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MONTREAL – When Jeff Gorton signed on to become the Montreal Canadiens’ new executive vice-president of hockey operations last fall, the two pillars he wanted to improve were hockey development and analytics. The Canadiens headed into the first training camp of Gorton’s and general manager Kent Hughes’s era with a retooled hockey development team. New

Russian players on two NHL teams opening the season in the Czech Republic will be allowed to participate in the two Global Series games in Prague after all. The Czech government has dropped its attempted ban of Russian players on the rosters for San Jose and Nashville, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Thursday. The move

VANCOUVER – Ryan Donato scored with 40.1 seconds left in overtime, powering the Seattle Kraken to a 4-3 comeback victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday. John Hayden had a big night for the Kraken (3-0-0), evening the score at 3-3 midway through the third after fights in the first and second periods. Tye Kartye

WARNING: This story contains graphic details some readers may find disturbing. Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge says there’s a “systemic problem” of sexual violence and toxic masculinity in Canada’s hockey culture that Hockey Canada has failed to change. Her comment was a response to a Fifth Estate investigation that identified at least 15 group sexual assault

Serge Savard, a key Team Canada defenceman in the 1972 Summit Series, realizes the team that defeated the Soviet Union was ill-prepared physically when the first puck dropped. But Savard, now 76, says there were reasons for Canada’s apparent lack or preparedness, some of them hard to understand in today’s hockey world. “In our dressing

When hockey players in Newfoundland and Labrador hit the ice this season, they won’t be the only ones working on new skills: so will some of their coaches — who must take sexual violence prevention training, starting this season. Hockey N.L. announced a pilot program this week that will provide free and mandatory training for all coaching staff

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — With his ever-present smile, tireless approach and long list of accomplishments in the net, Marc-Andre Fleury has always embraced a heavy workload. The Minnesota Wild sure haven’t shied away from leaning hard on their new — and 37-year-old — goalie. After arriving in a deadline-day trade in March and re-signing

The Winnipeg Jets have hired its first First Nations woman from Treaty 6 territory in Saskatchewan.  Sydney Daniels, 27, is joining the National Hockey League team as a college scout, but the woman from the Mistawasis Nehiyawak First Nation has already enjoyed a long hockey career. Daniels grew up in the United States for most

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes predictably labored during the first season of their rebuilding project, finishing near the bottom of the NHL standings. The focus of the second year will be about making progress, no matter how incremental. “I told the team, the odds are stacked against us,” Coyotes general manager Bill Armstrong

Canadians continue to play hockey for Kontinental Hockey League teams in Russia and Belarus despite the Canadian government’s warning to get out of those countries. The 48 Canadian players currently on KHL club rosters this season is the most from any country outside Russia. Forty-four are playing for clubs within Russian and Belarusian borders, with

SEATTLE – The Seattle Kraken promised to be much better this season and, while it’s really early, there are reasons for optimism. The Kraken, who finished with only 27 wins and 60 points last year — third worst in the NHL — have had an upbeat camp and promising start to their pre-season schedule. In

Four adult children of Vancouver Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini have all alleged that he physically and psychologically abused them when they were young, a B.C. Supreme Court judge heard Tuesday. The disturbing allegations came to light during a hearing over whether Aquilini is obliged to continue paying child support and covering university expenses for three

EDMONTON – Dylan Holloway played in one NHL game last season. The rookie wore No. 36 for the Oilers in a playoff game against the Colorado Avalanche. And, even though he was assigned that number coming into training camp, he quickly gave it up to goalie Jack Campbell, who wore that number in Toronto before

The Vancouver Canucks will start the season without Brock Boeser after the right-winger underwent hand surgery. The team announced the news Monday, saying the 25-year-old forward injured himself at training camp in Whistler, B.C., on Saturday and will be out for three to four weeks. Boeser had 23 goals and 23 assists for Vancouver last

MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens grabbed an early lead but allowed two unanswered goals and fell to the New Jersey Devils 2-1 in their NHL pre-season opener on Monday night. Despite the loss, head coach Martin St. Louis found positives with young players trying to push and impress the rebuilding team. The prime example was

The Canadian government announced Monday it will no longer require people to wear masks on planes to guard against COVID-19.. Transport Canada said the existing rules for masks will come off Oct. 1 “We are able to do this because tens of millions of Canadians rolled up their sleeves and got vaccinated,” Transport Minister Omar

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in the Star on Sept. 27, 1972, following Canada’s 4-3 win in Moscow the day before, and is part of Summit Series At 50 — celebrating the 50th anniversary of the iconic eight-game hockey series between the Soviet Union and Canada. MOSCOW—The great refereeing dispute has broken out

There are always burning questions in Toronto. The goaltending. The unsigned restricted free-agent defenceman. The injuries expected to keep Timothy Liljegren and Pierre Engvall from being full participants in training camp. The whole getting past the first round of the playoffs thing. This is part of life in hockey’s white-hot market, where every season arrives