Hockey Canada has temporarily shutdown national junior team selection camp following the confirmation of two positive COVID-19 tests among players. Hockey Canada announced on Wednesday that players, coaches and staff at the camp have entered a 14-day quarantine retroactive to Monday. All camp activities will be paused until Dec. 6. The original announcement of the
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If there is a motivating factor for both the NHL and its players to get this season underway, it’s money. The NHL is heading into the final season of a 10-year contract that gave NBC and its cable partners national broadcasting and digital rights in the United States. It amounted to $200 million (U.S.) a
An NHL legend from Manitoba is honouring an NHL pioneer from Saskatchewan and the path he cleared for First Nations people dreaming of the big league. “It’s a sad day for the hockey world, especially the First Nations across the country. We’ll miss a great guy,” said Reggie Leach, whose name is inscribed on the Stanley Cup,
Olivier Adam stopped 35 shots as the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada remained undefeated with a 2-1 victory over the Gatineau Olympiques on Tuesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League play. Benjamin Corbeil beat goaltender Remi Poirier over the glove on a short-handed breakaway at 8:47 of the second period with the eventual winner, helping to extend Blainville-Boisbriand’s
A far cry from the standings at Thanksgiving serving as a barometer of which teams are most likely to make the playoffs, the NHL heads into the U.S. holiday without a firm plan announced for next season. The league and players are running out of time to start the season Jan. 1 as previously planned,
Retired Chicago Blackhawks enforcer Daniel Carcillo says it took a mind-blowing drug to save his brain — and his life. “It was the most amazing experience,” Carcillo says on the latest edition of “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,” set to debut Tuesday night on HBO and HBO Max Carcillo, who sued the NHL over his
Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that two players at its national junior selection camp have tested positive for COVID-19. The organization said in a news release that the players, who were not named, are in quarantine at the team’s hotel in Red Deer, Alta. Hockey Canada said it is suspending all camp activities for the day,
QUEBEC – Vasily Ponomarev broke a 3-3 tie at 16:46 of the third period, and the Shawinigan Cataractes held on to defeat the Victoriaville Tigres 4-3 on Monday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Antoine Coulombe kicked out 37-of-40 shots including all 18 his way in the third to help Shawinigan halt a three-game
Chicago’s NHL team on Monday hired Kendall Coyne Schofield as a player development coach, making her the first woman to hold that position in the organization’s 94-year history. Coyne Schofield, 28, will work with the coaching staff of Chicago’s top minor league affiliate in Rockford, Illinois, and serve as youth hockey growth specialist. The former
Hockey fans, the news is good. Let NHLers, minor-leaguers, kids of both genders (and their parents), beer leaguers of both genders (and their spouses) and just about anybody who plays the game indoors in an organized league rejoice. It looks like we’ll be getting back to normal next fall. By then, we’ll have lost a
The development of two potential COVID-19 vaccines could be a major assist in the battle against the coronavirus, but they might not be a game changer when it comes to NHL fans being able to return to arenas in the near future. Dr. Susy Hota, medical director of infection prevention and control and infectious diseases
BAIE-COMEAU, Que. – Brandon Frattaroli scored twice while Nathael Roy scored the shootout-winning goal as the Baie-Comeau Drakkar vanquished the Val-d’Or Foreurs 3-2 in Baie-Comeau on Sunday afternoon. Frattaroli scored his first of the game in the second period, before scoring the game-tying goal with 10:01 to play in the third. Jacob Gaucher and Marshall
A “non-core member” of Hockey Canada’s National Junior Team staff has tested positive for COVID-19. Hockey Canada’s senior vice-president of national teams Scott Salmond says the team learned of the positive test Saturday morning. The individual and their close contacts have been placed in quarantine at the team’s hotel in Red Deer, Alta. Team Canada’s
Fred Sasakamoose, one of the first Indigenous athletes to play in the National Hockey League, has been hospitalized over a presumed positive COVID-19 test. Sasakamoose’s condition was first revealed through a Facebook post on his official page Friday. Fred’s son, Neil, later announced through a video on Facebook Saturday that his father had been admitted
Fred Sasakamoose, one of the first Indigenous athletes to play in the National Hockey League, was hospitalized as a “presumed” positive COVID-19 case. His condition was first revealed through a Facebook post on his official page Friday. Sasakamoose’s son, Neil, later announced through a video on Facebook Saturday that his father had been admitted to hospital
BOISBRIAND, Que. – Luke Henman scored twice as the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada defeated the Shawinigan Cataractes 5-4 in Blainville-Boisbriand on Saturday evening. Henman scored the first of his two goals in the first period, tying the game at 2-2. He would later score his second, the eventual game-winner, with 9:55 left in the third period. Yaroslav
The Halifax Mooseheads have postponed games on Saturday and Wednesday after a team employee tested positive for COVID-19. The employee has not been in contact with any players or hockey staff, according to a release Saturday. The Mooseheads said they were being cautious even though Public Health told them they didn’t need to take further
OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Egor Sokolov to a three-year, entry-level contract. Ottawa selected Sokolov in the second round, 61st overall, at the 2020 NHL draft. The 20-year-old from Yekatarinburg, Russia, had a league-leading 46 goals as well as 46 assists in 52 games with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Cape