And, with the exception of Las Vegas, no team entered a new market better than the Stars when they relocated from Minnesota to Texas in 1993. The Stars' success in Texas gave the NHL the necessary ...

Houston is already home to three major professional sports teams. Can the Bayou City soon add a fourth and become the 13th American city with a clean sweep? One ESPN personality floated the ...

Michel Petit wants to see professional hockey players skate on ice in Houston. First, he might need to put a shovel in the ground. Petit, an NHL veteran from 1982-98, is one of the leading voices in ...

Michel Petit wants to see professional hockey players skate on ice in Houston. First, he might need to put a shovel in the ground. Petit, an NHL veteran from 1982-98, is one of the leading voices in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Expansion was not discussed at the NHL's Board of Governors meeting on Wednesday, Commissioner Gary Bettman said afterward. The league has been at 32 teams since Seattle entered for ...

DALLAS — With 32 franchises, expansion is not at the top of the priority list for the NHL, but it should be a louder point of discussion. For all of its faults and flaws, no league has figured out how ...