No surprise the Tampa Bay Lightning selected Steve Stamkos with the No 1 pick in the 2008 NHL Draft.

Sports Art is all about creating products or craft items using the sports stars as an inspiration. When a person visits Disney land they find a store that sells T-shirts, mugs, caps and many other items with Disney characters on them. Similarly, in a sports store, we will find equipment and other fun items, which have sports art on them.

In the eighth-longest game in Stanley Cup history, Brenden Morrow scored the game-winner to send the Stars to the Western Conference Finals after a 2-1 4OT Game 6 win over the Sharks at American Airlines Center.

NBC sports has released the NHL Playoff Schedule for 2008. You can view the playoff schedule of NHL below.

On New Year's Day, the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League played in the AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic, an outdoor game held at Orchard Park, New York's Ralph Wilson Stadium. This was the second outdoor game in league history and the first outdoor game held in the United States.