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Were it not for the burning desire of the NHL’s best players to return to the Olympics, there’s no way we’d even be this close to the Beijing Games with the possibility they may still get there. Existential threats are growing around hockey’s next best-on-best event, from a surge in COVID-19 cases that’s started to

With the NHL season well underway, and less than three months until the Olympic men’s hockey gold-medal game, the Canadian roster is beginning to take shape. Connor McDavid, Sidney Crosby and Alex Pietrangelo were already named to the team, with the final list to be announced in January. But while Canada’s decisions at forward and

KINGSTON, Ont. – The Canadian women’s hockey team squandered a two-goal lead in the third period and the United States came back to win 3-2 in overtime in the Rivalry Series on Sunday. American Hilary Knight scored the winner 54 seconds into overtime after netting the third-period equalizer. Hayley Scamurra began the rally for the

The Canadian women’s hockey team squandered a two-goal lead in the third period and the United States came back to win 3-2 in overtime in the Rivalry Series on Sunday in Kingston, Ont. American Hilary Knight scored the winner 54 seconds into overtime after netting the third-period equalizer. Hayley Scamurra began the rally for the

Carolina Hurricanes (14-2-0, first in the Metropolitan) vs. San Jose Sharks (8-8-1, sixth in the Pacific) San Jose, California; Monday, 10:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Sharks +124, Hurricanes -148; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: Carolina hits the road against San Jose looking to continue its four-game road winning streak. The Sharks are 3-3-1 at

Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers won their second in a row, getting past Chicago 5-2 on Saturday. Tyson Barrie, Kailer Yamamoto and Ryan McLeod also scored for the Oilers (13-4-0), which improved to 8-1-0 at home. Alex DeBrincat had a pair of goals for Chicago (5-10-2),

TORONTO – The Toronto Marlies came from two goals down to defeat the Lehigh Valley Phantoms 3-2 on Josh Ho-Sang’s overtime winner in American Hockey League play Saturday. Ho-Sang scored his eighth of the season with 40 seconds left in overtime to give the Marlies (8-4-1) their third victory in the past four games. Toronto,

The Ottawa Senators held their first practice at the Canadian Tire Centre Saturday after the National Hockey League (NHL) postponed the team’s games earlier this week following a COVID-19 outbreak. The outbreak affected 10 players and the team’s associate coach Jack Capuano. Earlier in the day, the team announced that eight players, as well as the assistant

Brandt Clarke huddled with teammates during practice this past week, awaiting the words of Barrie Colts head coach Marty Williamson. He didn’t talk about strategy. Or the week’s games. Or what needed to be better. Williamson went straight into the pillars of being a successful captain — then announced that Clarke had earned the C.

The Vancouver Canucks got power-play goals from Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Conor Garland to snap a five-game winless streak with a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday. Defenceman Kyle Burroughs, with his first NHL goal, also scored for the Canucks (6-10-2) who were 0-4-1 in their previous five games. They were 0-13 on the

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche signed coach Jared Bednar to a two-year extension that runs through the 2023-24 season, the team said Friday night. Bednar is coming off a 2020-21 season in which he guided the Avalanche to the Presidents’ Trophy for the league’s top mark and their fourth straight postseason appearance. His team

Unvaccinated professional and amateur athletes will no longer be able to travel to Canada as of January 15, minister of public safety Marco Mendicino said on Friday. Currently, NBA and NHL players who have yet to receive one of Canada’s approved COVID-19 vaccines are able to enter the country under a national interest exemption. But Mendicino

New York Rangers (10-4-3, fourth in the Metropolitan) vs. Ottawa Senators (4-10-1, eighth in the Atlantic) Ottawa, Ontario; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Ottawa and New York face off in Eastern Conference action. The Senators are 2-5-0 in Eastern Conference games. Ottawa averages 9.5 penalty minutes per game, the seventh-most in the Eastern Conference.

Giving rookie goaltender Stuart Skinner the start worked out pretty well for the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday. Connor McDavid and Kyle Turris scored in the shootout as the Oilers emerged with a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets. McDavid also scored in regulation and Skinner made 46 saves and was perfect on two shootout attempts

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Players for a junior hockey team in Omaha have threatened to boycott the next three games and coaches and support staff have resigned in response to management’s budget cuts, the Omaha World-Herald reported Thursday. The Omaha Lancers play in the United States Hockey League, the top junior league in the nation

Seth Hyde is being mentored by Newfoundland Growlers announcer Chris Ballard and sat with Ballard at a Growlers game recently. (Submitted by Jackie Hyde) For those regularly attending minor league hockey games in St. John’s, Seth Hyde is a familiar face — and voice. The St. John’s native is developing a career as a hockey commentator

Colorado Avalanche (7-5-1, sixth in the Central) vs. Seattle Kraken (4-11-1, seventh in the Pacific) Seattle; Friday, 10 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Kraken +138, Avalanche -165; over/under is 6.5 BOTTOM LINE: Seattle enters the matchup with Colorado as losers of five straight games. The Kraken are 2-8-0 in conference matchups. Seattle averages 11.2 penalty

Nazem Kadri had a goal and two assists Wednesday as the Colorado Avalanche topped the struggling Vancouver Canucks 4-2. Mikko Rantanen also scored and had two helpers for Colorado (6-5-1), while Cale Makar added one of each and Gabriel Landeskog added an empty-net strike. Three of the Avalanche’s goals came on the power play. Tucker