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Ottawa Senators forward Drake Batherson says he’s co-operating with investigations into an alleged sexual assault involving unnamed players on Hockey Canada’s 2018 junior team, which he was a part of, but he would not comment on further questions about the topic. “I’ve been co-operating with the ongoing investigations. Out of respect for the person involved,

SEATTLE (AP) — For the players and staff who were around a season ago when the Seattle Kraken were racing to make their debut as an expansion franchise, what happened Thursday felt downright normal. The Kraken started training camp with a group of players who had been on the ice together before, but were now

Members of Parliament took a break from politics Thursday to honour Team Canada players who participated in the legendary 1972 Summit Series. Parliamentarians made statements marking the 50th anniversary of a key moment in Canadian sports history: the eight-game series played by Canada and the Soviet Union in September 1972. Canada ultimately won the series in dramatic fashion

PRAGUE, Czech Republic – NHL teams playing in the Czech capital next month have been told their Russian players are not welcome. The Czech Foreign Ministry has told the NHL of its stance because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ministry declined to say whether the NHL has replied. The Nashville Predators and San Jose

NHL teams playing in the Czech capital next month have been told their Russian players are not welcome. The Czech Foreign Ministry has told the NHL of its stance because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ministry declined to say whether the NHL has replied. The Nashville Predators and San Jose Sharks are to play

OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators are entering the upcoming season with optimism after a productive summer from general manager Pierre Dorion. The team acquired veteran Claude Giroux, high-scoring winger Alex DeBrincat and goalie Cam Talbot, and is looking to make significant progress after five years of disappointing results. The new additions join a solid group

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. Consider yesterday’s flurry of NHL news — former Norris Trophy winners Zdeno Chara and P.K. Subban retiring; Nathan MacKinnon becoming the league’s highest-paid player — your wake-up call: hockey season is upon

Could you have had two more different characters? That Zdeno Chara and P.K. Subban chose to retire on the same day created common ground between the two superb athletes that for the most part, beyond their shared extreme competitiveness, didn’t otherwise exist. Indeed, 50 years ago, they were characters that would have been unimaginable to

The player the NHL knew as “Big Zee” is calling it a career. Zdeno Chara signed a one-day contract with the Boston Bruins and announced his retirement Tuesday after 24 seasons in the NHL and captaining Boston to the Stanley Cup in 2011. The six-foot-nine defenceman from Slovakia is calling it a career at age

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes have signed forward Barrett Hayton to a two-year contract right before the start of training camp. Terms of the deal announced Tuesday were not released. The 22-year-old Hayton was a restricted free agent and not initially listed on Arizona’s roster for camp, which begins Thursday. Hayton had 10

The Colorado Avalanche have made Nathan MacKinnon the highest-paid player in the NHL’s salary cap era. MacKinnon, who just turned 27 earlier this month, signed an eight-year contract that is worth $100.8 million US, the team announced Tuesday.  His new $12.6-million US salary cap hit that goes into effect at the start of the 2023-24 season

P.K. Subban has announced his retirement. The former Norris Trophy winner as the NHL’s top defenceman shared the news on his social media channels Tuesday morning. The 33-year-old Toronto native played 13 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens, Nashville Predators and New Jersey Devils. Subban registered 115 goals and 467 points in 824 regular-season games. The

P.K. Subban has announced his retirement. The former Norris Trophy winner as the NHL’s top defenceman shared the news on his social media channels Tuesday morning. The 33-year-old Toronto native played 13 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens, Nashville Predators and New Jersey Devils. Subban registered 115 goals and 467 points in 824 regular-season games. The

FRISCO, Texas – The Dallas Stars were looking for a creative, right-handed shooting defenceman and on Monday they found one. Stars general manager Jim Nill said his team was able to make a deal with the New York Rangers for 22-year-old Nils Lundkvist in exchange for a conditional first-round selection in the 2023 NHL draft

Quinn Hughes has a long history with his head coach. The Vancouver Canucks star defenceman was a kid in the mid-2000s when Bruce Boudreau patrolled the bench for the American Hockey League’s Manchester Monarchs. Quinn’s dad, Jim Hughes, was his assistant. All these years later, and on the heels of an encouraging first act, the

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken have promoted Alexandra Mandrycky to assistant general manager after three years as director of hockey strategy and research. Mandrycky was one of the first front-office hires by the Kraken after the expansion franchise was awarded by the NHL. She becomes the sixth female assistant general manager currently in the

Evander Kane and the San Jose Sharks reached a settlement Friday on the grievance he filed over the termination of his contract last season. The Sharks announced the agreement that they said was approved by the NHL and the Players’ Association, saying they were “satisfied that its terms will not adversely impact the team, either

OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Tyler Motte to a one-year, US$1.35-million contract. The 27-year-old registered 15 points (seven goals, eight assists) over 49 games with Vancouver last season before being shipped to the New York Rangers at the trade deadline. Motte was held without a point over nine regular-season games with the Rangers,