An emphatic Pittsburgh Penguins CEO has come to the defense of Sidney Crosby after it was reported over the weekend the former MVP was given preferential treatment at a Pittsburgh-area DMV. Crosby, for his part, shrugged off the situation.
Whitey Bulger has no problem with the government keeping the guns and $822,000 found within his apartment walls when he was apprehended two years ago. All he wants is his Stanley Cup ring.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have hired longtime NHL head coach Jacques Martin to serve as an assistant under Dan Bylsma.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have hired Jody Shelley -- the club's all-time leader in penalty minutes and fighting majors -- as a broadcast associate and "team ambassador."
Shawn Burr, who played 16 years in the NHL, mostly with the Detroit Red Wings, died Monday. He was 47.
Chicago Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw will auction off the stitches he required after taking a puck to the face in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals this past season and will donate the money to The V Foundation for cancer research.
Terry Gregson is retiring as the NHL's head of officiating.
The Phoenix Coyotes spent four years looking over their shoulders as numerous potential owners came forward then fell away.
The Detroit Red Wings have re-signed center Joakim Andersson to a two-year contract.