by Jared Shafran | AHL On The Beat One of the keys to a run of hot play during the month of November for the Ontario Reign, which saw the team go 6-3-1-1 and earn points in eight straight games from Nov. 8-25, is the team’s fourth line, which has been a big help at
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The Minnesota Wild fired coach Dean Evason and replaced him with John Hynes on Monday after losing seven straight games and 14 of their first 19 to start to the NHL season. General manager Bill Guerin announced the moves, including the firing of assistant Bob Woods. Hynes, the former New Jersey and Nashville coach, will
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman broke the news at the 2023 Winter Classic in Boston that the Vegas Golden Knights and the Seattle Kraken would be participating in the 2024 Winter Classic at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, home of the MLB’s Seattle Mariners. Now that we are just weeks away from one of the biggest events
With a 5-4 shootout victory over the Vegas Golden Knights at Rogers Place on Tuesday (Nov. 28), the Edmonton Oilers have completed the first quarter of their 2023-24 NHL schedule. Head Coach Kris Knoblauch and the Edmonton Oilers (Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images) Edmonton has played 21 games, leaving 61 more to come,
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNNov 30, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Before the puck was dropped for the 2023-24 NHL season, we made bold predictions for all 32 NHL teams. They ranged from Stanley Cup Playoff prognostications to breakout seasons to signings to firings. Many of those
The Toronto Marlies have announced that Rich Clune will join the club’s coaching staff for the remainder of the 2023-24 season as an assistant coach. He joins head coach John Gruden and assistant coach Michael Dyck as assistant Eric Wellwood remains on medical leave from the club. The former Marlies captain has served on the
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. From changes to the All-Star Game to future Hall of Famer Patrick Kane signing with Detroit to whatever the hell happened with Corey Perry in Chicago, it’s been a newsy week in the NHL. And,
The Vancouver Canucks moved to 15-7-1 with a 3-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday, Nov. 28. Looking for a bounce-back performance after their loss to the San Jose Sharks on Saturday, Nov. 25, the Canucks were able to squeak out a victory despite playing lacklustre hockey for a majority of the game. Here
Few players in the NHL take losing more seriously than the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov. The winger is constantly trying to improve his game to ensure he is doing the absolute most he can to help his team. That was true in 2015 when the Lightning fell to the Chicago Blackhawks in the Stanley
Nov 29, 2023, 10:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Philadelphia Flyers had a special guest read out their lineup Tuesday night. Nine-year-old Owen Micciche, who has been living with a pediatric brain tumor diagnosis since he was 6 months old, signed with the Flyers on a one-day contract. The team honored him on “Hockey
Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Hockey Fights Cancer is more than a work initiative for the American Hockey League head office. It’s personal, and it has been for the past 25 years. Cancer doesn’t quit, but neither does the hockey world. The NHL and the NHLPA formed Hockey Fights Cancer as a joint initiative in
Chicago’s NHL team is cutting ties with Corey Perry. The franchise is still answering questions about the culture of the organization. The team says Perry engaged in unacceptable conduct, and they are moving toward terminating his contract in the latest twist involving the veteran winger who was sent home last week without explanation. The team said
Given the amount of turnover the San Jose Sharks had during the 2023 offseason, it’s difficult to find many trends across the team’s 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. But in the first quarter or so of this campaign, one small pattern has emerged. The Sharks are 0-2 in shootouts thus far, continuing an area of struggle
Since he debuted at the end of last season, Devon Levi has been the center of attention for the Buffalo Sabres. The hype for him has been through the roof and fans are desperately hoping that he’ll be the solution to the woes the team has endured in goal since Ryan Miller’s departure nearly 10
Associated Press Nov 28, 2023, 11:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. PAUL, Minn. — Joel Eriksson Ek and Frederick Gaudreau scored in the first period and the Minnesota Wild ended a seven-game slide by beating the St. Louis Blues 3-1 on Tuesday. Matt Boldy added an insurance goal late and Filip Gustavsson made 23
by Nick Niedzielski | AHL On The Beat Perched near the top of a section of seats at every Charlotte Checkers home game you’ll find a group of off-ice officials, stationed in front of laptops and sheets of paper as they compile the statistics for the game on the ice. The two men leading that
Patrick Kane is joining the Detroit Red Wings for the rest of the season, choosing the championship-rich franchise over other suitors for the four-time all-star’s return to the NHL from hip surgery. He signed a contract Tuesday worth a prorated $2.75 million US, meaning he’ll make just over $2 million through mid-April. Kane, who turned
A pair of Hockey Hall of Famers scored their 600th goals on this date in National Hockey League history. There were also countless memories for both teams in New York City, and the hockey world mourned the passing of one of the all-time great head coaches. So, let’s hop aboard the THW time machine to