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Oilers' Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman help team advance to Stanley Cup Final

The last time the Edmonton Oilers won the Stanley Cup, Glenn Anderson and Mark Messier were scoring goals and Connor McDavid was not even a glimmer in his parents’ eyes. Twenty-four years later, the Oilers are the champions of the Western Conference once again and will vie to bring the Stanley Cup back home to Edmonton and back to Canada …

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Panthers advance to 2nd straight Stanley Cup Final with Game 6 over Rangers

The Florida Panthers are back in the Stanley Cup Final for the second consecutive season. The Panthers finished off the New York Rangers on Saturday night with a 2-1 victory in Game 6. Florida won the series 4-2. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky acknowledges the crowd after his team defeated the New York …

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Stars coach Peter DeBoer pushes back at suggestion team was 'lifeless' in latest loss to Oilers

The Edmonton Oilers won the crucial fifth game of the Western Conference finals to push the Dallas Stars to the brink of elimination. The Stars managed just ten shots in the first two periods of the the 3-1 defeat. While some were certainly complimentary of the Oilers’ execution in the game, one reporter suggested the Stars looked “lifeless” in the …

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NHL Conference Finals Preview: Each team's biggest strength as they vie for spot in Stanley Cup Final

Only four teams remain in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the last of which being the Edmonton Oilers, who held off the Vancouver Canucks in Game 7 to move on to the Western Conference Finals. It is there where the Oilers will be pitted against the Dallas Stars, but that Game 1 will wait until the New York Rangers and Florida …

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NHL analyst Paul Bissonnette rips officials after Stars' goal called off, suggests ref bet on game

NHL analyst Paul Bissonnette was no fan of how the first overtime period between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche ended on Friday night in their Stanley Cup playoff game. The Stars and Avalanche were tied 1-1 when it appeared that Mason Marchment had scored the game-winning goal to give Dallas the win and the series. But officials negated the …

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Chris Kreider's 3rd period hat trick wills Rangers to Eastern Conference Final as Hurricanes stunned in Game 6

Chris Kreider, the New York Rangers veteran left winger, willed his team to the Eastern Conference Finals in a miraculous third-period, come-from-behind victory in Game 6 over the Carolina Hurricanes, 5-3. The Rangers were down 3-1 heading into the third period on the road, and all signs were pointing to the Hurricanes battling all the way back from a 3-0 …

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Avalanche star Valeri Nichushkin suspended for 6 months hours before playoff game

The Colorado Avalanche will be without winger Valeri Nichushkin for the Stanley Cup Playoffs and for several months as he was placed in Stage 3 of the NHL/NHLPA Assistance Program. The announcement came hours before the Avalanche took on the Dallas Stars in Game 4 of their Western Conference semifinals matchup. It’s the second time this season he’s been in …

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Top 5 best nicknames for NHL's new Utah team

The Smith Entertainment Group is asking fans to help them decide what to name the NHL’s newest franchise that will be playing in Salt Lake City. The Arizona Coyotes are no more, as the team’s assests – players, coaches and management – head north from the desert to Utah. However, SEG, which also owns the NBA’s Utah Jazz, will have …

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Panthers, Bruins players come to blows in emotional end to Game 2

The Panthers and Bruins came to blows in Game 2 of their Stanley Cup Playoffs matchup on Thursday night as Florida won in a blowout, 6-1. With the Panthers already up big, Florida star Matthew Tkachuk and Boston winger David Pastrnak came to blows. Tkachuk hit Pastrnak with a brutal blow to the face to knock him back on the …

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ESPN cuts away from crucial closing seconds of Rangers-Hurricanes playoff game: 'Absolutely terrible'

The New York Rangers were on the power play with less than a minute to go in a tied playoff game, then suddenly, ESPN went black. After a brief pause, hockey was back on the television, but it was not the Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes. Instead, with the power play still ongoing, ESPN went to the Western Conference playoffs and …

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