Stars' Jim Nill selected NHL General Manager of the Year

NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Nill of the Dallas Stars won the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award, the NHL announced Monday night. Nill was the top choice of 17 of 42 voters to run away with the honors. Vancouver’s Patrik Allvin was second and Florida’s Bill Zito third after...

Panthers and Stars win Dillman Award as top media relations staffs in NHL for 2023-24

The media relations staffs from the Florida Panthers and Dallas Stars were announced Thursday as the winners of this year's Dick Dillman Award, which is presented annually to recognize excellence by the Professional Hockey Writers Association to one team from each conference in the NHL. ...

Edmonton's Corey Perry gets another chance at second Stanley Cup 17 years after winning his first

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Corey Perry won his first Stanley Cup championship in his second NHL season with the Anaheim Ducks. Seventeen years later, he is still looking for ring No. 2. It is not for lack of trying. The veteran Edmonton forward is about to play in his fourth Cup...

Dallas Stars' Joe Pavelski not planning to play any more after 1,533 games over 18 NHL seasons

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Joe Pavelski says he has no plans to play any more in the NHL after 1,533 games over 18 seasons, and never getting to raise the Stanley Cup. “This was it for me, like it was known for a while probably,” Pavelski said Tuesday, two days after the Dallas Stars...

Pavelski may be out of chances to win a Stanley Cup after the Dallas Stars came up short again

Joe Pavelski might be out of chances to win a Stanley Cup title after the Dallas Stars came up short again. It is unclear if the nearly 40-year-old Pavelski wants to give it another try after a combined 1,533 NHL games, and now back-to-back seasons that ended in the Western...

Oilers top Stars 2-1 for West title, will play Florida in the Stanley Cup Final

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — For the Edmonton Oilers, the journey from worst to first in the Western Conference is complete. And now a chance at the Stanley Cup is their reward. Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist in the opening period to get Edmonton going, Stuart Skinner stopped...

The Edmonton Oilers beat the Dallas Stars 2-1 to advance to the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers

Stars to play AHL MVP Mavrik Bourque vs. Oilers in Game 6

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — American Hockey League MVP Mavrik Bourque will be in the Dallas Stars' lineup on Sunday for Game 6 of Western Conference final against the Edmonton Oilers. The Stars, after being shut out until very late in Game 5, are hoping for a spark from the top...

Oilers close to a Stanley Cup chance, going home needing one win over Stars to wrap up West final

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has never been this close to playing for a Stanley Cup since the Edmonton Oilers took him with the first overall draft pick in 2011. It's been even longer for the franchise that has won the Cup five times. Edmonton was right in the middle of a span...

Nugent-Hopkins scores 2 power-play goals and Oilers beat Stars 3-1 to move a win away from Cup final

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and the Edmonton Oilers went into Game 5 of the Western Conference Final determined to score if they got a power-play chance. They did twice, and quickly both times, in a 3-1 win over the top-seeded Dallas Stars to take a 3-2 series lead...