:: Media praises the Boston Bruins
Everyone is buzzing about the strong play of the Boston Bruins after an amazing 7 game undefeated streak. This streak belongs to our coaching and administrative staff, said team captain Zdeno Chara stoically.Harry Sinden has made some very important moves and he's really shown a commitment to winning.


:: Media criticises the Florida Panthers
It isn't the happiest time for the Florida Panthers as they are on a 8 game winless streak. Florida Panthers coach Terry Murray had little to say about the way things are going: I don't know. Nothing seems to work...

Team Canada wins World Junior Championship
Team Canada has beaten Team Russia in the final of the 2012 World Junior Championships.

In the game for bronze medal, Team Slovakia has beaten Team USA.

Leading scorers in the tournament:
1. Jonathan Huberdeau (CAN) 4+11=15
2. Mathieu Carpentier (CAN) 8+4=12
3. Mathieu Coulombe (SVK) 5+6=11
4. Gregory Curtis (CAN) 1+10=11
5. Andrej Kudrna (SVK) 7+3=10
6. Vladimir Tarasenko (RUS) 5+5=10
7. Mikhail Grigorenko (RUS) 5+5=10
8. Miloslav Kusy (SVK) 4+6=10
9. Charlie Coyle (USA) 1+9=10
10. Sebastian Vidmar (SWE) 5+4=9


All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2012 All-Star Game have been decided according to votes given by hockey fans around the world. The fans voted the starting lineup consisting of 1 goaltender, 2 defenseman, 1 left wing, 1 center and 1 right wing for both North America All-Stars and World All-Stars. Here are the final results of the voting:

North America World
R Jarome Iginla R Marian Gaborik
C Steven Stamkos C Henrik Sedin
L Martin St. Louis L Alexander Ovechkin
D Chris Pronger D Marek Zidlicky
D Dan Boyle D Alex Edler
G Jimmy Howard G Tuukka Rask

Traditionally, the coaching staff of the two All-Star teams will selected rest of the players to participate in this most profilic annual sports event. The following players have been selected to the All-Star teams by the coaching staff.
North America World
Right wings Right wings
R Shane Doan
R Rick Nash
R Patrick Kane
R Martin Havlat
R Daniel Alfredsson
R Alexander Semin

Centers Centers
C Joe Thornton
C Daymond Langkow
C Claude Giroux
C Henrik Zetterberg
C Mikko Koivu
C Evgeni Malkin

Left wings Left wings
L Bobby Ryan
L Patrick Marleau
L Dany Heatley
L Daniel Sedin
L Thomas Vanek
L Milan Michalek

Defensemen Defensemen
D Michael Del Zotto
D James Wisniewski
D Tom Gilbert
D Duncan Keith
D Erik Karlsson
D Andrei Markov
D Tomas Kaberle
D Sergei Gonchar

Goalies Goalies
G Rick DiPietro
G Pascal Leclaire
G Miikka Kiprusoff
G Henrik Lundqvist


This years All-Star weekend starts Saturday February 9 with the Super Skills competition and continues on Sunday February 10 with the clash between the North America All-Stars and the World All-Stars.

:: Media criticises the Minnesota Wild
The Minnesota Wild are spinning in a 5 game winless streak. Minnesota Wild goaltender Niklas Backstrom commented about their recent play: Things are not looking good for us but I think if we stay positive, we can climb out of this hole

:: Media attacks the Phoenix Coyotes
The media is disappointed by the team's 7 game losing streak. Most of the critic is addressed to the work of general manager n and headcoach Bob Francis

:: Media attacks the Ottawa Senators
The media is disappointed by the team's 7 game losing streak. Most of the critic is addressed to the work of general manager n and headcoach Jacques Martin

:: Media criticises the Phoenix Coyotes
We dug ourselves in a hole... commented Phoenix Coyotes GM Bobby Smith after today's game against the Chicago Blackhawks. This brings their current streak to 10 games winless.