“Guy! Guy! Guy!” The chant was echoing through the Montreal Forum, starting in the rafters and rising as it swept through the building. This was the first time I heard it live, sitting on the visitors’ bench with my Philadelphia Flyer teammates, moments after Guy Lafleur had tied the game at one late in the
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Montreal Canadiens icon Guy Lafleur, who captured five Stanley Cup titles and was a hockey hero in Quebec long before his NHL playing days, has died. He was 70. The cause of death was not immediately known. However, Lafleur suffered through health issues in the latter stages of his life. In September 2019, he underwent quadruple bypass
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phillip Danault scored for the fifth straight game and the Los Angeles Kings moved closer to wrapping up a playoff spot with a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night. Danault opened the scoring in the first period with his 26th goal of the season. He is the first
Matthew Tkachuk scored his 40th goal and recorded his 100th point and Chris Tanev notched the game-winner as the Calgary Flames clinched first place in the Pacific Division on Thursday with a 4-2 victory over the Dallas Stars in Calgary. It’s the Flames’ eighth division title in franchise history, but just the third in the
NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL is going back to Europe this fall for its first games outside of North America since the start of the pandemic. The league on Thursday announced the San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators will play two games in Prague in October and the Colorado Avalanche and Columbus Blue Jackets
The NHL is going back to Europe this fall for its first games outside of North America since the start of the pandemic. The league on Thursday announced the San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators will play two games in Prague in October and the Colorado Avalanche and Columbus Blue Jackets will play two games
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Shea Theodore scored 2:09 into overtime to lift the Vegas Golden Knights to a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night. Theodore dangled his way through two defenders and deked his way to a backhand winner past Washington goaltender Ilya Samsonov, keeping the Golden Knights’ slim playoff hopes alive.
The Edmonton Oilers are on the cusp of clinching a playoff spot. Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists to move back into the league lead for points as the Oilers earned a 5-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night. It’s all but a foregone conclusion the Oilers will clinch as they’re
St. Louis Blues (46-20-11, third in the Central) vs. San Jose Sharks (30-34-12, seventh in the Pacific) San Jose, California; Thursday, 10:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: St. Louis visits San Jose trying to continue its four-game road winning streak. The Sharks are 15-22-7 against Western Conference opponents. San Jose scores 2.6 goals per game, the
U.S. women’s hockey star Amanda Kessel is joining the Pittsburgh Penguins for an executive management program that could put her on track to work full time in an NHL front office. Kessel is the first participant in the new program the team unveiled Wednesday. She follows the lead of retired U.S. star and Hockey Hall
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Scott Reedy had his first career two-goal game and the San Jose Sharks snapped a 10-game winless streak by beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 on Tuesday night. Rudolfs Balcers also scored and Kaapo Kahkonen made 22 saves to help the Sharks snap their longest skid since losing 10 straight
Matt Duchene scored his 40th goal of the season and Mikael Granlund had the only goal of the shootout to lead the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 victory over the visiting Calgary Flames on Tuesday night. Filip Forsberg also scored and Juuse Saros made 19 saves in regulation and overtime for Nashville, winners of two
As general manager of the Hamilton Bulldogs, Steve Staios is loath to compare his team this season to the one he guided to an Ontario Hockey League championship and a Memorial Cup appearance in 2018. But he will make one concession in that he owed it to both teams to swing for the fences at
Toronto Maple Leafs’ star forward Auston Matthews will sit out his second straight game with an undisclosed injury, head coach Sheldon Keefe announced Tuesday morning. Matthews skated on the ice Tuesday, hours before the Maple Leafs (50-20-6, 106 points) were slated to host the Philadelphia Flyers (23-42-11, 57 points) at 7 p.m. ET. Keefe refused
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sebastian Aho scored his 36th goal midway through the third period and the Carolina Hurricanes snapped a two-game skid with a 5-3 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Monday night. Nino Niederreiter, Max Domi, Vincent Trocheck and Jesper Fast also scored for the Hurricanes, who weathered an Arizona comeback try and
Johnny Gaudreau, Dillon Dube and Blake Coleman scored in the first period, and the Calgary Flames beat lowly Chicago 5-2 on Monday night in Chicago. Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves as playoff-bound Calgary won for the seventh time in eight games. Gaudreau and Oliver Kylington tacked on long empty-netters for the Pacific Division leaders in the
When Donald Fehr took over the NHL Players’ Association in December 2010, he brought heaps of credibility and a stabilizing presence. Today, as his leadership appears to be winding down, it is unclear where the union will turn next. Fehr may have been cleared of any wrongdoing in the Cozen O’Connor report that was released
The expansion Seattle Kraken are adding some additional star power to their ownership group. The Kraken announced Monday that Grammy winner Macklemore and former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch are joining the minority investor group. The two are taking small stakes in the franchise but bringing big ideas about community engagement and outreach to go