Oil Droppings

Steve Tambellini has returned to his roots, which seem to be as deeply entangled in Hockey Canada as in Vancouver. Yesterday's double-hi...

A popular myth maintains it's difficult for a dominant team to emerge in the Northwest Division cuz it's such a tough group top-to-b...

Pregame -- Canada 0, Russia 0 I love international hockey. Maybe one has to be a certain age to care as much as I do, but I'll make no a...

Semi-final day at the World Championships, and what's not to like? Russia-USA on now, followed by Canada-Sweden (noon MDT on TSN, not re...

*** SPOILER ALERT -- If you are planning to watch today's World Championship game on tape delay and don't want to know what happened...

Given the absence of the Edmonton Oilers from the playoffs for a third consecutive year, I have once again taken up the bittersweet pursuit ...

Team Canada 2009 took to the ice earlier today in Kloten, Switzerland. The club had no opportunity for exhibition games, but the opening pre...