WASHINGTON -- General manager George McPhee and coach Adam Oates lost their jobs with the Washington Capitals on Saturday, about two weeks after the team failed to make the playoffs for the first time ...

Oates spent 19 years playing in the NHL for seven different teams and was widely recognized as one of the slickest skaters and best passers. After he retired, he served as assistant coach for the ...

finished his 19-year NHL career seventh in assists with 1,079. He continues to assist people to this day. "Most hockey players that I've known in my life come from simple means and haven't forgotten ...

Adam Oates is patient, but even he could only wait so long before shaking up the Washington Capitals' lineup, given that the team has won only two of its first seven games. The Capitals coach made his ...