Welcome to NHL99, The Athletic’s countdown of the best 100 players in modern NHL history. We’re ranking 100 players but calling it 99 because we all know who’s No. 1 — it’s the 99 spots behind No. 99 ...

There were no websites or blogs to rank top college hockey recruits in 1987. Even so, a 21-year-old who played three years of juniors in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League probably wouldn't have made ...

Had Buddy Voth, a self-described middling clarinet player, not repaired to a high school parking lot with friends for a few brews during a school function in September 1981, your Dallas Stars may well ...

Nov. 18—GRAND FORKS — Ed Belfour was lightly recruited when playing junior hockey in Manitoba. He had an offer from one Division-I school and one Division-III program. But he didn't take them. "I didn ...

GRAND FORKS - The Eagle has landed - in the Hall of Fame. Ed Belfour, the goalie who led the University of North Dakota to a national championship in 1987 before embarking on an 18-year NHL career, ...

It's a bit of kismet that Ken Hitchcock and Ed Belfour will be inducted into the Dallas Stars Hall of Fame on the same night. The two butted heads a great deal during their time in Dallas, but ...

Alexander Mogilny and Bryan McCabe returned from injury to provide the spark, and Ed Belfour was outstanding while reaching a milestone, as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Washington Capitals 4-1 ...

The Chicago Blackhawks will honor former goaltender Ed Belfour when they host their fourth edition of "One More Shift" on Thursday, March 23, vs. the Dallas Stars at 7:30 p.m. Belfour will join the ...

It's often said that goaltenders are a different breed of player, so it should come as no surprise that Ed Belfour was taking a nap before his beer league game when the Hockey Hall of Fame was trying ...

Ed Belfour spent only one year at the University of North Dakota. But 12 years after leaving - upon winning his first Stanley Cup - Belfour brought the prized trophy back to Grand Forks. When the NHL ...

Eddie is no longer Ed-eeeee. The numbers say Ed Belfour hasn't been for quite some time. The Stars finally admitted it in June, when they told the 37-year-old goalie his services were no longer needed ...

Dayn Belfour played forward and defense on youth hockey teams while growing up in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove, Ill. One Christmas he asked for, and received, goaltending equipment from his ...