There's a goaltending controversy in Buffalo. Or at very least a funny goaltending story, starring one of our favorite folk hero goalies of recent years -- Arturs Irbe. After Buffalo's Michal Neuvirth ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Arturs Irbe was in the press box at the start of Tuesday’s game between the Sharks and Buffalo Sabres, nattily attired in a suit and bow tie. By the end of the second period, the ...

Having an NHL-experienced goalie on your staff as the team’s goalie coach is a great thing to have, especially when you’ve got a host of young guys in net to coach. For the Washington Capitals, they ...

Capitals goalie coach Arturs Irbe can speak to Michal Neuvirth, Semyon Varlamov and Braden Holtby from experience. Nine years ago he teamed with Kevin Weekes in Carolina to lead the Hurricanes to ...

Arturs Irbe — the popular Latvian goaltender during the Sharks initial playoff run in 1994 — recalled Monday his initial reaction upon learning he would be the first hockey player in the San Jose ...

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 12: Semyon Varlamov #1 of the Washington Capitals warms up before the game against the Los Angeles Kings at the Verizon Center on February 12, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo ...

DETROIT – They were teenagers the first time their paths crossed on the way to the NHL. Nearly 20 years later, one of them is guaranteed to make history. Neither Czech-born Dominik Hasek nor Latvian ...

This series, which the Devils should now win, goes down as the defining example of the overruling supremacy of playoff goaltending. The momentum is all theirs as the Devils head to Raleigh for Game 5 ...

Arturs Irbe shut out the United States 2-0 Monday with some sparkling goaltending that kept Latvia’s chances alive for a second-round berth in the World Hockey Championships. Irbe stopped 42 shots and ...

With at least two of the better young goaltenders in the league in Michal Neuvirth and Braden Holtby, the Washington Capitals are in an enviable position. General manager George McPhee said he’s in ...