Luke Kuechly was considered a can't-miss prospect at middle linebacker when he was picked ninth overall last year by the Carolina Panthers. And he had a 164-tackle rookie season, just to prove everyone right.
And at the start of his second season, Kuechly looks like he wants to take the crown...
No. 1 Star: Mark Letestu, Columbus Blue Jackets
The Jackets' improbable march to the postseason continued with a 4-3 win over the San Jose Sharks, led by a three-point night by Mark Letestu, who was in on the first three Columbus goals. Ryan Johansen scored the game-winner, however, putting...
No. 1 Star: Nikolai Khabibulin, Edmonton Oilers
Khabibulin was kept busy in goal stopping all 43 shots he faced as the Oilers blanked the St. Louis Blues 3-0. Jordan Eberle scored twice and assisted on the Oilers' third goal. The shutout was Khabibulin's first of the season and 46th of his...
No. 1 Star: Tomas Kopecky, Florida Panthers
A wild game ended in 6-4 in favor of the Panthers over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins. Florida built up a 4-1 lead before allowing Pittsburgh to come back and tie it; but in the end it was Kopecky's first career hat trick that helped power the...
The Kansas City Chiefs announced that Sunday's 1 p.m. ET game against the Carolina Panthers will be played as scheduled.
"After discussions between the league office, Head Coach Romeo Crennel and Chiefs team captains, the Chiefs advised the NFL that it will play tomorrow's game vs. the...
Cam Newton passed for over 300 yards and accounted for four touchdowns as the Carolina Panthers overcome a fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the reeling Philadelphia Eagles 30-22 at Lincoln Financial Field on Monday night.
Newton and the Panthers offense started fast, scoring touchdowns on each...
Cam Newton has had a difficult sophomore season. After being great his rookie season, he has definitely slumped this year. However, on Monday Night Football, Newton flashed his potential once again.
The quarterback for the Carolina Panthers had four total touchdowns as his team defeated the...
The Washington Redskins have four more home games left. Redskins season-ticket holders will be happy to know that, in their coach's mind, they're paying to see four exhibition games. And tickets to FedEx Field aren't cheap.
Yes, Mike Shanahan sounds like he has conceded. Washington is 3-6, and...
Game 7 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals was not the first time Adam Henrique saved the New Jersey Devils' collective backside this season.
When top line center Travis Zajac injured his Achilles last summer, the Devils opened the 2011-12 season with a significant lineup hole. Henrique...
At 5:39 of overtime, the top line of the New Jersey Devils made a play, and sent this first-round series against the Florida Panthers to a Game 7 on Thursday night:
The play began with another shaky Marty Brodeur save — one of only 14 on the night — before Travis Zajac pulled the puck away...
No. 1 Star: Travis Zajac, New Jersey Devils
Zajac's goal at 5:39 of overtime sent the Devils to a Game 7 on Thursday against the Florida Panthers, winning Game 6 by a 3-2 count. Zajac beat goalie Scott Clemmensen after Ilya Kovalchuk found a seam in the Florida defense with a pass. Zajac...
Florida Panthers team president Michael Yormark smelled a rat among the rats.
In Game 5 of his team's Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series against the New Jersey Devils, the plastic rats that fans litter the Panthers' home ice with during victory celebrations were instead being thrown on...
No. 1 Star: Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils
After letting a 3-goal lead slip away and being pulled in a Game 3 loss, Brodeur deflected any criticism that he was no longer a difference-maker by making 26 saves in a 4-0 win over the Florida Panthers. It was the 24th playoff shutout of...
Congratulations are in order for the Phoenix Coyotes and Florida Panthers, who clinched the Pacific and Southeast Division titles, respectively, with 4-1 wins Saturday.
In both cases, it's the franchise's first division title since... ever.
The 18-year wait for the Panthers is something, but...
No. 1 Star: Kris Versteeg, Florida Panthers
Versteeg tallied his first hat-trick in the NHL during a 4-point night, helping Florida to a 5-2 win at the Winnipeg Jets and first place in the Southeast Division. Versteeg scored twice in the first period and into an empty net to ice the game...
Despite lingering on the market as an unrestricted free agent, Cory Stillman didn't seem like the "training camp tryout invite" type.
He seemed like the kind of player that a team might sign during the season, desperate for a seasoned pro to juice their power play or move in at forward after...
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ST. PAUL — Rocco Grimaldi was projected by many to be a low first-round selection in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, but slipped to the second round on Saturday morning where the Florida Panthers selected him at No. 33 overall.
"Sometimes you think something's going to happen one way but...
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ST. PAUL — It's easy to forget what the Chicago Blackhawks looked like in Summer 2008. Names like Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith and Patrick Sharp didn't carry championship heft. Denis Savard was the head coach. They were in a five-season playoff drought. The fan bandwagon...
The first members of the 2003 EntryDraft's first round to make their debuts were Eric Staal of the CarolinaHurricanes (No. 2) and Nathan Horton of the Florida Panthers (No. 3) on Oct. 9of that year. Marc-Andre Fleury of the Pittsburgh Penguins (No. 1) soonfollowed on Oct. 10.
Other names, in...