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Hockey. Outdoors. In Florida. Next season, the NHL is making it happen — twice. The NHL announced Wednesday the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers will play host to the New York Rangers at loanDepot Park in Miami, home of baseball’s Marlins, on Jan. 2, 2026, in the Winter Classic, with the Tampa Bay Lightning playing

Johnny Gaudreau’s jersey number will be retired by his junior team at a ceremony this weekend honoring him and his late brother, Matthew. The Dubuque Fighting Saints of the United States Hockey League will raise Gaudreau’s No. 8 to the rafters on Saturday with the brothers’ parents, Guy and Jane, sisters Katie and Kristen, and

Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes says he doesn’t regret visiting a prospect in Russia, despite facing widespread backlash amid the country’s ongoing war in Ukraine. “No regret,” Hughes said in French on Wednesday at the Canadiens’ practice facility. “I think we were criticized mostly on the political side, for us this was about work.”

With fierce wildfires raging uncontrolled throughout the Los Angeles area, the NHL announced that Wednesday’s game between the Calgary Flames and L.A. Kings has been postponed.  At least four separate blazes were burning in the metropolitan area, from the Pacific Coast inland to Pasadena, forcing residents to flee through flames and towering clouds of smoke.

Teddy Stiga started his journey as a healthy scratch. He ended it bathed in glory with a gold medal hanging from his neck. The 18-year-old forward scored at 8:04 of overtime as the United States battled back from a 3-1 deficit late in the second period to defeat Finland 4-3 and secure the country’s second

The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, as they cycled on a rural New Jersey road pleaded not guilty to the indictment Tuesday after turning down a prosecution offer of 35 years in prison. Sean M. Higgins, 44, appeared briefly in court in Salem County, N.J., and entered

The NHL has fined Toronto forward Max Domi $5,000 US for elbowing Philadelphia Flyers forward Garnet Hathaway during the Maple Leafs’ 3-2 overtime win Sunday. Domi received an elbowing minor penalty on the play, which occurred at 5:08 of the third period. Hathaway was involved in a first-period fight with Jake McCabe that left the

Al MacNeil, a former NHL player and Stanley Cup-winning coach, has died at age 89. The Flames said in a press release Monday that MacNeil died Sunday in Calgary. No cause of death was provided. MacNeil was an Original Six defenceman who played 524 NHL games for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks,

The United States sits one win from history. Gabe Perreault and Ryan Leonard had a goal and an assist each as the Americans beat the Czech Republic 4-1 on Saturday to advance to the gold-medal game at the world junior hockey championship. Cole Eiserman and Oliver Moore, into the empty net, also scored for the U.S.,

Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews says he is ready to return. Matthews confirmed the news at the morning skate ahead of Toronto’s home game against the Boston Bruins on Saturday night. The star centre missed the last six games with an undisclosed upper-body injury. He last played Dec. 20 and was placed on injured reserve

The NHL suspended Nashville Predators rookie forward Zachary L’Heureux for three games on Thursday for slew-footing Minnesota Wild captain Jared Spurgeon. The discipline was handed down after L’Heureux had a hearing with the Department of Player Safety on Thursday afternoon. The incident occurred at the 3:19 mark of the second period during the Predators’ 5-3

Canada has crashed out the world junior hockey championship at the quarterfinal stage for the second straight year. Adam Jecho scored the winner on a power play with 39.4 seconds left in regulation as the tournament hosts fell 4-3 to Czech Republic on Thursday. Petr Sikora, Jakub Stancl and Eduard Sale had the other goals for

Easton Cowan drove an opponent into the boards from behind. Carson Rehkopf, Sam Dickinson, Sawyer Mynio, Tanner Molendyk and Luca Pinelli were among the other players to take undisciplined penalties in Canada’s 4-1 loss to the United States on New Year’s Eve at the world junior hockey championship in Ottawa. The tournament hosts need to

The Toronto Maple Leafs placed captain Auston Matthews on the injured reserve list on Tuesday, a move that allowed the team to recall a player ahead of their matinee against the New York Islanders. A team spokesman said Matthews, who’s out with an upper-body injury, has not experienced any setbacks. The move was retroactive to

Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is alone at the top. Crosby broke Mario Lemieux’s franchise record for most assists in team history during a 3-2 win against the New York Islanders on Sunday. “I want to congratulate Sid on setting the team’s assist record,” Lemieux said in a statement released by the team. “He’s an amazing

Alex Ovechkin’s record chase is back on. His empty-net goal for the Washington Capitals in Saturday’s 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs wasn’t the most challenging goal among the 869 he’s scored in the NHL, but it was significant given his return from a 16-game hiatus due to injury. “Every goal is hard to

3 days ago News Duration 4:24 U.S. president-elect Donald Trump claimed on social media that he urged hockey icon Wayne Gretzky to run for prime minister during a Christmas visit. It’s Trump’s latest comment on Canadian politics, following quips about Canada becoming the U.S.’s 51st state and meeting ‘Governor’ Justin Trudeau.

It didn’t take goalie Mackenzie Blackwood long to establish himself as the Colorado Avalanche’s starter for the present and future after signing a five-year $26.25 million US contract extension on Friday. The Avalanche announced the signing, and a person with direct knowledge of the contract confirmed its value to The Associated Press. The person spoke