National Hockey League Players' Association

The Sports Xchange Boogaards file wrongful death suit Derek Boogaard's family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the NHL, according to multiple reports. The family claims the league is responsible for the brain damage that Boogaard sustained during...

The New York Rangers and Washington Capitals have held serve at home over the first four games of their Eastern Conference first-round series. After dropping a pair of contests at Madison Square Garden, Washington will look to regain the advantage when...

Penguins 4, Islanders 0: Tomas Vokoun turned aside 31 shots in his first postseason appearance since 2007 and captain Sidney Crosby collected a goal and an assist as host Pittsburgh seized a 3-2 advantage in its Eastern Conference first-round series...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Penguins 4, Islanders 0 Penguins 4, Islanders 0: Tomas Vokoun turned aside 31 shots in his first postseason appearance since 2007 and captain Sidney Crosby collected a goal and an assist as host Pittsburgh seized a 3-2 advantage...

By Steve Keating TORONTO, April 30 (Reuters) - The National Hockey League (NHL) has been preparing for years for the first gay player to come out in public and that groundwork may be about to pay off after the NBA's Jason Collins opened the door to a new...

|TODAY| |COLLEGE BASEBALL| Northern State at Mary, 1 p.m. doubleheader   |TV SPORTS| Major League Baseball—Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers, Noon (FXSP); Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves, 6 p.m. (ESPN) Soccer—UEFA...

Wellington Roller Hockey Association President Gari Sanfilippo couldn't have seen a better way to finish up the season recently. Longtime Wellington resident and Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs covered the cost of the trophies and the year-end party...

The National Hockey League and the NHL Players’ Assn. on Thursday announced they have formed a partnership with the You Can Play project, which promotes respect for athletes regardless of their sexual orientation. The league and the players’...

NHL general managers met Wednesday in Toronto to discuss a variety of issues, including player safety, but didn’t put forward any rule changes. The NHL Players’ Assn., which was represented there, said it will poll its members this summer...

The countdown to the Sochi Olympics slipped beneath the one-year mark last week with a huge question looming: Will NHL players participate in Russia's first-ever Winter Games? The answer should be clearer after executives of the NHL, NHL Players' Assn....

Federal mediator Scot Beckenbaugh met separately with representatives of the NHL and the players union on Friday in New York, but his efforts toward what the NHL Players' Assn. described as “shuttle mediation” did not immediately lead to a...

The Johnstown Tomahawks announced Tuesday the first Johnstown Tomahawks Charity Classic benefiting the Pittsburgh Kids Foundation–Haiti and the Johnstown Tomahawks Foundation has been cancelled due to the recent tentative agreement reached between...