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The NHL has extended its self-quarantine recommendation for an additional 15 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league announced Tuesday that the recommendation, which applies to players, coaches and staff, has been prolonged until April 30 following consultation with medical experts and representatives from the NHL Players’ Association. The NHL put its 2019-20 campaign

Two-time Stanley Cup champion Kris Versteeg has retired after 11 NHL seasons. The 33-year-old forward from Lethbridge, Alta., amassed 149 goals and 358 points in 643 regular-season games, as well as 18 goals and 30 assists in 93 playoff contests. Versteeg won Stanley Cups with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2010 and 2015. He scored outdoor-game

Moment to moment. Breath to breath. That’s how Emily Cave said she is approaching life in the wake of her unspeakable loss. And maybe the hardest part beyond the tragedy, she said, is that she can’t hold a proper funeral for her husband. “I’ll be honest,” she said. “That’s my biggest struggle right now.” If

For many athletes, the prospect of professional sports slowly emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic to resume play in empty sports complexes is reason for optimism. Sure, the stadiums and arenas will be devoid of the fan atmosphere that’s so integral to the professional sports experience, but players currently sitting at home bingeing Netflix shows would

WINNIPEG—The Winnipeg Jets and defenceman Dustin Byfuglien have agreed to a mutual contract termination, bringing an end to a strained relationship between the team and a former face of the franchise. The NHL and the NHL Players’ Association made the announcement Friday. Byfuglien had been with the Jets’ organization since its last season in Atlanta

The U.S.-based National Women’s Hockey League is in the process of establishing an expansion franchise in the Toronto area, a person with direct knowledge of the plans told The Associated Press. The team will be headed by Margaret “Digit” Murphy, and the former Brown University coach already has begun building a roster of players, the

Two-time Stanley Cup champion Kris Versteeg has retired after 11 NHL seasons. The 33-year-old forward from Lethbridge, Alta., amassed 149 goals and 209 assists in 643 regular-season games, as well as 18 goals and 30 assists in 93 playoff games. Versteeg won Stanley Cups with the Chicago Blackhawks in both 2010 and 2015. He scored

CCM Hockey is the latest hockey equipment manufacturer to join the battle against the spread of COVID-19, with the company announcing Monday that it has converted its facility to produce personal protection equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers in Quebec. Following the lead taken by hockey companies such as Bauer and Brian’s Custom Sports, the Montreal-based company will begin producing full-head protective

Former NHL player Akim Aliu says he believes people deserve second chances, and that includes a coach who allegedly used racial slurs against him. Aliu said Thursday he’s fine with Bill Peters returning to the professional ranks, some 24 hours after the former NHL bench boss was hired by Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg of the Russian-based Kontinental

The NHL has extended its self-quarantine recommendation for an additional 15 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league announced Tuesday that the recommendation, which applies to players, coaches and staff, has been prolonged until April 30 following consultation with medical experts and representatives from the NHL Players’ Association. The NHL put its 2019-20 campaign

When Toronto neurosurgeon Dr. Charles Tator heard the sad news about Colby Cave, the Edmonton Oilers forward who died Saturday at age 25, Tator immediately flashed back to his earliest days as a doctor. Tator, 83, is best known as Canada’s foremost expert on concussions, but he began his career as an emergency-room physician. And

Edmonton Oilers chairman Bob Nicholson remembers Colby Cave as a tireless worker on the ice and in the community. Nicholson hopes to see the popular forward’s impact carried on through the Colby Cave Memorial Fund, announced Tuesday by the Oilers and the Cave family. Cave, a native of Battleford, Sask., died Saturday at a Toronto hospital.

MOSCOW—Bill Peters made a return to professional hockey on Wednesday when he was appointed coach of Russian hockey club Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Peters resigned as coach of the Calgary Flames last year following allegations he previously used racial slurs and struck players. “I think as time goes on we all grow and improve and become better

Bill Peters made a return to professional hockey on Wednesday when he was appointed coach of Russian hockey club Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Peters resigned as coach of the Calgary Flames last year following allegations he previously used racial slurs and struck players. “I think as time goes on we all grow and improve and become better

The U.S.-based National Women’s Hockey League is in the process of establishing an expansion franchise in the Toronto area, a person with direct knowledge of the plans told The Associated Press. The team will be headed by Margaret “Digit” Murphy, and the former Brown University coach already has begun building a roster of players, the

Mitch Marner is usually bouncing off the walls. Whether it’s between practice drills, during warmups before a game or in the locker room, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ star winger is more often than not a ball of unbridled, happy-go-lucky energy. That makes the NHL’s shutdown and this unprecedented era of self-isolation and physical distancing amid

Edmonton Oilers chairman Bob Nicholson remembers Colby Cave as a tireless worker on the ice and in the community. Nicholson hopes to see the popular forward’s impact carried on through the “Colby Cave Memorial Fund,” announced Tuesday by the Oilers and the Cave family. Cave, a native of Battleford, Sask., died Saturday at a Toronto

Hockey Hall of Famer Dale Hawerchuk completed his final round of chemotherapy on Monday. Hawerchuk’s son Eric announced the news on Twitter, saying “we hope” it was the end of his father’s fight against stomach cancer. Today my dad finished his final round of chemo Protocol in Barrie. Got to ring the “Bell of Hope”