The '100 rule' can be a make-or-break factor in an NHL team's success. Teams that don't excel on the power play and penalty kill need a lot to go right at 5-on-5.

That guy in the stands was Ken Hitchcock. He learned his lessons well. So well that at some point soon, he’ll almost certainly join Clare Drake in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Hitchcock was just one ...

The Stars announced coach Ken Hitchcock is retiring from coaching duty after 1,500 game and 823 wins spread across 22 seasons in the NHL. Now, Dallas has to begin the search for a new bench boss ...

VOORHEES, N.J. -- It's another innocuous spring Monday at the mostly empty Flyers training center, situation normal this late into the NHL playoff season. Roman Cechmanek hasn't been able to ...

Blues fire Ken Hitchcock; Mike Yeo takes over ahead of schedule The Blues have fired Ken Hitchcock, and Mike Yeo, who was hired in June as the coach-in-waiting, takes over early.

And Dallas has had Ken Hitchcock, Jim Montgomery, Rick Bowness and Pete DeBoer behind the bench since Ruff left town. Hasn’t mattered to Toronto. And it didn’t even matter Wednesday that it ...