Martin Brodeur is out as Canada's Olympic goaltender. Hello, Roberto Luongo -- at least for Tuesday's qualification game against Germany. Canada coach Mike Babcock decided to bench Brodeur -- the NHL career victories leader -- after he allowed four goals on 22 shots during a 5-3 upset loss to the United States on Sunday.
Underdog no more, Team USA will have a target on its back in the intense one-and-done elimination round. The ever-improving Yanks will have to keep getting better to end their gold drought, Wes Goldstein says.
Mike Eruzione, who scored the game-winning goal for the 1980 U.S. men's hockey team in the "Miracle On Ice" game, will join Rob Simpson and Bill Clement on NHL Live! (noon-2 p.m.) this afternoon on NHL Network, NHL.com and XM Radio.
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It's quite possible the NHL picked up a few more fans following the dramatic outcome of Sunday's USA-Canada contest in the preliminary round of the men's ice hockey tournament at Canada Hockey Place in Vancouver.
That's something NHL Commissio...
Happy anniversary, U.S. Olympic hockey team. The goaltending couldn't haven't been better in the U.S. defeat of much-hyped Canada. The timing couldn't be more perfect, either. Now, the latest hockey team to capture the American public imagination's needs only to write a happy ending to this success story in the making, just like the 1960 and 1980 teams did.
Movements in the world of hockey Sunday:
American Hockey League
BINGHAMTON SENATORS-Sent F Matt Lowry and F Tim Spencer to Elmira (ECHL).
HARTFORD WOLF PACK-Released D Kevin Schaeffer and F Andrew Carroll and returned them to ...
It took the Seattle Thunderbirds' best players to pull them out of a deep hole on Sunday night.
Team scoring leader Prab Rai scored twice and stud goaltender Calvin Pickard made 42 saves to help the Thunderbirds win their first game since...