Canada's Olympic star Shea Weber blitzed the field in the hardest shot event on Saturday as the National Hockey League's All-Star skills competition made a triumphant return after a two-year absence.
Muhammad Irfan scored two penalty corners in as many minutes as Pakistan bounced back to stun world No.2 the Netherlands 4-2 for a place in the Champions Trophy semifinals on Thursday in Bhubaneswar, India.
Buoyed by the success and popularity of the hockey 5s event at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, Leandro Negre, the president of the Federation of International Hockey (FIH), said Wednesday that hockey's governing body is looking at the possibility of introducing a hockey 5s World Cup in the near future.
China clinched gold in the women's hockey 5s tournament by defeating the Netherlands 3-2 in a shootout after the teams were locked 5-5 at full time at the Youth Olympic Games on Tuesday.
Malaysian Hockey President Sultan Ahmad Shah has threatened to pull the men's national team from next month's Asian Games because of a lack of discipline as the fallout from a poor Commonwealth Games performance continues.
Australia ensured their 100 percent men's hockey record at the Commonwealth Games continued as they thrashed India 4-0 to claim a fifth successive gold medal in Glasgow on Sunday.
Blair Tarrant (right) of New Zealand gets the ball away from Simon Mantell of England during their men's preliminary hockey match at the Glasgow National Hockey Centre during day six of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games on Tuesday in Glasgow, Scotland. New Zealand won 2-1.
New York goaltender Henrik Lundqvist stopped 40 shots Wednesday (US time) to help the Rangers stay alive in the Stanley Cup finals with a 2-1 triumph over the Los Angeles Kings.
Jonathan Quick made 32 saves and the Los Angeles Kings reached the brink of a Stanley Cup final sweep on Monday (US time) with a 3-0 victory over the New York Rangers.
Dustin Brown scored midway through double overtime on Saturday (US time) to lift the Los Angeles Kings to a 5-4 win over the New York Rangers in game two of the NHL finals.
The NHL and its players' union are in talks on the possible renewal of an ice hockey World Cup, league commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday (US time).
Justin Williams netted the overtime game winner on Wednesday (US time), giving the Los Angeles Kings a 3-2 triumph over the New York Rangers in game one of the Stanley Cup finals.
The Los Angeles Kings advanced to the Stanley Cup finals with a stunning 5-4 overtime victory over the Chicago Blackhawks in game seven of a captivating NHL Western Conference final series on Sunday (US time).
Rene Bourque posted the first postseason hat trick of his career on Tuesday (US time) as Montreal stayed alive in the NHL playoffs with a 7-4 win over the New York Rangers.
Jeff Carter and Tyler Toffoli scored second-period goals to lead the Los Angeles Kings to a win over the defending champions Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Saturday (US time) in a National Hockey League playoff game.
Jim Benning, who played nine seasons in the NHL for Vancouver and Toronto, has been named the new general manager of the Vancouver Canucks, the club announced Wednesday night (US time).
It was 21 years ago when the Montreal Canadiens, the proudest of all NHL franchises, last won the Stanley Cup, the 22nd in their history.
Derick Brassard (No.16) of the New York Rangers scores the game-winning goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first game of the second-round NHL playoff series in Pittsburgh on Friday (US time). The Rangers won 3-2. Photo: AFP