(Reuters) – The Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings will face off against the Anaheim Ducks at Dodger Stadium next January, theNational Hockey League announced on Monday. The game is the latest addition to the NHL’s Stadium Series, which will kick off on New Year’s Day with the Winter Classic between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium. The series will also [...]

The American Hockey League Board of Governors approved Thursday the relocation of the Houston Aeros to Des Moines beginning the 2013-14 season. The new club will be known as the Iowa Wild, according to a report in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Des Moines had an AHL club from 2005 through 2009. The Iowa Stars were affiliated [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS – No shenanigans Friday night at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. Sorry if that’s what you were looking for. Just a huge third period that gave Waterloo a 7-3 win over the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders before 3,001 fans at the Ice Arena. You wondered how much of the physical stuff would go on between [...]

An original edition of this story did not accurately include the author or original publication of this story. The story is written by Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune. We sincerely apologize for the mistake. CHICAGO — Marian Hossa wasn’t going to be sure he was completely recovered from a severe concussion until he absorbed a [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Hockey fans will click their bitterness or forgiveness over the NHL lockout by whether they tune into the games on TV. Then again, if the shortened season ends with, say, a Rangers-Red Wings final, even the most aggrieved of them might have a hard time staying away. Television viewership bounced back [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Hockey is back, and it took nearly four months and one long night to get the game back on the ice. With the season on the line, the NHL and the players’ association agreed on a tentative pact to end a 113-day lockout and save what was left of a fractured [...]

TORONTO (AP) — NHL labor negotiations will resume Wednesday, with mediators rejoining the talks at an undisclosed location in an effort to save the hockey season. The Canadian Press on Tuesday reported the restart of bargaining between the league and union, citing unidentified people on both sides of the lockout. U.S. federal mediators Scot Beckenbaugh [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — A person familiar with the decision says the NHL has canceled all games through Dec. 30. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the official announcement isn’t expected to be made until later Monday afternoon. There had already been 422 regular-season games lost because of the ongoing lockout, and the [...]