Forum: WEST: Northwest Division

The Vancouver Canucks have no salary-cap space available, a shortage of National Hockey League-ready prospects and lack portability among their key...

With the wound still fresh after a quick, painful exit from the postseason, the Wild’s internal evaluation commenced Friday. The organization...

Council has passed a deal that will see the city of Edmonton and Oilers owner Daryl Katz each put in more money to offset the $55 million shortfall...

Patrick Roy is a strong candidate for the Avalanche head coaching job, an NHL source confirmed Sunday. The former Avalanche goaltender and NHL...

Roman Cervenka apparently won't be back for a second season with the Calgary Flames. In fact, he won't even be skating in the NHL next winter. ...

Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom has undergone sports hernia surgery. The team announced that Backstrom's operation went as planned on...

Josh Kroenke will now be keeping just as close a watch on power plays as power forwards. Already in charge of the Denver Nuggets, Kroenke was...

Vancouver Canucks forwards Daniel and Henrik Sedin and defenseman Alexander Edler will play for Sweden at the world hockey championships. J.P....

Minnesota Wild goalie Josh Harding left Game 4 against the Chicago Blackhawks after the first period because of a left leg injury. Harding was...

Beating the Chicago Blackhawks usually requires a certain kind of performance: bruising, aggressive and unflappable. That's precisely what the...

Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom and defenseman Clayton Stoner did not practice on Thursday, increasing the possibility they will be...

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Cory Schneider returned to practice Monday. However his status for the first game of the Stanley Cup quarterfinals...

Colorado Avalanche coach Joe Sacco was fired on Sunday after the team missed the playoffs for the third straight season. The Avs never got on...

Lounging in front of his locker, music blaring in the background, Mikko Koivu chatted about what it meant to the team, the organization and the city...

Goals came in bunches, momentum shifted with seemingly every shift, players traded big hits. The game even went to a shootout. For the fans, it...

The Minnesota Wild will have one more chance to get themselves into the Western Conference playoffs. Corey Potter and Nail Yakupov each scored two...

Canucks goaltender Cory Schneider will miss their final regular-season home game because of an unspecified injury. Vancouver's expected starter in...

With their grip starting to slip on a spot in the playoffs, the Minnesota Wild responded with one of their most complete, aggressive performances of...

Daniel Sedin helped the Vancouver Canucks clinch their fifth straight Northwest Division title in style. Sedin scored a breakaway goal and added...

The Avalanche are embracing their role as spoilers. Well back and way out of the playoff race, Colorado is making things difficult for teams in or...

The Minnesota Wild were back on their home ice, with a prime opportunity to take another step toward the playoffs. Despite long stretches of...

Cory Schneider did not let a weak effort keep him down for long. Schneider made 33 saves through overtime and stopped all three of Detroit's...

Miikka Kiprusoff still hasn't decided if he'll retire at the end of the season. If the Calgary Flames goaltender does call it a career, he went out...

The postseason aspirations for the Edmonton Oilers are all but over. So, too, are the chances of the team finishing in last place in the league. ...

Steve Begin couldn't recall scoring a stranger pair of goals. Begin scored two goals in the third period, and the Calgary Flames held on to hand...