Russia’s Evgeny Kuznetsov Won’t Stop at Gold, Seeking Stanley Cup

Kuznetsov, who has been tearing it up this season with the KHL’s Traktor Chelyabinsk, found his game when it mattered most in this year’s World Junior Championship. The Russian-born winger finished as the tournament’s second-leading scorer with four goals and eight assists, and led Russia to its first WJC gold medal since 2003. In the

WJC Hero Evgeny Kuznetsov Speaks With Sport-Express

Kuznetsov, who has been tearing it up this season with the KHL’s Traktor Chelyabinsk, found his game when it mattered most in this year’s World Junior Championship. The Russian-born winger finished as the tournament’s second-leading scorer with four goals and eight assists, and led Russia to its first WJC gold medal since 2003. In the

Ilya Kovalchuk Assists Twice In Comeback Win Against Lightning

Clarkson had tied the game at 2 early in the third period with his seventh goal of the season and second of the game. Ilya Kovalchuk set up the power-play tally with a cross-ice pass from the left point that set up a slapshot that beat Lightning goaltender Dan Ellis. Click Here To Continue Reading

Pekka Rinne helps Predators stay hot, stop Sharks

Pekka Rinne put quite a capper on the Nashville Predators’ three-game sweep through California in four days. Rinne made 42 saves, and Sergei Kostitsyn scored a tiebreaking goal early in the third period to lead the Predators to their fifth straight win, 2-1 over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night. “Our goaltender stole this

Evgeny Kuznetsov Proving Russia Is Still A Hockey Hotbed

The elite performance levels of Evgeny Kuznetsov and Vladimir Tarasenko at the world junior championships is a reminder that Russia is still fertile talent source for NHL teams with the patience and gumption to go there. Last June, the St. Louis Blues were able to draft Tarasenko 16th and the Washington Capitals found Kuznetsov at