BOSTON—The irony is not lost on either Tyler Bozak or Carl Gunnarsson that, even though they are no longer Maple Leafs, the Boston Bruins stand in their way in the playoffs. Again. The two St. Louis Blues see the positives in knowing how resilient the Bruins can be and how crazy the TD Garden crowd
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Veteran Peter Abbandonato still remembers the heartache from his first Memorial Cup four years ago as a rookie. He wasn’t going to go through it again as a veteran. The 21-year-old Abbandonato scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period as the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies beat the Halifax Mooseheads 4-2 on Sunday to capture the
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA—The effort was better. The end result was the same. Canada settled for silver on Sunday at the world hockey championship after a 3-1 loss to Finland. The outcome was the same as the two teams’ first game of the preliminary round, back on May 10. Finland was the only team to beat Canada
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA—Canada’s latest win at the world hockey championship left Mark Stone with a renewed sense of confidence heading into the gold-medal game. Stone scored his tournament-leading eighth goal and Matt Murray made 39 saves as Canada downed the Czech Republic 5-1 in semifinal play on Saturday, setting up a gold-medal finale against Finland for
Canada had to settle for silver at the world hockey championship after a 3-1 loss to Finland in Sunday’s final at Bratislava, Slovakia. Finnish Captain Marko Anttila’s second goal of the game broke a 1-1 tie early in the third period as the Finns defeated Canada for a second time at the tournament. Harri Pesonen
Bruce Cassidy has come a long way from writing his first NHL practice plan on a napkin. Craig Berube hasn’t changed a bit from the moment he was fired from his first NHL head coaching job. Two roads diverged in a crazy world of hockey and brought them to this Stanley Cup final. Cassidy has
The Canadian Hockey League has gone from 60 teams to the final two, with the host Halifax Mooseheads facing the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champion Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in Sunday’s Memorial Cup final at 7 p.m. ET. The Western Hockey League champion Prince Albert Raiders were first to bow out of the four-team tournament after
HALIFAX—The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies will face the host Halifax Mooseheads in the Memorial Cup final. Felix Bibeau scored two third-period goals as Rouyn-Noranda beat the Guelph Storm 6-4 on Friday in the tournament semifinal. Bibeau made it 4-3 for the Huskies from the slot 5:20 into the third with a shot Storm goaltender Anthony Popovich never
Mark Stone scored his tournament-leading eighth goal and Matt Murray of the Pittsburgh Penguins made 40 saves as Canada downed the Czech Republic 5-1 on Saturday to advance to the gold medal game at the world hockey championship. Darnell Nurse, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Kyle Turris and Thomas Chabot also scored for Canada in the second semifinal
ST. LOUIS—One of the delights of the Blues’ Stanley Cup final journey has been the unexpected twists and turns along the way. The unexpected emergence of Oskar Sundqvist, for example. Or the totally unexpected emergence of Jordan Binnington. Craig Berube’s rise from interim head coach — with emphasis on the “interim” — to Jack Adams
Erik Karlsson doesn’t make it sound as if he’ll be returning to San Jose next fall. The Sharks’ defenceman tweeted his thanks to the team and Northern Californians on Friday but made no mention of a return. He will become a free agent when the Stanley Cup Final is over. “Thank you to the entire
Damon Severson had a funny feeling he’d score in Canada’s quarter-final against Switzerland at the world hockey championship. “[Thursday] morning, I woke up and I just thought ‘I feel like I’m going to score tonight. I hope I can just get one,”‘ said the 24-year-old from Melville, Sask. “I didn’t think it was going to be
OTTAWA—Former Toronto Maple Leafs assistant coach D.J. Smith is the new head coach of the Ottawa Senators. Smith signed a three-year contract with the club on Thursday. He replaces interim head coach Marc Crawford, who also interviewed for the position. “D.J. Smith is a winner. We believe he is the best person to drive the
The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired former Florida Panthers assistant coach Paul McFarland for the same role on head coach Mike Babcock’s staff. McFarland replaces D.J. Smith, who was named head coach of the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. The Leafs also announced assistant coach Jim Hiller has been granted permission to explore opportunities outside the
KOSICE, SLOVAKIA—Mark Stone scored in overtime to give Canada a dramatic 3-2 win over Switzerland in a quarterfinal at the world hockey championship on Thursday. Canada’s Damon Severson tied it with 0.4 seconds left in regulation on a goal that was confirmed by video review. In the 3-on-3 overtime, Stone got a step on a
Mark Stone scored in overtime to give Canada a dramatic 3-2 win over Switzerland in the quarter-finals at the world hockey championship in Kosice, Slovakia, on Thursday. Canada’s Damon Severson tied it with 0.4 seconds left in regulation on a goal that was confirmed by video review. In the 3-on-3 overtime, Stone got a step on
HALIFAX—After six days of preliminary-round action, sudden-death play is set to begin at the Memorial Cup. The host Halifax Mooseheads will play in the Memorial Cup championship on Sunday, while the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies and Guelph Storm square off in the semifinal on Friday. The Prince Albert Raiders were eliminated after going 0-3. Here are five
VANCOUVER—Ken Holland knows his every move will be the subject of heated debate as he battles to right the slumping Edmonton Oilers. The new Edmonton general manager understands just how intense the fanbase is, having played junior hockey in Alberta at the height of the Oilers’ glory days. “I’m very, very familiar with the passion