VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks are packing a seven-game win streak in their suitcase and heading out on the road. The winning span is the longest in six years for Vancouver. It has left the Canucks feeling good about themselves and their chances of ending a four-year NHL playoff drought. Six of the victories have
Month: January 2020
MOSCOW—Some Russian hockey fans were celebrating victory despite losing at the world junior hockey championships because of a confusingly timed TV repeat. Two state TV channels showed Russia-Canada finals at the same time on Sunday. One was live, and the other was from 2011. While most fans, and Russia’s players, commiserated after a 4-3 loss
Six-year-old Jack Giordano cruises around the ice with his buddies in Timbits minor hockey, where the name of the game is chasing the puck around until someone whacks it in the net. “I’m trying to teach him that stopping the puck is just as important, if not more important, than putting the puck in,” says
Canadian teams not on Kreider’s no-trade list? Larry Brooks of the New York Post: New York Rangers pending UFA and potential trade deadline chip Chris Kreider has a no-trade list that basically blocks him from being traded to a Canadian team. It may be one of the reasons the Montreal Canadiens signed Ilya Kovalchuk. Rick
7:37 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Because of a confusingly timed TV repeat of the 2011 final, Some Russian fans were celebrating victory despite losing at the world junior hockey championships. Two state TV channels showed Russia-Canada finals at the same time on Sunday. One was live, and the other was from 2011. While
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Saturday. Conor Sheary and Henri Jokiharju also scored for the Sabres in their second straight win. Linus Ullmark made 32 saves. Florida lost for the second time in three games. Mike Matheson and Evgenii
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Dillon Dube scored in the seventh-round of the shootout to give the Calgary Flames a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night. David Rittich stopped six of seven Wild shooters. Dube beat Alex Stalock with a quick move for his first career shootout goal on his first chance. Derek
Canadians fell in love with the world junior hockey championship for two reasons. First, it’s played during the holiday season, which helped it evolve into a national tradition over the past quarter-century. Second, Canada used to win the tournament most of the time. So it was an annual opportunity for Canadians to puff out our
Sitting at the end of the bench, Dillon Dube couldn’t hear his coach call out names, but he kept looking over wanting for his chance in the shootout. For someone who’d never been in that situation before, Dube came through. Dube scored in the seventh round of the tiebreaker to give the Calgary Flames a
Notes on the Predators, Sabres, Penguins, Bruins, and Senators Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Nashville Predators GM David Poile has been trying to trade Kyle Turris for the past year. Coach Peter Laviolette could eventually take the fall but Poile said it doesn’t appear to be an option at this time. Former New Jersey
5:04 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Lars Eller scored with 2:59 remaining in overtime after the Washington Capitals rallied from two goals down in the final minute of regulation, completing a stunning 5-4 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday. T.J. Oshie tied the game with 14.2 seconds left. Eller also assisted Jakub
BOSTON — Darnell Nurse and Gaetan Haas each had a second-period goal off a poor Boston play, Connor McDavid added an insurance score in the third after being stopped twice by Jaroslav Halak and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Bruins 4-1 on Saturday. Mike Smith made 35 saves for the Oilers, who won for the
TORONTO — Just because Pierre Engvall’s out of the American Hockey League, it doesn’t mean he’s done developing his game. Engvall scored his second goal in as many games on Saturday night, the eventual winner in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 3-0 shutout of the visiting New York Islanders. The goal was set up by a
OSTRAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC—Canada was looking for payback. The national team got it — and then some — in a dominant wire-to-wire performance Saturday at the world junior hockey championship. The Canadians scored three times before their semifinal with Finland was four minutes old and cruised to a 5-0 victory that sets up a mouth-watering gold-medal
Linus Oberg scored the go-ahead goal midway through the second period, and Sweden held on to beat Finland 3-2 on Sunday for the bronze medal at the world junior hockey championship in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Rasmus Sandin also scored for Sweden and tournament scoring-leader Samuel Fagemo supplied the other goal. Fagemo,
Predators looking to shake things up Sportsnet: Nashville Predators GM David Poile is getting impatient with his struggling team and he’s looking to shake things up. “There’s no question he’s started to bring up the phone lines to see what’s out there, and if things don’t change, the Predators could make some kind of roster
3:57 PM ET Los Angeles defenseman Alec Martinez will return from wrist surgery Saturday night when the Kings host the Nashville Predators, coach Todd McLellan announced. 2 Related Doctors in November repaired Martinez’s radial artery and two superficial radial nerves. He was hurt in the third period of the Kings’ 4-3 overtime loss to San
by Tom Witosky | AHL On The BeatFollow @toskyAHLWild The distance between Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines – the home ice of the Iowa Wild – and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul – the home ice of the Minnesota Wild – is roughly 244 miles; a 3.5 hour drive depending on weather conditions.
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