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The latest sports news: NHL opts to postpone all games on Dec. 27 Leafs’ William Nylander enters protocol Everton-Burnley postponed The NHL is extending its postponement of games as part of its pandemic response, announcing Friday that play has been paused through Dec. 27. On Monday, the league, working with the National Hockey League Players’ Association, decided to pause all

EDMONTON – It didn’t have the atmosphere of Canada-Russia classics of days past. And it certainly wasn’t as competitive as we’d expect when Canada and Russia face each other on the ice. Canada scored four first-period goals in front of a sparse gathering of fans at Rogers Place on Thursday, en route to a 6-4

Mason McTavish and Kent Johnson showed signs of becoming Canada’s go-to combination at the upcoming World Junior Championships. But, only a few hundred fans were in the stands at Edmonton’s Rogers Place to see the magic start to happen between the two NHL first-round draft picks. Canada scored four times in the first period en

EDMONTON Connor McDavid knows all too well what lies ahead for Connor Bedard. While there are eight years between them, Bedard is following the path McDavid laid out. Both were granted exceptional status by their leagues to play major junior hockey at age 15, and both were pegged at a young age to be the

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. The world juniors, thankfully, are here Yesterday’s announcement that NHL players will not compete in the 2022 Winter Olympics was a real lump of coal. Luckily, the world junior championship is here

No Connor McDavid, no Steven Stamkos, no Mitch Marner. There’s disappointment for players and fans in the wake of Tuesday’s news that the NHL and the NHLPA agreed to not send league players to the Beijing Olympics in February. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be some familiar faces donning the Canadian jersey, or that

NHL players will not attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the league announced on Wednesday. The league said the decision was made due to the disruption in the regular-season schedule as a result of the rising number of COVID-19 cases throughout the league. “Given the profound disruption to the NHL’s regular-season schedule caused by recent COVID-related events —

CALGARY – A new home for the NHL’s Calgary Flames hit the ditch, again, over money and risk. The deal didn’t fall apart over the city demanding the Flames share in the cost of solar power and additional road and sidewalk work, but it was the tipping point for Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation to

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. The NHL made it official today, announcing that its players won’t participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing due to pandemic-related issues. Though the writing was on the wall for quite

This is a column by Morgan Campbell, who writes opinion for CBC Sports. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. Late Monday night, news broke that the National Hockey League, amid a steep surge in COVID-19 cases, would suspend operations from Dec. 22 through Dec. 25. Players could return to team facilities beginning Dec.

The NHL is pulling out of the Beijing Olympics. The joint decision by the league and NHL Players’ Association comes amid COVID-19 concerns that have seen an explosion of cases and 45 games postponed since Dec. 13, a source told The Canadian Press on Tuesday. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because a

The National Hockey League and National Hockey League Players’ Association have reached an agreement to not send its players to participate in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in February, according to reports from The Toronto Star’s Chris Johnston and Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli. According to Johnston, the league and its players made the decision on Tuesday

DALLAS (AP) — Joe Pavelski and Esa Lindell scored on the first two Dallas shots on goal, and the Stars never trailed in defeating the Minnesota Wild 7-4 on Monday night. Pavelski put in a backhand 1:31 into the game. Lindell scored short-handed and unassisted with a shot between Cam Talbot’s legs 1:53 later after

The National Hockey League and National Hockey League Players’ Association have reached an agreement to pause the season through Dec. 25, effective Wednesday. Two games slated for Tuesday are still set to go on as scheduled. The league and NHL Players’ Association on Sunday said in a joint statement they were attempting to avoid a leaguewide shutdown and were making

CALGARY – Kaiden Guhle has been named Canada’s captain for the upcoming world junior hockey championship. Jake Neighbours and 2021 gold medallist Cole Perfetti will serve alongside Guhle as alternate captains. Guhle, a defenceman from Sherwood Park, Alta., and Neighbours, a winger from Calgary, are teammates on the WHL’s Edmonton Oil Kings, while Perfetti, a

NHL shuts down Columbus, Montreal Canada pulls out of Spengler Cup Raptors stop team practices, training individually The NHL has shut down the Montreal Canadiens and Columbus Blue Jackets through its holiday break because of COVID-19. The league said in a statement today the move was made “due to concern with the number of positive cases

Montreal Canadiens (7-21-3, eighth in the Atlantic) vs. New York Islanders (8-12-6, eighth in the Metropolitan) Elmont; Monday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Islanders -198, Canadiens +164 BOTTOM LINE: The New York Islanders host Montreal after the Canadiens beat Philadelphia 3-2 in a shootout. The Islanders are 4-9-2 against Eastern Conference opponents. New York

T.J. Oshie enters NHL’s COVID protocol Hawks’ Trae Young placed in protocol Cleveland Cavaliers dealing with COVID outbreak Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie will miss Sunday night’s game against the Los Angeles Kings after entering the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. He joins teammates Garnet Hathaway, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Nicklas Backstrom in the health and safety protocols.