At first, Phil Kessel really didn’t think too much about it. He knew he wasn’t feeling great and damn, he was having an awful time shaking a cold. Turns out the lingering cold was the least of his ...

He’s been called lazy, fat and a coach killer. But with 992 career points, three Stanley Cup rings and an ironman record that stretched on for 1,064 consecutive games, we could have another name for ...

The most buzzworthy NHL name of the summer is on the move, with the Toronto Maple Leafs shipping star winger Phil Kessel to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins sent forward prospect Kasperi Kapanen, ...

Five years ago, Jim Rutherford traded a point-per-game player for a guy who wasn’t. On June 27, 2014, the Penguins sent winger James Neal to Nashville for winger Patric Hornqvist. Neal had 61 points ...

Branded a coach killer with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Kessel wasn't supposed to be the kind of player that helps a team win the Stanley Cup, let alone one who leads the way in the biggest moments. In ...

Who were the most egregious All-Star snubs? Greg Wyshynski: As President Barack Obama once said: Phil Kessel is a Stanley Cup champion. What he's not, inexplicably, is a 2018 NHL All-Star. What is ...

Before the Penguins hosted Phil Kessel and the Arizona Coyotes on Friday night at PPG Paints Arena, Rick Tocchet joked that the winger was going to try and stay stone-faced. But try as he might, ...

Two-time Olympic forward Phil Kessel failed to make the final cut for the United States' World Cup of Hockey roster Friday, a day after helping the Pittsburgh Penguins reach the Stanley Cup finals.

TORONTO -- Phil Kessel, who was left off the Team USA roster for the World Cup of Hockey, on Wednesday said his tweet after the Americans were eliminated was not directed at the team's players. "Of ...