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Two NHL teams will face off on the ice at Centre 200 in Sydney, N.S., this fall, thanks to the community’s Kraft Hockeyville win last year. The Florida Panthers and Ottawa Senators will play a preseason game on Oct. 1 to celebrate Sydney’s win in the annual competition. “Our organization is thrilled to visit Nova

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Forward Zemgus Girgensons is returning to the Buffalo Sabres for a 10th season after signing a one-year, $2.5 million contract Tuesday. The 29-year-old Girgensons is the team’s longest-serving active player and was eligible to become an unrestricted free agent next month. Despite extending their NHL-record postseason drought to a 12th consecutive

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. After Vegas (over?)celebrated its Stanley Cup championship Saturday night on the Strip, we’re about to enter the busiest stretch of the NHL off-season. It starts tomorrow with the unveiling of

The NHL’s trade deadline generates most of the hype, but draft week is often what delivers the goods. We have officially entered the unofficial trade season, a brief window where front offices can draw on increased cap flexibility to alter the makeup of their rosters. With a weaker-than-usual free agent class set to hit the

The Hockey Hall of Fame’s class of 2023 will be unveiled Wednesday afternoon. Last year’s crop featured both a Swedish and West Coast feel with Henrik and Daniel Sedin, Daniel Alfredsson and Roberto Luongo taking centre stage. The Canadian Press examines some of the contenders hoping to get their hall call ahead of November’s induction

TORONTO – The Toronto Six have signed playoff hero Tereza Vanisova to a contract for the upcoming Premier Hockey Federation season. The 27-year-old forward from Strakonice, Czechia, scored in overtime as the Six defeated the Minnesota Whitecaps 4-3 on March 26 to capture their first Isobel Cup title. It capped a breakout season for Vanisova,

Forward Connor Bedard, the projected top pick in the NHL draft on June 28, was named the inaugural winner of the International Ice Hockey Federation male player of the year award Monday. “This is such a huge honour,” Bedard said, per the IIHF. “I’m not sure how to compare it to others I’ve received, but it’s pretty

CALGARY – After four years in Winnipeg, the Western Hockey League’s Ice franchise is moving west. The team and league announced Friday that the club has been sold and relocated to Wenatchee, Wash. The move received approval of the WHL’s board of governors and was effective immediately. “Unfortunately, multiple attempts by the Ice ownership to

Saskatchewan connections run deep on the 2023 Stanley Cup winners Vegas Golden Knights Davidson’s Brayden McNabb, Saskatoon’s Chandler Stephenson and Estevan’s Brayden Pachal were among the Saskatchewan products that helped the Golden Knights through their cup run.  The Vegas Golden Knights captured the franchise’s first Stanley Cup in just its sixth season of existence on Tuesday after closing out the Florida Panthers

In putting a bow on the Vegas Golden Knights and their Stanley Cup championship, the question I’m being asked most often is: What exactly did we just watch, and how did Vegas do it? What we watched was a methodical dismantling of the Florida Panthers in Game 5, giving Vegas a 4-1 series win after

Marty Walsh wasn’t a man in a hurry to leave the Biden administration. Less than halfway through the president’s term, Walsh was in a comfortable spot in the Cabinet as labor secretary. Then he got a call about an interesting opportunity: running the NHL Players’ Association. The former mayor of Boston and longtime Bruins fan

Thousands of Vegas Golden Knights fans lined the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday for a Stanley Cup victory parade and a rally in front of the team’s home arena to mark the city’s first NHL championship. For the team that played its first game as an expansion franchise in October 2017 and for tourists in

VANCOUVER – Oliver Ekman-Larsson’s time in Vancouver has come to an end. The Canucks said Friday they had bought out the defenceman’s contract, making him an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Ekman-Larsson had four years and US$29 million remaining on an eight-year, $66-million contract he signed with Arizona in 2018. In a release, the

Patrick Roy has resigned as general manager and head coach of the Quebec Remparts just over a week after the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team won the Memorial Cup. Roy, a Hall of Fame goaltender who coached the Remparts for 13 seasons over two stints, made the announcement Tuesday in a news conference at

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vegas Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy played and coached in three established professional sports cities before arriving in Las Vegas. After the Golden Knights hoisted the Stanley Cup in the team’s sixth NHL season — and Cassidy’s first as their coach — Sin City has become a two-time titlist in less

A group led by Michael Andlauer has emerged from a long and public bidding process with an agreement in principle to be the new owner of the Ottawa Senators. The team announced the deal in a news release, saying he would purchase 90 per cent of the team. It did not list a purchase price. “Subject to

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Vancouver Canucks have bought out Oliver Ekman-Larsson’s contract, making the 31-year-old Swedish defenseman an unrestricted free agent July 1. Vancouver said Friday it agreed to pay Ekman-Larsson $19.33 million, spread over the next eight years to reduce its salary-cap hit. Ekman-Larsson had four years and $29 million remaining on

Oliver Ekman-Larsson’s time in Vancouver has come to an end. The Canucks said Friday they had bought out the defenceman’s contract, making him an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Ekman-Larsson had four years and $29 million US remaining on an eight-year, $66-million contract he signed with Arizona in 2018. In a release, the Canucks said