... crowd as the team's fourth No. 1 pick overall in draft history, and the first since they made Rick DiPietro the first goalie selected first overall in 2000. "Yeah, I had no idea, just like everybody else," Tavares said. "I didn't know ...

... Islanders used the No. 1 selection in the draft Saturday to take Boston University goalie Rick DiPietro, making him the first goalie taken first overall in any draft. CALGARY, Alberta -- Scotty Bowman, the winningest coach in NHL history, is returning ...

... first NHL season at age 30, won 34 games, recorded 10 shutouts, had a 2.01 goals against average and became the first goalie to beat Hasek four times in one season. None of it mattered as the Sabres and Flyers began their fifth playoff series ...

... Giguere, who has four shutouts in the playoffs, has stopped 98 Minnesota shots in the conference finals. He became the first goalie to open a series with three straight shutouts since Toronto's Frank McCool against Detroit in 1945. In Anaheim ...

... three-time winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy, awarded to the MVP of the playoffs. Earlier this season he became the first goalie to eclipse 60,000 minutes. "If indeed Patrick Roy is going to retire, we wish him well," NHL commissioner Gary ...