There’s something about the “whoosh” of skates on ice, followed by the “whap” of a hockey stick sending the puck skimming toward the net. Whether you’re sitting in the stands with a paper cup of hot ...

And then there’s arguably the best of them all: Cal “Big Dumper” Raleigh, their slugging catcher who earned the nickname because … well, you can probably figure it out. As far as widely used nicknames ...

Las Vegas is on the verge of landing its first major-league franchise with the National Hockey League. The NHL’s executive committee has recommended that the league expand to Las Vegas, and are ...

Here are the answers to yesterday’s quiz. 1. The Rangers debut season was 1926-27. 2. The Devils franchise began as the Kansas City Scouts in 1974, and after two seasons moved to Colorado, where they ...

Seattle got word this week that it would get a professional hockey team. Test what you know with this quiz. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an independent, nonprofit news organization that ...

Las Vegas will know for certain next week if the city has been awarded its first major league franchise — an NHL team. But until then, let’s look at the city’s history with hockey, because even ...

The Denver Broncos might not be very familiar with many hockey terms, but they are rooting for Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche. Broncos players were asked about the Avalanche's Stanley Cup ...

CENTRAL ISLIP — It’s not every day that an esteemed federal judge quizzes ordinary citizens about their level of interest in hockey. U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Bianco administered that test ...