“Drop the Puck: Hockey Every Day, Every Way” is the fifth installment in Jayne J. Jones Beehler’s The Official Adventures series. The focus of Beehler’s work is to demonstrate that hockey is indeed for everyone, no matter what challenges an individual might be confronted with. “Drop the Puck: Hockey Every Day, Every Way” is the
Month: January 2020
DALLAS—Ryan Clare chewed on a turkey leg as he milled about the Texas state fairgrounds hours before another major sporting event inside historic Cotton Bowl Stadium. No, this wasn’t the Texas-Oklahoma football game, always held in October during the fair. Clare has never been to the annual Red River rivalry, but the Dallas resident has
Canada’s quest for gold remains on track at the world junior hockey championship. Alexis Lafreniere scored and added an assist in his return from injury as part of a resounding 6-1 victory over Slovakia in the quarter-finals on Thursday. Barrett Hayton added two goals and an assist for the Canadians, Connor McMichael, Jacob Bernard-Docker and
Bracco as part of a bigger deal? James (@Account4hockey): Elliotte Friedman earlier this week on Sportsnet 590: The asking price for Toronto Maple Leafs forward Jeremy Bracco is high. Other teams have asked about him in the past. After reported that Bracco is available, some teams are wondering the Maple Leafs are wanting to use
7:00 AM ET New year, new decade, new you. The same can apply to NHL teams, as you’ll see in this week’s ESPN Power Rankings. As the calendar flips to 2020, we assigned some classic New Year’s resolutions to every team — because no matter where you are in life, you always have a chance
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Belleville Senators forward Vitaly Abramov has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending December 29, 2019. Abramov notched four goals and two assists for six points in three games during a busy post-Christmas stretch for the Senators. In a
From all-decade teams to the greatest moments of the previous 10 years, there has been a lot of reminiscing as of late regarding the most memorable occurrences of the last decade as we get set to begin the 2020s. For the Arizona Coyotes, the 2010s were an up-and-down decade. The team experienced sustained success to
Thursday will be the first day of the World Junior Championship in the new year and will be the fullest day of action in the tournament. The quarterfinal round will be played, and the relegation playoff will begin as well. That means all ten teams will play on Thursday, the only day of the tournament
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA—Jenna Buglioni scored the game-winning goal and added an assist as Canada beat Finland 4-1 on Wednesday in the semifinals of the under-18 women’s world hockey championship. Canada will go for gold for the second straight year against the United States on Thursday. Marianne Picard and Lindsay Bochna also scored as Canada built a
Cole Caufield is getting used to the attention. Since being selected 15th overall by the Montreal Canadiens at last June’s NHL draft, the diminutive winger has been visited by numerous reporters, seen his mentions on social media balloon, and is often one of the top trending names on the website hockeydb.com. People want to know
What should the Chicago Blackhawks do with their new “cap space”? Charlie Roumeliotis of NBC Sports Chicago: Chicago likely won’t be a playoff team. Mortgaging the future is a waste but the idea of taking on some “bad contracts with sweeteners” may be helpful. Players like Calgary’s Michael Frolik and Buffalo’s Zach Bogosian come to
7:01 PM ET ESPN News Services The NHL has fined Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella $20,000 for comments he made ripping the officiating after the team’s overtime loss to the Blackhawks on Sunday. The league announced the fine Wednesday. Additionally, Tortorella was assessed a conditional fine of $25,000 that the league will collect if he
A West Coast presence was added to complete a long-term objective to offer NHL teams more geographically convenient affiliations. The league grew from 29 to 31 teams with an expansion team in Palm Springs, California, on the way for the 2021-22 season. Here is a look at some of the most successful NHL-AHL affiliations of
The 2020 NHL All-Star rosters have been announced, and Anaheim Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg has been named to the Pacific Division roster. He’s joined by Darcy Kuemper, Matthew Tkachuk, Mark Giordano, Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Anze Kopitar, Logan Couture, Elias Pettersson, and Marc-Andre Fleury. Congratulations to Jakob Silfverberg for being named an All-Star for the
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, there are appears to be more unrest in Buffalo where another player is looking for a change of scenery, there is good news out of the Team Canada World Junior team and there is buzz around the Edmonton Oilers on a few fronts. Finally, are teams ready to sign some
DALLAS—Welcome to a Texas-sized NHL Winter Classic. The annual showcase is going to be one big outdoor game when the Dallas Stars host the Nashville Predators at the historic Cotton Bowl Stadium on Wednesday — even without “Big Tex” booming out the customary “Howdy, folks!” that visitors to the State Fair of Texas hear each
By the time she was eight-and-a-half years old, Diane Bibaud knew what she wanted to do when she grew up: play the organ at Montreal Canadiens games. So back in 1985, when she heard the organist at the old Forum wasn’t working out, she knocked on the office door of Serge Savard, the team’s general manager
Is there a turnaround in store for Matt Murray? Rob Rossi of The Athletic: A welcome sight for Pittsburgh Penguin fans but not necessarily Jim Rutherford, would be a Murray second-half rebound. Murray said he “felt good” was not an indication of contentment as much as some progress. It has been a rough year for