Kontinental Hockey League

Capitals Backstrom seeing specialist for neck injury Nicklas Backstrom is visiting a specialist in Michigan after suffering a neck injury while playing in the Kontinental Hockey League during the lockout, a Washington Capitals spokesman confirmed....

What a game! It went into overtime Wednesday night tied at 1-1 with Ilya Bryzgalov in net for Moscow and visiting St. Petersburg goalie Sergei Bobrovsky performing just as well at the other end of the rink. Finally, Bobrovsky let the second puck of...

Look, I’m as bummed by the NHL lockout as you are. You hockey fans, anyway. I’m sure we’re all getting tired of watching online highlights of Traktor Chelyabinsk scoring on Bars Astana in the Kontinental Hockey League, and while the...

Much to my surprise, I killed an hour this week glued to the TV watching Russians skate. One of them was Alex Ovechkin, one of the world's most skilled hockey players who makes you worry you will miss something if you change channels. So I didn't,...

The Sports Xchange NHL roundup: Sharks' Havlat out for Game 4 San Jose Sharks right wing Martin Havlat, who returned from a five-game absence to play in Game 3 of the series against the Los Angeles Kings, will be sidelined again for Tuesday's Game 4...

The Sports Xchange Lightning sign Russian defenseman Two years after he was selected in the NHL draft, defenseman Nikita Nesterov signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning, the team announced Tuesday. The 20-year-old...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL| South Dakota|  Aberdeen Roncalli at Mobridge-Pollock, 8 p.m.  Brandon Valley at Yankton  Deuel at Summit  Dupree at Faith  Fairmount-Campbell-Tintah, N.D., at Rosholt  Faulkton vs. Herreid-Selby Area  at Selby...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL| South Dakota|  Aberdeen Christian at Waubay, 7 p.m.  Florence-Henry at Webster  Herreid-Selby Area at Wakpala  Ipswich at Mobridge-Pollock  Langford at Wilmot  Lemmon at McLaughlin  Redfield-Doland vs. Hitchcock-...

NEW YORK -- Locked-out players began securing spots overseas and the NHL launched a public-relations offensive on Sunday, but no labor negotiations took place on the first day of a stoppage imposed late Saturday by Commissioner Gary Bettman. Deputy...