COLUMBUS—The Columbus Blue Jackets are looking to Sweden to help fill the scoring void left by departed star forward Artemi Panarin. More specifically, the Blue Jackets are relying on a quartet of Swedes — two of them rookies who haven’t played in North America before — for some scoring punch as they open the season
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ST. LOUIS—The St. Louis Blues have signed Brayden Schenn to an eight-year contract extension worth $52 million, locking up one of their top centres after their run to the Stanley Cup championship last season. The 28-year-old Schenn was acquired in a trade with Philadelphia in 2017 and put up a career-high 28 goals the following
Click on the video player above to watch The Dream Gap Tour women’s hockey showcase. Action begins on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET, followed by another game at 5 p.m. ET. Coverage resumes on Sunday at 11 a.m. ET with the consolation match, followed by the championship at 1:30 p.m. ET. The tour is a series of
LAKE PLACID, N.Y.—Debbie Osborne eased into a seat inside Herb Brooks Arena and stared out at her 17-year-old daughter, Kayle, as a hockey game between the United States and Canada featuring girls under age 18 was set to get under way. A single mother who has a full-time job in Ottawa, Osborne had arranged her
Brett Howden broke a tie with 4:09 remaining, and the New York Rangers beat the Winnipeg Jets 6-4 in a wild season opener on Thursday night. Mika Zibanejad had a goal and three assists, Jacob Trouba had a goal and two assists, and Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist for New York. Marc
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CALGARY—The Calgary Flames announced a multi-year contract extension for general manager Brad Treliving just hours before the team played its season opener Thursday. The 50-year-old from Penticton, B.C., enters his sixth season as Calgary’s general manager. Calgary has made the playoffs three times and posted a record of 212-163-35 for a winning percentage of .560
Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers opened the 2019-20 NHL season with a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday. Connor McDavid broke a 2-2 deadlock with five-and-a-half minutes to play, splitting the defence before beating Markstrom to the blocker side on a strong solo effort. Zack Kassian
D.J. Smith still might have a role in the Leafs’ fortunes this season. The former Toronto assistant has taken over a rebuilding job in the nation’s capital, and his Ottawa Senators could be better than advertised — and a thorn in the side of the Leafs again. “The scouting reports say they work hard,” Leafs
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA.—The Pittsburgh Penguins began the franchise’s longest off-season in more than a decade with general manager Jim Rutherford talking about the need for its stars to get past the complacency he feared had crept in during consecutive Stanley Cup title runs in 2016 and 2017. Head coach Mike Sullivan stressed the need for
This is a web version of CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. Here’s what you need to know right now from the world of sports: It’s opening night in the NHL, and we’ve got a lot of questions The 2019-20 season starts tonight with a handful of games, including
The key pieces are back, but can the Calgary Flames both repeat the performance and add a playoff push? Topping the NHL’s Western Conference with 50 wins in 2018-19 whetted appetites in Calgary for a monster post-season that didn’t happen. The Flames open the 2019-20 regular season on the road Thursday against the club that
With the woebegone Edmonton Oilers set to open their NHL season Wednesday, new general manager Ken Holland bristled when it was suggested fans are being told to be patient for a playoff contender. “I don’t think I’ve said that. Don’t put words in my mouth,” Holland told reporters at Rogers Place Tuesday. “Our goal is
If there’s a Canadian team that’s built for a long playoff run, it’s the Calgary Flames. They have a Norris Trophy winner in captain Mark Giordano. They boast three 30-plus goal scorers, two lines that match up against any in the NHL, and they believe they have a top goalie tandem in David Rittich and
After consecutive playoff disappointments, Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas said at the start of training camp he wants to see his team get better at dealing with adversity. That will be key for a highly-skilled roster set to once again shoulder big expectations. “Things are going to happen that we didn’t expect,” Dubas
OTTAWA—It’s a fresh start for the Ottawa Senators. After finishing last in the NHL in 2018-19, the Senators are focused on taking the next step in their rebuild. With a new coach and plenty of new faces, there is a sense of renewed optimism. Last season, general manager Pierre Dorion decided go into a full
Nearly five months later, Andrei Vasilevskiy was still searching for answers. Speaking in a quiet boardroom at a downtown Chicago hotel in early September, the goalie for the Tampa Bay Lightning was barely whispering as he tried to explain his team’s stunning sweep at the hands of the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first round
Vancouver Canucks forward Brock Boeser has been cleared to return to action after suffering a concussion last week, but he still believes the play that caused the injury was “pretty dirty.” Boeser returned to full practice with his teammates on Monday, a week after he was hit from behind by Ottawa Senators forward Chris Tierney