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Read More at Wikipedia ›Boston Bruins All-Star goalie Tim Thomas is considering taking a year off from playing in the National Hockey League (NHL) for family reasons, the reigning Stanley Cup champions said on Friday.
The 38-year-old goalie, who led the Bruins to their first Stanley Cup in 39 years last season and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs, is heading into the final year of a contract."Tim came to me ... through his agent and said that he's seriously considering taking the year off," Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli said on a conference call to discuss contract extensions for a pair of other Boston players."So, as of now, I am operating under the premise that there's a strong possibility that he'll be taking a year off and we'd have to go about our business without Tim Thomas."Chiarelli said he was not certain what led to Thomas's move, but said the goalie indicated his family was first and foremost in his thinking.Thomas, a four-time All-Star and two-time Vez...Martin Brodeur doesn't need another Stanley Cup ring to solidify his status as being one of the best goaltenders to ever lace them up in the National Hockey League, ...
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Detroit Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom has decided to hang up the skates for good following a 20-year NHL career.Lidstrom announced his retirement from hockey...
Tim Thomas, who has emerged as one of the NHL's top goaltenders despite an unorthodox style in hockey and in life, has told the Boston Bruins that he is thinking abo...
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New York Rangers coach John Tortorella is drawing confidence from a loss to the New Jersey Devils that pushed his top-seeded team to the brink of elimination from th...
Bob Hartley was named the new head coach of the Calgary Flames on Thursday.Hartley was rumored to be a favorite to land the head coaching job with the Montreal Canad...
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...
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Vancouver Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault has agreed to terms on a contract extension.The announcement was made Wednesday and comes after Vigneault, 51, guided th...
Nicklas Lidstrom is so used to being great that the star defenseman refused to settle for just being good.Lidstrom retired after 20 quietly spectacular seasons with ...
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Swede Nicklas Lidstrom became the first European to captain a Stanley Cup champion and as he retired from the NHL on Thursday a handful of compatriots hoping to get ...
Even kids in Slovenia dream of scoring the winning Stanley Cup goal and Anze Kopitar lived that unlikely fantasy with a spectacular overtime winner in Game One of th...
The Calgary Flames named Bob Hartley as their new head coach in hopes the former Stanley Cup winner can revive a franchise that has not made the playoffs in three ye...
If the New Jersey Devils are to prevent the Los Angeles Kings from running away with the Stanley Cup they must do something no National Hockey League (NHL) team has ...
Detroit Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom retired from the National Hockey League on Thursday after a 20-year career during which he won four Stanley Cups and estab...
New Jersey Devils netminder Martin Brodeur would give anything to relive the final moments of Wednesday's Stanley Cup Finals opener but accepts that Anze Kopitar bea...
After 20 years in the National Hockey League (NHL) Martin Brodeur says he has seen it all, but the one thing the New Jersey Devils netminder cannot see is retiring a...
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