Doan, Coyotes on improbable run to playoffs
I bring you back to an August conversation I had with Shane Doan. The Phoenix Coyotes captain was insisting anyone picking his team to be brutal this ...
View ArticleFirst-round breakdown: Phoenix Coyotes versus Detroit Red Wings
The Hollywood scripts says Phoenix, but reality says the Big Red Machine. Detroit, the hottest team in hockey since the Olympic break, isn't going down in the playoffs this early.
View Article2010 NHL playoffs -- Detroit Red Wings may have reached turning point in...
We may have seen a turning point in the Wings-Coyotes series and Detroit smells blood. But Dave Tippett and Phoenix have vowed to fight to the end.
View Article2010 NHL playoffs -- Why we're apologizing to Boston Bruins fans
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Here are five things on our radar after Monday's games: 1. The Montreal Forum was replaced by the Bell Centre more than a decade a...
View Article5 Things We Learned: Lidstrom still rocks and GM Chiarelli knew what he was...
1. Johan Franzen's franchise-record six points in a playoff game Thursday night added to his growing reputation for being clutch come spring time. The...
View ArticleNHL free agents: Top players who could hit market in 2011 and 2012
Before the playoffs start, Pierre LeBrun takes a look at this summer's unrestricted free-agent crop.
View ArticleOffseason makeovers: Western Conference
On Thursday, we looked at the six eliminated clubs in the Eastern Conference, so now we look at what transpired this season and what lies ahead for th...
View ArticleStanley Cup playoffs: Phoenix Coyotes need to look to past to win now
The Coyotes need to channel last season's team if they are going to get back in their first-round series with the Red Wings.
View ArticleStanley Cup playoffs: Detroit Red Wings cruise against dejected Phoenix Coyotes
The Red Wings delivered a 1-2 knockout punch early that ensured the Coyotes wouldn't feed off their home crowd and gave Detroit a commanding 3-0 series lead.
View Article2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Phoenix Coyotes, like all West winners, guided by...
The Phoenix Coyotes joined St. Louis, Nashville and Los Angeles in the second round of the playoffs; a fresh-faced group signaling not only a new era in the Western Conference but also a change in...
View Article2012 Stanley Cup playoffs: Phoenix Coyotes goalie Mike Smith playing well in...
After bouncing around from team to team in his career, goalie Mike Smith seems to have found his spot with the Phoenix Coyotes, writes Pierre LeBrun.
View ArticleWestern Conference finals preview: Phoenix Coyotes versus Los Angeles Kings
One could only imagine what Jack Kent Cooke, the original owner of the Los Angeles Kings, would have said in 1967 if told the Kings would one day play...
View Article2012 Stanley Cup playoffs: Five storylines for the conference finals
Pierre LeBrun and Scott Burnside take a look at five storylines to watch in the third round of the 2012 NHL postseason.
View ArticleIt's back to the drawing board for Flyers
With the Flyers about to miss the playoffs for only the second time in 18 seasons, the focus in Philadelphia turns to what has to be done for the team...
View Article2013 NHL Stanley Cup finals - LeBrun: B's feeling it at home
Now playing at home, the Bruins would love to relive their 2011 thrashing of the Canucks to retake the momentum in the Stanley Cup finals, Pierre LeBrun writes.
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