Scotty Bowman

SAY IT AIN'T SO, ANNUNZIO

It's a special breed that plays harder, tougher and smarter in enemy arenas, melting the home-ice advantage

The Montreal Canadiens were sitting around the lobby of their Detroit hotel when who should walk in but Wilt Chamberlain. "Put a pair of skates on him and you'd have quite a hockey player," someone said to Canadien...

As New York stumbled and Montreal struggled in Stanley Cup warfare, passions off the ice were becoming as heated as the action on it

To hear Detroit's critics tell it, you'd think the Red Wings' first line consists of Methuselah, Father Time and Strom Thurmond. While Detroit is the NHL's most mature team, with 10 players age 30 or older—including...