Hockey fans and players remember the first time they fell in love with the game, and often it starts with just picking up a hockey stick. On Saturday, a few hundred kids had their first hockey ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Tension is smoldering between each scrap for the puck and Blayke Nelson can often predict the spark 30 seconds ahead of time as he skates from corner to corner, his eyes fixed on the ...

BRIGHTON, Mich. – Life is better with a team. “Just being included in everything, being able to do all the things that you know everybody else can do,” Katrina DiMassa agreed. DiMassa is a lifelong ...

In the NHL, it’s almost a regular occurrence that the fans see two players fighting each other. However, this rule is strictly prohibited when it comes to youth hockey. If any player tries to throw a ...

The Jamestown Sun, N.D. Katie Ringer, The Jamestown Sun, N.D. Dec. 17—JAMESTOWN — Way back when, Paul Belzer played basketball. Then he tried something new — and now all of his kids play hockey. "My ...

Hockey is a sport loved by the North Country. From the pond to rink, everyone is skating. Kids start early and fall into ...

Every hockey fan in Minnesota and likely almost every hockey fan in the United States knows that Minnesota is considered the ...

The kids are also aware that they can’t fight, or they’ll get kicked out,” said Nelson, whose older brother, Brock Nelson, is an 11-year veteran center for the NHL's New York Islanders. The ...