SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the San Diego Gulls and San Jose Barracuda, the following games have been postponed: Wed., Dec. 29 – Stockton at San Jose (AHL Game #422) Fri., Dec. 31 – San Diego at Tucson (AHL Game #435) Sun., Jan. 2
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The National Hockey League says it will be rescheduling nine upcoming games involving Canadian teams due to COVID-19 attendance restrictions in certain Canadian cities. The league says four home games featuring the Montreal Canadiens — Jan. 4 vs. Washington, Jan. 6 vs. Toronto, Jan. 8 vs. Buffalo and Jan. 10 vs. Winnipeg — will be
The defending champion United States forfeited Tuesday’s game against Switzerland at the world junior men’s hockey championship because two players tested positive for COVID-19. The American team was placed in a mandated quarantine. The game was scheduled to be played Tuesday afternoon in Red Deer, Alta., which is co-hosting the 2022 men’s under-20 tournament with Edmonton.
The Nashville Predators managed to get red-hot right before COVID-19’s assault on the NHL took its toll, forcing the league to postpone games until after Christmas. The Predators now enter their holiday break on a seven-game winning streak and an 8-2-0 record in their last 10, propelling them into second place in the Central Division. With aspirations
As the league gets set to return from its holiday pause, the Chicago Blackhawks have been forced to extend theirs. With the club’s first two games coming out of the break now officially postponed, the Blackhawks will have to wait until at least the weekend for their next scheduled match-up. RELATED: Blackhawks News & Rumours:
11:46 PM ET ESPN News Services EDMONTON, Alberta — Ville Koivunen scored twice as Finland routed Austria 7-1 on Monday at the world junior hockey championship. Brad Lambert had a goal and two assists for Finland (2-0), while Kalle Vaisanen, Samuel Helenius, Kasper Simontaival, and Topi Niemela also scored. Goalie Juha Jatkola made eight saves.
📝 by Patrick Williams Mid-December turned out to be a hectic time for some American Hockey League coaches. In Milwaukee, Admirals head coach Karl Taylor and assistant coach Scott Ford earned a promotion to the parent Nashville Predators after COVID-19 protocols roiled that National Hockey League club. On the other side of Lake Michigan, Grand
BRANDON, Man. – Chad Nychuk scored his second goal of the game 4:35 into overtime as the Brandon Wheat Kings edged the Winnipeg Ice 5-4 in Western Hockey League action Monday. Nychuck also had an assist to give him a three-point night. Nate Danielson and Vincent Iorio each had a goal and an assist and
For the second week in a row, the Minnesota Wild played just one game – another loss. The Wild’s schedule had six games planned in the last two weeks, but they played only half of those. This time last week, the NHL was about to announce they would pause the season to have it resume
Another holiday season has come and gone, and 2021 is coming to a close. Unfortunately, the end of the year has seen some uncertainty arise in the hockey world as the 2021-22 NHL season was put on pause for a week, bringing back memories of March 2020, the last time the regular season was paused.
7:30 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — A lawsuit filed against the Chicago Blackhawks by a former Michigan high school student who said he was sexually assaulted by ex-assistant coach Brad Aldrich has been dismissed, an attorney said Monday. Susan Loggans, who represents the former student, told The Associated Press that an order in the
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the Abbotsford Canucks, Charlotte Checkers, Cleveland Monsters, San Diego Gulls and Texas Stars, the following games have been postponed: Wed., Dec. 29 – Cleveland at Lehigh Valley (AHL Game #419) Wed., Dec. 29 – Henderson at San Diego (AHL
EDMONTON—Dylan Garand or Brett Brochu? Or for that matter, Sebastian Cossa? At this point, there is no clear No. 1 goalie for Canada’s entry at the world junior hockey championship. But there is a plan to find one. It’s called playing the games, and seeing what happens. “We’re going to use our depth, like every
With the NHL currently sitting in the middle of a mandatory COVID-19 break, it feels like a good time to reflect. The Dallas Stars made some big changes this summer, bringing in some new faces while losing some familiar ones. Let’s see how those recently departed players have faired since leaving Big D. Andrew Cogliano
The Edmonton Oilers are not working with a lot of cap space this season. There are typically bad contracts and players not playing to their worth on every team each season. That is no different for the Oilers. If the Oilers are going to upgrade at any position before the trade deadline, they will need
7:00 AM ET Kevin Sousa/NHLI via Getty Images Every NHL team has one — the player it can’t win without. With the league on pause until at least Tuesday, we’ve combed through each roster to find the player having the biggest impact. Sometimes it was easy to spot that player, in other instances, a closer
📝 by Patrick Williams The chatter started to pick up among the Milwaukee Admirals. Milwaukee’s bus rumbled east toward home in the early-morning hours of Dec. 15 after the Admirals had defeated the Iowa Wild, 6-3. That win, Milwaukee’s third in a row against the rival Wild, had given the resurgent Admirals their fifth consecutive
EDMONTON One of the endearing features of the world junior hockey championship is that it can be a coming-out party for the next generation of hockey stars. And if Sunday’s opener was any indication, the Buffalo Sabres have something special in 6-foot-6 defenceman Owen Power. The Mississauga native and product of the University of Michigan