The Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association enters its second season with plans to regionalize its structure by basing players in five hub cities — including Toronto — while also continuing its Dream Gap Tour series of barnstorming stops across North America. Groups of 25 players will practice in rinks in the GTA, Montreal, Calgary, New
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The Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association enters its second season with plans to regionalize its structure by basing players in five hub cities, while also continuing its Dream Gap Tour series of barnstorming stops across North America. Groups of 25 players will practice in rinks in New Hampshire, Minnesota, Toronto, Montreal and Calgary, where they
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Teammates Sam Anas and Gerry Mayhew of the Iowa Wild have won the American Hockey League’s two prestigious offensive awards for the 2019-20 season. Anas has won the John B. Sollenberger Trophy as the leading point-getter in the AHL, while Mayhew has captured the Willie Marshall Award as the AHL’s leading goal
With the AHL cancelling the remainder of the season and the Calder Cup Playoffs owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Manitoba Moose’s up-and-down 20th-anniversary campaign is over. They’ll finish with a 27-33-1-0 record and eighth in the Central Division with a .451 points percentage. With the season officially kiboshed, now’s the time to take a
8:50 AM ET With the 2019-20 NHL season on pause due to the coronavirus pandemic (here’s the latest update on where things stand), we’ve started the NHL Viewers Club, highlighting some of the most rewatchable games from this season — such as when EBUG David Ayres beat the Maple Leafs — along with some cool
With the NHL season still on hold and the month of May flying by, it’s time to look ahead to the draft and who the Anaheim Ducks might select. When the season was paused, the Ducks had the fifth-best odds for a top-three pick, or to earn the first-overall pick. However, there are variables that
MONTREAL—There are two black hockey bags sitting in the office of Mike Baumgartner’s home, and he wonders if they will be used again. Minor hockey associations across Canada have had to cut their seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and many of them are trying to determine when they will resume and how to make
The fans figured their beloved Vancouver Canucks deserved it. The team had battled through three playoff series for a spot in the Stanley Cup final for the first time in franchise history. But they had already lost two games to the New York Islanders. But as the CBC’s Tom Alderman learned, they weren’t losing faith when the
These past few weeks weren’t how David Andrews envisioned winding down his 26th and final season at the helm of the American Hockey League as president and CEO. Especially having to announce on Monday that the Calder Cup would not be awarded for the first time in the 83-year history of the league. The AHL
Before Doug Armstrong became the general manager of the St. Louis Blues, the club had some struggles in the 2000s decade that allowed them to have some premium picks at the top of multiple drafts. The early 2000s saw the Blues have some quality regular seasons that led to late first-round picks, similar to the
7:00 AM ET The American Hockey League canceled the remainder of its 2019-20 season on Monday — including the Calder Cup Playoffs — due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Like the NHL, the 31-team minor league had paused its season on March 12. AHL president and CEO David Andrews said that the league is “looking
This date has provided plenty of big postseason moments throughout the history of the National Hockey League. In addition, two Hall of Famers and all-time greats are celebrating birthdays today. Beat Me in St. Louis The St. Louis Blues pulled off one of the biggest comebacks in Stanley Cup playoffs history on May 12, 1986,
There are two black hockey bags sitting in the office of Mike Baumgartner’s home, and he wonders if they will be used again. Minor hockey associations across Canada have had to cut their seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and many of them are trying to determine when they will resume and how to make
Coming into the 2019-20 season, the Nashville Predators had arguably the most dynamic goaltender tandem in the NHL. Pekka Rinne, 37 years old, was solidified as their starter and one of the top goalies in the league, while talented backup Juuse Saros, 25 years old, was just on the horizon as Rinne’s replacement. It looked
9:19 AM ET The NHWL announced last month it was expanding to Toronto next season, but the league really shook feathers in the women’s hockey world when it announced that Digit Murphy would be the president of the unnamed franchise. Murphy, the longtime coach at Brown University, has also founded a women’s lacrosse league and
With the unfortunate pause of the 2019-20 season, no one knows if the 2020 NHL Draft will be held before or after there’s a decision on the remainder of the season. As it stands, the Vegas Golden Knights are in eighth place in the league, meaning they would pick 24th. The draft is supposed to
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and Chief Executive Officer David Andrews announced today that the league’s Board of Governors has voted to cancel the remainder of the 2019-20 AHL regular season and the 2020 Calder Cup Playoffs due to the ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis: “After a lengthy review process, the American Hockey
The Minnesota Wild have two first-round drafts pick in the upcoming 2020 NHL Draft, 11th and 25th overall. This is a phenomenal opportunity for the team to secure top talent for their relatively weak prospect pool. General manager Bill Guerin has his hands full with his team in a bit of a predicament. Offensively, the