major League Baseball--Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles, 2 p.m. (FXSP) Boxing--Santa Ynez,...

The speculation and apocrypha surrounding "cover curses" in sports go back at least as far as the "Sports Illustrated cover jinx." In the age of video games, the "Madden Curse" has taken up the mantle as the most hotly-debated superstition in sports...

The Detroit Red Wings went on a historic run: only eight NHL teams have come back from a 3-0 deficit to play a game seven in the playoffs.  With more than a dozen guys who played for the Grand Rapids Griffins, Thursday night was a big night in...

The San Jose Sharks have a third period problem, and it cost them Game 1 against the Vancouver Canucks. They've given up 15 final frame goals, most in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, while scoring 11. If coffee is for closers, they've gone thirsty in 2011....

Did Kings Coach Terry Murray commit a grievous sin by not shaking the hands of San Jose players after the Sharks eliminated the Kings from the playoffs Monday? Murray’s assistants joined the traditional on-ice handshake line after San Jose’s...