10 Copyright (c) 2012 Yahoo!, Inc. All rights reserved. en-us 126 15 http://sports.yahoo.com http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/b/ysp_logo_rss.gif Latest news and information about the . http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/atl http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=14rd57b4j/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl--martin-brodeur-turns-in-classic-performance-in-eliminating-rival-rangers-and-leading-devils-to-stanley-cup-final.html New Jersey's goalie great beat back the haunting memories of 1994, dispatched the blueblood Blueshirts, and wrote another special chapter in his storybook career. Fri, 25 May 2012 23:24:01 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,76755382-fd7c-3518-bc2c-53c92452927c-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=133qm2iv3/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/overtime-win-puts-devils-nhl-stanley-cup-final-040914091--nhl.html Adam Henrique's overtime goal lifted the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers and into the NHL Stanley Cup Final. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:40:43 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,7956d39a-6da5-3f92-b382-cb08231a3825-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12lol8oua/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/blues-ceo-mike-mccarthy-stepping-053132811--nhl.html ST. LOUIS (AP) St. Louis Blues CEO Mike McCarthy is stepping down, not long after new ownership finalized its purchase of the franchise. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:31:32 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,00036cbe-c3dd-3fb6-b62f-b6a844bb72bc-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12pdtnk0p/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/brodeur-wins-rangers-revenge-18-wait-052844630--nhl.html NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Martin Brodeur has had a remarkable career, winning more games than any National Hockey League goaltender ever and earning three Stanley Cup rings along the way, and on Friday he put another memorable notch on his belt. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:28:44 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,834974b2-dc61-39f0-8b0d-755ac1e34964-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12mqc8t04/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/rangers-season-ends-another-rally-043037393--nhl.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) The New York Rangers were at their best for two straight games after falling into dangerously deep holes against the New Jersey Devils. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:19:59 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,f8cf4b08-6ee8-3ab5-b1fd-1596a1c6d163-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13gqkr0kv/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl--sea-dogs-stunned-in-semifinal-loss-to-host-cataractes-at-memorial-cup.html Defending champion Saint John was the odds-on favourite to repeat as Memorial Cup champs, but they came up short against a determined Shawinigan squad. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:08:04 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,01fa53f3-5760-3663-9368-775a0a19f44b-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12iv27v69/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/devils-advance-cup-finals-win-030016251--nhl.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) The memory of missing the playoffs for first time since 1996 and the ghost of an 18-year-old wound were wiped out with a sweep of rookie Adam Henrique's stick. Fri, 25 May 2012 21:53:50 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,34e4cd30-ef49-3943-83d5-f92f21668c7e-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=138ri8do0/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/jersey-devils-beat-ny-rangers-overtime-move-stanley-033250019--nhl.html NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - The New Jersey Devils reached the Stanley Cup Finals by eliminating cross-river rival New York Rangers with a 3-2 sudden-death victory on Friday as rookie center Adam Henrique produced more overtime magic. Henrique, whose overtime goal clinched New Jersey's seven-game playoff series against the Florida Panthers, did it again when he scored 63 seconds into the extra time to set off a wild celebration in the packed Prudential Center. ... Fri, 25 May 2012 21:46:00 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,10825556-525c-3479-9194-e5f4296b5f1d-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12n7b0lim/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/quick-overtime-winner-sends-devils-043028495--nhl.html NEWARK, N.J. -- A year ago, the New Jersey Devils failed to make the NHL playoffs for the first time in 14 years. It was a down time for the proud and storied franchise, one that had captured three Stanley Cup championships since 1995. Fri, 25 May 2012 21:30:28 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,dbc548e1-c084-3ac2-9f1a-c1e76e11bf87-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13mg9hmk3/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/friday-three-stars-devils-head-final-brodeur-kovalchuk-041630253.html No. 1 Star: Ilya Kovalchuk, New Jersey Devils This time last year, Kovalchuk was a punchline, a cautionary tale of what happens when you spend an untold fortune on one guy. Now, he looks like he's worth it. Kovalchuk had a game-high 6 shots, he scored a beautiful powerplay goal, and he picked up an assist on Adam Henrique's game-winner in a 3-2 Game 6 victory over the New York Rangers, sending the Devils to the Stanley Cup Final. No. 2 Star: Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils Brodeaur kicked it old-school Friday night, looking like the difference-maker he once was in the Devils' victory. He made 33 saves in the win. This one was my favourite: No. 3 Star: Adam Henrique, New Jersey Devils Henrique scored his second series winner of these playoffs, banging home a rebound just 1:03 into overtime. He also added 3 blocked shots. Fri, 25 May 2012 21:16:30 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,93d01df5-d734-3781-b7bb-aa12a039905f-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13g9b8jal/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/devils-eliminate-rangers-game-6-ending-fear-past-034558389.html It was all so familiar. The New Jersey Devils' 3-2 overtime victory over the New York Rangers was like watching a clip show. The entire affair looked stitched together from old memories. First, there was that 2-goal cushion, as the Devils took a commanding lead in the first period of Game 6, just as they had in Games 4 and 5. Ryan Carter opened the scoring, continuing the strong play of the Devils' fourth line by banging home a rebound on a 3-on-1 at the 10-minute mark. Then, 4 minutes later, Ilya Kovalchuk finished off one of the smoothest, sexiest power-play passing plays you're ever going to see to make it 2-0. (Seriously, the goal was a sultry sax riff away from being something you can't show during primetime. When it was done, everybody spooned.) But any fans with a recollection of 1994 were holding their breath. The Devils led 2-0 in Game 6 then too, people said. This one was retracing the tracks of the past far too eerily for anyone's comfort. Sure enough, just as they had in 1994, the Rangers turned the game around and clawed their way back. The second period was a mirror image of the first, with New York matching New Jersey's two first period goals, almost right down to the time they were scored. Ruslan Fedotenko cut the lead in half at the 10-minute mark; Ryan Callahan eradicated the lead 4 minutes later. And the Rangers kept coming. They controlled the final 40 minutes of this game, outshooting the Devils 21 to 12. It seemed as though it was only a matter of time before they broke through and scored that third goal. But Martin Brodeur could not be stopped. He looked like the best goaltender in the world. It was all so familiar. Fri, 25 May 2012 20:45:58 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,fc78e35d-1896-3688-8c2d-c7d308fa3605-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=130a24ahr/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/ranger-destiny-miraculously-denied-fan-view-034500048--nhl.html Do you think Martin Brodeur enjoyed this moment? Do you think, as the Devils' Adam Henrique found the puck under a mass of humanity in the goal crease and poked it into the net behind Henrik Lundqvist in overtime, Marty peeked back in time 18 years to the one enormous disappointment in his Hall of Fame career? Fri, 25 May 2012 20:45:00 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,1c6bed3c-4922-3cb2-bcb2-a8d96500af91-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13jka08ga/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/adam-henrique-sends-jersey-devils-stanley-cup-final-031552193.html Fri, 25 May 2012 20:15:52 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,bb292e63-defd-3bf6-877d-303a8156e4f1-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12ac6hap0/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/devils-3-rangers-2-ot-031048254--nhl.html NEWARK, N.J. -- Adam Henrique snapped a 2-2 tie 63 seconds into overtime Friday, leading the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers that finished the NHL Eastern Conference championship. Fri, 25 May 2012 20:10:48 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,3757d78a-5aea-3805-af6f-818727247e9b-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13d1uq5dl/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/toronto-marlies-advance-to-calder-cup-final-with-win-over-oklahoma-city.html The Maple Leafs farm team will face the Norfolk Admirals in the final. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:52:37 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,5f833780-11ad-3506-a874-ce5777168451-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=1394fuh5c/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/watch-ilya-kovalchuk-game-6-goal-devils-k-010002074.html Adam Oates is the New Jersey Devils assistant coach in charge of the power play, which was 2-for-20 against the New York Rangers heading into Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final. It's entirely possible he will carry around this Ilya Kovalchuk goal in his wallet, showing it to complete strangers and telling them how gorgeous it is. Watch all five Devils get involved on their second goal of Game 6, with Ruslan Fedotenko in the box for tripping Ryan Carter. That's some video game [expletive] right there. [ Also: Conan O'Brien joins list of L.A. media who haven't figured out Kings ] For those keeping score at home, it was Adam Henrique to Peter Harrold at the top of the zone as the Devils played the umbrella. Harrold waited out a Derek Stepan blocked-shot attempt and dished to Henrique, who sent a quick pass to David Clarkson in the slot. Rather than shoot, Clarkson dumped down to Dainius Zubrus, who had a wide-open seam in front of the crease. He passed to Kovalchuk who one-timed it past Henrik Lundqvist. We don't want to say that power-play goal was a thing of beauty, but it was just named Miss New Jersey. Other popular content on Yahoo! Sports: • True or not, rumors of New York Yankees sale are further evidence of softening of Steinbrenner regime • Ex-Colt Mike Vanderjagt in trouble after run-in with junior-high heckler • John Calipari could gain recruiting edge with prep star by coaching Dominican Olympic team Fri, 25 May 2012 18:00:02 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,a31a2efd-803b-3a1d-a92f-ab4f3fdc33a8-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13dkjf774/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/devils-look-eliminate-rangers-game-6-hal-gill-224506056.html Fri, 25 May 2012 15:45:06 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,3f21bdeb-6986-3814-b039-59dce25a8426-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=1367d97rd/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/conan-o-brien-joins-long-list-la-media-215825099.html Conan O'Brien is an Easterner through and through. He was born in Massachusetts, and established himself with a late-night talk show filmed in New York. But, in June of 2009, when Conan took over for Jay Leno as the host of the Tonight Show, he packed up and moved to Los Angeles. The adjustment has been awkward at times. The man is still a New Yorker at heart. But now we have definitive proof that he's beginning to think like LA media: his most recent tweet shows that he knows nothing about the Los Angeles Kings. The @ LAKings are playing the @ PhoenixCoyotes ? I wonder which city that shouldn't have a hockey team will win. — Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) May 25, 2012 Not a bad tweet, except for one small hiccup: the series has been over for days. Brad Doty, Slamson and the rest of the Sacramento Kings are just resting up now, awaiting their Stanley Cup Final opponent. None of this went unnoticed by the LA Kings' Conn Smythe-calibre Twitter account, which took the opportunity to make chump meat out of the maestro, zinging O'Brien on the fact that his humour doesn't translate to earlier timeslots: @ conanobrien Clearly, that joke wasn't meant for prime time. — LA Kings (@LAKings) May 25, 2012 The only thing that would have made this tweet better is if it were hashtagged with #hahaifoundanerror. Then Bailey, the Kings' mascot, chimed in. Fri, 25 May 2012 14:58:25 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,38633c16-a237-39dd-90d6-5508285c9c2c-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12nciemqq/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/gagne-back-practice-enjoying-kings-203657947--nhl.html EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) Simon Gagne thought the Los Angeles Kings would be a Stanley Cup contender. That's why he signed with them as a free agent last summer. Fri, 25 May 2012 14:52:36 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,9862d7b5-0fe1-342a-ac8e-830db31e7c0b-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13faahtqh/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/los-angeles-kings-does-rest-become-rust-stanley-203150221.html It's late May. You've played three rounds of hockey. The bumps and bruises are there, but you're playing for the Stanley Cup, man. The three teams left in the race for the Cup are all feeling the effects of playing an extra month and a half of hockey. And while the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers will be playing their 18th and 20th games of the playoffs (respectively) tonight, the Los Angeles Kings have breezed their way through three rounds with a meager 14. The Rangers played that many through the opening two rounds and according to STATS, LLC., no Cup-winning team has ever played more than 18 games to get to the Final. By eliminating the Vancouver Canucks in five games and the St. Louis Blues in four, the Kings are used to having time off between series. With eight days between Game 5 against the Phoenix Coyotes and Game 1 of the Final, is that too much rest for the Kings? Fri, 25 May 2012 13:31:50 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,db9d2c2b-0002-3b8b-8e33-5be492ea9017-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13g5pg4dv/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/dominik-hasek-wants-nhl-return-tortorella-game-6-195836583.html Fri, 25 May 2012 12:58:36 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,5d1aaeed-9239-366c-8019-50e2ee6045ed-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12gkutc03/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/steve-eminger-likely-play-friday-183057869.html Update: Eminger is expected to play in Friday's Game 6 against the Devils, Steve Zipay of the New York Newsday reports. Fri, 25 May 2012 11:30:57 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,6fec8ead-d5c2-3aaf-ab3c-69dd4265fdf0-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=129to0aa0/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/roberto-luongo-asks-trade-183056311.html Update: Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault has confirmed Luongo has asked to be traded, reports the Toronto Sun. Fri, 25 May 2012 11:30:56 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,f68229c3-58ed-301a-93b6-c2cab429a6fe-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12p4cpc34/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/canadiens-hire-rick-dudley-assistant-181415673--nhl.html MONTREAL (AP) The Montreal Canadiens will have two assistant general managers after hiring Rick Dudley on Friday. Fri, 25 May 2012 11:14:15 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,7eead4f3-a007-33db-80b0-480a3da9527e-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13e9v4q0a/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/marek-vs-wyshynski-radio-game-show-friday-game-175046038.html Fri, 25 May 2012 10:50:46 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,e8bdd013-0e07-3513-88eb-bd35aadddd22-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12oshf22l/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-investigating-coyotes-post-game-163010386--nhl.html Incidents after the Phoenix Coyotes' Game 5 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday reportedly are being investigated by the NHL. Fri, 25 May 2012 09:30:10 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,e0555289-0bf1-3f88-88c3-391b5150500c-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13on2hmsh/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/trending-topics-praise-jeff-carter-mike-richards-talking-162832418.html Trending Topics is a column that looks at the week in hockey, occasionally according to Twitter. If you're only going to comment to say how stupid Twitter is, why not just go have a good cry for the slow, sad death of your dear internet instead? Things are going exceedingly well for the Los Angeles Kings lately. They're in the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1993, when they needed four or five Hall of Famers (depending on if you count Rob Blake, and I do) and a virtual All-Star team to get there. They got there by beating the first-, second-, and third-seeded teams in the West. They beat them all with alarming ease, winning 12 of 14 games in a run of terrible efficiency not seen since the 1988 Edmonton Oilers won a Cup in 18 games. They have done all of this despite suffering from something that would have ripped apart most teams' chances like a bird going through a jet engine, and brought considerable shame on the parties responsible. Namely, two of the team's three highest-paid forwards haven't been especially good in terms of putting points on the board. Mike Richards and Jeff Carter have a combined 20 points in 14 playoff games. That includes only eight goals, three of which came for Carter in Game 2 against Phoenix. Not great totals for two guys who combined are making just over $11 million against the cap, especially when Dustin Penner and Justin Williams both have comparable point totals (both of them having more than Carter's mere nine). The narrative has been that this has been a season in which they proved their doubters wrong because they're not actively being detrimental to their teams, as they apparently were in Philadelphia, but that they need to pick up their individual games. And they could probably do that if not for the fact that Darryl Sutter is positively burying them at every opportunity. Fri, 25 May 2012 09:28:32 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,be4e6ada-cfd9-3265-a847-58cbdcc85368-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=131fem5am/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/forget-guarantees-rangers-richards-lundqvist-161500466--nhl.html Who cares about empty promises. The only thing that should matter in Manhattan is whether Brad Richards and Henrik Lundqvist can make a difference when it counts Fri, 25 May 2012 09:15:00 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,8b3ae82d-1a01-356c-a405-83c56757149a-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12nugaacc/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/canadiens-hire-dudley-assistant-gm-160012770--nhl.html The Montreal Canadiens have hired Rick Dudley as their assistant general manager, the team announced Friday. Fri, 25 May 2012 09:00:12 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,09742493-e1be-36c8-bc11-e587e656dcfb-l:1 Fri, 25 May 2012 23:24:01 PDT