COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Blue Jackets promoted Brad Larsen on Thursday to fill the head coaching vacancy left after Columbus parted ways with John Tortorella after six seasons at the helm. The 43-year-old Larsen, a former NHL forward who has been an assistant coach with the Blue Jackets for the past seven seasons, agreed
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Watch live on television and online on Wednesay at 10 p.m. ET as the Vegas Golden Knights visit the Colorado Avalanche in Game 2 of their Stanley Cup playoff series on Hockey Night in Canada. Please note that this stream is optimized for desktop or mobile web. If you prefer viewing this on the CBC Sports app, please open
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild hired longtime NHL general manager Ray Shero on Wednesday as a senior advisor to general manager Bill Guerin, who played for and worked under Shero with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Shero was fired last year by New Jersey, midway through his fifth season as general manager for the
The New York Islanders got another big second period and ran past the Boston Bruins for a return trip to the Stanley Cup semifinals. Brock Nelson scored twice in New York’s three-goal second, Semyon Varlamov stopped 23 shots and the Islanders beat the Bruins 6-2 in Game 6 on Wednesday night in a front of
EDMONTON – The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Devin Shore to a two-year contract extension with an annual average value of US$850,000. The club made the announcement on Wednesday. The Ajax, Ont., native originally joined the club on a professional try-out (PTO) just prior to training camp in January before going on to sign a
Watch live on television and online on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET as the Boston Bruins visit the New York Islanders in Game 6 of their Stanley Cup playoff series on Hockey Night in Canada. Please note that this stream is optimized for desktop or mobile web. If you prefer viewing this on the CBC Sports app, please open or download
Colorado Avalanche (39-13-4, first in the West Division during the regular season) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (40-14-2, second in the West Division during the regular season) Paradise, Nevada; Thursday, 9 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Golden Knights -129, Avalanche +109; over/under is 5.5 NHL PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND: Golden Knights lead series 3-2 BOTTOM LINE: The
Mark Stone scored on a breakaway 50 seconds into overtime as the Vegas Golden Knights overcame a two-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Tuesday night and take a 3-2 lead in their second-round series. Max Pacioretty corralled the puck after a blocked shot and fed it to Stone, who was off to
The Maple Leafs entered the off-season early again, but that means they can get a head start on retooling the team’s roster for next season. Toronto must solve a host of scenarios while attempting to improve its roster, including making decisions on forward Zach Hyman and goaltender Frederik Andersen, both of whom are set 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 Canadiens are Canada’s team now Tyler Toffoli’s overtime goal last night gave the Montreal Canadiens a stunning sweep of their second-round series against the Winnipeg Jets and the first spot
MONTREAL (AP) — Tyler Toffoli scored at 1:39 of overtime, lifting the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night and a four-game sweep of their second-round playoff series. Toffoli took a cross-crease pass from Cole Caufield and beat Connor Hellebuyck with a one-timer for the winner and his fourth
Tyler Toffoli scored at 1:39 of overtime as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Monday to complete a surprising four-game sweep in their second-round playoff series. Toffoli took a cross-crease pass from rookie Cole Caufield and buried his fourth of the post-season on Connor Hellebuyck with a one-timer for the winner. Erik
Just be yourself. Hockey trailblazers Manon Rhéaume and Cassie Campbell-Pascall know what it takes to compete in a sport that’s predominantly male, and offered that straightforward advice to 16-year-old goaltender Taya Currie, the first female player ever drafted by an OHL team. “When I started to play, I had no one to look up to,”
After the Vegas Golden Knights lost the first two games of their second-round series against the Colorado Avalanche, captain Mark Stone said no team is out of a series until it loses at home. After sweeping two in Vegas, the Golden Knights are back in business. Jonathan Marchessault had his fourth career hat trick to
Tampa Bay Lightning (36-17-3, third in the Central Division during the regular season) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (36-12-8, first in the Central Division during the regular season) Raleigh, North Carolina; Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Hurricanes +101, Lightning -122; over/under is 5.5 NHL PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND: Lightning lead series 3-1 BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa
Joel Armia had two goals and an assist, Carey Price made 26 saves, and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Winnipeg Jets 5-1 on Sunday to take a 3-0 lead in their second-round playoff series. Corey Perry, Artturi Lehkonen and Nick Suzuki also scored for the Canadiens. Adam Lowry replied for the Jets, who got 28
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Nick Paul scored in overtime on an assist from Ottawa Senators teammate Connor Brown, and Canada completed its amazing turnaround at the world hockey championship with a 3-2 win over Finland in the gold-medal game. Maxime Comtois and Adam Henrique also scored for Canada, which looked down-and-out after losing its first three games in Riga