The White House says President Donald Trump spoke with commissioners of the country’s sports leagues on Saturday and told them he recognizes “the good work being done by many teams and players” to care for their communities and fans dealing with the new coronavirus. The virus has decimated the sports world with the NBA and
Canada
The Ottawa Senators have offered the Canadian Tire Centre, the building’s nine adjacent parking lots, and three other community arenas affiliated with the team to the Ontario government for temporary use during the COVID-19 pandemic. A team spokesperson said Friday that Senators owner Eugene Melnyk approached the province this week and is awaiting a reply.
Teammates Ty Nelson and Pano Fimis were the top two picks in the Ontario Hockey League’s Priority Selection Draft on Saturday. Nelson, a 16-year-old defenceman from the Greater Toronto Hockey League’s Toronto Jr. Canadiens, was announced by the North Bay Battalion as the first overall pick on Friday, the night before the OHL draft formally
NEW YORK—A hacker posted a racial slur 45 times in an online fan video chat Friday with a black New York Rangers prospect. The NHL team scrambled to disable the hacker it called “a vile individual” on the Zoom chat with K’Andre Miller, the 20-year-old former Wisconsin defenceman drafted No. 22 overall in 2018. “We
A hacker posted a racial slur 45 times in an online fan video chat Friday with a black New York Rangers prospect. The NHL team scrambled to disable the hacker it called “a vile individual” on the Zoom chat with K’Andre Miller, the 20-year-old former Wisconsin defenceman drafted No. 22 overall in 2018. “We were
St. Louis Blues captain Alex Pietrangelo says teammate Jay Bouwmeester is in good health some seven weeks after having a cardioverter defibrillator implanted in his chest. Pietrangelo said he and his teammates have occasionally stopped in to see Bouwmeester while the NHL is on hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic. He said he’s pleased to
The Ottawa Senators say four additional members of the organization have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to six. The team announced Wednesday that the people in question travelled with the team to California before the NHL suspended its season March 12 because of the novel coronavirus outbreak. The Senators revealed last month that
Morgan Rielly has been working out at home trying to stay in shape. The Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman is also reading, watching movies and improving his rudimentary cooking skills. He’s fairly confident with the barbecue and has a decent handle on pasta. “I don’t have the confidence yet for fish,” Rielly said. “I don’t want
OTTAWA—The owner of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators has announced the organization is implementing temporary layoffs and salary reductions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eugene Melnyk’s company Capital Sports & Entertainment said in a release Thursday that its full-time workforce will be reduced effective Sunday, when the Senators’ season was originally scheduled to end. Those not
J.T. Miller hasn’t thought twice about having the best statistical season of his career stopped in its tracks. The frustration of seeing the Vancouver Canucks’ resurgent campaign put on ice is another matter. “Our team is really coming together,” Miller said on a conference call Wednesday. “We’re learning a lot about each other. We established
The NHL and its players association have opened their online Future Goals Hockey Scholar program to parents and teachers for free, hoping to help kids learn during the pandemic. With school-aged children essentially house-bound, parents face unprecedented challenges when it comes to providing enough physical and educational stimulation while observing social distancing rules. Future Goals
The Ottawa Senators say four additional members of the organization have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to six. The team announced Wednesday that the people in question travelled with the team to California before the NHL suspended its season March 12 because of the novel coronavirus outbreak. The Senators revealed last month that
The NHL has extended its guideline for players and staff to self-quarantine until April 15 and it is possible the coronavirus pandemic could push that back even further. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly confirmed the extension to the Associated Press in an email Tuesday. It adds an extra 11 days to the previous guidance of April
Kyle Dubas was watching television the evening of March 11 when news started to trickle out of Oklahoma City. An NBA player — it would turn out to be Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz — had tested positive for COVID-19. Shortly thereafter, the league suspended its season. The NHL, and most of the rest
Arizona Coyotes general manager John Chayka — whose hometown is Jordan, Ont. near St. Catharines — is doing his bit to help during the COVID-19 pandemic, both in his new home and his old one. Chayka told the Star that in April, the 14 Wendy’s franchises he co-owns with wife Kathryn in the Golden Horseshoe
The NHL has extended its guideline for players and staff to self-quarantine until April 15 and it is possible the coronavirus pandemic could push that back even further. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly confirmed the extension to the Associated Press in an email Tuesday. It adds an extra 11 days to the previous guidance of April
In pre-pandemic days, any time a complaint was registered in the direction of the NHL’s divisional playoff format, the league offered a go-to counter-argument. Sure, there are issues of fairness that make the format, to some eyes, in need of a drastic overhaul. Among its many crimes against logic, it often puts two of the
Brady Tkachuk is hunkered down with family in St. Louis trying to wait out the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ottawa Senators winger has also been keeping close tabs on a pair of teammates who tested positive for the disease. “Those guys, they’re doing well,” Tkachuk said on one of the NHL’s video conference calls Monday. “We’re