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GLENDALE, ARIZ.—The start of Phil Kessel’s desert tenure did not go according to plan, for him or the Arizona Coyotes. Expected to give the Coyotes a scoring jolt, Kessel instead laboured, in large part due to a string of injuries. The NHL’s pandemic-caused pause has give the 32-year-old right winger a chance to heal, putting

CALGARY—The 2020 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge scheduled to take place in the fall has been cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Hockey Canada made the announcement on Friday. The annual, weeklong tournament was set to open Oct. 31 in Charlottetown and Summerside, P.E.I. “Hockey Canada’s priority remains the health and safety of all participants

Philadelphia Flyers forward Oskar Lindblom has completed radiation treatments for a rare form of bone cancer. The Flyers tweeted video Thursday showing Lindblom ringing the bell at Abramson Cancer Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, which signifies that he has completed his radiation treatments. The 23-year-old was diagnosed in December with Ewing’s sarcoma, a cancerous tumour that

Every Wednesday through the coronavirus pandemic, Rob Corte gets on a teleconference call with a group of fellow broadcasters who call themselves clean freaks. It’s an international group of sports broadcasters — hockey, baseball, football, basketball, soccer, wrestling, auto racing — who are trying to figure out the best and safest ways to bring back

Claude Julien knows there is a segment of the Montreal Canadiens fan base that would love to see their team lose to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the opening round of the NHL’s return to play tournament. Losing means the Habs would have a chance to win the first overall draft pick and in turn have

The NHL and the NHL Players’ Association are close to announcing they have struck a tentative agreement on a return to play protocol and a three-year extension to their current collective bargaining agreement. An industry source with knowledge of the negotiations said Thursday the two sides “are there” in terms of an agreement and that

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. This July 1 didn’t bring us the usual frenzy of free-agent signings, but it ended up being a pretty newsy day for the NHL anyway. Several “insiders” reported that

It says something that Las Vegas appears to have been passed over as one of the NHL’s long-awaited pair of hub cities. Vegas, after all, was the odds-on front-runner from the beginning, the players’ choice from the start. And you can understand why. If you’re a pro athlete staring down the prospect of a months-long

Edmonton’s downtown arena could be home to a special brand of playoff hockey this summer— a Stanley Cup run that would see players quarantined and the stands remain empty.  With Edmonton expected to be named as a hub city for the National Hockey League’s resumption of play, hockey fans in the capital city are buzzing with anticipation

Get ready for an all-Canadian party when the NHL resumes its season with a 24-team playoff. According to an industry source, both Toronto and Edmonton have been all-but-approved as the two hub cities to host the teams for the NHL’s return from the COVID-19 pause. “Nothing’s official yet,” the source said, on the condition of

The NHL has seemingly decided on its hub cities for when the league returns to play, according to multiple reports on Wednesday: Toronto for the Eastern Conference and Edmonton for the West. A formal announcement has not been made, but the reports follow weeks of speculation about which cities the league would resume play in after games were halted due to the

In a year destined to be remembered for grim news, for a moment on Tuesday, the National Hockey League offered a sliver of promise that, even in our chaotic world, sanity might still occasionally prevail — at least when it comes to some key decisions by the world’s best hockey league. As the league and

Quinn Hughes is well-versed in the NHL’s draft lottery. And like many observers, the most recent iteration threw the Vancouver Canucks defenceman for a loop. A mystery club — a placeholder referred to as Team E — beat the odds in Friday’s draw with a 2.5 per cent chance to secure the top pick and

Frederik Andersen can feel the clock ticking. Back in Toronto observing a 14-day quarantine, with an eye towards being on the ice with teammates for the start of training camp July 10, the Maple Leafs goalie knows its crunch time to decide whether or not the pandemic-hit 2019-20 season can actually resume. “It seems like

The NHL says 26 players have tested positive for COVID-19 since Phase 2 of its return-to-play protocol started June 8. The numbers released Monday include 11 positive results previously announced June 19. The league added it’s also aware of 11 other players testing positive outside of Phase 2 over the last three weeks. The NHL

For years, the NHL draft hasn’t made much sense. It’s something that got made up, or was copied from other professional leagues, when NHL owners wanted an artificial means of controlling prospects and costs. Over the years, people have come to believe in the fairy tale that the draft is about fairness of competition, about

Alexis Lafrenière could have a clear picture of where he’ll start his NHL career before going to bed Friday. Then again, maybe not. In a world dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic — one where life for countless people and businesses has been turned upside down — the NHL will hold the most unusual draft lottery

Jarome Iginla will headline the Hockey Hall of Fame’s class of 2020. The Calgary Flames icon and former captain was in his first year of eligibility following a standout career that spanned from 1996 through 2017. Six-time Stanley Cup champion Kevin Lowe will join Iginla in the players’ category along with forward Marian Hossa, defenceman Doug