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VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks set some dubious records on their season-opening road swing. Not only did they become the first team in NHL history to lose their first four games of the season while blowing multi-goal leads, but after five straight losses (0-3-2), Vancouver is the only team in the league that has yet

The Winnipeg Jets have placed Nikolaj Ehlers on injured reserve, the team announced Friday. The move, retroactive to Tuesday, means the winger will miss at least Saturday’s visit from the Toronto Maple Leafs and Monday’s tilt with the St. Louis Blues. Ehlers, who has three assists in two contests this season, has already sat out

NORTH BAY, Ont. – Vinzenz Rohrer and Jack Matier each recorded a goal and an assist as the Ottawa 67’s continued their unbeaten run with a 4-2 win over the North Bay Battalion Thursday. Brad Gardiner and Tyler Boucher scored one minute apart to put Ottawa (7-0-0) ahead 2-0 14:08 into the opening period. After

A controversial reserve fund that Hockey Canada publicly vowed it would stop using to settle sexual assault allegations is significantly depleted after the organization transferred millions of dollars in past years to another account, a new interim report reveals. Former Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell’s interim report on Hockey Canada’s governance, released last week, contains damning details about the organization’s

The new National Hockey League season might look a little familiar in November as Adidas and the NHL revamp their beloved Reverse Retro jersey program. All 32 teams are getting new jerseys to wear on the ice, with designs highlighting historic moments unique to each team and callbacks to iconic old logos. This new edition

Arena talks in Calgary are back on. The city and Calgary Flames owners confirmed Wednesday negotiations will begin again for a new sports, arts and entertainment building. Their previous deal agreed upon in 2019 collapsed late last year when the estimated cost of the project rose and the Flames withdrew. Shovels were scheduled to hit

Seattle Kraken (1-2-1, fourth in the Pacific Division) vs. Colorado Avalanche (2-1-1, second in the Central Division) Denver; Friday, 9 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Seattle Kraken, on a three-game losing streak, play the Colorado Avalanche. Colorado had a 56-19-7 record overall and a 39-7-5 record in home games last season. The Avalanche scored 67

Neal Pionk scored his second goal of the game 31 seconds into overtime and the Winnipeg Jets regrouped after squandering a two-goal lead to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Wednesday night in Denver. Pionk’s slap shot from the right side momentarily froze goaltender Alexandar Georgiev and nicked off the post to go in. It

NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Davis, a Black woman hired five years ago to help the NHL with diversity initiatives, was not surprised by much of the league’s first workplace demographic study. “We are where we expected to be, but now we have the facts to back it up,” Davis said. The data backed up

The Florida Panthers will be without top defenceman Aaron Ekblad until at least mid-November, and quite possibly longer, after the team putting him on the long-term injured reserve list with a groin injury. Players on the LTIR list must miss at least 10 games and 24 days; the Panthers have 11 games in that 24-day

Anaheim Ducks (1-3-0, sixth in the Pacific Division) vs. Boston Bruins (3-1-0, first in the Atlantic Division) Boston; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Anaheim Ducks visit the Boston Bruins after Jakob Silfverberg’s two-goal game against the New Jersey Devils in the Ducks’ 4-2 loss. Boston had a 51-26-5 record overall and a 28-14-2

This is a column by Shireen Ahmed, who writes opinion for CBC Sports. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. “You need to come to the ‘We Are Hockey’ exhibit,” my friend said to me. When it comes to hockey-related issues, I always listen to Dr.Courtney Szto. She is one of Canada’s greatest hockey scholars — the

Kim Davis is proud of the work done to this point. She also knows there’s still a long road ahead. The NHL’s executive vice-president of social impact, growth initiatives and legislative affairs presented the league’s first-ever comprehensive diversity and inclusion report to the board of governors Tuesday in New York. The 24-page document aims to

Kim Davis is proud of the work done to this point. She also knows there’s still a long road ahead. The NHL’s executive vice-president of social impact, growth initiatives and legislative affairs presented the league’s first-ever comprehensive diversity and inclusion report to the board of governors Tuesday in New York. The 24-page document aims to

Los Angeles Kings (2-2-0, third in the Pacific Division) vs. Nashville Predators (2-2-0, third in the Central Division) Nashville, Tennessee; Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Predators -159, Kings +133; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Kings visit the Nashville Predators after Phillip Danault scored two goals in the Kings’ 5-4 overtime

Jani Hakanpaa and Joel Kiviranta scored during a frenzied two-minute span in the second period, and the Dallas Stars went on to a 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets, who were still without new coach Rick Bowness on Monday night. Hakanpaa got his first goal of the the season on a nearly 60-foot shot from

If Hockey Canada is going to truly change its culture then it must break from its old governance processes, say three experts. Brock McGillis, an inclusion advocate who played professional hockey, said on Monday that he is concerned that Hockey Canada will once again get mired in old thinking if it doesn’t radically change how

T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist and the Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 on Saturday night to avoid their first 0-3-0 start since the 2012-13 lockout season. Conor Sheary and Anthony Mantha also scored for the Capitals. After back-to-back losses to open the 2022-23 campaign, coach Peter Laviolette shook up the