VANCOUVER—On a big day for Alex Burrows, the former Vancouver Canucks forward recalled good memories of his time with embattled Chicago Blackhawks assistant coach Marc Crawford. Burrows, who is being placed in the Canucks’ Ring of Honour Tuesday night prior to a home game against the Senators, said Crawford was “really good” to him during
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The New Jersey Devils have fired coach John Hynes. General manager Ray Shero announced the move Tuesday, roughly 20 minutes before Hynes was to speak to the media before the Devils game against the visiting Las Vegas Golden Knights at the Prudential Center. Shero said assistant Alain Nasreddine will become the interim coach and Peter
Former Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock is coming under additional fire for his methods of player treatment. Hall of Fame defenceman Chris Chelios recalled Babcock ”verbally assaulting” teammate Johan Franzen during a playoff series. Chelios and Franzen were teammates with the Red Wings under Babcock from 2005 to 2009. “Some of the things [Babcock said to Franzen] on
CHICAGO—The Blackhawks placed assistant coach Marc Crawford on leave before Monday’s game against the Blues after allegations of physical abuse during a 2006 game by former player Sean Avery while both were with the Kings. In a statement, the Hawks said Crawford, who was on the ice for Monday’s morning skate, will not be with
American Hockey League defenceman Josh Healey has developed an app that he believes allows players to report abusive coaches without damaging their careers. Since launching The Sports Aux on Jan. 25, 2019, Healey has attracted 3,500 users, including 1,500 verified hockey players, with more than 90 per cent of the players coming from the American
The Swift Current Broncos say they have released head athletic trainer and equipment manager Jamie LeBlanc for what the team calls “unprofessional behaviour.” LeBlanc was in his 10th year in the position. “The decision was made following a recent pattern of demeaning and derogatory comments, threatening behaviour and unprofessional conduct that is inconsistent with the
Matthew Tkachuk watched Carolina’s Andrei Svechnikov from 20 feet away and knew something special was about to happen. Svechnikov picked up the puck behind the net, cradled it on the end of his stick and rammed it past the goaltender from behind the net. Someone in the NHL actually pulled off the lacrosse-style move made
Leon Draisaitl scored two power-play goals as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 Sunday night to snap a two-game losing skid. Josh Archibald also scored for the Oilers (17-9-3). Connor McDavid and Alex Chiasson both had two assists. Mikko Koskinen stopped 30 shots. Josh Leivo and Brock Boeser scored the Canucks (13-11-4), who
Montreal Canadiens great Guy Lafleur has undergone additional surgery, just two months after quadruple bypass heart surgery. At the request of the Lafleur family, the team released a statement Sunday about the procedure, performed Thursday. “Guy Lafleur underwent surgery at the Centre Hospitalier de l’Universite de Montreal (CHUM) on November 28,” the team said. “This
The Pittsburgh Penguins will be without defenceman Brian Dumoulin for at least eight weeks after he underwent left ankle surgery on Sunday. Dumoulin left Saturday night’s 5-2 loss to St. Louis in the first period with what the team termed a lower-body injury. General manager Jim Rutherford said on Sunday that surgeons repaired lacerated tendons
Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters has resigned amid allegations of racial slurs and physical abuse of players in previous jobs. General manager Brad Treliving said Friday at a press conference in Calgary that Peters voluntarily sent him a resignation letter earlier that morning. “The subject matter we’ve been dealing with over the last few
Tanner Pearson recorded his first-career four-point game in the Vancouver Canucks’ 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night at Rogers Place. Pearson scored twice, and added two assists, while Tyler Graovac, Loui Eriksson and Josh Leivo tallied the other markers for the Canucks. Captain Bo Horvat also chipped in with three assists to
Ivan Provorov scored in overtime as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 Saturday afternoon for their fourth straight victory. Oskar Lindblom, Kevin Hayes and Travis Konecny scored in regulation for the Flyers (15-7-5), in the second game of a back-to-back. Brian Elliott made 39 saves. Joel Armia and Tomas Tatar, with two, scored
A day after Bill Peters resigned as head coach of the Calgary Flames, his former boss in Carolina spoke out about his conduct with the Hurricanes. Former Carolina general manager Ron Francis issued a release Saturday afternoon explaining that after a game, a group of players and staff members from the Hurricanes told him of
Defenceman Jared Spurgeon had a goal and two assists, Zack Parise stayed hot and Minnesota scored three goals in a 4:13 span of the second period to cruise to a 7-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Friday. The Wild had their highest-scoring game of the season, beating the Senators for the eighth straight time
It’s about hockey, sure. But not just about hockey. The more we make the discussion about abusive practices in coaching just about hockey, the less potential for comprehensive change in sport we’re unleashing. Hockey, after all, has more impact than any other sport in this country. Last weekend, Canadian tennis players competed for the prestigious
It’s one of hockey’s unwritten codes, and anyone who has played can tell you it’s ingrained young: What happens in the dressing room stays in the dressing room. As fundamentals go, it’s well taught and quickly learned. For too long it’s a concept that’s been allowing coaches and players, from peewee to the pros, to
Amid a reckoning in the NHL and mounting allegations of abuse and harassment in university sports, athletes are renewing a call for an independent body to probe complaints and oversee a universal code of conduct. Former Olympic skier Allison Forsyth says if such an organization had existed in the late 1990s, it likely could have