BATTLEFORDS, SASK.—A lineup of vehicles stretching several kilometres along a Saskatchewan highway greeted family members of Colby Cave on Monday, as they returned home from Toronto where the Edmonton Oilers forward died of a brain bleed. Bob Bartkewich, a longtime family friend who plays hockey with Cave’s father, said he and others wanted a way
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The National Hockey League will be prepared for a post-coronavirus relaunch whenever an opportunity presents itself, commissioner Gary Bettman said on Monday. The opening round of the playoffs would have been underway this week but like every other North American sport, the NHL has been forced into hibernation since March 12 by the novel coronavirus.
The hiring made headlines around the hockey world, and rightly so. Florence Schelling, named general manager of Swiss club SC Bern last week, is the first woman in charge of the hockey decisions of a top-level men’s professional team. Even for a four-time Olympian who racked up an incredible resumé during a storied playing career,
Jake Evans was living his dream in the NHL and riding a wave of adrenaline when the COVID-19 pandemic stuck and stopped him cold. The 23-year-old had just completed his 13th career NHL contest — a 4-2 loss to the Predators at the Bell Centre — earning his first assist and first point in back-to-back
Ilya Sorokin, the Islanders’ presumed goalie of the future, may finally be coming to North America to join the organization. Igor Eronko, who covers the KHL for Sport-Express, reported via Twitter on Sunday that Sorokin has opted not to re-sign with CSKA Moscow and will instead sign a deal with the Islanders after his current
Hayley Wickenheiser can’t believe how quickly her drive for personal protection equipment has come together. The Canadian hockey legend, Ontario premier Doug Ford and an army of volunteers joined forces at a storage facility in Toronto on Saturday to collect, organize and then distribute badly needed medical equipment to front-line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Josh Morrissey figures he has more close friends on the Edmonton Oilers than any other rival NHL team. It led to some unusual heat-of-the-moment conversations for the Winnipeg defenceman the night of March 11, after news broke during the Jets’ game at Rogers Place that the NBA was suspending its season in the wake of
Minnesota Duluth defenceman Scott Perunovich won the Hobey Baker Memorial Award on Saturday night as college hockey’s top player, becoming the Bulldogs’ record sixth recipient. Perunovich, a junior from Hibbing, Minn., who recently signed with the St. Louis Blues, edged North Dakota forward Jordan Kawaguchi and Maine goalie Jeremy Swayman for the award announced on
Sometimes you can see an athlete’s post-career future long before it happens. Sifting through old files the other day, I smiled at a mention of Ray Ferraro, the ex-NHLer turned TSN broadcaster. “Ferraro is a born talker with a sports obsession. He could retire this morning and step into a four-hour time slot on (sports
As a hockey dad, Joe Hutzal felt for the Edmonton Oilers back on Dec. 6 as they prepared to clash with the Los Angeles Kings. Hutzal’s son Jacob and the rest of the Stony Plain Atom 2 Predators had the honour of standing on the Edmonton bench during the pre-game warm-up. ‘”In a way, I
The way Colby Cave’s personality could fill up a room is what Mark Lamb will remember most about his former star player. Cave died at the age of 25 on Saturday after suffering a brain bleed earlier this week. The Edmonton Oilers confirmed his death with a statement from his family, sending shock waves through
Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave has died after suffering a brain bleed earlier this week. The 25-year-old native of Battleford, Sask., had been in a medically induced coma in a Toronto hospital. The Oilers confirmed Cave’s death. “I (Emily, Cave’s wife) and both our families are in shock but know our Colby was loved dearly
Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave remains in a medically-induced coma at a Toronto hospital after suffering a brain bleed earlier this week. The Oilers, through Cave’s family, provided an update on Cave’s status Thursday on their Twitter account. “Colby is still in a medically-induced coma,” the team said. “This is giving his brain time to
Auston Matthews has been wheeling around his property in Arizona on rollerblades trying to stay in shape. With the NHL on an indefinite pause amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maple Leafs’ star centre even invited a goalie down to keep him company. Toronto netminder Frederik Andersen, however, hasn’t been forced to strap on the pads.
OTTAWA—The Ottawa Senators have signed centre Mark Kastelic to a three-year, entry-level contract. Kastelic, 21, recently completed his fifth major junior season for the Western Hockey League’s Calgary Hitmen. He led the club with 38 goals and a plus/minus rating of plus-30 over 58 games and finished tied for first on the team with 68
The man at the heart of the Maple Leaf Gardens sexual abuse scandal has died. Gordon Stuckless was sentenced in 2016 to six and a half years behind bars — six after credit for his time on house arrest — for more than 100 offences related to the sexual abuse of 18 boys over three
Let’s consider a couple of key questions about the 2020 NHL draft. With the rest of the 2019-20 season in serious jeopardy, when might the 2020 draft take place? It was scheduled for June 26-27 in Montreal, but was postponed in late March. And if the 2019-20 season isn’t completed, which without a treatment or
Pat Stapleton, a longtime NHL defenceman who famously kept an air of mystery over whether he possessed the puck from the goal that won the 1972 Summit Series, has died. He was 79. The Strathroy Rockets, a Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League team that Stapleton was involved with, said on their website the former Chicago