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Calgary Flames owners and the city aimed to dazzle with the unveiled design for the new Scotia Place arena. There’s a wavy red “cauldron” design on the building’s upper level, the narrative “fire” atop the silver-white “ice” at ground level. Gathering spaces and plazas sit at nearly every edge. There’s a third-level outdoor bar and

Calgarians got a first look Monday at drawings for the new event centre slated to replace the aging Scotiabank Saddledome.  The name of the new arena, Scotia Place, was inadvertently revealed just hours before the official announcement and groundbreaking at the building site in the community of Victoria Park. In a release, the city says

NHL champion Brandon Montour will bring the Stanley Cup to Six Nations of the Grand River next week. The First Nations community near Brantford, Ont., will host a celebration on July 24 at the Six Nations Sports and Culture Memorial Arena, featuring the former Florida Panthers defenceman and the trophy he helped win in June. 

Brett Sutter has retired after 17 seasons of professional hockey. The son of former NHL coach Darryl Sutter played in 1,090 games in the American Hockey League and another 60 in the NHL. Brett Sutter concluded his playing career with the Calgary Flames’ AHL affiliate, the Calgary Wranglers, and will join the team’s coaching staff

The Winnipeg Jets had a hand in making hockey history this weekend by welcoming the highest player born in China ever to be drafted to the NHL. Eighteen-year-old Kevin He was the overall 109th pick in the fourth round of the 2024 NHL draft in Las Vegas on Saturday. The Beijing-born player from Ontario becomes the second-ever

Two New Brunswickers were selected during the 2024 NHL draft in Las Vegas this weekend. Riverview’s Spencer Gill, who plays in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League for the Rimouski Océanic, was picked 59th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers. The defenceman scored 12 goals and 34 assists in 65 regular season games with the Oceanic this season. He also played for Team Canada in the

Despite losing to Florida in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final, the Edmonton Oilers didn’t miss a beat on the first day of free agency. The Oilers signed veteran forwards Viktor Arvidsson and Jeff Skinner, kept Cup final standout Mattias Janmark and gave forwards Corey Perry and Connor Brown one-year extensions among nearly a dozen

Warning: This story includes references to sexual assault. Four NHL players charged with sexual assault in an incident stemming back to their days as Canadian world junior champions have not been re-signed to their respective teams.  Dillon Dubé, formerly with the Calgary Flames, Michael McLeod and Cal Foote with the New Jersey Devils, and Carter Hart with the

The Winnipeg Jets have lost four players to the open market on the opening day of NHL free agency. Defenceman Brenden Dillon, goaltender Laurent Brossoit and forwards Tyler Toffoli and Sean Monahan — all unrestricted free agents — signed with other teams Monday. Dillon inked a three-year, $12-million US contract with the New Jersey Devils. The

The Atlantic Division got down to business ahead of NHL free agency. The Nashville Predators then made the biggest splash once the opening bell sounded as teams doled out more than US$1-billion in contracts Monday. The Tampa Bay Lightning signed prized winger Jake Guentzel to a seven-year, $63-million US deal — roughly three hours before

Warning: This story contains distressing details related to sexual assault. The NHL on Monday reinstated executives Stan Bowman and Al MacIsaac and coach Joel Quenneville, who had been banned from the league in 2021 for their roles in Chicago’s mishandling of a sexual assault scandal. The three are allowed to seek employment immediately but can’t sign contracts until July

Sergei Berezin, who played five of his seven NHL seasons with Toronto and was a reliable scorer for the Maple Leafs, has died at 52. The NHL Alumni Association announced Berezin’s death in a social media post Wednesday. A cause of death was not provided. Berezin, from Voskresensk, Russia, was selected by the Maple Leafs

The Edmonton Oilers have placed goaltender Jack Campbell on unconditional waivers for the purpose of a buyout. Campbell signed a five-year, $25-million US contract in July 2022 to be Edmonton’s No. 1 crease option. However, he never found traction with his new team after leaving the Toronto Maple Leafs. Campbell lost the starting job to

The Edmonton Oilers have a lot to do, and no general manager to help them do it. The Oilers confirmed Thursday that Ken Holland will not be returning as GM after his five-year contract ran out. Oilers chief executive officer of hockey operations Jeff Jackson says that had been the plan for the whole season,

Utah Hockey Club made a big splash on the second day of the NHL draft. And the Tampa Bay Lightning cleared a boatload of salary cap space in a matter of minutes. Utah acquired defenceman Mikhail Sergachev from the Tampa Bay Lightning for centre Conor Geekie, defenceman J.J. Moser, a second-round pick next year and

Macklin Celebrini insisted he had to suit up in all of his brand-new hockey gear. It was the youngster’s first skating lesson — not even a game. His passion for the sport was there in plain sight for parents Rick and Robyn to see. Celebrini pushed himself from that moment onward. All the work led

The Calgary Flames traded forward Andrew Mangiapane to the Washington Capitals on Thursday night for a second-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft. Mangiapane had 40 points (14 goals, 26 assists) in 75 games for the Flames this past season. He has reached the 40-point mark in each of the last three seasons and recorded

Nathan MacKinnon got a call from Sidney Crosby. The next name to pop up on his phone was Wayne Gretzky. The Colorado Avalanche centre, after a couple frustrating near-misses, finally had the individual accolade he craved — his first Hart Trophy. MacKinnon was voted the NHL’s most valuable player for the 2023-24 season Thursday at