SARNIA – Goalie Mikey DiPietro is clearly motivated. The 18-year-old DiPietro has said little since being cut from Canada’s world junior team, but his effort on Thursday spoke volumes. “I’ve always ...

After not starting a game since last season, the Islanders elected to throw Rick DiPietro into the fire last night. The goalie, who sat on the bench all night backing up starter Evgeni Nabokov, ...

The Ottawa 67’s were already one of the scariest teams in the CHL when they pulled the trigger on a game-changing trade. The team is currently 23-4-3-1 through 31 games played, putting them on pace ...

GUELPH – Before the start of the season, Windsor Spitfires’ general manager Warren Rychel joked with goalie Mike DiPietro that he might need to steal eight games this season for the club to have a ...

Empty net goal for the Devils, Parise's second, and the aisles fill up immediately. 45.1 to play, Devils lead 4-2. 2:05 left, closing time. Devils take the lead 3-2 on Bryce Salvador's third of the ...

New York Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro, left, is congratulated by center John Tavares after their 2-0 win over the New Jersey Devils in an NHL hockey game, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010, in Uniondale, N.Y.

BUFFALO – The red flags are being raised already, signs popping up that say the Islanders would probably be better off if Rick DiPietro did not go to the Olympics in February. DiPietro did not start ...

COMING BACK FROM a concussion, the last thing Rick DiPietro should have been expected to do was stand on his head. But even the Islanders’ rising-star goaltender termed his performance in last night’s ...

MIKE MILBURY drafted Rick DiPietro first overall in 2000 with the expectation that he one day would lead the NHL in various goaltending categories, just like Martin Brodeur. But the Devils superstar ...

So much for starting the post-break schedule with a bang. Rick DiPietro was too tired to start the game last night, too run down from the Olympic tournament that ended last Wednesday for the American ...