NHL Entry Draft

Panthers general manager Dale Tallon took a cloverleaf up to the Toronto area on Monday, hoping his franchise got lucky and kept its top standing in the upcoming NHL Draft. It didn't. Despite finishing last in the NHL, the Panthers lost the draft...

The Carolina Hurricanes retained the No. 5 pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft on Monday after the NHL draft lottery was held in Toronto. The Canes had an 8.1 percent chance of winning the lottery as all 14 non-playoff teams for the first time had an...

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About a year ago, the Panthers left their exit meetings with coach Kevin Dineen and General Manager Dale Tallon with their heads held high after taking the eventual Stanley Cup finalist Devils to a Game 7 double-overtime loss in Florida's first playoff...

With their season at an end, the Carolina Hurricanes will begin to scatter in the next few days. Seven are headed to the IIHF World Championship in Sweden. Eric and Jordan Staal, Jay Harrison and Jeff Skinner will play for Canada. Defensemen Justin...

The Sports Xchange Stars fire Nieuwendyk, to name Nill as GM One day after the Dallas Stars failed to make the NHL playoffs for the fifth straight season, the team fired general manager Joe Nieuwendyk on Sunday. The Stars are set to hire Detroit Red...

Jordan Staal wanted to salute Penguins fans. He did Saturday night. After a video tribute that included highlights of his most significant moments during a six-year Penguins career, Staal stood on the Hurricanes bench, clapped his red gloves together...

The Sports Xchange By John Perrotto, The Sports Xchange Penguins 8, Hurricanes 3 PITTSBURGH - James Neal returned to the Pittsburgh Penguins' lineup in grand fashion Saturday night. The left wing had his third career hat trick after missing the...

The Sports Xchange By John Perrotto, The Sports Xchange Neal returns with hat trick as Penguins romp PITTSBURGH -- James Neal was just happy to return to the Pittsburgh Penguins' lineup on Saturday night. He certainly wasn't looking for a hat trick....

What's in a name? Even a horse's name. Or even an imaginary horse's name. We got some great answers to that question in the past week during the revival of our pre-Kentucky Derby contest of naming a great Derby winner. To my delight, about 300 of...

The Sports Xchange Blue Jackets' Atkinson agrees to extension The Columbus Blue Jackets and winger Cam Atkinson agreed on a two-year, $2.3 million contract extension, the Columbus Dispatch reported. Atkinson, 23, has eight goals and eight assists in 34...

The Carolina Hurricanes' season will finish Saturday in Pittsburgh. What began with promise will end in disappointment, with the Canes again missing the Stanley Cup playoffs. That the final game will be played in the Penguins' Consol Energy Center...