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Vegas Golden Knights veteran defenceman Alex Pietrangelo has withdrawn from the 4 Nations Face-Off, the team announced Sunday. “Alex Pietrangelo will be withdrawing from the 2025 4Nations Face-Off to tend to an ailment and prepare for the remainder of the regular season with Vegas,” the Golden Knights said in a post on X. Pietrangelo, one

A 15-year-old girl from Northlands Denesuline First Nation says while she doesn’t go skating too often in her northern Manitoba community, she appreciated the chance to lace up next to former NHL players Ray Neufeld, Trevor Kidd and Gerard McDonald on Saturday morning at an outdoor rink just outside Winnipeg. “I’m not that good, so when I

In a blockbuster three-team deal, the Carolina Hurricanes acquired Avalanche star forward Mikko Rantanen and former Hart Trophy winner Taylor Hall from Chicago while sending forwards Martin Necas and Jack Drury to Colorado on Friday night. Also in the trade, the Avalanche acquired forward Nils Juntorp, a second-round draft pick in 2025 and a fourth-round pick

Neal Pionk scored 17 seconds into overtime, and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Wednesday night. Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck started the winning play when he sent the puck to Vladislav Namestnikov, who fed Pionk skating down the right side. Pionk’s slap shot beat Mackenzie Blackwood to end Winnipeg’s two-game skid. Morgan

The Current28:39Scott Oake lost his son to drugs. He wants to help other families Scott Oake spent many hours working off the side of his desk trying to secure addictions support for his son. A longtime broadcaster with Hockey Night in Canada and CBC Sports, he’d often find himself making calls to lawyers or other

Connor Ingram made 23 saves and tough defence carried the Utah Hockey Club in a 5-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night. Utah allowed just one shot on goal over the first 10 minutes of the game and kept Winnipeg off the scoreboard until almost midway through the third period. Utah’s Olli Maatta scored

Tom McVie, who coached the Winnipeg Jets to the 1979 World Hockey Association championship over Wayne Gretzky’s Edmonton Oilers in the final year before the franchises were absorbed into the NHL, has died. He was 89. McVie was also the Jets’ first coach in the NHL and the Devils’ second after they moved from Colorado

The NHL has suspended Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid for three games for his cross-check to the head of Vancouver Canucks winger Conor Garland. McDavid was given a match penalty late in the Canucks’ 3-2 win over Edmonton on Saturday in Vancouver when he slammed his stick into Garland’s head. The penalty came after McDavid

Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid will have a disciplinary hearing for his cross-check to the head of Vancouver Canucks winger Conor Garland, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced Sunday. Canucks defenceman Tyler Myers also will have a hearing for cross-checking Edmonton defenceman Evan Bouchard. The league said both hearings will be held Monday afternoon.

When Donovan Sebrango hit the ice at Canadian Tire Centre to take a solo “rookie lap” before his NHL debut Thursday, he had three things on his mind: “Don’t fall and don’t miss the puck … and look up and find your mom,” the 23-year-old Ottawa native told the reporters crowded around him after the game.

Alex Ovechkin broke the NHL record for the most goaltenders scored on, beating Leevi Merilainen in overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 1-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. Merilainen became the 179th goalie Ovechkin has scored against, breaking a tie with Jaromir Jagr atop the career list. The 22-year-old rookie from

Kyle Connor scored a natural hat trick in the first period to spark the Winnipeg Jets to a 6-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. The left-winger’s sixth career hat trick came in a span of 6:38, making it the third fastest in franchise history. Connor, who also had an assist, helped Winnipeg boost its

When Hamilton’s FirstOntario Centre opens after a planned $290 million renovation, it’ll do so without the Ontario Hockey League team once known as the Hamilton Bulldogs.  The team’s new owners, Edmonton Oilers star forward Zach Hyman and his family, announced at a news conference on Wednesday the Brantford Bulldogs will stay in nearby Brantford, Ont., even after

Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Tavares is being evaluated after sustaining an apparent leg injury during Wednesday’s practice. Tavares appeared to get his skate tangled with teammate Chris Tanev while participating in a power-play drill. He was able to leave the ice under his own power and went directly to the dressing room. “Nothing yet.

Montreal Canadiens forward Emil Heineman will be sidelined for three to four weeks after he was involved in a pedestrian accident Monday afternoon in Utah. The Canadiens are in Salt Lake City, where they face the Utah Hockey Club on Tuesday. The team said Heineman suffered an “upper body” injury in the accident. Marcus Isaksson,

This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. The 2024-25 NHL regular season reached its mathematical halfway point last week with game No. 656. Here’s a catchup on some of the more interesting things happening around the league:

Morgan Barron and Josh Morrissey scored 16 seconds apart to help Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck record his 300th NHL career win with a 5-2 decision against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday. Hellebuyck became the third-fastest NHL netminder to reach 300 wins (300-179-43). The only other goaltenders to accomplish the milestone faster are Andrei Vasilevskiy

Young Ottawa Senators forward Ridly Greig has signed a four-year contract extension worth an average of $3.25 million a year, the team announced Friday. Greig went 28th overall to the Sens in the 2020 NHL draft from the Brandon Wheat Kings. The 22-year-old Albertan has played 129 NHL games since his debut in January 2023, representing Canada