http://www.kansascity.com/493/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2013Kansas City Star NHL news 60 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:20:54 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243778/red-wings-beat-blackhawks-4-1.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243778/red-wings-beat-blackhawks-4-1.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 23:39 CDT In case they weren't aware already, the Chicago Blackhawks now know they're going to have to earn it if they want to get past Detroit. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243752/coutures-ot-goal-gives-sharks.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243752/coutures-ot-goal-gives-sharks.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 23:14 CDT The Los Angeles Kings are now the team bemoaning a late penalty while the San Jose Sharks celebrate a dramatic win. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4243862/mark-purdy-sharks-need-guts-and.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4243862/mark-purdy-sharks-need-guts-and.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 03:00 CDT At the start of overtime, there was a feeling that the whole playoff series might hinge on what would happen in the next few minutes. The HP Pavilion crowd felt it. So did some of the Sharks, at least the ones willing to admit it. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4243825/sharks-show-their-physical-side.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4243825/sharks-show-their-physical-side.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 03:00 CDT SAN JOSE, Calif.-The San Jose Sharks might have been missing their biggest agitator Saturday, but that didn't stop them from playing what might have been their most physical game of this year's postseason. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243880/red-wings-puck-possession-dominance.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243880/red-wings-puck-possession-dominance.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 03:00 CDT CHICAGO - The Red Wings turned the tables on the Blackhawks in the puck-possession game. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4243790/helene-elliott-kings-sharks-change.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4243790/helene-elliott-kings-sharks-change.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 03:00 CDT SAN JOSE, Calif. - Change is the lone constant in hockey, the only sport that permits personnel changes on the fly. And like the complexities of the game within the game, there are changes within changes as coaches adjust to injuries, slumps or mismatches. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4243852/kings-fall-in-overtime-to-sharks.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4243852/kings-fall-in-overtime-to-sharks.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 03:00 CDT SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks now have a common enemy: the officials. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243881/david-haugh-blackhawks-go-from.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243881/david-haugh-blackhawks-go-from.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 03:00 CDT Frustration won a rare faceoff with Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4243795/sharks-win-on-coutures-overtime.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4243795/sharks-win-on-coutures-overtime.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 03:00 CDT Logan Couture put the Sharks right back into their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series Saturday night with a power-play goal to give San Jose a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4243859/sharks-back-in-business-with-victory.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4243859/sharks-back-in-business-with-victory.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 03:00 CDT Logan Couture had to leave the game for most of the second period, heading straight to the locker room after getting tangled up along the boards. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243777/recap-san-jose-vs-los-angeles.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243777/recap-san-jose-vs-los-angeles.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 23:32 CDT Once again, the San Jose Sharks used home ice to their benefit to get back into their series with the Los Angeles Kings. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4243796/mark-purdy-sharks-pull-off-overtime.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4243796/mark-purdy-sharks-pull-off-overtime.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 03:00 CDT The Sharks played half the game on guts Saturday night. But they finished in style. Down several players at various points of the game, they wound up finally finding the right formula on the power play - in the game's first two minutes and then in the very last second, in overtime, on Logan Couture's glorious goal. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243141/bruins-connect-with-army-rangers.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243141/bruins-connect-with-army-rangers.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 15:49 CDT In the corner of the Boston Bruins' locker room, hanging from the hooks in Andrew Ference's stall, is a yellow running singlet with the team's "Spoked B" logo on the front. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243223/sharks-fined-100000-for-gms-comments.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243223/sharks-fined-100000-for-gms-comments.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 16:59 CDT The NHL fined the San Jose Sharks $100,000 on Saturday for general manager Doug Wilson's comments criticizing the league for forward Raffi Torres' suspension for the rest of the second round of the playoffs. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243020/havlat-to-make-return-in-game.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243020/havlat-to-make-return-in-game.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 13:17 CDT Sharks forward Martin Havlat will make his long-awaited return to action in Game 3 of a Western semifinal against the Los Angeles Kings. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4242736/blackhawks-stalberg-on-outside.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4242736/blackhawks-stalberg-on-outside.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 03:00 CDT Viktor Stalberg took the ice wearing his now-familiar white No. 25 sweater for practice Friday at the United Center. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243652/commentary-red-wings-zetterberg.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243652/commentary-red-wings-zetterberg.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 03:00 CDT CHICAGO - Damien Brunner figured it out shortly after Henrik Zetterberg arrived in Switzerland: This guy is something special. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243138/spezza-to-return-to-senators-lineup.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243138/spezza-to-return-to-senators-lineup.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 15:44 CDT Jason Spezza doesn't have much time to return to form if the Ottawa Senators want to extend their season. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4242910/5-los-angeles-kings-2-0-at-6-san.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4242910/5-los-angeles-kings-2-0-at-6-san.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 10:07 CDT The San Jose Sharks will try to rebound from a crushing loss when they host the Los Angeles Kings in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals on Saturday. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4242565/mark-purdy-sharks-can-look-to.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4242565/mark-purdy-sharks-can-look-to.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 03:00 CDT SAN JOSE, Calif.-Being ever the optimist about the San Jose Sharks, I pointed out to coach Todd McLellan on Friday that no team in franchise history has recovered from losing the first two games of a playoff series to come back and win it. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243702/wilsons-words-costly-to-the-tune.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243702/wilsons-words-costly-to-the-tune.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 03:00 CDT SAN JOSE, Calif. - The NHL has fined the Sharks $100,000 for general manager Doug Wilson's statement that criticized the series-long suspension of forward Raffi Torres for a hit that injured Los Angeles Kings center Jarret Stoll in Game 1. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243246/nhl-fines-sharks-100000-for-wilson.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243246/nhl-fines-sharks-100000-for-wilson.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 17:17 CDT The National Hockey League on Saturday issued a $100,000 fine to the San Jose Sharks organization for comments made by general manager Doug Wilson regarding the suspension levied to Raffi Torres earlier in the week. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243080/recap-chicago-vs-detroit.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243080/recap-chicago-vs-detroit.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 14:47 CDT Brendan Smith netted the game-winning goal late in the second period, part of a four-goal burst which lifted the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks to even this Western Conference semifinal at one game apiece. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4242718/postseason-nhl-schedule.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4242718/postseason-nhl-schedule.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 02:04 CDT All Times EDT http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243653/drew-sharp-criticized-brendan.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243653/drew-sharp-criticized-brendan.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 03:00 CDT CHICAGO - The goat horns were being sized and personalized for Brendan Smith. And the rookie defenseman knew it.