MONTREAL — It was a National Hockey League-quality play, executed at full speed and with great determination. Jake Evans stabbed at Damon Severson’s pass, stole the puck inside the Canadiens’ blue line, outraced Severson and nine-year NHL veteran Kyle Palmieri down the ice and uncorked a half-swinging snapshot that landed in the top-right corner of
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By The Canadian Press September 12th, 2019 BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres defenceman Rasmus Ristolainen says he’s happy to report for the start of training camp despite off-season suggestions he’d prefer a change of scenery. What Ristolainen declined to say Thursday was whether he’d still be happy being in Buffalo in March following the NHL’s
Welcome to part three of our preseason Erie Otters Q & A series. In case you missed our first two entries, you can read our chat with head coach Chris Hartsburg here and draft eligible Hayden Fowler here. It’s been a long two years in Erie since they won the OHL championship. Roster turnover coupled
PHILADELPHIA—Right winger Travis Konecny got what he wanted Monday. The restricted free agent was seeking a long-term deal, and he signed a six-year pact with the Flyers that totals $33 million U.S., an annual $5.5-million cap hit. General manager Chuck Fletcher, who originally was seeking a shorter term, praised the London, Ont., native for his
Jason Spezza remembers what it was like being a young star in the NHL — the demands, the pressure, the expectations. The impact that veteran leaders had on his early career remain equally fresh in his 36-year-old mind. It wasn’t so much what they did, but how they did it. That’s part of the package
Will the Jets explore blue line options? Pierre LeBrun: Depending on how the Dustin Byfuglien situation plays out, wonders if the Jets will inquire about Carolina Hurricanes Justin Faulk and Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Ristolainen. Both are available and are top-four defensemen. The Jets may be on Faulk’s approved trade list. Shawn Simpson: The Jets blue
10:30 AM ET Alright, you’re sitting in your lobby, you see the clock counting down, you hear the classic SportsCenter chime that tells you you’re on the clock now. But who do you take? With the first overall pick, do you take reigning Hart Trophy winner Nikita Kucherov, or scoring machine Connor McDavid? How early
ERIC Comrie’s short-term fate was sealed in late May when the Winnipeg Jets negotiated a deal to retain the services of backup goaltender Laurent Brossoit for the 2019-20 NHL season. Comrie’s training camp is a preamble to a fifth-straight season tending the crease of the Manitoba Moose, an injury to either No.1 goalie Connor Hellebuyck
The Golden Knights Prospect Report will be a monthly article to give Vegas Golden Knights fans a peek into who will be wearing the black and gold in the future. I will have a top 10 list of players and discuss how they performed in the previous month, along with prospects who are trending up
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Tristan Scherwey scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period to lift the Ottawa Senators to a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the pre-season opener for both teams. Scoring Details Scherwey, a training-camp invitee who has spent the last 10 seasons playing for SC Bern in Switzerland, jumped on
Natalie Spooner and Amanda Kessel have taken their hockey rivalry to the world of sequins and salchows. The two women normally do battle as members of the Canadian and U.S. women’s hockey teams, respectively. But they’ve temporarily traded hockey skates for figure skates as participants in this season’s “Battle of the Blades” on CBC. The
Tristan Scherwey scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period to lift the Ottawa Senators to a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday in the pre-season opener for both teams. Scherwey, a training-camp invitee who has spent the last 10 seasons playing for SC Bern in Switzerland, jumped on a loose
Bergevin on a Hurricanes offer sheet one day Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic: Montreal Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin when asked about the Carolina Hurricanes trying to offer sheet one of their restricted free agents one day. “(Also smiling) I’ll deal with that if it does happen. I’m not worried about that. Like I said, it’s
10:41 AM ET The happiest person on Monday, after the NHL Players’ Association announced it wasn’t reopening the current collective bargaining agreement, wasn’t a fan or a player or an owner or a writer, although we all experienced varying degrees of elation at the previously foreign concept of labor peace in the NHL. No, the
As Nicolas Roy traveled across the country to join the Golden Knights’ organization, the team prepared to make him feel right at home during training camp. The 22-year-old prospect was placed to veteran Jonathan Marchessault’s left in the locker room and to the right on the ice, so the elder Quebec native could help the
VICTORIA — Austin Czarnik scored two goals to lead the Calgary Flames to a 4-3 win Monday over the Vancouver Canucks in a preseason game. The two teams also met in Calgary Monday, where the Canucks beat the Flames 3-2 on an overtime goal by Jake Virtanen. The Flames and Canucks iced split squads in Victoria and Calgary
RENOUS, N.B. — A tiny New Brunswick community, known mainly for its federal maximum-security prison, has been transformed into Hockeyville in celebration of the game — and in memory of a young player who died too soon. With a population of less than 750 people, Renous didn’t even have a “Welcome” sign along the highway until recently. Motorists driving through
For long-time hockey fans who’ve been scarred by the memory of even one of NHL commissioner Gary Bettman’s career trifecta of lockouts, Monday brought a bit of news that, to some eyes, should have been filed under “unexpected.” The NHLPA announced it was declining its option to reopen the current collective bargaining agreement, only days