NHL insiders on must-see matchups, playoff races, players to watch this week

Coach Joel Quenneville didn’t mince words. Finding out his good friend, former assistant coach Mike Kitchen was fired not long after the Blackhawks’ postseason ended, frustrated him. “That day, I was not happy. I was a little disappointed,� Quenneville said on Thursday. “We lost a great coach and somebody I had been working with for a long time. It was tough and we’ve moved on now, but I wasn’t excited at the moment.� In moving on the Blackhawks have revamped their coaching staff, adding another old friend and teammate of Quenneville’s in Ulf Samuelsson and a former member of his St. Louis staff in Don Granato. Quenneville said Samuelsson will take over Kitchen’s responsibilities while Granato

A post shared by Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) on May 7, 2017 at 12:37pm PDT Carrie Underwood caught the Nashville Predators game again on Sunday night (May 7), and she was armed with her camera behind the scenes. The country star captured this especially sweet moment between her husband, Preds captain Mike Fisher, and their son, Isaiah. In the photo, Fisher appears to be leaving the locker room with his gear on, ready to take the ice. His son looks on, wearing a matching jersey as he high-fives his father. “This pic …” Underwood writes, followed by a heart emoji. Sunday’s game was history-making for the Nashville Predators. The team beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 and will move ahead to the