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ST. CATHARINES, ONT.—The Niagara IceDogs said goaltender Tucker Tynan is “stable and safe in hospital” and recovering from surgery following an on-ice collision during an Ontario Hockey League game against the London Knights. “The road to recovery begins,” the team said in a tweet. Tynan left the ice Thursday on a stretcher after appearing to
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The San Jose Sharks fired coach Peter DeBoer on Wednesday, a person with direct knowledge of the move said. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the firing hadn’t been formally announced. The 51-year-old DeBoer was fired a day after the Sharks’ 3-1 loss at Nashville. San Jose is 0-4-1
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Akim Aliu revealed another tale of racism from his time in professional hockey on Wednesday. Aliu, who recently came forward with allegations of a racist incident involving former Calgary Flames coach Bill Peters, told the Wall Street Journal that as a member of the ECHL’s Colorado Eagles in 2011, an equipment manager wore blackface to a Halloween
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Some years, the world junior hockey championship pits the prohibitive first overall pick against the No. 2 pick. Think Auston Matthews and Patrick Laine. Or Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel. This year, there’s a chance the top two picks will be on the same team: Canada. Forwards Alexis Lafrenière and Quinton Byfield are at the
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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is expected to address a potential new code-of-conduct policy for the league tonight, with CBCSports.ca carrying live stream coverage at 8:30 p.m. ET. Bettman is at the NHL Board of Governors meeting in Pebble Beach, Calif., where he’ll speak publicly for the first time since various allegations surfaced against coaches.  Bill
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The day Ryan Straschnitzki underwent surgery that would turn his body into something like a remote-controlled robot, the paralyzed hockey player had one deep worry: The six-foot-one, 190-pound defenceman who once didn’t miss a shift even after dislocating a shoulder told his dad he was afraid of needles. “I said, ‘Pal, they’re going to open
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“Not everybody’s like me,” Daniel Carcillo says. “This is my experience, in my own words.” He says hold on, and tells his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Laila she can watch an episode of “Paw Patrol” after he puts his 14-month-old girl, Scarlett, down for a nap. He’s parenting solo while his wife is at work as an
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