7:20 AM ET The National Hockey League needs to cancel its remaining regular-season games. It brings me no pleasure to put this out there. We all want to see this season to its equitable completion; if there is a postseason, to have the previous five-and-a-half months boiled down to the points percentage variance between teams,
Month: March 2020
The Colorado Avalanche have signed forward T.J. Tynan to a one-year contract extension through the 2020-21 campaign. Tynan is tied for second in the AHL with 42 assists and leads the Colorado Eagles with 47 points in 42 AHL games this season. He also represented Colorado in the 2020 AHL All-Star Classic, his third career
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, there is speculation that a couple of Calgary Flames forwards may have dodged a bullet when it comes to trades because of the NHL stoppage, the Toronto Maple Leafs and forward Kyle Clifford are interested in an extension and what will the Washington Capitals do with a three specific pending
The company that manufactures the goalie skates of Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen is working on a visor that offers greater protection for those on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19. Bauer Hockey’s innovation centre in Blainville, Que., expects to begin production Monday on the visors, which the company says will offer greater
The NHL’s chief medical officer said Wednesday he expects the coronavirus pandemic to get worse before it gets better in North America and differences across 31 markets are likely to affect when players might get back on the ice. Dr. Winne Meeuwisse said it is difficult to predict when cases of COVID-19 might peak or
John Tortorella: confident, short-tempered, witty, in-your-face, passionate, and intense. These are just some of the adjectives used to describe the current head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets, in the midst of his fifth season with the team. Throughout the course of his coaching career, the 61-year-old, Boston, Massachusetts native has seen it all both
7:40 AM ET Like the rest of us, Columbus Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno is adjusting to his new reality of staying at home, as the NHL season is on pause. The 32-year-old Foligno and his wife, Janelle, have three kids, ages 6, 4 and 2. “I’m getting a nice dose of what my wife
Dennis Bonvie played 92 NHL games and has three Stanley Cup rings. Chew on that for a minute. The all-time pro ruffian with 4,804 PIMS in 871 American Hockey League games and those 92 in six different NHL places including 14 games with Edmonton Oilers has those three Cup baubles as a six-year pro scout
For the Tampa Bay Lightning, the 2019-20 season was supposed to be one of redemption. After years of postseason meltdowns, Tampa Bay needed to win a Stanley Cup with their stacked roster that was considered one of the best in the NHL. As the playoffs approached, things were looking good, with everything in place to
RALEIGH, N.C.—Carolina Hurricanes full-time employees were informed Wednesday they will no longer be paid after this week because of the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Don Waddell, president and general manager of the Hurricanes, instructed all noncontracted full-time employees to immediately use their accrued vacation time and personal time off (PTO). Employees without available
Alexis Lafreniere could never have envisioned ending his prolific junior hockey career in such an anticlimactic setting. There was no final buzzer, and the NHL’s projected top draft prospect was nowhere near an ice rink Wednesday. Lafreniere was instead sitting at home in suburban Montreal as he opened a conference call with reporters by thanking
When the New York Rangers traded Derick Brassard to the Ottawa Senators for Mika Zibanajad on July 18, 2016, the questionable move was deemed an early success when the Senators reached the Eastern Conference Final in 2017. After the Sens lost that series in seven games to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the team went into a
7:30 AM ET There’s a nostalgic grin that crosses the faces of NHL players when you ask about their first linemates. It’s like they’re opening up a pack of old hockey cards or thumbing through their high school yearbook. These are the teammates who were in the proverbial delivery room when they were born into
With the hockey world on pause, NHL general managers have additional time to evaluate their American Hockey League prospects. The top developmental league in hockey has another strong crop of young talent developing. NHL.com will evaluate some of them as part of a series that breaks down each of the four divisions in the AHL.
With only two jerseys retired in the history of the revived Ottawa Senators, there could stand to be some new additions. It could take some time, though. Defenseman Chris Phillips’ No. 4 jersey just got retired alongside long-time captain Daniel Alfredsson’s (No. 11). Admittedly few others come close to matching their contributions to the team,
Drafted in the second round (43rd overall) of the 2019 NHL Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks was a dream come true for Illinois-native Alex Vlasic. The 18-year-old defenseman had just finished two seasons with the United States National Team Development Program where he put up 28 points (6g-22a) from the blueline. He’s projected to be
MONTREAL—The Montreal Canadiens are reducing their workforce during the COVID-19 crisis. Groupe CH, which also owns the American Hockey League’s Laval Rocket, says it will proceed with a temporary reduction in personnel, impacting 60 per cent of the organization’s employees. The reduction will start Monday. Groupe CH says it has established a $6-millon assistance fund
The video starts with Morgan Rielly standing at a sink before the Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman proceeds to demonstrate the correct way to wash your hands. Another clip shows teammate Zach Hyman inviting fans to play games against him online. Vancouver Canucks centre Elias Pettersson went for levity with a carefully edited golf video, while
- « Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- …
- 20
- Next Page »