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Connor Bedard and the 2023 NHL draft were mentioned in the same breath long before the phenom played a single shift in junior hockey. The 17-year-old’s path to the stage at Bridgestone Arena has been dotted by big goals, clutch performances and memorable moments in a young career poised to enter its next phase. The

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes have signed backup goalie Connor Ingram to a three-year contract, the team announced Sunday. The 26-year-old led the Coyotes with a 3.37 goals against average and a .907 save percentage last season. He had a 6-13-8 record in 27 games. Ingram made 47 saves in a shutout of

Designers of several special edition jerseys for the Vancouver Canucks say they’re disappointed and frustrated at a decision from the NHL to ban players from wearing special ’cause-based’ jerseys during warmups next season.  NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said in an interview with Sportsnet that themed nights at games were being undermined by the decisions of

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jordan Staal is staying with the Carolina Hurricanes after signing a four-year contract worth $11.6 million. The team announced the deal with their captain on Sunday, less than a week before Staal would have become an unrestricted free agent. He’s not going anywhere, sticking around to try to help the team

Jordan Staal is staying with the Carolina Hurricanes after signing a four-year contract worth $11.6 million US. The team announced the deal with their captain on Sunday, less than a week before Staal would have become an unrestricted free agent. He’s not going anywhere, sticking around to try to help the team win the Stanley

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes acquired defenseman Sean Durzi from the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday for a 2024 second-round draft. The 24-year-old played 72 games with the Kings last season, tying the team lead among defensemen with nine goals and was second with 29 assists. Durzi has 12 goals and 53 assists

Patrick Marleau is returning to the San Jose Sharks to open his post-playing career, this time in a developmental role. Two years after finishing his 23-year NHL career, and 21st in San Jose, Marleau is rejoining the Sharks as a player development coach and hockey operations adviser, the team announced on Friday. Among the Swift

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche have filled their second-line center void by acquiring Ryan Johansen from the Nashville Predators on Saturday. Colorado sent pending free agent Alex Galchenyuk to Nashville in a trade that essentially amounts to a contract dump but could help the 2022 Stanley Cup champions get back on top of

The Calgary Flames have hired Dan Lambert and Marc Savard to be assistants to new head coach Ryan Huska. Lambert spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach with the Nashville Predators. Savard, who played 221 of his 800 career NHL games with the Flames from 1999 to 2003, spent the last two seasons

MONTREAL – Peter Smith will return as head coach of the Premier Hockey League’s Montreal Force next season and the club has signed free-agent goaltender Lauren Bench. Katia Clement-Heydra also returns as Smith’s assistant coach and Olivier Gervais joined the team as goaltender coach, the Force announced Friday. Smith coached Montreal to an 8-14-2 record

The NHL said this week its teams will no longer wear special jerseys in support of Pride and other causes during, as they have for some time, pregame warm-ups on theme nights starting next season.  That the news broke during the height of Pride festivities was just one problem with the policy shift, say advocates for more inclusion in sport. “It’s a

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Marleau is returning to the San Jose Sharks to open his post-playing career — this time in a developmental role. Two years after finishing his 23-year NHL career, and 21st in San Jose, Marleau is rejoining the Sharks as a player development coach and hockey operations advisor, the team

The NHL is doing away with the practice of wearing Pride jerseys — or any other nongame jerseys — during warm-ups. “I suggested it would not be appropriate for clubs not to change their jerseys in warm-ups because it’s become a distraction,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman told Sportsnet at the conclusion of the league’s board

The NHL will not allow teams to wear “cause-based” jerseys next season, the league confirmed on Thursday. The league’s Board of Governors agreed with Commissioner Gary Bettman’s view that the refusals overshadowed teams’ efforts in hosting Pride nights that in some cases included auctioning off the warmup jerseys. All 32 teams held Pride or Hockey is for

OTTAWA – The world junior hockey championship is returning to the nation’s capital. Hockey Canada has announced that Ottawa will host the tournament from Dec. 26, 2024 to Jan. 5, 2025. It will mark the second time Ottawa has played host to the event. The city last hosted in 2009, when Canada won the last

Accountability and standards went out the window a long time ago for the Hockey Hall of Fame. What you are left with, ostensibly, is a living museum, fascinating but flawed — not an organization determined to recognize excellence in a logical, understandable manner, but rather one that invents its own idiosyncratic way of chronicling the

Henrik Lundqvist will enter the Hockey Hall of Fame with two of his idols. And Caroline Ouellette is set to take her place alongside a pair of podium-topping teammates. Lundqvist, Ouellette, Tom Barrasso, Mike Vernon and Pierre Turgeon headline the hall’s goaltender-heavy class of 2023 in the player category announced Wednesday following a vote by

Zach Benson has always been searching for the next game. That’s sometimes been a challenge. Owners of a company that supplies midway rides and other attractions for carnivals, his parents would pack up their RV every summer and hit the road for treks down lonely highways crisscrossing Western Canada. The family — Benson’s brothers and