Behind every great hockey player are great hockey parents, and on Saturday, more 800 kids got to play hockey for the first time in front of their soon-to-be hockey parents at the second Vegas Golden ...

Hockey fans and players remember the first time they fell in love with the game, and often it starts with just picking up a hockey stick. On Saturday, a few hundred kids had their first hockey ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Tension is smoldering between each scrap for the puck and Blayke Nelson can often predict the spark 30 seconds ahead of time as he skates from corner to corner, his eyes fixed on the ...

Dec. 17—JAMESTOWN — Way back when, Paul Belzer played basketball. Then he tried something new — and now all of his kids play hockey. "My dad switched from playing basketball his senior year of high ...

The kids are also aware that they can’t fight, or they’ll get kicked out,” said Nelson, whose older brother, Brock Nelson, is an 11-year veteran center for the NHL's New York Islanders. The ...