The old sports adage "defense wins championships" is as true in hockey as it is in any sport. With that in mind, the Coachella Valley Firebirds announced the hiring of an assistant coach Tuesday, and ...

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 14: Stu Bickel #41 of the New York Rangers checks Adam Henrique #14 of the New Jersey Devils in the first period of Game One of the Eastern Conference Finals during the 2012 NHL ...

With defenseman Steve Eminger ready to return after being sidelined since Dec. 17 with a separated right shoulder, rookie Stu Bickel will be relegated to the role of seventh defenseman. But his ...

Rookie defenseman Stu Bickel played in 21 straight games before becoming a healthy scratch Thursday night against the Lightning (he was replaced by Steve Eminger). But John Tortorella would like the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers have agreed to a contract with Stu Bickel to re-sign the defenseman. The hard-hitting Bickel had nine assists in 51 games as a rookie last season. He had no points ...

NEW YORK --The New York Rangers have added grit and experience to their lineup by reaching a deal with forward Arron Asham on the first day of NHL free agency. A 13-season NHL veteran, Asham spent the ...

Defenseman Stu Bickel, who played nine games with the Minnesota Wild last season, has been invited to St. Louis Blues training camp on a professional try-out basis. Bickel, 28, spent most of last ...

There will be a third NHL veteran looking to score a contract in St. Louis this preseason -- defenseman Stu Bickel, who on Wednesday signed a professional tryout with the Blues. Bickel, 28, is a ...

Minnesota has put veteran tough guy Stu Bickel on waivers, per the Star-Tribune. Bickel, 28, inked a one-year deal with the Wild this summer after spending most of his professional career with the ...

Here at TD Garden, Ruslan Fedotenko, who practiced with the team this morning and skated on his own yesterday, is not on the ice for warmups, so it appears that he is scratched. Fedotenko took a ...