The Stanley Cup playoffs are here at long last—they open Wednesday with three games—and that means the long, seemingly never-ending 82-game season has come to a close. There is no better time ...

2014 Stanley Cup Final Is Only Fifth Final Since 1994 to Average 5 Million Viewers NBC Sports Live Extra Sets NHL Streaming Records for Playoffs, Final & Game 5 STAMFORD, Conn. – June 16, 2014 – On ...

Round 1 of the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs certainly provided hockey fans with the kind of action you'd like to see in the postseason. Now the remaining contenders have started making Round 2 just ...

Every Stanley Cup Playoff Game to be Televised Nationally for Third Straight Year NBC, NBCSN, CNBC and NHL Network to Carry Games New Playoff Format Allows for Brackets for Fans; Emphasis on Division ...

The 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs are set, the schedule is done and now comes the hard part: Rearranging your life around the opening round series. Fret not, puckheads: There is a way to figure out ...

The beauty of the Stanley Cup playoffs is its unpredictable nature. Any goalie can catch fire and carry a team to glory, one key injury can suddenly decimate the hopes of a legitimate Cup ...

On Wednesday night, NHL fans are being treated to a triple-header to get the action rolling in the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The three games on the schedule for tonight are the Canadiens vs ...

The wildly exciting NHL Western Conference Finals wrapped up last night in Game 7 in Chicago. Unfortunately for the hometown fans of the defending Stanley Cup champions, their team lost to the LA ...

The playoff matchups are all set in the NHL and the new format leads to a true bracket. Here it is for the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs. By Brian Stubits. Apr 13, 2014 ...

Eighteen years of covering the Stanley Cup playoffs have harvested countless memories, writes ESPN.com's Scott Burnside.

From knight battles to the catfish toss, all 16 Stanley Cup playoff teams have franchise-defining traditions. ... introducing a secondary mascot named "Viktor E. Rat" in 2014.

He has covered almost 2,000 NHL games, including over 150 in the playoffs and four Stanley Cup Final series. He also has covered two Super Bowls and multiple MLB All-Star Games.