Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland says defenceman Oscar Klefbom will miss the 2020-21 season after suffering a shoulder injury last season. The team hopes Klefbom can return for the start of the 2021-22 season. The Swedish native had five goals and 29 assists in 34 games last season. Klefbom was fifth in ice time
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Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland says defenceman Oscar Klefbom will miss the 2020-21 season after suffering a shoulder injury last season. The team hopes Klefbom can return for the start of the 2021-22 season. The Swedish native had five goals and 29 assists in 34 games last season. Klefbom was fifth in ice time
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says a decision has yet to be made on whether or not the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators will be permitted to play home games with the province set to go into lockdown amid soaring COVID-19 numbers. The NHL and NHL Players’ Association announced over the weekend the league is
The NHL and players completed a deal Sunday to hold a 56-game 2021 season from Jan. 13-May 8 with playoffs to last into July. The league’s Board of Governors voted to approve the agreement that was supported by the NHLPA executive board Friday night. “The National Hockey League looks forward to the opening of our
The NHL and its players association have made it official: The league intends to play a 56-game regular season starting Jan. 13. The Maple Leafs are expected to play in the North Division, featuring all seven Canadian teams, with the league realigned because of travel concerns and coronavirus restrictions. They would play only each other,
The National Hockey League and the NHL Players’ Association have reached an agreement for a 56-game season beginning Jan. 13. More to come. The <a href=”https://twitter.com/NHLPA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@NHLPA</a> and <a href=”https://twitter.com/NHL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@NHL</a> have announced an agreement to play a 2020-21 regular-season schedule of 56 games beginning on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. <a href=”https://t.co/2on0oStnMd”>https://t.co/2on0oStnMd</a> <a href=”https://t.co/aggYeVMjfj”>pic.twitter.com/aggYeVMjfj</a> —@PR_NHL
The NHL is preparing for a pandemic-altered regular season limited to divisional play while trying to determine if the league’s seven Canadian teams will be allowed to play in their country. Taxi squads also are coming back as part of a tentative return-to-play plan reached Friday, and at least one team won’t be opening its
Canada won’t play Sweden in a pre-tournament game before the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton because of Sweden’s extended quarantine. Exhibition games scheduled for Sunday and Monday ahead of the tournament starting Christmas Day were cancelled because German players and Swedish staff tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. Canada was scheduled to face the
EDMONTON – Canada won’t play Sweden in a pre-tournament game before the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton because of Sweden’s extended quarantine. Exhibition games scheduled for Sunday and Monday ahead of the tournament starting Christmas Day were cancelled because German players and Swedish staff tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. Canada was scheduled to
The NHL is preparing for a pandemic-altered regular season limited to divisional play while trying to determine if the league’s seven Canadian teams will be allowed to play in their country. Taxi squads also are coming back as part of a tentative return-to-play plan reached Friday, and at least one team won’t be opening its
TORONTO – The NHL and the NHL Players’ Association have settled on a framework for the upcoming season, pending the approval of each side’s executive board and Canadian health officials. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly confirmed on Friday night that the two sides have a tentative deal that will include a 56-game schedule for the
The National Hockey League and its players’ association reportedly agreed to terms Friday on holding the 2021 campaign. Each side must hold a vote among its constituents to put the final stamp of approval on the deal, Sportsnet and TSN reported. The sides agreed to a 56-game schedule with hopes of starting Jan. 13, according to multiple
EDMONTON – Kirby Dach has been named captain of Canada’s team for the upcoming world junior hockey championship. The Chicago Blackhawks forward heads a leadership group that also includes alternates Bowen Byram and Dylan Cozens, Hockey Canada announced Friday. Dach, who was loaned to the national program for the under-20 tournament by his NHL club
Kirby Dach has been named captain of Canada’s team for the upcoming world junior hockey championship. The Chicago forward heads a leadership group that also includes alternates Bowen Byram and Dylan Cozens, Hockey Canada announced Friday. Dach, who was loaned to the national program for the under-20 tournament by his NHL club with the 2020-21 season
It was only matter of time before the issue of the Chicago Blackhawks’ nickname and their Indian head logo resurfaced as a point of contention. When Washington’s NFL team announced in July that they were dropping Redskins from their name, the Hawks issued a statement saying they weren’t changing theirs, the namesake of Sauk and
The Chicago hockey team is going to remain the Blackhawks and there is no sign of a change coming anytime soon. Speaking publicly for the first time since Cleveland’s MLB team announced Monday they plan to change their name, Chicago CEO Danny Wirtz reiterated the same message the team shared this summer after lingering questions
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks have signed forward Justin Bailey to a one-year, two-way contract. The 25-year-old appeared in two games with Vancouver last season. He had 47 points (28 goals, 19 assists) and 39 penalty minutes in 53 games with the American Hockey League’s Utica Comets. The Buffalo, N.Y. native has played in 65
All-star winger Anthony Duclair has agreed to join the Florida Panthers on a one-year contract, the team announced Thursday. The 25-year-old Duclair had a career-high 23 goals and 17 assists for Ottawa last season. Florida becomes his sixth team; Duclair has 79 goals and 83 assists in parts of six NHL seasons. “Anthony is a