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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Drivers were directed to the overflow parking lot Thursday morning, and a line at least 30 deep waited and hoped to get into the Vegas Golden Knights’ practice. It was like 2018 all over again. Except this Knights team is no longer the unexpected first-year expansion club making a shocking run

Brad Treliving has a long to-do list as the new general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The No. 1 priority is sitting down with the team’s best player. Named the 18th GM in franchise history following the stunning dismissal of Kyle Dubas last month, Treliving plans to soon visit with star centre Auston Matthews,

KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The Seattle Thunderbirds’ best performance at the Memorial Cup pleased head coach Matt O’Dette, although it didn’t show in his stoic look. Kyle Crnkovic and Jared Davidson each had a goal and two assists for the Thunderbirds in Wednesday’s 6-1 win over the Kamloops Blazers to reach the tournament semifinal. Seattle will

Brad Treliving has a new gig. And the Maple Leafs have a new plan. Treliving was named Toronto’s general manager Wednesday, less than two weeks after a jaw-dropping chain of events led to the firing of Kyle Dubas. The 53-year-old Treliving left the Calgary Flames in April following nine seasons that included five playoff appearances

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Coach Pete DeBoer couldn’t get a third different team to the Stanley Cup Final in his first season, though the Dallas Stars came close. The Stars still set a promising foundation in DeBoer’s debut with a core group of players — both young and old — that will remain pretty much

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. It wasn’t supposed to end like this. Less than a month ago, everything was falling into place for an all-Canadian Stanley Cup final. With defending champion Colorado and title favourite

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The tradition of hockey’s playoff beard goes back to at least the mid-1980s, with the Detroit Red Wings widely credited with beginning the facial hair phenomenon. The playoff beard rub might have started last month by accident. Go back to April 26, when the Florida Panthers staved off elimination by beating

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville Predators fired coach John Hynes on Tuesday, moving on from him more than six weeks after missing the playoffs. Incoming general manager Barry Trotz announced his decision hours after reports emerged that Hynes had been informed he was out and Andrew Brunette was expected to be hired to replace

The Washington Capitals have hired Spencer Carbery as their next coach, bringing back a favourite of the organization to fill the job he was envisioned to get years ago. The team announced the move Tuesday, bringing Carbery back into the fold after he spent the past two seasons as an assistant for the Toronto Maple

DALLAS (AP) — Vegas captain Mark Stone credits the front office for keeping the core intact after the Golden Knights missed the playoffs for the only time in the young franchise’s history last year. The only major change was with the coach, and Bruce Cassidy — fired by Boston last year — just beat the

William Karlsson scored two goals and had an assist as the Vegas Golden Knights advanced to their second Stanley Cup Final with a 6-0 rout Monday night over the Dallas Stars, who had extended the Western Conference Final to six games after losing the first three. William Carrier, Keegan Kolesar and Michael Amadio each had

KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Kamloops Blazers head coach and general manager Shaun Clouston says defenceman Kyle Masters has been released from hospital and will miss the rest of the Memorial Cup with a lower-body injury. Clouston updated Masters’s status a day after the 20-year-old Edmonton native was taken off the ice on a stretcher during the

KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP) — Logan Stankoven had a goal and four assists, Connor Levis had a goal and two assists and the Kamloops Blazers routed the Ontario Hockey League champion Peterborough Petes 10-2 in the Memorial Cup on Sunday. The win came after Kamloops defenseman Kyle Masters was taken off the ice on a

The chase for the Stanley Cup is on, and you can watch the action live on CBC TV or live streamed through CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app, and CBC Gem. Dates and times are subject to change. The full broadcast schedule and where you can watch each game of the first round, is below: EASTERN CONFERENCE Florida Panthers vs.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Patric Hornqvist was one of the last Florida Panthers players to leave the team’s locker room on Sunday, which surprises none of his teammates. He’s not playing yet still working as hard as anyone. The two-time Stanley Cup winner has a chance to get his name on hockey’s biggest prize for

Hockey legend Trevor Linden saw countless lives disrupted and careers cut short by concussions during his 19 seasons in the NHL. Even still, the former captain of the Vancouver Canucks says he was “stunned” to learn survivors of domestic violence are concussed at rates much greater than professional athletes. For every concussion incurred by an

LAS VEGAS (AP) — With Dallas’ season on the line, the Stars got two critical goals from a player who was a healthy scratch the first two games of the Western Conference final. Ty Dellandrea’s goals came within a 1:27 span midway through the third period, and the Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2

With Dallas’ season on the line, the Stars got two critical goals from a player who was a healthy scratch the first two games of the Western Conference Final. Ty Dellandrea’s goals came within a 1:27 span midway through the third period, and the Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Saturday to keep