Each morning Anthony Maroon woke up during a visit to see his father, he’d ask his grandmother how many days he had left with him. Nine? All smiles. The goodbyes were brutal. Patti Maroon told her grandson she couldn’t guarantee she wouldn’t cry, but she’d try. By the last day, she had to wear sunglasses
Month: June 2019
© John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports Mitch Marner‘s next contract is a hot topic for debate among Toronto Maple Leafs fans. The 22-year-old winger is completing his entry-level contract. Based on his numbers since his NHL debut in 2016-17, he’s due for a hefty pay raise. Marner was the Leafs’ leading scorer in each of
4:52 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN ST. LOUIS — After a 7-2 shellacking from the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, the St. Louis Blues are making lineup changes for Monday night’s Game 4, trailing the series 2-1. Defenseman Vince Dunn, who has been out of the lineup after taking a puck
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Vegas Golden Knights organization is making playing hockey in June a habit. The Golden Knights reached the 2018 Stanley Cup Final against the Washington Capitals in their first NHL season. A year later, the Golden Knights’ American Hockey League affiliate, Chicago, is three wins away from a Calder Cup championship. Chicago
report this ad In today’s NHL rumor rundown, there are changes in Buffalo when it comes to the coaching candidates, plus other news in the NHL coaching world. There is news out of Florida when it comes to how they’ll spend their money and a rundown of items from Elliotte Friedman’s 31 Thoughts article. A
report this ad While the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues are gaining most of the hockey world’s attention in the Stanley Cup Final, the American Hockey League’s championship series is off to an entertaining start. The Charlotte Checkers and Chicago Wolves were two of the best teams during the regular season and they are
ST. LOUIS—Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff and Jake DeBrusk retrieves the puck for Torey Krug, who waits just long enough for Bergeron to set up and shoots it at his stick for a textbook deflection goal. This is the Boston Bruins’ masterful power play at its nearly unstoppable best. When the Bruins go on the
David Pastrnak flashed a wry smile, brimming with confidence. No even-strength points through the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final for the first line put plenty of pressure on Boston’s best players to produce. Pastrnak shrugged it off, saying on scale of 1 to 10 they felt the pressure level was something around
Joe Smith answers Tampa Bay questions Joe Smith from The Athletic Q&A: Tampa Bay polarized the hockey world this season. First, it was there rise and then their postseason thud. Several questions focused on Erik Karlsson in a variety of forms. However, that led to Braydon Coburn. His $3.7 million AAV was steep last year
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final is scheduled for Monday between the Boston Bruins and the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, with the Bruins leading 2-1 after their 7-2 rout of the Blues on Saturday. What can we expect in this critical matchup in St.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theahl.com) … The Checkers didn’t let this one get away. Tomas Jurco‘s tiebreaking goal late in the second period proved to be the difference as Charlotte defeated Chicago, 5-3, in Game 2 of the 2019 Calder Cup Finals at Bojangles’ Coliseum on Sunday evening. Tied at a game apiece, the series now shifts to
report this ad The 2019 NHL Draft is on the horizon. In just a few short weeks, teams from across North America will make their way to Vancouver to make their picks from the stars of the NHL’s future. With the sixth-overall pick at their disposal, the Detroit Red Wings have quite a bit to
report this ad The Toronto Maple Leafs inked 21-year-old center and cornerstone Auston Matthews to a new contract on Feb. 5, a five-year, signing bonus-laden deal for $58.17 million that comes with an average annual cap hit of $11.634 million. Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette) Being the second-highest paid NHL
BOSTON – When Jordan Binnington first donned the pads of a goaltender as a 7-year-old growing up in Richmond Hill, he was a fan of both Patrick Roy and Curtis Joseph. Roy, then with Colorado, and Joseph, then with the Maple Leafs, were workhorses, products of a generation of goalies that didn’t like to give
Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff and Jake DeBrusk retrieves the puck for Torey Krug, who waits just long enough for Bergeron to set up and shoots it at his stick for a textbook deflection goal. This is the Boston Bruins’ masterful power play at its nearly unstoppable best. When the Bruins go on the power
© Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports Marleau’s days in Toronto are numbered Sportsnet: It’s looking like Patrick Marleau‘s days in Toronto are numbered according to Nick Kypreos. “It sounds like Marleau and the Leafs are set to part ways,” said Nick Kypreos during the ‘Headlines’ segment of Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday. “The family is going to
1:54 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN ST. LOUIS — Blues coach Craig Berube doesn’t know why his team has been penalized so much in the Stanley Cup Final, but he’s not happy about it. “First of all, we were the least penalized team in the league in the first three rounds, now all of a sudden
Take a game-day spin around the AHL ice with latest news and notes from the 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs in today’s AHL Morning Skate. Playoff Brackets | Today’s Scoreboard | League Stats @ Game 2 – Tonight, 6:00 ET, (CHI leads series, 1-0)TV: NHL Network, WCIU “The U Too”Satellite Radio: NHL Network Radio (SiriusXM 91)Follow @CheckersHockey Follow @Chicago_Wolves Tweet #CHAvsCHI Chicago