Ilya Kovalchuk spent 13 seasons in the NHL before heading back to his native Russia to continue his professional career. He decided to hang up his skates ...

Ilya Kovalchuk enjoyed a fine career in the NHL. The forward, who broke all records with the Thrashers and Devils, also had a memorable (albeit short) stint with the Canadiens at the end of his career ...

Devils winger Ilya Kovalchuk says he is ready to play after missing one game of the playoffs with a herniated disc in his back. Coach Pete DeBoer confirmed it will be the Russian's decision as to ...

Almost everyone assumed Ilya Kovalchuk would be retired long before his 15-year, $101 million contract with the Devils reached its final season in 2024-25. The Russian winger would've been 42 ...

There are more than a few flecks of gray in Ilya Kovalchuk’s hair now, five years after he left the New Jersey Devils and the NHL to play in his native Russia. In another sure sign of the ...

Ilya Kovalchuk's tumultuous tenure in Los Angeles has come to an end this week and, although his time with the Kings was relatively short, it was quite the strange road. The abridged version is ...

Of course and absolutely the Rangers should and will pursue Ilya Kovalchuk when the scoring machine hits the open market as a 35-year-old unrestricted free agent July 1. He would have been the ...

The Los Angeles Kings benched star winger Ilya Kovalchuk for Tuesday night’s game against the Minnesota Wild and his time with the team is reportedly up in the air. Kovalchuk was informed he was ...

Rumor has it that Ilya Kovalchuk missed a mandatory team meeting before a team morning skate on Saturday before a game with the Buffalo Sabres. As a result of either missing or being late for ...

Devils general manager Ray Shero is on the verge of landing yet another asset in his team’s rebuilding plan: Ilya Kovalchuk. Shero confirmed on Tuesday that Kovalchuk would like to return to the ...

NEWARK, N.J. -- Devils forward Ilya Kovalchuk will miss his third straight game Friday with a lower-body injury, according to coach Pete DeBoer. He will also sit out Saturday's game, the second of ...

NEWARK, N.J. -- The nearly a King? Well, it was about 50-50 — if that, maybe — that the Kings were going to win the Ilya Kovalchuk sweepstakes in a dizzying few weeks in 2010. The summer of ...