OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators acquired forward Zach Sanford from the St. Louis Blues on Saturday in exchange for forward Logan Brown and a conditional fourth-round draft pick in 2022. Sanford had 16 points (10 goals, six assists) in 52 games for the Blues last season. “We expect Zach’s addition to prove beneficial for us
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Montreal Canadiens forward Mike Hoffman will miss up to four weeks with a lower-body injury sustained during the off-season, head coach Dominique Ducharme confirmed Saturday. Montreal signed the 31-year-old free-agent forward to a three-year, $13.5 million US contract in July. Hoffman tallied 17 goals and 36 points in 52 games last season with the St.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — French official Luc Tardif was elected president of the International Ice Hockey Federation on Saturday ahead of the return of NHL players to the Olympics in February. Tardif, who was born and raised in Canada, beat German candidate Franz Reindl by 67 votes to 39 in the fourth round of
Ontario is opening the door wider for fans at sporting events, just in time for the NHL season and baseball’s stretch drive. Attendance for Maple Leaf and Raptors games at Scotiabank Arena will be capped at 50 per cent capacity or 10,000, whichever is less, starting Saturday. The Blue Jays are able to increase Rogers
CHICAGO (AP) — An attorney who represents a former Chicago Blackhawks player who alleges he was sexually assaulted by a then-assistant coach in 2010 said Friday her client has been interviewed as part of the team’s review of the accusations. A former federal prosecutor has been hired by the Blackhawks to conduct what the team
Nick Suzuki doesn’t think he’s ever skated faster. The Montreal Canadiens centre had played 61 consecutive regular-season and playoff contests inside cavernous arenas devoid of spectators. Then things changed, if only a little. But it certainly meant more than Suzuki could have ever imagined. The Quebec government lifted some of its COVID-19 restrictions — among
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Tyler Seguin figures he is at a point in his career when he will never be fully healthy again. The Dallas Stars 29-year-old forward is about as close as he can get to that after missing all but three games last season during his rehab and recovery from hip surgery. “When
All Winnipeg Jets players are now vaccinated against COVID-19, including the one between the pipes, who revealed his own brush with the illness on Thursday. Team captain Blake Wheeler said during a news conference the team is 100 per cent vaccinated, and goaltender Connor Hellebuyck also disclosed details of his recent experience with the coronavirus. The illness caused by the virus
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks opened training camp with a big void at forward with Evander Kane not participating and little idea of when or if he will come back. The Sharks took the ice for the first time this season Thursday, a day after Kane was cleared by the NHL
The Montreal Canadiens say star goaltender Carey Price is among five players who failed their physicals due to injury and will likely miss the remainder of training camp. The Canadians said Thursday that Price is out with a knee injury. Forwards Paul Byron (hip), Mike Hoffman (lower-body) and Joel Teasdale (knee) and defenceman Josh Brook
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — These complex contract negotiations between the Minnesota Wild and Calder Memorial Trophy winner Kirill Kaprizov were crawling closer and closer to training camp, and neither side wanted to cope with such a distraction for the budding star left wing. For general manager Bill Guerin, there was only one way to
The NHL found no evidence that San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane bet on NHL games or tried to throw games after investigating allegations made by his estranged wife. Anna Kane alleged in an Instagram post this summer that Kane bet on NHL games and was “obviously throwing games to win money,” launching a probe
VANCOUVER – There’ll be some glaring absences as the Vancouver Canucks return to the ice this week. Though general manager Jim Benning bolstered his roster with a flurry of moves over the off-season, he has yet to sign restricted free agents Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes, two of the team’s most promising young stars. Negotiations
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. It’s hockey season Today is the first day of fall. Winter is coming. So is NHL hockey. Training camps opened today, the first exhibition games are Saturday, and the regular
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild signed left wing Kirill Kaprizov to a five-year, $45 million contract on Tuesday, ending a stalemate between the team and the Calder Trophy winner just two days before the beginning of training camp. The 24-year-old Kaprizov topped the Wild and all NHL rookies with 27 goals in
Pierre-Luc Dubois felt like an impostor. Forced to navigate multiple quarantines, a highly publicized run-in with his former coach, a blockbuster trade, injuries and loneliness — the Winnipeg Jets centre was never comfortable during a roller-coaster 2020-21 campaign set against the COVID-19 pandemic’s backdrop. And Dubois knows full-well that long list will come off as
The man about to lead the expansion Seattle Kraken through their first training camp found his own path to a second NHL head coaching job. Dave Hakstol got there by taking a step backwards and becoming an assistant with the Maple Leafs. He was drawn by what might have repelled other similarly experienced coaches in
Zach Hyman needed a place to train. And he knew just the person to ask. Having just put pen to paper on a big-money deal with the Edmonton Oilers in free agency following six seasons with his hometown Maple Leafs, Hyman’s usual option — Toronto’s practice facility — was clearly out of the running. Shortly