Steve Mason

Ducks make moves as deals materialize close to the trading deadline

2013-04-04 00:00:00

Like the NHL season, the annual deadline-day trading frenzy was late in starting. But a flurry of deals in the hour before Wednesday's noon Pacific time cutoff changed the complexion of several teams and added depth to others hoping for long playoff runs....

Ducks acquire center Matthew Lombardi on dull deadline day

2013-04-03 14:19:00

The Ducks acquired center Matthew Lombardi from the Phoenix Coyotes for left wing Brandon McMillan on Wednesday, a deal completed shortly before the NHL’s noon Pacific time trade deadline. The Kings made no trades on Wednesday. They made their big...

Lakers executive Jim Buss says 'we're not going to panic'

2013-01-10 16:03:00

Jim Buss, the Lakers' executive vice president of basketball operations, vowed Thursday that now is not the time to panic over the team's 15-20 start. Speaking with John Ireland and Ramona Shelburne, who was sitting in for regular host Steve Mason, on...

Ducks beat Blue Jackets for second win in a row

2012-01-08 22:15:00

The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio, Bob Hunter column

2013-05-17 05:04:02

The Ohio Rugby Sevens Invitational in Mechanicsburg on May 25 will have an attraction beyond the four men's and four college teams competing: Former Ohio State football star Maurice Clarett will be playing. Clarett will play for the Columbus affiliate...

The Philadelphia Inquirer Inside the Flyers column

2013-05-12 08:24:03

The Flyers need help. They missed the playoffs for just the second time in the last 18 years, and their offseason wish list figures to include a productive winger and a top defenseman. In other words, they will try to add players similar to those they...

Chubak feels time is right to turn pro

2013-05-11 03:54:03

Carsen Chubak admits during his youth he pretended he was Felix Potvin, Wendel Clark or Doug Gilmour whenever he played ball hockey in the basement or on the street with his friends back home in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. It's a normal sequence almost...

The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio, Michael Arace column

2013-04-30 03:54:03

Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane --the guys who win Stanley Cups --are not found on the waiver wire, they are found at the top of the draft. The Blue Jackets could have had such a player, but they blew it. They won too many...

Blue Jackets: Hope springs from remarkable stretch

2013-04-30 03:54:03

It was the most memorable two-month stretch of play the Blue Jackets have ever put together, a 19-5-5 supernova that captured the city and launched the Jackets from fewest points in the NHL on Feb. 24 to one point shy of a spot in the Stanley Cup...

Flyers come up short again

2013-04-29 20:47:31

The Philadelphia Flyers started their summer vacations much earlier than expected. For just the ninth time in franchise history, the Flyers aren't going to the playoffs. They finished 23-22-3 in the lockout-shortened NHL season, and are facing an...

Philadelphia Daily News Rich Hofmann column

2013-04-29 05:04:02

ILYA BRYZGALOV performed his final stand-up routine of the season yesterday; please, tip your servers and try the caviar. It really was a Tour de Bryz. His target this day was the media. At one point, he said that perusing stories written about him --...

Flyers have enough talent, Holmgren says

2013-04-29 00:00:00

General manager Paul Holmgren said the Flyers, who completed their lackluster season on Saturday, need just a little offseason tweaking to return to the playoffs. "I still think we have good-enough talent to win," Holmgren said. In a far-reaching, 24-...

Blue Jackets goalie Steve Mason stops Viktor Stalberg in the third period.

2013-03-01 00:00:00

Win: Blackhawks 3, Blue Jackets 2 -- Dave Bolland of the Chicago Blackhawks flips the puck past Fedor Tyutin and Steve Mason of the Columbus Blue Jackets to score during the first period at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

2013-01-26 00:00:00

Dave Bolland flips the puck past the Blue Jackets' Fedor Tyutin and Steve Mason.

2013-01-26 00:00:00