STATELINE, NEV.—Joe Pavelski is still missing a couple lower teeth. A couple others are damaged. The replacement process is still at least a few months out to repair the damage from using his mouth to score the San Jose Sharks’ first goal in the final playoff push of his 13-year tenure. “It’s just part of
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© Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports Williams could still return to the Hurricanes Cory Lavalette: Even with the Carolina Hurricanes signing Ryan Dzingel to a two-year deal, it doesn’t close the door on Justin Williams re-signing with the team. GM Don Waddell has said that they believe that Williams is leaning towards playing another season. Could
3:49 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The St. Louis Blues‘ Stanley Cup championship run had an ubiquitous soundtrack to it: Laura Branigan’s 1982 disco classic “Gloria,” which became their postgame victory song, while “Play Gloria!” became a rallying cry found on T-shirts, hats and other trinkets sold inside and outside the arena during the postseason. The
The Colorado Eagles have signed goaltender Hunter Miska to an AHL contract for the 2019-20 season. Miska, 24, was 10-8-4 in 25 appearances with the AHL’s Tucson Roadrunners in 2018-19, posting a 3.08 goals-against average and an .895 save percentage. Miska also made his NHL debut with the Arizona Coyotes last season, playing 18 minutes
report this ad The Minnesota Wild made a big splash in free agency when they added former New York Rangers and Dallas Stars forward Mats Zuccarello. The contract came in at five years, with an average annual value (AAV) of $6 million. Zuccarello now becomes the Wild’s second-highest paid forward, trailing only Zach Parise, but
report this ad I’m not sure how other Toronto Maple Leafs fans are engaging this off-season, but I’ve given up looking at the early-morning news to catch action about the Mitch Marner negotiations. I keep thinking about William Nylander’s recent comment that there’s “lots of time” left. Nylander might have nailed this one, hinting that
Once all 31 NHL teams passed on him for the second straight draft, Brett Leason felt he needed a job. Almost anything would suffice, as long as it gave him somewhere to be and something to do. He didn’t want to sleep in, play video games, skate, and then repeat. He still envisioned a future
© Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Eriksson buyout offered little savings as Benning tries to find someone to take entire cap hit Iain MacIntyre of Sportsnet: The almost 34-year old Loui Eriksson has already received $27 million over the first three years of the six-year, $36 million deal. He’s still an NHL player, but the third-fouth
12:54 PM ET The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Flyers president Paul Holmgren has stepped down to become a senior adviser for the franchise. General manager Chuck Fletcher becomes president of hockey operations in a related move. Fletcher reports directly to Comcast Spectacor Chairman and CEO Dave Scott. Holmgren has been a Flyers player, assistant
NEWARK, NJ – Behind every NHL coach, there is an AHL coach. And for New Jersey Devils head coach John Hynes, that counterpart is Mark Dennehy – head coach of the Binghamton Devils. Video: 1 ON 1 | Mark Dennehy Dennehy is about to enter his second season with Binghamton, although he has only been with
report this ad It has been a long time coming, but Sergei Zubov is on his way to the Hockey Hall of Fame. He is looked at as one of the best Russian defensemen to ever play the game. He had an amazing NHL career, spanning over 16 seasons. Throughout his career, he played for
By The Canadian Press July 11th, 2019 FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Stars have re-signed centre Jason Dickinson to a $3 million, two-year contract, bringing back an emerging leader after he established career highs in scoring and playing time. Dickinson was a solid playoff performer in his post-season debut as the Stars reached the second
When minor league hockey fans began receiving a flurry of push notifications from the American Hockey League app Wednesday, they may have been expecting off-season news about the Cleveland Monsters, Lehigh Valley Phantoms or Rockford IceHogs. Instead, for roughly 20 minutes, users were bombarded with bizarre alerts that demanded a $6,000 payment from a man
The Montreal Canadiens have signed Finnish forwards Joel Armia and Artturi Lehkonen to two-year contracts. Armia’s contract has an average annual value of $2.6 million US, while Lehkonen’s has an AAV of $2.4 million. Armia set new career highs for goals (13), power-play goals (two), and power-play points (six) in his first year with the Canadiens
© Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports Baertschi will be ready for camp Rick Dhaliwal: There has been some talk about Sven Baertschi’s health/concussions/playing future but his agent has said that he’ll be ready for training camp and is 100 percent. Eriksson is only owed $8 million over the final three seasons Patrick Johnston of the Vancouver
6:58 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks re-signed forwards Dylan Gambrell and Antti Suomela on Thursday. Gambrell agreed to a two-year deal, and Suomela to a one-year contract. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. The 22-year-old Gambrell has failed to record a point in 11 regular-season games with San Jose, three
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins announced today that they have signed forward Ben Sexton to an American Hockey League contract for the 2019-20 season. Sexton, 28, was acquired by Pittsburgh in a trade with Ottawa on Dec. 5, 2018, and registered seven goals and 12 assists for 19 points in 43 AHL games between Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Belleville
report this ad July 1s ushered in the start of a new hockey season as well as unleashed the NHL free agent frenzy. However, for the Colorado Avalanche, the new season brought an avalanche of changes to the roster. The new Avalanche are not the old Avalanche. Even though they fought to a gritty seventh