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According to Vancouver Canucks President and General Manager Mike Gillis, goaltender Roberto Luongo has agreed to a 12-year contract extension good through the 2021-2022 season.

The 30-year old from Montreal, Quebec, Canada was 33-13-7 with the Canucks during the 2008-2009 season, giving him four consecutive seasons with at least thirty wins.…

With the NHL Entry Draft coming this Friday and NHL Free Agency one week away from today, this becomes exciting or depressing times for a hockey fan.

Does your team draft that future goal scorer that your team lacks? Does your team trade the future for now getting that all-star puck…

Washington Capitals 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 4 (OT) - Just when you thought the excitement of this second-round playoff series was too much for you, think again! David Steckel’s goal 6:22 into the overtime period not only propelled the Capitals to their first playoff overtime victory since 2001, but also forced…

Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Washington Capitals 3 (OT) - Evgeni Malkin’s power play goal in overtime propelled the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-3 victory against the Washington Capitals. Not even the absence of Penguins defenseman Sergei Gonchar could prevent Pittsburgh from taking a three games to two lead in the series.…

Chicago Blackhawks 2 Vancouver Canucks 1 (OT) - Andrew Ladd, Martin Havlat, and Dave Bolland scored a combined six points to complete Chicago’s comeback victory against Vancouver. Darcy Hordichuk’s first goal of the postseason wasn’t enough to give the Canucks a three games to one lead in the series. Havlat’s…

Washington Capitals 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 2 - The Capitals struck first blood in the first chapter of the newly-revived Ovechkin/Crosby rivalry. Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin both scored goals in the first period, but it was Washington’s Tomas Fleischmann who netted the winning goal for the Capitals. Rookie goaltender Simeon…

Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Philadelphia Flyers 1 - Daniel Carcillo nets the only goal for Philadelphia in their loss to their in-state rival. With game 5 going back to Mellon Arena, the Flyers will need to find ways to beat Marc-Andre Fleury if they want to send the series back to…

Philadelphia Flyers 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 3 - Three periods of 2-1 scores lifted the Flyers to a 6-3 victory over their in-state rivals on Sunday. A much-needed win for the Flyers as they trail 2-1 in the series to Steel City.

Vancouver Canucks 3 St. Louis Blues 2 - Penalties killed…

Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Philadelphia Flyers 2 (OT) - When your leading goal-scorer fails to connect on an empty net…when your leading scorer takes a hooking penalty late in the game that leads to the tying goal…when one of your players commits a stupid cross-checking penalty with your team on the…

With the start of the NHL Playoffs comes a start of 16 teams’ quest for the Stanley Cup. Four of those teams are one step closer to the Cup while four other teams are one step closer to elimination.

Let’s briefly recap Wednesday’s games:

New York Rangers 4 Washington Capitals 3 -…