10:50 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Andrea Skinner has resigned as interim chair of Hockey Canada’s board of directors. Skinner joined the board of directors in November 2020 as a volunteer, and assumed the role of chair in August after the resignation of former chair Michael Brind’Amour. Hockey Canada has been under intense scrutiny
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The NHL experienced an injection of offence last season. Led by the exploits of stars like Auston Matthews, Connor McDavid and Roman Josi, teams across the league averaged 3.14 goals per game — the most since 1995-96 when Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr combined for a ridiculous 310 points with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Those types
The Calgary Flames have signed head coach Darryl Sutter to a multi-year contract extension, the team announced Saturday. Sutter, the reigning Jack Adams Award winner, led the team to a 50-21-11 season and a Pacific Division title last year. The Flames fell in the second round of the post-season. The 64-year-old has a 65-36-11 overall
Welcome to the very first installment of “Jets Weekly.” This author will cover the past week in Winnipeg Jets news every Saturday during the regular season and break down storylines involving the Jets organization. The Winnipeg Jets have wrapped up their preseason with a solid record of 4-1-1. While learning new head coach Rick Bowness’
The St. Louis Blues will begin their season with a relatively favorable schedule in the month of October. They’ll play multiple divisional opponents and a couple of teams expected to compete for the best odds in the 2023 Draft lottery. Either way, this schedule is not all that difficult and should allow for the Blues
Welcome to our daily rumours article brought to you by NHL Lines site Betway Salary cap issues continue for the Edmonton Oilers Mark Spector of Sportsnet: The Edmonton Oilers are working with $165 in projected salary cap space. Will Mattias Janmark‘s $1.25 million get through waivers? If Janmark gets claimed, the Oilers will likely have
The Montreal Canadiens have claimed defenseman Johnathan Kovacevic off waivers from the Winnipeg Jets. Kovacevic made his NHL debut with the Jets in 2021-22, appearing in four games. He posted career highs with 11 goals, 19 assists, 30 points and a plus-23 rating in 62 AHL games with the Manitoba Moose. A fourth-year pro out
8:00 AM ET ESPN staff Opening night of the 2022-23 NHL season is on Oct. 11, with a doubleheader slated to be broadcast by ESPN: Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers at 7:30 ET, followed by Vegas Golden Knights at Los Angeles Kings at 10 ET. Although we’ve learned a lot about all 32
VANCOUVER – The learning curve continues for Andrei Kuzmenko. Kuzmenko scored a goal and collected an assist as the Vancouver Canucks finished their NHL pre-season with a 4-0 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Friday. In four exhibition games Kuzmenko has scored three goals and added three assists, showing why the Canucks signed the 26-year-old
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. Today is the first day of the NHL’s regular season. Snuck up on you, eh? But when the San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators dropped the puck on the first
With only one preseason game remaining for the St. Louis Blues, several players have stood out in exhibition play. The Blues have brought a veteran-heavy lineup to the year with little room available on the roster. However, three players have stood out as some of the best players on the roster and caught the eye
Calgary Flames head coach Darryl Sutter has not only done a great job in showing confidence in his new and current players, but also throwing shade and taking shots at the stars that chose to leave this offseason. First, it was the comparison between Matthew Tkachuk and Tyler Toffoli who is expected to take over
7:00 AM ET When the Colorado Avalanche hoisted the Stanley Cup for the first time since 2001, it signaled the end of an NHL season that was a return to normalcy but still notably impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. After a truncated 2020-21 season with intra-divisional play, the NHL’s 32 teams — including the debuting
The provincial hockey associations of New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador are highlighting their efforts to address sexual violence amid criticism the national governing body mishandled alleged sexual assaults. But Hockey New Brunswick and Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador stopped short of cutting ties with Hockey Canada, as other provincial associations have recently done. Hockey New
Defenseman MacKenzie Weegar signed an eight-year, $50 million US contract with the Calgary Flames on Friday. Weegar, 28, is due to earn $4.75 million in 2022-23, the final season of a three-year deal he signed with Florida in 2020. His contract extension will begin for the 2023-24 campaign. He set career highs across the board
The role of an NHL goaltender is one of the most complicated in all of sports. While hockey is a team game, ultimately the success or failure of a franchise can be dictated by goaltending. A great goaltender can steal games that a team has no right winning, while a bad game or two can
The Chicago Blackhawks were never set up for success entering the 2022-23 season, and their preseason results have reflected it so far. However, one silver lining was their prospect pipeline, especially Lukas Reichel. That said, on Tuesday, the Blackhawks sent Reichel to the American Hockey League’s (AHL) Rockford IceHogs, meaning he will not start the
Welcome to our daily rumours article brought to you by NHL Lines site Betway A pivotal season for the Winnipeg Jets Dan Rosen of NHL.com: (mailbag) If the Winnipeg Jets don’t make the playoffs, or lose in the first round, changes could be coming next offseason. Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele and Connor Hellebuyck will be