Wheeler, represented by Boston-based agent Matt Keator, is utilizing a clause within the Collective Bargaining Agreement that allows a player who is in college, has passed the four-year mark since being drafted, and is not yet a senior to issue a letter notifying the team that drafted him that they ...

At age 40, Zdeno Chara is still keeping up with guys born after his pro career began. Now in his 20th National Hockey League season, Mr. Chara, the league’s third-oldest player and the captain of the Boston Bruins, shows no signs of slowing down. The Slovak defenseman is known throughout the leagu...

On July 1, 2011, I ended up in a room with tubes and wires hooked up all over my body. There was a little machine beeping that showed my vital signs. It was my first day of rehab. I had been drinking every single day for eight months. I had just been released by a team in the Southern Pro Hockey Lea...