This time, Ovechkin caught Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson with a high hit, resulting in an illegal check to the head penalty. For the second straight game, Alex Ovechkin has ...

Nashville Predators winger James Neal beat Chicago Blackhawks blueliner Niklas Hjalmarsson with a great outside-inside deke before burying a shot past netminder Scott Darling. The goal kicked off ...

While Connor Bedard is the star and takes up the attention, it appears the Hawks might have found their next Niklas Hjalmarsson in Vlasic. Vlasic is set to be a restricted free agent this summer.

I had a lot of great mentors coming into the league — Brent Seabrook, Johnny Oduya, [Niklas] Hjalmarsson. It means a lot.

who acquired him and minor league forward Laurent Dauphin from the Coyotes in 2017 in exchange for declining premier shutdown defender Niklas Hjalmarsson. The 2011 first-round pick has since ...

While plenty of outstanding players like Ryan Ellis, Cam Fowler and Niklas Hjalmarsson wear No. 4, Heiskanen is emerging as the top. The young defenseman hit the ground running as a rookie and is ...

Hockey nicknames are not usually as evocative as Hammer (Niklas Hjalmarsson) or The Great One (Wayne Gretzky), or Grapes (Don Cherry). They do not usually mean something else in themselves.

Tampa might be able to avoid the coming waterfall for another year or two, but make no mistake, this is the start of an ...

Peter Malmsjö (Niklas)Stefan Grybe (The Figure)Albert Wickman (Micke)Birgitta Andersson (Micke's Mother)Gösta Ekman (Micke's Father)Martin Ljung (Niklas' Grandfather)Cornelis Vreeswijk (Captain ...

Long after the tribute videos for Duncan Keith and Niklas Hjalmarsson were rolled out, another familiar combination lifted Chicago to the win. Alex DeBrincat got a pass from Patrick Kane and ...

[Niklas Roy] however has a different vision when it comes to mechanical music. He’s created an entire ensemble with real musical instruments, a drum kit, keyboard, and electric guitar.