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Alex Pietrangelo gets beaten up a lot this time of year. The veteran Vegas Golden Knights defenseman understands the grind of a long playoff run and the toll it can take. The good news is Vegas’ blue line ranges from 6-foot-1 to 6-6, the kind of size that has allowed the Golden Knights to advance

The Anaheim Ducks have hired veteran NHL assistant and American Hockey League head coach Greg Cronin to be their new bench boss. Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek announced the decision Monday to hire the 60-year-old Cronin, who will be a first-time NHL head coach. Cronin has 12 years of experience as an NHL assistant with

Matthew Tkachuk disappeared from Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final for more than 10 minutes. He didn’t want to say what caused the absence or what it would take to sit out. “Obviously, you want to be out there playing,” Tkachuk said. The biggest question facing the Florida Panthers on the brink of elimination

Adam Fantilli spoke with 11 teams. Leo Carlsson chatted with the same number. Connor Bedard, meanwhile, didn’t get specific when asked how many clubs — “a pretty good amount” — quizzed the presumptive No. 1 overall pick at the NHL scouting combine in Buffalo, N.Y. Three players expected to go in the top-5 picks at

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — As the Florida Panthers made a furious attempt to tie Game 4 — and the series — Saturday night, Adin Hill made the biggest save of his career as he denied Florida’s Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett in the game’s closing seconds to give his team a win and commanding 3-1

With no time left on the clock in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final, helmets, gloves, sticks and plastic rats littered the ice, the result of a fracas started in the final seconds of an emotional showdown. For all the punches, pushes and shoves that accumulated in the melee, none of them changed the

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Adam Fantilli spoke with 11 teams. Leo Carlsson chatted with the same number. Connor Bedard, meanwhile, didn’t get specific when asked how many clubs — “a pretty good amount” — quizzed the presumptive No. 1 overall pick at the NHL scouting combine. Three players expected to go in the top-5 picks at

Geraldine Heaney is returning as coach of the Toronto Six after a successful yet somewhat bumpy first season behind the bench. “I wasn’t too sure what I was getting into, coaching pro hockey is different from coaching minor hockey,” said Heaney, who led the Six to the Premier Hockey Federation title in March. “But I

The Florida Panthers hit the ice Saturday for Game 4 against the Vegas Golden Knights, but no matter the outcome, one Panthers player has already had a life-changing week.  Brandon Montour, the 29-year-old, Ontario-born defenceman, became a new father only days ago, after his wife Ryian gave birth to their first child, a son named Kai on June 4.  Ryian went into labour

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Connor Bedard has passed a lot of signposts this season. With less than a month to go until the presumptive No. 1 pick climbs on stage and checks another box after hearing his name called first at the NHL draft, the 17-year-old phenom is doing his best to stay patient. It can’t

Brad Treliving has made his first move as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, adding former Arizona Coyotes captain Shane Doan to his front office. The Maple Leafs announced that Doan will join the Original Six club as a special adviser to the general manager. “The Maple Leafs have a such deep history and

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Before the puck dropped Thursday night for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice tipped his hand, at least a little bit. For the first time since the second round of the playoffs, Matthew Tkachuk’s line alongside Sam Bennett and Nick Cousins did not start. Vegas

Overtime. Season basically on the line. The Florida Panthers keep finding ways to flourish in those moments. And for the first time, they’ve won a game in the Stanley Cup final. Carter Verhaeghe snapped a wrister from the slot high into the back of the net 4:27 into overtime and the Panthers rallied to beat

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Panthers star Matthew Tkachuk returned to Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday night after missing time following a big hit from Vegas Golden Knights forward Keegan Kolesar. Kolesar delivered an open-ice hit on Tkachuk six minutes in. Tkachuk stumbled as he was trying to get up and

Kirk Muller remembers the speech like it was yesterday. Down 2-0 to the Quebec Nordiques in the first round of the 1993 playoffs — and coming off a clunky regular-season finish — Montreal Canadiens general manager Serge Savard addressed the group during a meal. “Our plane broke down and we stayed an extra night,” Muller,

The workhorse from Whitehorse is back in his hometown and his homecoming is inspiring other Yukon athletes to train even harder.  Hockey pro Dylan Cozens, originally from Whitehorse, was picked as 7th overall in the National Hockey League’s (NHL) 2019 draft and has now finished his third season with the Buffalo Sabres. Cozens is back

TORONTO – The Toronto Six have extended the contract of head coach Geraldine Heaney through the 2023-24 Premier Hockey Federation season. Heaney took over the role before the 2022-23 season and led the Six to the club’s first Isobel Cup title. Toronto posted 17-5-2 a regular-season record and a 3-1-0 post-season record under Heaney’s watch.

A few more details on the City of Calgary’s $1.2 billion deal for a new downtown arena as well as infrastructure in its culture and entertainment district emerged Monday. A city council committee heard that the city will not impose a tax on tickets sold for events in the new arena and that the owners of