Minor League Hockey

With his leadership and game-winning goals, workaholic center Rod Brind'Amour may be willing the Hurricanes to the title

My favorite tradition in all of sports is the playoff beard, which turns every hockey player this time of year into a slap-shootin' Rasputin.

With teams prizing hot hands over impressive résumés, the nets are full of goalies making their postseason debuts. Can one of them get on a streak that yields a Stanley Cup?

Jaromir Jagr isn't the only star who has kept his team in the playoff picture. Here are five other leading men who have lifted their squads into the postseason and whose performances could make or break dreams of...

The A-Team