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DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings signed forward Anthony Mantha to a four-year contract Tuesday. The Red Wings announced the move. Mantha, 26, has played five seasons in the NHL — all with Detroit. He scored 16 goals with 22 assists last season, ranking third on the team with 38 points. That was despite playing

Having an all-Canadian division as part of its return to play strategy is one option being considered by the NHL, but experts say the league will probably still need to use hub cities to host games. Deputy NHL commissioner Bill Daly told ESPN that the continued closure of the border between Canada and the U.S.

This is a hockey story that’s not really about hockey. It’s about health and a deadly pandemic. That said, there have been many, many things about the sport of hockey over the years, from the use of protective equipment to concussions to abuse of officials, that have seen health issues brought into direct conflict with

EDMONTON – The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Dominik Kahun, who has experience playing alongside Oilers star Leon Draisaitl. Kahun and the Oilers agreed to a one-year contract worth US$975,000. The 25-year-old posted a combined 12 goals and 19 assists in 56 games last season with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres. Kahun has appeared

The Canadian junior hockey team will play the waiting game with Alexis Lafreniere and the New York Rangers after learning Thursday that another NHLer will join the squad for selection camp. Chicago Blackhawks centre Kirby Dach was loaned to Canada and will be part of the 47-player selection camp Nov. 16-Dec. 13 in Red Deer,

Bill Chow remembers what conversations surrounding mental health entailed during his youth. For the most part, there weren’t any. “You didn’t talk about mental health when I was in school,” said the 62-year-old president of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. “You were weak if you talked about it. And if you reached out for help,

There was a point while serving as interim coach of the Dallas Stars when Rick Bowness knew he didn’t want someone else to come in and take over the team. And that was even before they went to the Stanley Cup Final. The Stars are still Bowness’ team. Dallas officially removed the interim tag Thursday

Two Quebec Major Junior Hockey League teams are set to finally return to the ice within the first week of November. The league announced two games involving the Sherbrooke Phoenix and Chicoutimi Sagueneens have officially been rescheduled. The Phoenix, who haven’t played since Oct. 4, will play against the Val-d’Or Foreurs Nov. 4 at the

The Hockey Hall of Fame announced Friday there will be no new inductees in 2021, and the class of 2020 will be honoured in a ceremony that year instead. The 2020 inductees were scheduled to be inducted Nov. 16 in Toronto, but the ceremony was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hockey Hall of Fame

TORONTO – Ontario Premier Doug Ford is leaving the door open for bodychecking to remain in the Ontario Hockey League for the upcoming season. Ford tweeted Saturday night that he is working on a return-to-play plan with the OHL that would involve physical contact. He acknowledged that the plan would need to be approved by

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is leaving the door open for bodychecking to remain in the Ontario Hockey League for the upcoming season. Ford tweeted Saturday night that he is working on a return to play plan with the OHL that would involve physical contact. He acknowledged that the plan would need to be approved by

When the Montreal Canadiens’ Serge Savard became the first NHL defenceman to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1969, he remembers being given two options to commemorate the honour. He could accept a plaque declaring him the award’s winner. Or he could order a custom-built miniature

The Ontario Hockey League will not have bodychecking this coming season, according to Lisa MacLeod. Ontario’s minister of sport said Friday afternoon in a speech delivered to the Empire Club of Canada that removing purposeful physical contact is a necessity for all sports in the province to slow the spread of COVID-19 “Not just in

The Val-d’Or Foreurs downed the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 4-1, and major junior hockey resumed in the province of Quebec on Friday — a little more than two weeks after play was suspended due to COVID-19 restrictions. Justin Ducharme and Marshall Lessard had a goal and an assist apiece as Val-d’Or hit the ice for a Quebec

The University of North Dakota said Friday that Arizona Coyotes top draft pick Mitchell Miller is no longer on the school’s hockey team. The announcement by university president Andrew Armacost came a day after the Coyotes renounced their rights to the 2020 fourth-round pick after learning more about his bullying of a Black classmate with

Alex Galchenyuk has no interest in looking back. And it’s easy to understand why. After getting traded three times in 20 months, the third overall pick at the 2012 NHL draft signed a one-year, US$1.05-million contract with the Ottawa Senators — his fifth team since June 2018 — as an unrestricted free agent earlier this

Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr has endorsed the re-election bid of U.S. President Donald Trump. The Boston Bruins legend took out a full-page ad in Friday’s New Hampshire Union Leader, where he calls Trump “the kind of teammate I want.” The ad, which includes a photo of Orr and Trump giving a “thumbs-up” gesture, was

GLENDALE, ARIZ.—The Arizona Coyotes renounced their rights Thursday to their top 2020 draft pick after saying they learned more about his bullying of a Black classmate with developmental disabilities four years ago. The team parted ways with Mitchell Miller after criticism for selecting him in the fourth round earlier this month despite knowing of his