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The NHL cleared controversial Montreal Canadiens defenceman Logan Mailloux to make his NHL debut in the Tuesday night season finale against the visiting Detroit Red Wings. The Canadiens drafted the Ontario native in the first round (31st overall) in 2021 despite reports that he had appeared on many teams’ “do not draft” lists after an

Auston Matthews is on the verge of entering rarefied air in pursuit of 70 goals this season. Matthews is currently one goal shy of the mark, with his Toronto Maple Leafs having two games remaining on the regular-season schedule. Toronto plays the Florida Panthers on Tuesday and the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday, both on

The company that owns the Winnipeg Jets says it’s never lost money since the NHL returned to Winnipeg in 2011, not even during a recent downturn in ticket sales at Canada Life Centre. True North Sports & Entertainment has turned a profit on its combined hockey, arena and merchandising operations every year the NHL has been in Winnipeg, executive chair Mark

The Winnipeg Jets want to remember this game for everything that went right. Colorado wants to remember it, too, for all that went wrong. Josh Morrissey and Adam Lowry scored 10 seconds apart in a four-goal first period that chased Colorado goaltender Alexandar Georgiev from the net, and the Jets moved into the driver’s seat

The Arizona Coyotes will likely be sold to Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith shortly after the team’s final game and will include a provision guaranteeing current owner Alex Meruelo an expansion team if a new arena is built within five years, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Saturday. The

The man who bought a highly sought-after multimillion-dollar case of hockey cards now says he doesn’t want them anymore. CBC confirmed that Ontario-based real estate agent Jack Arshawsky won the auction for a case containing thousands of unopened 1979-1980 O-Pee-Chee brand hockey cards — the set that contains Wayne Gretzky’s rookie card — for $3.72 million US.

Arizona Coyotes players have been informed the NHL club is expected to relocate to Salt Lake City, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting. General manager Bill Armstrong flew to Edmonton, Alta., to tell players about the team’s potential move to Utah before its game against the Oilers, the person told The Associated

A man whose large collection of Wayne Gretzky memorabilia was stolen says he had given up on the hobby until rookie NHL star Connor Bedard brought him back. Aron Gratias of Emma Lake, Sask., said the items of his collection that were stolen included 19 autographed Gretzky jerseys from every team the hockey legend played for

Sarah Fillier carried the puck from one end of the ice to the other, stickhandling through two Quinnipiac University defenders before scoring bar-down. It was early December 2018 and a then-18-year-old Fillier had recently returned to Princeton University from the Four Nations Cup, where she scored a goal in her first call-up to the Canadian senior

When the final buzzer sounded at Brampton’s CAA Centre last April, Team Canada had to watch the Americans celebrating on Canadian home ice. A hat trick from Hilary Knight propelled the U.S. to a 6-3 win in the final, ending a Canadian bid for three straight world championship titles. A year later, the Canadians have

Tickets for the first Vancouver Canucks home playoff games in nearly a decade went on sale to the general public on Monday, with resale prices quickly rising to hundreds of dollars. Kingsley Bailey, who re-sells event tickets through his business, Vancouver Ticket, says the cheapest tickets for the Canucks’ upcoming opening round game were in the range

The majority owner of the Washington Wizards and Capitals, Ted Leonsis, told a crowd in December he had “goosebumps” at the thought of moving his NBA and NHL teams from Washington to Virginia, “if all goes as planned.” It did not. Leonsis’ handshake deal with Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin to relocate the teams to a

Hockey The Vancouver Canucks were off Saturday but clinched an NHL playoff spot after the Vegas Golden Knights edged the Minnesota Wild 2-1 in overtime and the slumping San Jose Sharks posted an improbable 4-0 win over the St. Louis Blues. NHL club last hosted post-season game in 2015 in opening round vs. Flames The

Toronto centre Auston Matthews became the NHL’s first two-time 60-goal scorer in 30 years, scoring with 5:37 left in the Maple Leafs’ 3-0 victory over the host Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night. Matthews matched the franchise record he set when he led the NHL in goals two seasons ago. The 26-year-old joins a group of

Athletes aren’t supposed to appear in gambling-related advertising in Ontario anymore, though sports fans may have noticed Connor McDavid in a new spot for online sports betting platform BetMGM. That’s because the 27-year-old hockey superstar is shown advocating for responsible gambling — an exception that is allowed under tightened regulations for the marketing and advertising of gambling in Ontario that took

The family of Bob Murdoch says the two-time Stanley Cup champion suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a progressive and fatal disease associated with repeated traumatic brain injuries. The Concussion Legacy Foundation said in a statement Wednesday that Boston University CTE Center researchers made the diagnosis after Murdoch died in August at age 76. The foundation

Washington Capitals defenceman Ethan Bear is entering the NHL and NHL Players’ Association’s joint assistance program and will be unavailable to the club for an indefinite period. The NHLPA and NHL said in a joint release Wednesday that Bear will be eligible to return to on-ice competition when cleared by the program administrators. The 25-year-old

Montreal head coach Martin St. Louis is back with the Canadiens after he left the team to be with his family. Montreal announced on Monday that St. Louis will be behind the bench again for Tuesday night’s game at Colorado. The Canadiens went 1-2-1 while St. Louis was on leave. St. Louis had been with