News Archives

June 25, 2002: Dominik Hasek of the Detroit Red Wings announced his retirement after winning The Stanley Cup.

May 1, 2002: Patrick Roy of Colorado and Jose Theodore of Montreal have both been nominated for the Hart Trophy.

Apr 23, 2002: St. Louis Blues goalie Brent Johnson has gotten 3 straight shut-outs during the playoffs!

Mar 12, 2002: San Jose goalie Evgeni Nabokov scored an empty net goal!

Feb 16, 2002: Mike Ritcher will be in goal tonight for Team USA as they play Russia in the Olympics.

Jan 14, 2002: Jim Corsi's Number 1 jersey was retired by Concordia University.
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Dec 21, 2001: Martin Biron of The Buffalo Sabres, has a new mask as of today.
- Information Courtesy of UltimateSabres.Com

Nov 30, 2001: "George Harrison, 58, died Thursday in the Los Angeles, California, home of a friend with his wife, Olivia, and son Dhani by his side."
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Nov 27, 2001: Tampa Bay goalie Nikolai Khabibulin is this weeks NHL Player of the week.

Nov 22, 2001: Patrick Roy, of The Colorado Avalanche, will not play for Team Canada during the 2002 Winter Olympics, as he wants to spend time with his family.

Nov 07, 2001: Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Ron Tugnutt might be on the trading block soon, but since he's a fan favourite, not just yet.

Nov 04, 2001: A pretty fun article by Darren Pang I found about Goalies: Goalies trying to live down their Original Six reputations.

Sept 28, 2001: Chris Osgood, formerly of The Detroit Red Wings, was claimed by The New York Islanders in the waiver draft.
Former Minnesota Wild goaltender, Martin Brochu, was claimed by The Vancouver Canucks in the waiver draft.

July 16, 2001: Ottawa Senators goaltender Patrick Lalime filed for arbitration before the deadline.

July 14, 2001: Dominik Hasek is in the hospital in the Czech Republic, the illness is not reported to be serious.

July 4, 2001: With the addition of Dominik Hasek to the Detroit Red Wings, the Red Wings GM Ken Holland has plans to trade either goaltender Chris Osgood or Manny Legace.

July 1, 2001: Buffalo Sabres goaltender, Dominik Hasek, was traded to the Detroit Red Wings Saturday for left wing Vyacheslav Kozlov, a 2002 first-round draft choice, and future considerations.
The Colorado Avalanche have re-signed Patrick Roy to a three-year extension worth $8.5 million per season.

June 27, 2001: Calgary Flames goalie Fred Brathwaite was traded with Daniel Tkaczuk, prospect Sergei Varlamov and a ninth-round pick to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for goalie Roman Turek and a fourth-round pick on Saturday June 23, 2001.

June 26, 2001: The Vancouver Canucks released goaltender Bob Essensa.

Full story By ESPN.com

June 21, 2001: Dan Blackburn, goaltender for The Kootenay Ice, was named top junior goaltender at the Canadian Hockey League awards in Toronto this week. NHL teams seem interested to draft the youngster.

Full story By The Canadian Press

June 15, 2001: Dominik Hasek (Buffalo Sabres) wins the Vezina Trophy for the NHL's Top Goaltender, and Evgeni Nabokov (San Jose) wins the Calder Trophy for the NHL's Rookie of the Year!

Full story By ESPN.com

June 12, 2001: John Vanbiesbrouck (New Jersey Devils) retires from the NHL.

Full story By ESPN.com

June 10, 2001: Colorado wins the Stanely Cup, beating New Jersey 3-1 in game 7. Patrick Roy wins the Conn Smythe Trophy.

June 08, 2001: Patrick Roy shuts out New Jersey to tie Game 6. Colorado wins 4-0.

June 03, 2001: "With Colorado nursing a 2-1 lead, Roy left the net to chase a dump-in behind the goal. The puck got caught up in his feet, and Jay Pandolfo got it out in front to Scott Gomez, who scored into the vacated net at 8:09."

Full story By Ira Podell, AP Sports Writer.