Dale Tallon

The Stanley Cup playoffs will have a different look this season and not only because the Kings, for the first time in franchise history, are the defending champions. This condensed season produced a lot of injuries and a lot of dramatic playoff races....

Pat Foley wasn't behind a microphone when Patrick Kane's overtime goal in Game 6 of the 2010 Stanley Cup finals lifted the Blackhawks to their first championship in 49 years. NBC had exclusivity for the finals, which meant Foley was reduced to spectator...

The education came in various ways to all of them. For forward Jonathan Huberdeau, who scored on the first shot of his first NHL game, it started in his second, struggling game. "I learned you've got to be consistent, night after night," he said....

Friendly and thoughtful Twitter followers and emailers have been wondering where I’ve been while Patrick Kane has gotten off to the best start of his career. The answer is, the same place they’ve been: Watching Kane get off to the best start...

'Tis the season of lists. The Weather Channel lists the 20 Top Storms of 2012 (I survived one). The New York Times Book Review, the year's Top 10 books ( I've read one). But on the simple, annual, personal list of Top 10 South Florida Sporting Events...

OK, so the Wild gets both Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, but remember, the Blackhawks beat them to Sheldon Brookbank. So there, Minnesota. Take that. No Sheldon Brookbank Bobblehead Night for you. Not only did Parise and Suter sign elsewhere, but the...

I hope Stan Bowman is lying about this. I hope he’s just doing what smart, truth-challenged general managers do. Because I really don’t want to think that the Blackhawks GM actually believes that “for the most part we know what our...

One of the big problems with the “loser’’ point that the NHL awards to a team that gets beaten in overtime or a shootout is that you can get fooled by some stats. For starters, this 100-point season isn’t like other Blackhawks...

The question of Joel Quenneville’s job security had to be asked. His Blackhawks are 0-for-the-longest-road-trip of the season, they didn’t win away from the United Center even before that, and they have fallen from the top of the league to...

Even one of the few seemingly healthy Panthers players needed surgery after an injury-marred season, as rookie forward Jonathan Huberdeau underwent successful hip surgery Tuesday in Nashville. Huberdeau, one of four Panthers to play in all 48 games,...

Team release Florida Panthers prospect C Vincent Trocheck has been named the 2013 recipient of the Red Tilson Trophy, awarded to the most outstanding player in the Ontario Hockey League. The honor marks Trocheck’s second major award of the season,...

When Panthers General Manager Dale Tallon was asked if he thought that rookie forward Jonathan Huberdeau was the bright spot of a dark season last week, he beamed with pride and agreed. On Monday, the bright spot grew brighter when the NHL announced...