The last month of the 2021-22 NHL regular season brings the final edition of the NHL Awards Watch, as we're days away from ballots being sent out to voters.While there are established front-runners for each of these awards, the next few weeks are still critical for determining the winners, as voters sometimes can't resist the siren's song of recency bias.Welcome…

The 2022 Frozen Four in Boston is loaded with high-end talent as more than 40 members of the four teams competing for the men's college hockey national championship -- Michigan, Minnesota, Denver and Minnesota State -- have been drafted by NHL teams.Much of that buzz has centered on the Wolverines, who feature four of the top five picks from the…

The NCAA men's hockey tournament is here, and after a 16-team field battled through regionals, the Frozen Four is set for Thursday and Saturday at TD Garden in Boston.Advancing to Boston are Michigan, the Big Ten tournament champion and No. 1 overall seed; Minnesota State, the CCHA tournament and regular-season champ; Denver, the regular-season champ in the NCHC; and Minnesota,…

The Buffalo Sabres, who last qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs in 2011, set an NHL record for most consecutive seasons without a postseason appearance after being eliminated from contention on Wednesday night.The Sabres were mathematically eliminated with the Washington Capitals' victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning, extending the Sabres' futility streak to 11 straight seasons.Buffalo's most recent playoff appearance…