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VANCOUVER—The Vancouver Canucks are sticking with Jim Benning as their general manager. The club announced Tuesday that the 56-year-old has signed a three-year extension, keeping him with the team through the 2022-23 season. Benning has been GM since 2014 and was entering the final year of his deal. He was given a multi-year contract extension

Russ Conway, a hockey writer who was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1992 for his stories about corruption in the NHL Players Association that helped bring down union head Alan Eagleson, has died. He was 70. His death was reported by the Eagle-Tribune of Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he had started at the age of 18

Akinsdale Arena in St. Albert will be renamed the Jarome Iginla Arena on Aug. 25, the City of St. Albert said Monday. Iginla, who retired last year, played much of his 23-season NHL career with the Calgary Flames. He grew up in St. Albert and got his start playing for the St. Albert Eagle Raiders minor hockey

KENORA, ONT.—Joe Murphy wanders outside in a steady rain, eventually finding a place to sleep for the night in the doorway of a small restaurant. His black tennis shoes are soaking wet and the bottom of his feet have pruned and turned bright white. Murphy, selected by the Detroit Red Wings with the No. 1

As NHL training camps approach, restricted free agent forward Patrik Laine is keeping his cards close to his chest when it comes to his future with the Winnipeg Jets.  The 21-year-old Finnish sniper claims contract talks have not progressed with the team that drafted him second overall in 2016. While he remains without a new

STOCKHOLM—The top female hockey players in Sweden refused to attend training camp Thursday or play in an upcoming international tournament in Finland, the latest such move by a women’s national team to get better compensation. The Swedish Ice Hockey Federation said it had been informed of the looming boycott and was “surprised” at the decision.

To prepare you for the opening of NHL training camps in mid-September, CBC Sports will do a deep dive on each of the seven Canadian-based clubs every Thursday. Today, we examine the Winnipeg Jets. There is less than a month to go before the Jets open training camp, and like plenty of NHL teams, they

An Ottawa woman who was left with second- and third-degree burns when she was “engulfed in flames” at a dinner party hosted by Cody Ceci is now suing the former Ottawa Senators player and others for more than $8 million in damages.  Hana Engel, 25, suffered burns to 35 per cent of her body after an incident on

New York Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello had some advice for his prized defence prospect Noah Dobson after the P.E.I. native ended another long season of junior hockey last spring by winning his second straight Memorial Cup before attending the Islanders mini-camp at the end of June. “He’s played a lot of hockey over the last

SUNRISE, FLA.—Roberto Luongo’s No. 1 jersey will be retired by the Florida Panthers on March 7. The Panthers announced the ceremony date for their now-retired goaltender on Monday. Fittingly, the opponent will be the Montreal Canadiens — Luongo’s hometown team. Luongo will become the first Panthers player to have his number retired. The Panthers previously

Roberto Luongo regrets not having more friends and family at his last game with the Florida Panthers. If he had known he was retiring, a decision he didn’t make until weeks later, he would have ensured that more of the people closest to him were there that night. They’re all invited for his jersey retirement

Alexandr Pashin’s second goal of the game proved to be the winner and Yaroslav Askarov made 35 saves as Russia defeated Canada 3-2 on Saturday in the final of the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup under-18 hockey tournament in Breclav, Czech Republic. Vasili Ponomaryov also scored and added an assist for Russia, which hadn’t won the

A Quebec Superior Court judge has awarded nearly $45,000 to a man whose former brother-in-law deprived him of their Montreal Canadiens season tickets over a family dispute, ruling that he had no right to unilaterally deny access to the coveted seats. The ruling this month by Justice Jeffrey Edwards framed the case as determining the

MONTREAL — Quebec Superior Court has awarded nearly $45,000 to a man whose former brother-in-law deprived him of their Montreal Canadiens season tickets over a family dispute, ruling that he had no right to unilaterally deny access to the coveted seats. The ruling this month by Justice Jeffrey Edwards framed the case as determining the

Cole Perfetti scored two goals in regulation and three more in a shootout as Canada edged Sweden 3-2 in a semifinal at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup on Friday. The win sends Canada to the final of the annual under-18 men’s hockey tournament, where it will face Russia. Canada has won the tournament 10 of the

A recent social media squabble over Connor McDavid’s jersey number shows that hockey is a high stakes numbers game.  The dust-up erupted last week when New Jersey Devils management announced that Nikita Gusev, newly acquired from the Vegas Golden Knights, would wear No. 97. Some fans criticized the move on social media, suggesting McDavid’s number should

To prepare you for the opening of NHL training camps in mid-September, CBC Sports will do a deep dive on each of the seven Canadian-based clubs every Thursday. Today, we examine the Calgary Flames. The Calgary Flames already have experienced an eventful off-season. There was the approval of a new home, a downtown $550-million arena. They cut

Chicago Blackhawks left wing Brendan Perlini leaned back in his locker stall and flashed a satisfied grin. “Finally, somebody wants to talk soccer with me,” he said after a late-season morning skate in Toronto. Perlini spends a lot of his free time following footy. He is a loyal supporter of Manchester United and England. He