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For Sarah Nurse, it’s a state of affairs that needs to change. The forward on Canada’s silver-medal-winning Olympic hockey team was thinking back to the Pyeongchang Olympics this week. For that magical moment in time, with the NHL’s best players nowhere near South Korea, women’s hockey commanded one of the biggest spotlights of one of

There was plenty of change across the Western Hockey League in the summer, whether it was a coach returning to where he had the most success, or an entire organization switching cities. Here are five storylines to keep an eye on in the 2019-20 WHL season, which begins Friday with seven games: Willie Desjardins’ return

The next generation of NHL stars, all across Ontario, are starting their Ontario Hockey League season. That includes Shane Wright, the 15-year-old sensation who was given exceptional status to play in the OHL. He’ll be on the ice for the Kingston Frontenacs tonight at 7 pm. against the Oshawa Generals. He’s just one of the young

Brendan Gallagher scored twice in regulation and the Montreal Canadiens downed the Florida Panthers 5-4 on Thursday in pre-season action. Nick Suzuki, Jordan Weal, and Phil Varone all scored in the shootout for Montreal. Weal and Brett Kulak both scored in the second period for the Canadiens. Owen Tippett, Anthony Greco, Jonathan Ang and Brett

Stanley Cup-winning experience isn’t worth what it used to be. Neither is experience of any kind. As NHL teams move toward paying their stars more money and relying on young players to fill the gaps, hockey’s middle class is being squeezed out. Veterans are finding it increasingly difficult to land guaranteed contracts and are often

The Ottawa Senators have locked up another member of their young core. The team announced Thursday it has agreed to an eight-year, $64-million US contract extension with star defenceman Thomas Chabot. The slick 22-year-old has 23 goals and 80 points in 134 career NHL games. Selected 18th overall in the 2015 NHL draft, Chabot had

OTTAWA—The Ottawa Senators have locked up one of their young stars. The team announced Thursday it has agreed to an eight-year, $64-million (U.S.) contract extension with defenceman Thomas Chabot. The 22-year-old has 23 goals and 80 points in 134 career NHL games. Selected 18th overall in the 2015 NHL draft, Chabot had 14 goals and

Warren Rychel was out of the junior hockey scene and sitting at home watching a movie when he missed a call from Barrie Colts owner/president Howie Campbell one evening this summer. Little did Rychel know there was an offer to get back into the game waiting for him on the other end. “I thought, ‘what’s

Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk was forced to go to court to get his company’s private jet back from an aviation company that was holding it over an unpaid debt. Flightpath Charter Airways claimed it was owed $693,524.19 for the operation, maintenance and storage of a business jet belonging to Eugene Menyk’s company, Clean Beauty Collective.

Jason Spezza remembers what it was like being a young star in the NHL — the demands, the pressure, the expectations. The impact that veteran leaders had on his early career remain equally fresh in his 36-year-old mind. It wasn’t so much what they did, but how they did it. That’s part of the package

PHILADELPHIA—Right winger Travis Konecny got what he wanted Monday. The restricted free agent was seeking a long-term deal, and he signed a six-year pact with the Flyers that totals $33 million U.S., an annual $5.5-million cap hit. General manager Chuck Fletcher, who originally was seeking a shorter term, praised the London, Ont., native for his

Tristan Scherwey scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period to lift the Ottawa Senators to a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday in the pre-season opener for both teams. Scherwey, a training-camp invitee who has spent the last 10 seasons playing for SC Bern in Switzerland, jumped on a loose

Natalie Spooner and Amanda Kessel have taken their hockey rivalry to the world of sequins and salchows. The two women normally do battle as members of the Canadian and U.S. women’s hockey teams, respectively. But they’ve temporarily traded hockey skates for figure skates as participants in this season’s “Battle of the Blades” on CBC. The

For long-time hockey fans who’ve been scarred by the memory of even one of NHL commissioner Gary Bettman’s career trifecta of lockouts, Monday brought a bit of news that, to some eyes, should have been filed under “unexpected.” The NHLPA announced it was declining its option to reopen the current collective bargaining agreement, only days

Montreal Canadiens defenceman Noah Juulsen will consult a specialist for a second opinion regarding his headaches. The Canadiens say they are making the move after getting approval from the defenceman and his agent. The 22-year-old native of Surrey, B.C., played just 21 games for the Canadiens last season. On Feb. 1, he was ruled to

VANCOUVER—The Vancouver Canucks have inked restricted free agent Brock Boeser to a three-year contract. The team announced the 22-year-old right-winger’s new deal on Monday, saying it carries an average annual value of $5.875 million U.S. Boeser missed training camp in Victoria over the weekend as negotiations continued. The native of Burnsville, Minn., was the club’s

Jake Virtanen scored twice, including the overtime winner, as the visiting Vancouver Canucks opened the pre-season with a 3-2 comeback win over the Calgary Flames on Monday. After tying the game with just over four minutes left in the third, Virtanen won it 1:32 into extra time, ripping a wrist shot past Cam Talbot on

At 25 years old, Brendan Leipsic already has had long, winding journey in NHL. The left winger has been traded twice, selected in the NHL expansion draft, waived then claimed off waivers and finally this past summer became an unrestricted free agent after not being offered a contract. For some teams, the inability to stick