To be fair, goalies wore more modern-day uniforms in Gretzky's final seasons, and two years before Ovechkin entered the NHL, the length of goalie pads was limited to 38 inches. NHL scoring at its ...

Marc-Andre Fleury was joined by his children on the ice before the Minnesota Wild goalie's likely last home start of his career. Fleury’s two daughters, Estelle and Scarlette, and son ...

But the same goes for Fedotov, who also has had to get used to a longer season with constant travel. Add the differences in goalie equipment, ice size, and style of play, and it has been a significant ...

DALLAS — Kiefer Sherwood set an NHL record three weeks ago by accumulating the most hits in a season. He helped the Vancouver Canucks made history on Tuesday night with a big comeback in the ...

Love you brother,” Ovechkin said to his fellow Russian. The UBS Arena crowd laughed even though the joke was at their goalie's expense. When the Islanders all shook Ovechkin's hand after the ...

“The game always changes,” Montgomery said. “I thought it was great they reduced goalie (equipment) size. Equipment was getting ridiculous. Now you see more pucks go through goalie ...

He had two goals early in the third period to tie Gretzky at 894, but Chicago pulled its goalie while down 4-3 and gave him too good of an opportunity with an empty net. Ovechkin could be seen ...

They got together for five mini-debates, presented below. The question: Goalie equipment is larger today than it was decades ago. But is it too big, or just right? Sean says: In a league in which ...

To be fair, goalies wore more modern-day uniforms in Gretzky's final seasons, and two years before Ovechkin entered the NHL, the length of goalie pads was limited to 38 inches. NHL scoring at its ...