The NHL's official site is a good place to start for anyone interested in the professional version of Canada's national pastime. Unfortunately, the site doesn't contain an archive of boxscores and/or recaps of all games. However, extensive boxes and recaps are provided for the latest games. Updated statistics are available on a wide variety of team and individual variables, and information is...

In Canada, to grow up with ice in your veins is considered a terrifically good thing. For well over a hundred years, Canadians have lived -- almost symbiotically -- with ice hockey. While their American neighbors claim ownership over a multitude of cultural identities -- like baseball and basketball -- to varying degrees of seriousness, Canadians truly eat, sleep, and breath hockey as the sole...

Mark of distinction http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/michael_farber/09/12/messier.retires/index.html Centre Ron Francis retires after 23 distinguished NHL seasons http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/news/sports/story.html?id=cda782b9-2192-4783-8365-7acc1bc6b656 Another NHL star quits; Francis retires http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9340488/ ESPN.com: NHL...