Edmonton Oilers chairman Bob Nicholson remembers Colby Cave as a tireless worker on the ice and in the community. Nicholson hopes to see the popular forward’s impact carried on through the Colby Cave Memorial Fund, announced Tuesday by the Oilers and the Cave family. Cave, a native of Battleford, Sask., died Saturday at a Toronto hospital.
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In today’s NHL rumor rundown, there are questions about who the Anaheim Ducks might trade away this offseason, are the Calgary Flames looking at moving Johnny Gaudreau, what are the Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings and other Western Conference teams doing, and is Mikko Koivu ready to walk away from the Minnesota Wild? Ducks To
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The Nashville Predators have signed defenseman Alexandre Carrier to a three-year contract through the 2022-23 season. Carrier has tallied five goals and 32 assists for 37 points in 55 games with the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals in 2019-20, along with a career-best plus-15 rating. He is tied for fifth among AHL defensemen in assists and tied
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MOSCOW—Bill Peters made a return to professional hockey on Wednesday when he was appointed coach of Russian hockey club Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Peters resigned as coach of the Calgary Flames last year following allegations he previously used racial slurs and struck players. “I think as time goes on we all grow and improve and become better
Bill Peters made a return to professional hockey on Wednesday when he was appointed coach of Russian hockey club Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Peters resigned as coach of the Calgary Flames last year following allegations he previously used racial slurs and struck players. “I think as time goes on we all grow and improve and become better
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The Cave family and the Edmonton Oilers announced today the creation of the Colby Cave Memorial Fund to help carry on the memory and legacy of Edmonton Oilers and Bakersfield Condors forward Colby Cave, who suddenly and tragically passed away on April 11, 2020. Proceeds from the fund will go toward community programs with an
As we wait for hockey to return, front offices, coaching staff, and fans alike have plenty of free time to look ahead and plan for the future. For the coaching staff, the job remains to prep for any possible end of season/playoff scenario that might arise. Front offices have more time to look forward to
The U.S.-based National Women’s Hockey League is in the process of establishing an expansion franchise in the Toronto area, a person with direct knowledge of the plans told The Associated Press. The team will be headed by Margaret “Digit” Murphy, and the former Brown University coach already has begun building a roster of players, the
Mitch Marner is usually bouncing off the walls. Whether it’s between practice drills, during warmups before a game or in the locker room, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ star winger is more often than not a ball of unbridled, happy-go-lucky energy. That makes the NHL’s shutdown and this unprecedented era of self-isolation and physical distancing amid
Having already re-signed three players from last season’s team the Metropolitan Riveters continued reassembling their roster for the upcoming season on April 14 when they revealed that three additional players will be returning for the NWHL’s sixth season. The Metropolitan Riveters huddle up before a game. (Photo Credit: Bryan Johnson Photography) The team announced that
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Apr 13, 2020 Over the past few weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has put everyone on different paths, some more hectic than others. For fourth-year goaltender Kevin Boyle, the transition has meant packing up his family’s belongings from Southern California and moving across the country to New Hampshire. “We were waiting there in San Diego for
Some of the greatest players to ever play in the National Hockey League had big moments on April 14. A pair of legends hoisted the Stanley Cup for the final time in their careers. The longest winning streak and winningest season in league history both ended on this date, as well. Two Legends Win Their
Edmonton Oilers chairman Bob Nicholson remembers Colby Cave as a tireless worker on the ice and in the community. Nicholson hopes to see the popular forward’s impact carried on through the “Colby Cave Memorial Fund,” announced Tuesday by the Oilers and the Cave family. Cave, a native of Battleford, Sask., died Saturday at a Toronto