http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/hockey/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/hockey/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Florida Panthers | Hockey 60 Wed, 14 May 2008 18:40:14 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/622/story/525222.html http://www.miamiherald.com/622/story/525222.html Thu, 08 May 2008 01:01 EDT Fans of the Detroit Red Wings have been known to toss slimy, gigantic octopi onto the ice at Joe Louis Arena during the playoffs to honor an old tradition that dates to the team's Stanley Cup championship run in 1952. http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/532918.html http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/532918.html Wed, 14 May 2008 13:26 EDT Former NHL player Scott Mellanby will join the Vancouver Canucks as a consultant to the general manager and hockey operations department. http://www.miamiherald.com/623/story/522547.html http://www.miamiherald.com/623/story/522547.html Tue, 06 May 2008 03:01 EDT When the Panthers traded for Wade Belak in February, he gave the team an element it had been missing for a while. After Monday, the Panthers won't be looking for an enforcer for some time. http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/532918.html http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/532918.html Wed, 14 May 2008 13:26 EDT Former NHL player Scott Mellanby will join the Vancouver Canucks as a consultant to the general manager and hockey operations department. http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/533444.html http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/533444.html Wed, 14 May 2008 18:39 EDT Derek Roy netted a hat trick and added an assist as Canada crushed Norway, 8-2, in the quarterfinal round of the 2008 World Hockey Championship. http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/532311.html http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/532311.html Wed, 14 May 2008 01:02 EDT Marian Hossa scored twice, including the game-winner, as the Pittsburgh Penguins topped the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-1, in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals at Wachovia Center. Ryan Whitney and Ryan Malone also lit the lamp for the Penguins, who improved to 11-1 in the postseason and are one win away from reaching the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1992. Sidney Crosby added a pair of assists to take over the NHL scoring lead with 19 points, while Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 17- of-18 shots to record the win. R.J. Umberger tallied for the Flyers, who are facing an 0-3 series deficit for the first time since falling to the Detroit Red Wings in a four-game Cup Finals sweep in 1997. Martin Biron surrendered three goals on 24 shots. Game 4 is slated for Thursday in Philadelphia. http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/532987.html http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/532987.html Wed, 14 May 2008 14:21 EDT Superstitions are often the invention of people in desperate situations. The NHL playoffs have a mythic connection to the number 33 that is rooted in such superstition, and it's about to be put to the test once again. http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/532758.html http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/532758.html Wed, 14 May 2008 10:41 EDT The top-seeded Detroit Red Wings will try to punch their ticket to the Stanley Cup finals tonight, when they go for a four-game sweep of the Stars at American Airlines Center in Dallas. http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/532988.html http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/532988.html Wed, 14 May 2008 14:21 EDT Being down 3-0 in the Western Conference finals isn't even the worst part for the Dallas Stars. http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/530194.html http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/530194.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:14 EDT This is how ridiculously good the Detroit Red Wings are playing: They lose the NHL's top scorer this postseason and their regular-season scoring leader steps up with the first hat trick of his entire career while one of his linemates scores a demoralizing short-handed goal. http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/531592.html http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/531592.html Tue, 13 May 2008 15:07 EDT The St. Louis Blues have signed a pair of first-round draft picks in forwards T.J.Oshie and Lars Eller. http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/531903.html http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/531903.html Tue, 13 May 2008 19:32 EDT Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzen is still experiencing concussion-like symptoms and has been ruled out for Wednesday's Game 4 of the Western Conference finals against the Dallas Stars. http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/532085.html http://www.miamiherald.com/860/story/532085.html Tue, 13 May 2008 22:56 EDT Marian Hossa scored twice, including the game-winner, as the Pittsburgh Penguins topped the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-1, in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals at Wachovia Center.