📝 by Michelle Wells | AHL On The Beat For Colorado Eagles forward Charles Hudon, hockey is more than just a game. It’s something he shares with those dear to him. Growing up in Alma, Quebec, a small town about five hours north of Montreal, Hudon recalls where playing hockey all got started for him.
DENVER (AP) — Frederick Gaudreau scored two short-handed goals, Filip Gustavsson stopped 39 shots, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 Wednesday night. Marcus Johansson and Sam Steel also scored for the Wild, who improved to 16-1-4 in their last 21 games and moved three points ahead of Colorado and Dallas atop the
The Vancouver Canucks will wear themed warm-up jerseys when they host the Calgary Flames for their annual Pride celebration game Friday. The team announced Wednesday that the jerseys will be designed by a local artist, and that a $20,000 donation will be made to QMUNITY, which is a Vancouver non-profit that supports LGBTQ people and
With a 5-1 loss against the Colorado Avalanche on Monday night, the Anaheim Ducks are down to their final eight games of the 2022-23 season. The Ducks will play four of their next five games on the road before rounding out the year with a three-game homestand. Related: 3 Takeaways from Ducks’ 3-2 Loss to
It’s been a while since we’ve done a Chicago Blackhawks roundtable. With the 2022-23 season coming to a close, we figured a collaborative session was due. It’s been a long and winding road for the team this season, with lots of ups and downs and not much success. But that’s what happens during a rebuild.
7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. It’s a typically light Wednesday schedule in the NHL this evening, with only three games on the slate. One of them pits a team that just clinched a playoff berth — the Toronto
📝 by Patrick Williams This is what National Hockey League general managers were looking for when the Calder Cup Playoffs expanded to 23 teams last season. High-pressure, late-season games, one after the next after the next, all in a bid to put their prospects through the toughest of trials. That situation is what faces San
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks have signed free-agent defenceman Akito Hirose to a one-year, entry-level contract, the team announced Wednesday. Hirose, 23, had four goals and 23 assists in 38 games with Minnesota State University this season, his third in the NCAA. The six-foot, 170-pound college standout from Calgary had two goals and 24 assists
NHL players refusing to participate in Pride nights around the league shows hockey still isn’t safe for a number of LGBTQ people, says one of the first male professional players to publicly come out as gay. Brock McGillis is working to change the sport he loves through a new non-profit, Alphabet Sports Collective, which looks
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Montreal Canadiens and Winnipeg Jets might be off-season trade partners. Meanwhile, is there anything to the chatter that the Calgary Flames might look at trading Nazem Kadri in the summer? Finally, which college free agent are the Vancouver Canucks heavily targeting and what are the chances they land him?
In a lopsided March 23 loss to the Ottawa Senators, head coach Jon Cooper and Steven Stamkos said the Tampa Bay Lightning learned “tough lessons.” After a much better effort in the following game against the Boston Bruins on Saturday, the Lightning took note of those lessons, playing a complete game against the Carolina Hurricanes
7:20 AM ET If you have ever been curious about what it’s like to be Michael Bublé on Valentine’s Day … it’s actually quite different than what you might think. He’s by himself, hanging out in the quiet part of a 20,000-seat arena in Cologne, Germany, wearing a Simpsons T-shirt while holding a football signed
📝 by Matt Cudzinowski | AHL On The Beat The outstanding postseason vibes at Place Bell last season left a lasting impression on Lucas Condotta. The 25-year-old forward soaked up every single second of the amazing atmosphere that propelled the Laval Rocket to within one victory of a berth in the Calder Cup Finals. The
CALGARY – When the Calgary Flames needed it most, goaltender Jacob Markstrom stepped up and delivered his best performance of the season. Markstrom was spectacular on Tuesday making 33 saves to backstop the Calgary Flames to a critical 2-1 victory over the red-hot Los Angeles Kings. “He was sharp. Made some big stops. He probably
The St. Louis Blues have nine games left on the 2022-23 schedule. At this point, it’s all about getting through this season and moving on to the 2023-24 season. Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou (The Hockey Writers) The Blues went 2-1-1 last week with wins over the Detroit Red Wings and Anaheim Ducks. They lost
Former NHL tough guy John Scott had some interesting words to say about the state of the Norris Trophy in the NHL. He said nothing but good things towards Edmonton Oilers’ number one defenceman Darnell Nurse, but also rightfully questioned what should be considered when determining who gets votes for the best defenceman in the
7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. The Los Angeles Kings have been one of the NHL’s hottest teams recently, earning at least one point in each of their past 12 games (going 10-0-2 in that stretch), putting themselves two
📝 by Patrick Williams How might the 2022 National Hockey League Draft look in a few years? Draft experts and aficionados often like to re-imagine a draft class several years later. And while the long-term outcome on the 2022 class is still to be determined, it is increasingly looking like the Buffalo Sabres may have