SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sam Bennett scored his second hat trick this season and added an assist to lead the Florida Panthers over the Dallas Stars 7-1 on Friday night. All-Star forward Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and three assists to give him 51 points. Gustav Forsling scored his first of the season, Anthony Duclair
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Eric Staal has fond memories of battling it out with younger brothers Marc, Jordan and Jared on the backyard rink built with love by their dad Henry on the family sod farm near Thunder Bay, Ont. So for most of the past four months, with no job in the hockey world, the 37-year-old Staal spent
The Anaheim Ducks entered the offseason on the tail end of their rebuild, but with how unexpectedly explosive they’ve been to this point in the 2021-22 season, it’s safe to say that the rebuild might be on its last legs. It’s good news for Ducks fans, who haven’t had much to cheer for since the
Drafting in the NHL is anything but easy. Identifying raw tools and ability and theorizing how it may translate to the NHL level is one thing; actually seeing how these tools and abilities translate when the game is quicker and more grueling is a whole other thing, though. One of the most difficult parts of
9:00 AM ET It was a pleasant but unremarkable summer night. Troy Terry was hanging with some of his college teammates. His phone rang. It was Jim Johannson from USA Hockey, and the night was about to become a bit more remarkable: The 19-year-old NCAA player was told he was under consideration for the 2018
EDMONTON — This time feels different — for a lot of reasons. Stuart Skinner isn’t stepping into the Edmonton Oilers net on Saturday night as the local kid who is getting an NHL shot with his childhood team, the way he did a year ago in that sloppy, 8-5 Canadian Division win over the Ottawa
MONTREAL – The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has pushed bask its return to play to Feb. 1 due to ongoing challenges around the COVID-19 pandemic. The league had originally planned to restart on Monday. The QMJHL said in a statement that the change to the restart was made because there is no clear timeline
Aisha Visram is believed to have become the first woman to work on the bench of an NHL regular-season game in any capacity when she served as athletic trainer for the Los Angeles Kings in their 6-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night. According to the Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers Society and Society
If the Winnipeg Jets want to be successful through their next stretch of games, they’ll need their youngsters and depth players to step up. COVID Outbreak Sidelines Regulars The Jets are currently dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak as the ultra-contagious Omicron variant sweeps through North America. Nikolaj Ehlers went into protocol Monday, and a number
When life is uncertain, we try to cherish every opportunity. That’s the approach the Windsor Spitfires are taking into 2022 as the COVID-19 pandemic is still doing a number on the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). As games continue to be postponed and rescheduled, the club is doing everything they can to earn the points when
10:00 AM ET For a hockey player, representing your country in a Winter Olympic tournament is an unparalleled honor. “To be known as an Olympian is a big-time thing for everybody,” said John Vanbiesbrouck, the general manager of the U.S. men’s Olympic team. “That’s why the NHL players wanted to go in the first place.”
📝 by Patrick Williams Utica Comets head coach Kevin Dineen has seen enough in his nearly 40 years of pro hockey to have anticipated that his team would face turbulence at some point. The Comets, who set an American Hockey League record with 13 consecutive wins to open this season, have suffered back-to-back regulation losses
CALGARY – Nick Paul scored twice in the first period and Matt Murray made 27 saves for his first win of the season as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Thursday. The Senators were playing their first game since New Year’s Day and just their second in 26 days, but they didn’t
Philipp Kurashev scored 2:24 into overtime and Chicago beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 Thursday night. Montreal, a defending Stanley Cup finalist, has dropped five straight and is 1-9-3 in its past 13 games. The Canadiens are 7-24-5 overall and fell behind Arizona for the worst record in hockey when the Coyotes beat Toronto on Wednesday. Dominik Kubalik
The St. Louis Blues have a plethora of players who are playing their best hockey this season, and some who aren’t. But I’m going to focus on the players who are having career-best years for them, taking a small page out of our Colorado Avalanche team here at The Hockey Writers. They’ve needed a rare
When the Nicklas Lidstrom news about returning home broke Tuesday morning, the Detroit Red Wings were amidst the finishing up of a west coast trip. While taking on the Los Angeles Kings (L 4-0), Anaheim Ducks (SOL 4-3) and San Jose Sharks (OTL 3-2), the Red Wings finished 0-1-2 on the trip. That brings their
7:05 PM ET ESPN staff The rosters for the 2022 NHL All-Star Game were announced Thursday, captained by Auston Matthews (Atlantic), Alex Ovechkin (Metropolitan), Nathan MacKinnon (Central) and Connor McDavid (Pacific). There’s no shortage of star power — on the 10-man rosters and the “last man in” voting group for each division — but a
Jan 13, 2022 By Suzie Cool After 35 games in the American Hockey League over the span of two seasons, it finally happened for Rochester Americans rookie forward Jack Quinn. On Tuesday night as the Buffalo Sabres took on the Tampa Bay Lightning at the KeyBank Center, Quinn became the 101st AHL player to make