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Resting on top of an audio speaker just inside the entrance to the Winnipeg Jets’ locker-room sits a reminder of what the NHL team is fighting for. A blue board, complete with team logo and Stanley Cup in the background, has plastic slots for 16 hockey pucks — one for each post-season victory. One slot was

From being bedridden as a child and listening to the radio in St. John’s, to calling some of the biggest moments in hockey history, Bob Cole called NHL games for 50 years. (Evan Mitsui/CBC) Bob Cole, whose voice and lively language were the Saturday night soundtrack to hockey games over a broadcasting career that spanned more

Anže Kopitar scored the overtime winner and had a pair of assists as the Los Angeles Kings knocked off the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 to tie their opening-round playoff series 1-1 on Wednesday. Kopitar scored just 2:07 into overtime after a weird bounce gave him a lane up the centre of the ice and he beat

The San Jose Sharks fired coach David Quinn on Wednesday following two rough seasons as part of a massive rebuilding project. General manager Mike Grier called it a hard decision to fire Quinn after he experienced two seasons under “difficult circumstances” but said he decided it was the best move for the franchise’s future after

Winning more games and the construction of a new arena will convince more NHL players that Calgary is a desirable place to play, some Flames said as they headed for the exits Friday. Calgary finished 17 points out of the playoffs with a 38-39-5 record, and missed the post-season a second straight year. The Flames

Jets fans came out in droves to show support for their team as they open their playoff campaign. Thousands of people in the city showed up to the sold-out street party on Donald Street outside the Canada Life Centre ahead of the start of the team’s best-of-seven series against their division rival, the Colorado Avalanche. Roads

Two years after they first exploded onto television screens, ads for sports betting platforms only regulated in Ontario continue to bombard Canadians in markets where the websites are not regulated. A coalition of lottery and gaming corporations from eight provinces across the country wants that changed. “We are in a fight with people that are

Captain Adam Lowry and Kyle Connor each scored twice to propel the Winnipeg Jets to a 7-6 Game 1 first-round playoff victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday. It was the first time the two teams have met in the NHL playoffs. A sold-out crowd of 15,225 white-clad fans had plenty to cheer about at

The Vancouver Canucks mounted a third-period comeback to take Game 1 of their best-of-seven series against the Nashville Predators 4-2, thanks to two goals from forward Dakota Joshua. Nine years since the Canucks last hosted a Stanley Cup playoffs game, the Predators entered a deafening Rogers Arena on Sunday night. “The building was crazy. You think you

Whiteout street parties are coming back to downtown Winnipeg starting this Sunday, as the Jets are at home to take on the Colorado Avalanche for their first game in their best-of-seven first-round NHL playoff series. Here’s what you need to know. Puck drop Puck drop at the Canada Life Centre is at 6 p.m. Doors to

Jake DeBrusk had two goals and an assist as the Boston Bruins downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 in Game 1 of their first round NHL playoff series on Saturday. John Beecher, Brandon Carlo and Trent Frederic — into an empty net — also scored for Boston, which got 35 saves from Jeremy Swayman. Brad Marchand

Sean Monahan was walking his dog when a car drove past him, braked, backed up and stopped. A mother and her son hopped out and approached the Winnipeg Jets forward, who was acquired in a trade with the Montreal Canadiens on Feb. 2. “She said, ‘We just wanted to say hi and wish you luck

This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. The Stanley Cup playoffs begin Saturday. With four strong Canadian teams involved in what looks like a wide-open tournament, the best trophy in sports could return home for the first

There are a few sure signs of spring in Alberta. The snow turns to slush, the Canada geese return to the ponds, lakes and streams, and the Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings face each other in the first round of the Western Conference Playoffs. The two rivals will meet in the first round for

Arshdeep Bains lined up in the visitors tunnel ahead of his NHL debut with his fellow Vancouver Canucks teammates. Draped in his team’s away sweater with its signature green and blue striping, the Surrey, B.C., native was moments away from fulfilling his childhood dream of playing for his hometown team. Veteran teammates Tyler Myers and J.T.

The Arizona Coyotes are officially headed to Salt Lake City. The NHL board of governors voted unanimously Thursday to approve a $1.2 billion US sale from Alex Meruelo to Utah Jazz owners Ryan and Ashley Smith, clearing the way for the franchise’s move to Utah next season. The deal includes a provision for Arizona to get

For the first time since 1997, no one from three generations of the Dunaway family group attended the Arizona Coyotes’ fan appreciation night — the final game of the regular season — amid reports Wednesday’s game against the Edmonton Oilers was the last one before the team is relocated. Greg Dunaway gave away his season tickets because

The NHL cleared controversial Montreal Canadiens defenceman Logan Mailloux to make his NHL debut in the Tuesday night season finale against the visiting Detroit Red Wings. The Canadiens drafted the Ontario native in the first round (31st overall) in 2021 despite reports that he had appeared on many teams’ “do not draft” lists after an