Vile Avery's trash-talk reaches new height
Damien Cox  
After being warned to watch his mouth during on-ice trash-talking sessions, Dallas Stars forward Sean Avery essentially took his trash talk to the airwaves yesterday.


Hockey community rallies for burned player
Lois Kalchman  
Jason Baird learned a long time ago that family and friends are some of the best things in life. Over the last five months, he's learning how great they really are.

Thrashers' flurry not enough to sink Habs
Andrei Kostitsyn scored the go-ahead goal and added two assists as the Montreal Canadiens blew a three-goal lead in 59 seconds but recovered to defeat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-4.

Rink, team executive blamed in Cherepanov's death
Moscow regional prosecutors have blamed an arena manager and the director of an opposing team for negligence in the death of rising Russian star Alexei Cherepanov .

Leafs find their legs and rally past Kings
Kevin McGran  
Having travelled across the continent and with a flu bug beginning to go through the team, the Maple Leafs came out predictably slow against the Los Angeles Kings last night. But the Leafs rallied – thanks to ...

Business as usual as Wilson returns to San Jose
Kevin McGran  
Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson was telling anyone who would listen that tonight's game against the San Jose Sharks was "just another game," one out of 82 on the schedule. The Sharks, according to Wilson and ...

NHL on thin economic ice
Kevin McGran  
The NHL will likely find itself on financial thin ice if the recession deepens, according to many leading economists and financiers in the sports community.

Women get new crown to shoot for
Erin Lally heard the boys at Central Memorial High School talking about the Canadian men's midget triple-A championship and how it was the highlight of their hockey seasons.

Pit Martin perishes in snowmobile accident
Hubert (Pit) Martin was a "wonderful guy" and a great hockey player, his former Chicago Blackhawks teammate Dale Tallon said yesterday.

Tough week out west will test Leafs' mettle
Mark Zwolinski  
The Maple Leafs open a three-game Western road trip tonight in Los Angeles and the club will likely find out if goaltender Vesa Toskala's improved play is here to stay.

Leafs' Mayers suffers injury against Kings
Kevin McGran  
The Maple Leafs added one more to their injury list when winger Jamal Mayers left Monday night’s game with a broken hand.

Inside info gives Marlies the edge
Some inside information from his head coach helped Jeremy Williams in a big way.

Damien Cox's NHL power rankings
NHL power rankings.

Banner day for the Blues
The St. Louis Blues celebrated Keith Tkachuk 's milestone goal, then went on to win a rare road game.

Stajan feeling lousy but expected to play
Mark Zwolinski  
Leafs centre Matt Stajan missed yesterday's practice, and actually stayed at home until the team's flight to Los Angeles at 2 p.m.

Burke promises more Leaf toughness
Paul Hunter  
No more Mr. Nice Guys – the blue and white are about to get a little more black and blue.

Burke has skills to beat sizeable odds
Damien Cox  
As if Brian Burke's task of sculpting the Maple Leafs into a championship hockey club isn't difficult enough, he'll try to do it while butting heads with history.