CENTRE ROBERT-GUERTIN, GATINEAU — Shawn Element scored two goals leading the Cape Breton Eagles to a 7-3 victory over the Gatineau Olympiques in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Xavier Bouchard added three assists for the Eagles. The Eagles led 3-0 at the end of the first period led by goals from Ryan Francis, Element
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CENTRE MARCEL DIONNE, DRUMMONDVILLE — William Dufour had a goal and three assists leading the Drummondville Voltigeurs to a 4-2 victory over the Charlottetown Islanders. Lukas Cormier had two assists for Charlottetown. After a scoreless first period, the Voltigeurs took a 2-1 lead in the second after goals from Jérémy Lapointe and Jacob Dion. Nikita
Alex Nylander had a pair of goals, and the Chicago Blackhawks snapped a five-game winless skid on Saturday night with an 8-4 victory over the Calgary Flames. After entering the night with two goals in his previous 34 games, Nylander scored twice in the second period as Chicago took advantage of several defensive miscues to
ST. PAUL, MINN.— San Jose Sharks winger Evander Kane ripped into the NHL’s Department of Player Safety and its leader, George Parros, in a series of tweets Saturday shortly after the league suspended him for three games for elbowing Winnipeg Jets defenceman Neal Pionk in the head. “The fact the NHL Department of Player Safety
Jack Campbell stopped 24 shots for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 4-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night. Campbell is now 3-0-1 since the Leafs acquired him Feb. 5 Auston Matthews, Jake Muzzin, William Nylander and Mitch Marner scored for the Leafs (31-20-8), who are trying to stay ahead of the Florida
San Jose Sharks goalie Aaron Dell was feeling a bit fortunate to skate away with a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday. Sharks forwards Melker Karlsson and Timo Meier scored goals 89 seconds apart early in the third period, and Dell had help from a goal post during a late Winnipeg flurry of
CENTRE MARCEL DIONNE, DRUMMONDVILLE — Nicholas Girouard had a goal and two assists leading the Drummondville Voltigeurs to a 7-4 victory over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar. Jacob Dion scored two goals for the Voltigeurs. The score was tied 2-2 at the end of the first period. Brandon Skubel and Girouard scored for the Voltigeurs while Gabriel
Edmonton Oilers forward Zack Kassian was suspended for seven games by the NHL on Friday for kicking Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman Erik Cernak. Kassian and Cernak were tangled up late in the first period of Edmonton’s 3-1 loss in Tampa on Thursday night when Oilers forward Josh Archibald was knocked down and took both of
Newly-acquired Jason Zucker scored his first two goals with the Pittsburgh Penguins during a 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night. Zucker scored his 15th and 16th of the season in a 1:42 span, with Montreal’s Brendan Gallagher getting a goal in between. Zucker provided 2-0 and 3-1 leads and has nine goals
Mikael Backlund and Mark Jankowski scored two goals apiece, and Cam Talbot made 44 saves for his 21st career shutout in the Flames’ 6-0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night. The Ducks gave up four goals in the first period of their first game since since their game against St. Louis was called
MOSCOW—Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Alexei Morozov was appointed president of the Kontinental Hockey League on Friday. The Russia-based league said Morozov was the unanimous choice of its board. His predecessor, Dmitry Chernyshenko, stepped down after being appointed a deputy prime minister in the Russian government last month. Chernyshenko had been in charge since 2014 and
CENTRE AIR CREEBEC, VAL-D’OR — Shawn Boudrias had an assist leading the Cape Breton Eagles to a 4-2 victory over the Val-d’Or Foreurs in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Jonathan Lemieux made 38 saves and Jérémy Michel had two points for Val-d’Or. The Eagles led 2-1 at the end of the first period after
Tyler Seguin snapped a 17-game goal drought and Ben Bishop made 27 saves as the Dallas Stars beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Thursday night. Denis Gurianov and Radek Faksa also scored for Dallas (33-19-5), which won its third game in a row. Auston Matthews, with his 41st goal of the season to move
Tyler Toffoli and Austin Wagner scored 39 seconds apart in the second period to give Los Angeles the lead, and the Kings went on to beat the Calgary Flames 5-3 on Wednesday night. Kurtis MacDermid, Jeff Carter and Sean Walker also scored to help the Kings end a five-game losing streak. Calvin Petersen stopped 35
CENTRE D’EXCELLENCE SPORTS ROUSSEAU, BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND — Simon Pinard scored a goal leading the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada to a 3-2 victory over the Gatineau Olympiques in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Yaroslav Likhachev added two assists for the Armada. Rémi Poirier made 41 saves for Gatineau. The Armada led 1-0 at the end of the first
The Montreal Canadiens say captain Shea Weber will be out four to six weeks with a sprained left ankle. The defenceman suffered the injury during a game in New Jersey on Feb. 4. Weber underwent a re-evaluation by orthopedic specialist Dr. Robert Anderson on Wednesday in Green Bay, Wis. WATCH | Weber records 106.5 mph
Within the thoroughly modernized NHL, an antique adage has made a comeback: the best defence is a good offence. As rule changes, evolving strategies and advanced training have combined to produce an uptick in overall scoring, this era’s defencemen have contributed an offensive surge of their own. Nine defencemen are on track for 60-point seasons,
ANAHEIM, CALIF.—St. Louis defenceman Jay Bouwmeester collapsed on the bench during a break in play in the first period, prompting the Blues and Anaheim Ducks to postpone their game Tuesday night. Bouwmeester appeared to be awake and alert as he was being transported out of the arena to hospital. Teammates Vince Dunn and Alex Pietrangelo