Two 12-year-olds sent out of locker room to change in public for misbehaviour

The effect of the salary cap has come home to roost for the 75 unrestricted free agents remaining on the open market.

Here are some of the top free agents available this summer.

At Leafs promotional events this week, Mike Komisarek says he’s ready for training camp, Kris Versteeg reveals his on-line Stanley Cup rap song and Colby Armstrong discusses Ilya Kovalchuk.

Kris Versteeg and Colby Armstrong got a taste of what it means to be Maple Leafs Tuesday night.

Ilya Kovalchuk’s record-setting 17-year, $102 million contract is officially rejected by the NHL. The next move is up to the players’ union.

The structure of NHL contracts began to change when someone figured out that if you add low dollar figures at the end of a deal, it reduces the average salary.

Now that the NHL has rejected the $102 million, 17-year contract, the Devils may re-work it or the players’ union may grieve the matter.

A source has told the Star that the NHL has rejected Ilya Kovalchuk's 17-year, $102 million contract with the New Jersey Devils "on the grounds that it constitutes a circumvention of the salary cap."

The day after agreeing to a 17-year, $102 million deal, Ilya Kovalchuk and Lou Lamoriello explain why.

Leaf GM Brian Burke has gone fishing with some buddies, leaving assistant GM Dave Poulin in charge of the club.

The Toronto Maple Leafs boosted their depth Thursday by signing free-agent forwards Mike Zigomanis and Joey Crabb, and defenceman Danny Richmond.

Brian Burke lands free agent Marcel Mueller, a 6-3, 220-pound winger, and says the German Olympian could crack the Leafs’ top six.

Donald Fehr, the former head of the MLBPA, has emerged as the leading candidate for the top job in the NHLPA.

Score: A Hockey Musical gets the prime spot at the film festival, while Barney’s Version, based on Mordecai Richler’s last novel, also gets the red-carpet treatment.

Public meeting on Portlands sports complex focuses on ambitious plan to stack four arenas.

The first Lower Don Lands ice hockey complex drew jeers; the second time around, there will be cheers.

The Montreal Canadiens are bringing back Maxim Lapierre.

It would be the first of its kind in Canada — four arenas stacked on top of each other. And it could be coming to Toronto.

The Court of Appeal has upheld the four-year prison term given to former Leafs captain Rob Ramage for the crash that killed Keith Magnuson.

Family, friends and fellow hockey players paid tribute to Bob Probert on Friday, remembering the former NHL tough guy as a gentle giant with a big heart.

The motorcycle and sidecar hearse that carried Bob Probert’s casket for his funeral is a one-of-a-kind designed and built by a retired Windsor autoworker.

Country music superstar and hockey heartthrob seal courtship with a wedding in Georgia.

The Boston Bruins have re-signed defenceman Mark Stuart to a $1.675-million (U.S.), one-year contract.

Chicago Blackhawks left winger Bryan Bickell brought the Stanley Cup to tiny Oro, Ont. Thursday.

Free agent defenceman Brett Lebda signed with the Leafs because he likes the direction the team is moving in.

The acquisition of Brett Lebda is likely just going to fuel more speculation that GM Brian Burke will peddle Tomas Kaberle for a forward.

The Maple Leafs may have uncovered a gem in the sixth round of the 2009 draft, a 6-foot, 210-pound winger named Jerry D’Amigo.

We don't know if Maple Leafs prospect Nazem Kadri will play this season. He's working hard to make sure it's with the big club.

Bob Probert, perhaps the NHL's all-time heavyweight champion, is dead at 45.