The Montreal Force has named Peter Smith the team’s head coach for its expansion season in the Premier Hockey League. Smith, of Lachine, Que., coached the McGill University Martlets to four national university championships during his 20 seasons behind their bench. He was an assistant coach of Canadian women’s teams that won Olympic gold in
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FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Stars have signed general manager Jim Nill to a one-year contract extension through 2023-24 season. Nill is going into his 10th season with the Stars, which was the last year on his current deal before the extension announced Tuesday. Dallas has made the playoffs three of the past four
Decorated Canadian women’s hockey team forward Rebecca Johnston joined a recent wave of women entering NHL teams’ hockey operations departments when the Calgary Flames took her aboard. The 32-year-old from Sudbury, Ont., will work in player development, prospect evaluation and on-ice instruction, as well as with the Flames Foundation in community programs in a full-time
A shrinking generation of Canadians who can remember the 1972 Summit Series, and fewer of those who played in it alive with each passing year, gave documentarians urgent reasons in addition to a 50th anniversary to retell an epic hockey story. With archival footage never seen before, a four-part “Summit 72” series starting Wednesday on
MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens have reached a multi-year jersey partnership agreement with RBC on Monday. Adding the RBC patch to their historic jersey is a part of the new Jersey Advertising Program that allows teams to sell advertising on their jerseys beginning this upcoming season. For every game jersey sold with the RBC logo
Nick Suzuki is the new captain of the Montreal Canadiens. Head coach Martin St-Louis made the announcement Monday morning as part of the team’s annual golf tournament at the Laval-sur-le-Lac club. “It’s a true honour for me and a privilege. This team’s headed in a great direction, and I couldn’t be more excited to be
BROSSARD, Que. – Kirby Dach has agreed to a four-year, US$13.45-million contract with the Montreal Canadiens, the team announced Wednesday. The 21-year-old centre, who was a restricted free agent, had 26 points (nine goals, 17 assists) in 70 games with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2021-22. Dach’s contract carries an average annual value of $3.625 million
OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators have locked up another one of their young guns. Star centre Tim Stutzle has agreed to an eight-year, US$66.8-million contract extension, the team announced Wednesday. The deal, which carries an average annual value of $8.35 million and kicks in following the 2022-23 campaign, is the latest move by general manager
Ah, yes, it’s that time of year again. The flip of the calendar to September comes with a surge of NHL players returning to their playing cities for the final run-up to training camp. While most teams won’t require them to officially report for medicals until Sept. 21, it’s basically back to school time right
MONTREAL – Goaltender Cayden Primeau has signed a US$2.67-million, three-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens, the team announced Thursday. The one-way deal carries an average annual value of $890,000. Primeau, 23, was 1-7-1 in nine starts with the Habs last season, posting a 4.62 goals-against average and .868 save percentage. He also posted a 16-12-3
This is part of a series of columns by Michael Enright, reflecting his more than 50 years as a journalist and CBC broadcaster covering Canadian and global news events. Fifty years ago this month, the country pulsated with an urgency, an emotional upheaval, a national spasm of unity it hadn’t felt since Expo 67. Canada
They say timing is everything. And if the Summit Series between Canada and the Soviet Union had happened in a time beyond 1972, it’s possible Paul Henderson wouldn’t have been the hero. When the series was decided, he might not have been in the lineup. History certainly would have played out differently if Henderson had
Every time there’s a Summit Series anniversary, hockey fans are reminded of Canada’s thrilling comeback victory over the Soviet Union and Paul Henderson’s where-were-you-when Game 8 winner. While many cherish the memories from that 1972 showdown, it remains somewhat difficult for others to reflect on it. Alexander Yakushev, who led the Soviet Union with seven
Every time there’s a Summit Series anniversary, hockey fans are reminded of Canada’s thrilling comeback victory over the Soviet Union and Paul Henderson’s where-were-you-when Game 8 winner. While many cherish the memories from that 1972 showdown, it remains somewhat difficult for others to reflect on it. Alexander Yakushev, who led the Soviet Union with seven
LONDON, Ont. – Calgary Flames forward Nazem Kadri has donated $1 million to the London Health Sciences Foundation. The donation will support the ambulatory surgical centre at London Health Sciences Centre in western Ontario. The centre will now be named the Nazem Kadri Surgical Centre in the NHLer’s honour. “It is because of Nazem Kadri’s
The Ottawa Senators have locked up another one of their young guns. Star centre Tim Stützle has agreed to an eight-year, $66.8-million contract US extension, the team announced Wednesday. The deal, which carries an average annual value of $8.35 million and kicks in following the 2022-23 campaign, is the latest move by general manager Pierre Dorion
Longtime NHL goaltender Ryan Miller and Olympic gold medal-winning women’s hockey stars Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando headline the 2022 class of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame unveiled Thursday. Three-time Paralympic gold medal-winning sled hockey goalie Steve Cash and late USA Hockey executive Jim Johannson were also elected. They’ll all be inducted at a
Hockey star Nazem Kadri has donated $1 million to a surgical centre named after him in his hometown of London, Ont., where he recently celebrated his Stanley Cup win with members of the city’s Muslim community. The donation, announced Thursday at a ceremony, goes to London Health Sciences Centre’s Ambulatory Surgical Centre, which has been renamed the