President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday issued an unusual public dressing-down to the Belarus ice hockey side, threatening to ban them from the world championships if they repeated their poor Olympic showing. "Their performance in the Olympics arouses in me not only concern but also dissatisfaction," said the Belarus strongman, a sports fan who has ruled the country since 1994 and ...

Tomas Fleischmann scored on a one-timer from the right circle with 1:40 remaining in overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night. The NHL-leading Capitals have earned a standings point in 15 straight home games and haven't lost at ...

Darren Helm scored twice, and Pavel Datsyuk had a goal and an assist in the Detroit Red Wings' 5-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night. Tomas Holmstrom and Henrik Zetterberg also scored, and Jimmy Howard made 20 saves. J.P. Dumont and Joel Ward ...

Dany Heatley scored the tying goal and Manny Malhotra delivered the winner in a span of less than 3 minutes in the third period to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. Patrick Marleau scored a short-handed goal and Evgeni Nabokov ...