The NHL said Friday it has closed its review of Capitals star Evgeny Kuznetsov and a now-deleted video on social media that appears to show him in a hotel room with lines of white powder on a table in front of him. NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said the league interviewed Kuznetsov among its “fact-finding
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In their surprising run to their first Stanley Cup Final in 49 years, the St. Louis Blues often have leaned on the fourth line of Oskar Sundqvist, Alexander Steen and Ivan Barbashev. But as they return home for Game 3 with the Boston Bruins on Saturday night, the Blues will have to play without Sundqvist.
BOSTON—The greatest goal in Boston Bruins’ history is immortalized in bronze outside of TD Garden, an airborne Bobby Orr frozen in celebration after his overtime goal during the 1970 Stanley Cup final. The iconic image of one franchise’s triumph is the same as another’s tortured history, that overtime defeat just one of the 13 games
Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist has been suspended for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final for delivering an elbow to the head of Bruins defenceman Matt Grzelcyk. The NHL’s department of player safety announced the suspension Thursday after a hearing with Sundqvist, who was assessed only a two-minute minor penalty for boarding for the hit
The National Women’s Hockey League cancelled plans to add teams in Toronto and Montreal for the 2019-20 season — at least for now — while making it clear that it is open to discussing the formation of a new league. The NWHL stated in a Thursday post on its website — titled We’ll Always Do
The 2019 Stanley Cup final between the St. Louis Blues and the Boston Bruins are well underway. The last time these two teams met in the Stanley Cup final was in 1970 and it produced one of hockey’s most famous goals. Bobby Orr scored the Stanley Cup-clinching goal in overtime while soaring through the air courtesy of a
BOSTON—Tuukka Rask first caught coach Bruce Cassidy’s attention as a hot-headed minor leaguer who was throwing milk crates onto the ice when things didn’t go his way. These days, the Bruins goalie is much more likely to shrug off a mistake than break his stick over a crossbar. “I just think he’s been real calm
Carl Gunnarson’s overtime goal gives Blues first Stanley Cup final win in franchise history | The Star By Jimmy GolenThe Associated Press Wed., May 29, 2019 BOSTON—Blues defenceman Carl Gunnarsson bumped into coach Craig Berube in the bathroom before the start of overtime and told him: “I just need one more.” “He hit the post
Before the 2019 Stanley Cup final began on Monday, the last time St. Louis Blues defenceman Carl Gunnarsson had performed in a playoff game at TD Garden was with the Toronto Maple Leafs in that embarrassing Game 7 collapse six years ago. You remember it, don’t you? The Maple Leafs went ahead 4-1 on a
EDMONTON—Veteran NHL bench boss Dave Tippett is the new head coach of the Edmonton Oilers. The Oilers announced the hiring Tuesday, marking the first big move for new general manager Ken Holland. The former Detroit Red Wings GM announced interim coach Ken Hitchcock would not stay in his role on his first day on the
The St. Louis Blues will be without injured forward Robert Thomas in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final against the hometown Boston Bruins on Wednesday (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 8 p.m. ET). Thomas has been dealing with an undisclosed injury and not participating in most practices and morning skates. Head coach Craig Berube says Thomas has been
BOSTON – Bruce Cassidy is a different kind of coach: Honest to a fault, unafraid to speak his mind, open to ideas, and quick to try something out. The Boston Bruins head coach’s mixing and matching of lines in the opening round of the NHL playoffs got the better of Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock,
Torey Krug worried afterward that his pregnant wife would not really like him flying down the ice and delivering a bone-jarring hit without a helmet on. There wasn’t anything he could do about it now. Krug provided a signature moment of the Boston Bruins’ 4-2 victory against the St. Louis Blues in Game 1 of
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Sheldon Keefe to a two-year contract extension as head coach of the club’s American Hockey League affiliate. Keefe has posted a 189-87-20-1 record over four seasons as head coach of the Toronto Marlies and led them to their first Calder Cup championship in 2018. The Marlies advanced to the
Amid calls for the NHL to take an ownership stake in women’s hockey, a former WNBA commissioner says the women’s basketball league wouldn’t have survived without the NBA. Val Ackerman was WNBA president for the first nine of its 23 years. Now commissioner of the NCAA’s Big East Conference, Ackerman was also a consultant for
BOSTON—The best from the West met the best from the East, two teams that play the same way — fast, heavy and skilled — facing off in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final. And it was the Boston Bruins, buoyed by their depth and apparently not bothered by having 11 days between games, who
Sports·Video After a tussle with Blues’ David Perron behind the play, Krug skates the full length of the ice to take out his frustrations elsewhere. Social Sharing Posted: May 27, 2019 11:59 PM ET | Last Updated: May 28 After a tussle with Blues’ David Perron behind the play, Krug skates the full length of
The Stanley Cup final, which begins Monday between the hometown Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 8 p.m. ET), has an old-school feel. Maybe it’s because they last met in the NHL championship 49 years ago. The Bruins swept the Blues and produced that iconic photo of the great Bobby Orr flying through