Kevin Westgarth

The Sports Xchange By John Perrotto, The Sports Xchange Penguins 8, Hurricanes 3 PITTSBURGH - James Neal returned to the Pittsburgh Penguins' lineup in grand fashion Saturday night. The left wing had his third career hat trick after missing the...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Penguins 8, Hurricanes 3 Penguins 8, Hurricanes 3: James Neal recorded a hat trick and added an assist after missing eight games with a concussion as visiting Pittsburgh erupted for five goals in the third period to win its...

With neither team headed to the playoffs, most of the goals for the Panthers and Lightning in their season finale Saturday night were individually motivated. The 30th-ranked Panthers were hoping to add to the first-year resume of teen phenom Jonathan...

The Sports Xchange By John Perrotto, The Sports Xchange Neal returns with hat trick as Penguins romp PITTSBURGH -- James Neal was just happy to return to the Pittsburgh Penguins' lineup on Saturday night. He certainly wasn't looking for a hat trick....

Flyers 5, Hurricanes 3: Wayne Simmonds recorded his first career hat trick and provided insurance by setting up Matt Read's goal in the third period as visiting Philadelphia posted its 20th win in 24 outings (20-2-2) against Carolina. Read added a pair...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Wayne Simmonds produced his first hat trick and the Philadelphia Flyers, playing with a dose of intensity, zipped past the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 on Saturday night at PNC Arena. Simmonds pushed his goal total to 15, notching his...

Simmonds' hat trick helps Flyers top Hurricanes RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Philadelphia Flyers still want to finish strong even though they won't be in the postseason. Wayne Simmonds gave an example of that Saturday night. Simmonds produced his first...

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It had appeared as though the entire Kings team would be back for the lockout-shortened season. Until Sunday morning. The Stanley Cup champion Kings traded popular enforcer Kevin Westgarth to the Carolina Hurricanes for forward Anthony Stewart....

Federal mediator Scot Beckenbaugh met separately with representatives of the NHL and the players union on Friday in New York, but his efforts toward what the NHL Players' Assn. described as “shuttle mediation” did not immediately lead to a...

The tentative settlement of the NHL’s labor dispute with the players’ association in the early hours of Sunday morning had 42-year-old Ducks winger Teemu Selanne as excited as a kid who had just found a treasured but lost toy, while Kings...

Kings enforcer Kevin Westgarth went through the same emotional extremes felt by everyone else who had an interest in the labor talks held last week in New York between the NHL and the players’ association. But Westgarth was a member of the players&...