NHL commissioner Gary Bettman publicly apologized to Kyle Beach for what the former Chicago prospect has been through after the player said he was sexually assaulted by an assistant coach in 2010. Speaking to reporters on a video conference call Monday, Bettman said the league “could not be more sorry for the trauma that Kyle
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SEATTLE (AP) — Adam Fox scored the go-ahead goal, Igor Shesterkin stopped 31 shots and the New York Rangers beat the expansion Seattle Kraken 3-1 on Sunday night. The Rangers shook off a long, lethargic stretch to win their franchise-record fifth road game in October and improve to 6-2-1. It’s the most road wins New
Ryan Getzlaf broke a tie with Teemu Selanne for Anaheim’s career points record, assisting on Troy Terry’s third-period goal in the Ducks’ 4-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday. Getzlaf set up Terry’s power-play goal midway through the third with a tip pass near centre ice to help the Ducks end a six-game winless
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Defenseman Brett Pesce scored a power-play goal with 2:27 left in regulation and and Carolina Hurricanes remained undefeated with a 2-1 victory over the winless Arizona Coyotes on Sunday. The Hurricanes are 8-0-0, extending the best start to a season in franchise history. Martin Necas scored the other goal and set
Kyle Beach, who says he was the victim of sexual assault at the hands of a Chicago coach a decade ago, will meet with team officials on Tuesday, The Athletic reported. Beach sued the team earlier this year. Last week, lawyers for the Chicago club filed documents asking in support of their previous motion to dismiss
CALGARY – Sean Monahan scored his first goal of the season and added an assist Saturday night as the Calgary Flames, backstopped by Jacob Markstrom’s 20-save shutout, made it six wins in a row with a 4-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. Matthew Tkachuk, Johnny Gaudreau and Mikael Backlund, into an empty net, also scored
Sean Monahan scored his first goal of the season and added an assist Saturday night as the Calgary Flames, backstopped by Jacob Markstrom’s 20-save shutout, made it six wins in a row with a 4-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. Matthew Tkachuk, Johnny Gaudreau and Mikael Backlund, into an empty net, also scored for Calgary
Through my 50-plus years in hockey I’ve always taken pride in the team aspect. It’s the greatest of all team sports — no one can win alone. It demands that teammates contribute in order to achieve success. You have to rely on others; they rely on you. That’s simply the way it works. The greater
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman talked to Kyle Beach on Saturday about what the league can do to better protect its players after the 2008 first-round pick said he was sexually assaulted by an assistant coach two years later and his allegations were largely ignored by Chicago. Susan Loggans, an attorney representing Beach in a lawsuit
LAVAL, Que. – Michael Mersch struck twice as the Rochester Americans fended off the Laval Rocket 4-3 on Friday in American Hockey League action. Casey Fitzgerald’s third-period goal stood as the winner for Rochester (3-2-0) and Brandon Davidson also scored. Aaron Dell made 32 saves for the win. Rafaël Harvey-Pinard and Xavier Ouellet both had
Josh Norris scored two goals in his U.S. NHL debut, and the Ottawa Senators snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Friday night. Brady Tkachuk and Connor Brown also scored for Ottawa. Filip Gustavsson made 35 saves in his 12th NHL game. The 22-year-old Norris, the 19th overall
Andrew Brunette has a chance to be an NHL head coach now, taking over a Florida Panthers team that is off to the best start in franchise history. It should be a happy time. It is not. Brunette debuted as the replacement for Joel Quenneville as Florida’s coach on Friday, running the Panthers through a
The NHL says it will not discipline Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff in connection with the Chicago team’s mishandling of sexual assault allegations against a former video coach. The news follows Cheveldayoff’s meeting with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Friday. The league said he was found as “not responsible for the improper decisions” made by the
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice, Kyle Connor had three assists and the Winnipeg Jets used a third-period charge to defeat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Thursday night. Andrew Copp had a power-play goal for the Jets, who have won four straight. Eric Comrie allowed two goals on 32 shots in his
Joel Quenneville tendered his resignation as head coach of the Florida Panthers on Thursday amid an ongoing investigation into allegations of sexual assaults levied against a former Chicago video coach. The 63-year-old, who coached Chicago from 2008-2018, met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Thursday to discuss his response to the organizational mishandling of the allegations that Brad
Former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy says he thinks the Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault scandal is an example of how an organization’s “systemic response” needs to change. Reached today in Lucky Lake, Sask., Kennedy says hockey needs to get to a point where winning at all costs “isn’t the No. 1 priority.” A report this week
WARNING: This story contains distressing details Kyle Beach has stepped forward as John Doe 1 in the Chicago NHL team’s sexual assault investigation. Beach appeared on TSN’s SportsCentre on Wednesday night to identify himself as the first accuser of former Chicago video coach Brad Aldrich. He had been named John Doe 1 in court documents related
OWEN SOUND, Ont. – Luke Evangelista scored twice to power the London Knights past the Owen Sound Attack 4-1 on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League play. The Knights have won seven straight to begin their season. Max McCue and Colton Smith added goals for London (7-0-0), while Brett Brochu made 32 saves for the win.